It’s almost time to high-five 2024! With little ones at home, family-friendly fun is the way to go! Just for you, we’ve found 11 exciting New Year’s Eve celebrations around town to ensure an epic start to the next 12 months is epic!
Bowlero
27000 Interstate 45 N, Conroe
Get the best deal on our New Year's packages that include Family and Ball Drop celebrations as well as selections from a signature menu, NYE party favors, & more! Available on December 31st and January 1st. Also check out the NYE Ball Drop packages. CLICK HERE for more info.
The Woodlands Children’s Museum (pictured above)
4775 W. Panther Creek Dr, The Woodlands
Pop in the New Year with the museum on Saturday, December 30 as they celebrate making New Year hats and creating art projects, delighting in bubble wrap dancing, and greeting the New Year with horn-blowing and noise makers. Tom’s Fun Band provides live entertainment and counts down the 2024 New Year. Don’t miss it! CLICK HERE for more info.
We Rock the Spectrum
4130 FM 1488, Conroe
Join in for Open Play, Snacks, Crafts & Balloon Drop, 10:00am - 12:30pm, Sunday, December 31. $18 per child. CLICK HERE for more info.
Children’s Museum Houston
1500 Binz St, Houston
Children's Museum Houston invites you to the city's longest-running New Year's Eve celebration just for kids, the Rockin’ New Year’s Bash! This end-of-year bash rings in the New Year at the stroke of noon with ball drops, just like Times Square! Catch live performances, and dance 'til the countdowns! Sunday, December 31, 10:00am - 3:00pm. CLICK HERE for more info.
Dave & Buster's - EARLY CELEBRATION (family friendly)*
8915 Metropark Dr, Shenandoah
Celebration Admission includes access to a yummy appetizer banquet, unlimited soda, coffee, & tea, a $20 Power Card® with Unlimited Video Game Play all night long, a special Ginger Ale New Year's Eve toast & video countdown, suggested 18% gratuity, and taxes. Appetizer menu includes Mini Cheeseburgers, Pizza Bites, Crispy Chicken Bites with Ranch, Baked Macaroni & Cheese, Garden House Salad, French Fries, and Cinnamon Sugar Churros. 4:00pm, $51.30/person. CLICK HERE for more info. *Note - Dave & Buster's is also offering a late evening NYE celebration for adults which include alcoholic drink tickets, an elevated banquet menu, and more. Click here for details.
Downtown Aquarium
410 Bagby St, Houston
Not much is better than a New Year’s Eve celebration themed “under the sea!” The Downtown Aquarium welcomes your whole family to Sharkey’s New Year’s Eve Bash. Fun activities include a balloon drop, dancing, games, bubble wrap stomp, live DJ, and buffet beginning. CLICK HERE to reserve your spot.
CityCentre Houston
800 Town & Country Blvd, Houston
Welcome the new year in the Plaza on Sunday, December 31, from 11 AM - 1 PM with a family-friendly Noon Year’s Eve celebration. Dance with a DJ and cap the noon hour off with bubbles! Enjoy face painting, balloon artists and more!! New Year's Eve concerts from 6pm - 9pm. CLICK HERE for more info.
Rainbow Roller Rink
1695 N Loop 336 E, Conroe
Join us for a New Year's Eve Toilet Paper Skate from 2pm - 7pm. We'll play the classic games of wrap the Mummy, Toilet Paper Toss, as well as the races and other Fun Games. CLICK HERE for more info.
Kemah Boardwalk
Kemah
Kemah Boardwalk is putting on an awesome New Year’s Eve celebration for the family! There will be live music, a kid's craft corner, entertainment, and fireworks, all free to the public! Kid's New Year's Eve bubble countdown is at 4:59pm. Fireworks at 9pm. CLICK HERE for more details.
Moody Gardens
One Hope Blvd, Galveston
It’s hard to resist Moody Gardens’ New Year’s Palooza, a family-fun shindig from Dec 31 to Jan 1. Make sure to attend the spectacular Holiday Show, walk the Festival of Lights trail, play games, join the countdown, and witness the New Year’s Eve Ball Drop! CLICK HERE to make your reservations.
Market Street in Lights
Enjoy a light show at the Texas-sized tree in Market Street's Central Park while the kids run around and play on the lawn. Light show is synchronized to holiday tunes and is every hour on the half hour from 5:30pm - 9:30pm. CLICK HERE.
NYE at Margaritaville
Margaritaville Lake Resort has planned a wide variety of ways to celebrate the coming of 2024. From a champagne bar in the Tower lobby to Polynesian Fire Dancers at the Palm Court, you'll enjoy an evening of celebrations, including: a cruise on Einstein's Party Barge, four-course gourmet New Year's Eve dinner, themed food and drink specials with a DJ and dancing, live band, a balloon drop at midnight, and overnight accomodation specials. CLICK HERE to reserve your spot.