Are you looking for Ann Arbor Family New Years Celebrations? We have searched and found several fun kid-friendly New Year’s events around Ann Arbor.
Of course it’s hard to make New Years plans too early before knowing what’s going on with bowl games. Last year Michigan played on New Year’s Eve and the year before it was on New Year’s Day.
Ann Arbor Family New Years Celebrations
December 30 & Earlier
🎉Riso Lab: 2026 Calendar
Downtown Branch of AADL – 343 South Fifth Avenue Ann Arbor
Time: Wednesday, December 3, 2025 5:00pm-7:00pm
Cost: Free
Design a one-of-a kind, one-page calendar which will be printed on our Risograph duplicator. Following the event, you'll receive copies to share. Grade K-Adult. Held in Secret Lab
🎉Drop-In New Year's Hat & Noisemaker Crafts
Dexter District Library – 3255 Alpine St Dexter
Time: Monday, December 29, 2025 11:00am-12:00pm
Cost: Free
Children of all ages and their families are invited to create hats and noisemakers to ring in the New Year. For children of all ages and their families. No registration required.
New Years Eve Celebrations in Ann Arbor
🎉Noon Year's Eve Party
Henry Ford Museum – 20900 Oakwood Blvd Dearborn
Time: Wednesday, December 31, 2025 10:00am-12:00pm
Cost: (Online pricing) $34/adults, $25.50/ages 5-11, $30.50/ages 62+. Free for members & children 4 & under
The Henry Ford Museum is holding a Noon Year's Eve Party. Celebrate the end of the year with family-friendly crafts, activities, music by Spin Inc., and a bubble wrap stomp to welcome the new year..
🎉Noon Year's Eve Party!
Downtown Branch of AADL – 343 South Fifth Avenue Ann Arbor
Time: Wednesday, December 31, 2025 11:00am-12:00pm
Cost: Free
Join AADL for a fun celebration of the new year! This year the event is listed for preschoolers. In the past it has been listed as preschool-elementary. So if your younger elementary student wants to join, I would guess they would be welcomed.
🎉Noon Years Eve Countdown Balloon Drop
Stone Chalet Events – 1917 Washtenaw Ave Ann Arbor
Time: Wednesday, December 31, 2025 11:30am-1:00pm
Cost: Free
Fit4Mom and Enchanted Inn are having a Noon Year's Eve Celebration with a Balloon Drop. Join them in celebrating the arrival of 2026 with a countdown to noon when 1000 balloons will be dropped. There will be crafts, a juice toast, and music for dancing. Guests are encouraged to dress up in their favorite fairytale costume for this enchanted event! Activities and juice will be provided The event is free, but please RSVP as space is limited.
🎉Noon Years Eve Family Swim
Goldfish Swim School – 2107 W Stadium Blvd Ann Arbor
Time: Wednesday, December 31, 2025 12:00pm-1:30pm
Cost: Free
Goldfish Swim School is having a Noon Year's Eve Family Swim. There will be activities for the whole family to celebrate the Noon Year. Enjoy swimming, games, snacks, and a balloon drop.
🎉Family Friendly New Years Eve Celebration
Launch Trampoline – 800 W Eisenhower Parkway Ann Arbor
Time: Wednesday, December 31, 2025 4:00pm-7:00pm
Cost: $35/child. Optional $5 for pizza or $15 for a parent to jump
Join Launch for their New Years Eve Celebration! 🎉 Kid’s tickets include:⭐️3 hrs. of unlimited jump⭐️20 credit re-loadable arcade card⭐️Launch Grip Socks⭐️NYE Party Favors, Candy and more Other fun included:⭐️ A countdown at 5:30pm with a balloon drop.⭐️ A juice and cookies toast⭐️ Pictures w/Joey (mascot) and a fun photo background⭐️ Crafts⭐️ Food & drink specialsAND a chance to win a 1 yr membership to Launch ($299 value)! Just $35 per childOptional Add Ons:$15 for parents to jump$5 pizza and drink special$2 for an ice cream cup Let Launch help you celebrate EARLY with your kids! Come Launch into the ….
🎉Stranger Things Finale!
Michigan Theater – 603 E. Liberty St Ann Arbor
Time: Wednesday, December 31, 2025 8:00pm-11:00pm
Cost: $21.25
Michigan Theatre will be showing the Stranger Things Series Finale on New Year's Eve. About the Show: The fall of 1987. Hawkins is scarred by the opening of the Rifts, and our heroes are united by a single goal: find and kill Vecna. But he has vanished — his whereabouts and plans unknown. Complicating their mission, the government has placed the town under military quarantine and intensified its hunt for Eleven, forcing her back into hiding. As the anniversary of Will’s disappearance approaches, so does a heavy, familiar dread. The final battle is looming — and with it, a darkness ….
New Years Day and Beyond
🎉A Very Nice Run
Washtenaw Dairy – 602 S. Ashley St Ann Arbor
Time: Thursday, January 1, 2026 9:00am-11:00am
Cost: Free
Start the New Year off with A Very Nice Run to and from Washtenaw Dairy. The Dairy will open at 8:30a and stay open for a couple of hours. Stop in to buy your donuts before or after the race. The run will kickoff at 9:01a. The planned route is 8.7miles out and the same back. If you want to run a shorter distance, just turn around half-way.
🎉Looking Forward to 2026: A Mini-Zine of Aspirations
Downtown Branch of AADL – 343 South Fifth Avenue Ann Arbor
Time: Saturday, January 3, 2026 2:00pm-3:00pm
Cost: Free
Make a mini 8-page zine to record your hopes and goals for 2026. Then keep it with you all year to remind yourself of your vision. For grades K-Adult. Held in Lower Level Program Room.
🎉Vision Boards
Traverwood Branch of AADL – 3333 Traverwood Dr Ann Arbor
Time: Wednesday, January 7, 2026 6:00pm-7:00pm
Cost: Free
Come together to use collage supplies to make vision boards for the new year! For teens & adults.
🎉New Years Eve Bowling
Station 300 – 830 Woodland Dr Saline
Time: Saturday, January 31, 2026 12:00pm-1:00am
Cost: $16/person daytime or $125/lane for night package
Station 300 is having a New Year's Eve Bowling Event. Day Options ($16/person) Offered noon-2p, 2:30-4:30p, 5-7p, or 7:30-9:30p 2 hours of bowling & shoe rental $5 Arcade card Night Option ($125/lane, up to 5 people) 10p-1a 3 hours of cosmic bowling Shoe rental Pizza & Wing Buffet Soft drinks Party favor for all Reservations are required. There is a 18% gratuity added to reservations.
Celebrate New Years at Home
We typically celebrate at home especially with college football on. Although last year, we were at Disney World over New Years and rang in the New Year on the bus back to our hotel.
Growing up, I remember the early days of home VCRs and heading to the rental store to stock up on several choices for the night. Instead of a dinner, we would have snacks/appetizers all night.
While we don’t have a VCR or video stores anymore, a movie night at home with the family is also a great way to celebrate New Years Eve.
Game Night is also a fun option for a long evening. Break out your favorite games – or some new ones you got for Christmas. Let each member of the family take turns selecting the game.
When my brother’s family is in town over New Years, we have a big family party at my parents. Even at 5 my daughter and her 3 year old cousin could stay awake and celebrate. A couple years we had a family NERF battle.
If you don’t have family in town, invite your friends over for a family party. You could also be the real hero and invite just the kids friends over and let their parents go out.
Visit our Pinterest Board, Kid-Friendly New Years Eve for some inspiration.
Past Events We are Watching for 2025-2026
Many events are repeated year after year. We still need to check these for 2025/2026 updates. We have just started to update New Year’s events for this year.
| Date/Time | Event | |
|---|---|---|
| 💙🆓 | December 28 1:00pm-3:00pm | Bullet Journaling: Plan Your Year! at Ypsilanti District Library – Michigan Ave Branch, Ypsilanti Michigan |
| 💙🎟 | December 28 2:00pm-4:00pm | New Year's Noise Makers at SCRAP Creative Reuse, Ann Arbor Michigan |
| 💙🆓🎟 | December 30 2:00pm-3:30pm | K-5 Nature Crafts: Winter Celebration at Burns Park Warming Hut, Ann Arbor MI |
| 💙 | December 30 2:25pm | New Year's Eve EVE Bouncy Ball Drop at Imagination Station, Toledo Ohio |
| 💙🎟 | December 31 10:00am-1:00pm | Happy Noon Year at Toledo Zoo, Toledo Ohio |
| 💙🎟 | December 31 11:30am-5:00pm | Noon Year's Eve at Zion Lutheran Church, Ann Arbor Michigan |
| 💙🎟 | December 31 12:00pm-1:00am | Family New Years Eve at Revel and Roll, Ann Arbor MI |
| 💙🎟 | December 31 12:30pm-1:00am | Roll in the New Year at Pinz Bowling Center, South Lyon Michigan |
| 💙🎟 | December 31 4:30pm-9:00pm | Ma Lou's Prix Fixe NYE Dinner at Ma Lou’s, Ypsilanti Michigan |
| 💙 | December 31 8:00pm-10:00pm | New Years Eve Skate at Veterans Ice Arena, Ann Arbor MI |
| 💙🎟 | December 31 9:00pm-1:00am | New Year's Party at BIG: Best in Games, Ypsilanti Michigan |
| 💙🆓 | January 1 10:00am-12:00pm | New Year's Day Bird Walk at Gallup Park, Ann Arbor Michigan |
| 💙🆓 | January 1 1:00pm-4:00pm | First Day Hike at Island Lake Recreation Area, Brighton Michigan |
