Easy New Year’s DIY Noise Makers for Kids and Adults

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New Year’s Eve is one of my favorite holidays and is worthy of a celebration! I love a clean slate, new beginnings, reflecting on past goals, and making new ones.

To help you ring in the new year, I have an easy craft idea that is fun for adults and kids of all ages! Make this easy DIY noise maker craft on or before the big day and you will be ready to celebrate in style.

Easy New Year’s DIY Noise Makers for Kids and Adults

This fun activity is super easy and can most likely be made with everyday materials that can be found around the house. All of these items I had in my house except for the silver pom poms that I bought at Target.

And the beauty is you can use any item to decorate your new year’s noisemaker. Make them colorful for young children and more elegant for adults. The options are limitless!

Supplies you need:

• Boxes of any kind (I used soup boxes)
• Spray paint
• Uncooked beans
• Popsicle sticks or craft sticks
• Hot glue gun and glue sticks
• Ribbons, buttons, labels, or any type of swag you like.
• Scissors

Directions:

• Spray paint your boxes. I chose metallic spray paint with shiny decorations. I also spray-painted my buttons.
• Fill the box with beans, rocks, popcorn kernels, or any small objects that make different sounds, and glue the box shut.
• Glue the popsicle stick to the back.
• Now to the fun part! Let the kids go nuts gluing things to their boxes. Buttons, pom poms, jingle bells, colorful tape, glitter glue, bows, and ribbons are just a few ideas.

**Make sure to help the kiddos if you’re using a hot glue gun. Hot glue burns are no fun! You can use other types of glue, although Elmer’s-type glue might not be strong enough to hold the sticks.

Look how they turned out!

For a fun way to celebrate, I set up boxes with the supplies needed for everyone to make their own noise makers and I added some sparklers too!

This was our setup for a fun adult and kid-friendly evening!

Notes:

If you don’t have any boxes, you can use different things like paper plates, plastic cups, toilet paper tubes, or water bottles. Follow the same instructions for decorating!

Other Uses:

For another fun idea, make these with your kids before the Super Bowl and decorate with your favorite team colors. It’s a great way to show some team spirit!

Final Thoughts

These homemade noise makers are a fun craft to get everyone engaged and excited for the final countdown of the year! And the best part is you can keep them and pull them out year after year.

Need more easy DIY craft ideas? Browse our other DIY projects.

Thank you for reading and making 2024 a great year. I wish you all the best in 2025. Catch you on the flip side!

Cheers!