New Year's Eve - Art Activity

Water Bottle Noise Maker

Age: 8 and up
Parental supervision is recommended

What you'll need:
Empty plastic water bottle
Beans, coins, or other items to place inside
1 sheet white tissue paper
Scraps of tissue paper in various colors, cut into small squares
24” long strip of light blue crepe paper streamer
24” long strip of pink crepe paper streamer
White craft glue
Water
Scissors

How to make it:
Place a handful of beads or coins inside the clean, dry water bottle. Run some glue around the mouth of the bottle and replace the cap.
Make a mixture of 1/2 white craft glue and 1/2 water that will be enough to cover the bottle a few times over.
Tear white tissue paper into large chunks, approximately 4”x2”.
Paint a small section of the outside of the water bottle with the glue mixture. Place a torn piece of white tissue paper onto the glue mixture and paint over it with the glue mixture. Repeat this process, covering the entire bottle with 2-3 coats of white.
Apply small colorful squares of tissue paper randomly over the white tissue paper to resemble confetti.
Cut each strip of crepe paper streamer in half. Carefully tie one of the pieces around the neck of the bottle. Repeat with other lengths of crepe paper. Use scissors to cut each length to about 4” hanging length, and then cut upwards into thin strips. Use a couple pieces of the excess crepe paper you just cut off to twist around the neck of the bottle and glue in place. Allow to dry for several hours.

Have Fun ringing in the New Year!!!

A few family friendly events for New Years Eve- “Indianapolis Style”

Countdown to Noon
Families are invited to participate in the excitement of an early countdown by celebrating the New Year with activities, music and a water clock countdown to noon. It's a cool event to bring in the New Year with the entire family.
10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Dec. 31, The Children's Museum, 3000 N. Meridian St., free with museum admission ($11.50- $16.50), www.childrensmuseum.org, (317) 334-3322.

Family New Year's Eve
Children and adults will enjoy games, crafts, magicians, face-painting, a stilt walker, clowns and live music by the Tides, an Indianapolis band. At 8 p.m., there will be a celebratory balloon drop, allowing the younger children to celebrate the New Year in style.
6 to 9 p.m. Dec. 31, Indiana State Museum, 650 W. Washington St., $11 non-member, $6 members, reservations recommended, www.indianamuseum.org, (317) 232-1637.

Spend the night at the Caribbean Cove Indoor Water Park at the Holiday Inn, Pyramids location- Enjoy the Holiday Inn, with over 50,000 feet of water activities, slides, areas for both older and younger children and game arcades. After the family has had its fill of water activities, enjoy eating in one of the hotel's many restaurants or order room service, rent a pay per view movie and settle in for a night away from home.
Location: 3850 DePauw Blvd. Indianapolis, IN 46260 Phone: 317-872-9790- Cost: Package deal is $349 plus tax for up to 5 people, includes a free, lavish breakfast buffet with unlimited refills (all you can eat), admission to the water park, kids' club activities till midnight, free party favors. Per person rate for a night of fun is about $65 plus tax. Not free, not cheap, but very, very fun! In addition to the free party favors, a conga line with refreshments starts at 11:30 pm.

Beef and Boards Christmas Yule A very family friendly show, this one captures the spirit of the season and includes a buffet meal as well. This is a musical variety show that the whole family will love, with a history of annual performances for over fifteen years. Catch it this year and plan to catch it next year as well. Location: 9301 Michigan Road, Indianapolis, IN 46260 ,Phone: 317: 872-9664 Cost: Tickets range from $32.50 to $52.50, depending on seating choices and location. Hours: 8 pm nightly.

Infants’ Acetaminophen Dosing

Manufacturers are changing the amount (concentration) of acetaminophen in medicines for infants. These new

concentrations will have different dosing directions. During the transition, you may find both concentrations

on store shelves and in your home.

What you need to know:
• The medicine label for children under 2 years of age instructs you to call your doctor for dosing directions.

• Your doctor or pharmacist can give you the correct dosing instructions once they know the concentration of he acetaminophen in the product you are using.

How can I tell which concentration I have?

You will find the concentration for the medicine on the front of the medicine bottle, either 80mg/0.8mL (old product concentration) or 160mg/5mL (new product concentration).