Ball drops early for Noon Year’s Eve party
Neighbors | Alexis Bartolomucci.Sisters, Gianna and Olivia Thompson, are cupcakes and drank apple juice after they watched the ball drop and made their New Year's Eve crafts.
Neighbors | Alexis Bartolomucci.Some of the children colored coloring sheets to take home after the Noon Year's Eve party. There were coloring sheets, count downs, bells and varios other crafts for the children.
Neighbors | Alexis Bartolomucci.The children attending the Noon Year's Eve party at the Austintown library on Dec. 30 cheered and threw confetti as they watched the ball drop at noon.
Neighbors | Alexis Bartolomucci.Sisters, Gianna and Daphne, work on making their New Year's Eve countdown crafts out of plates, glitter and cut-out stars.
By ALEXIS BARTOLOMUCCI
The Austintown library celebrated New Year’s Eve a day early during its Noon Year’s Eve party on Dec. 30.
The room was filled with the sound of noisemakers that the children were handed as soon as they walked in the door. There were different crafts, snacks and streamers people had to walk through to enter the party.
During the hour long party, the children started by making their own New Year theme crafts. There were bells on which they could write their wished for 2016 on, countdowns for when the ball would drop, party hats, coloring sheets, a goodie bag to put everything in and a glow stick to take home on the way out.
Right before it hit noon, librarian Ashley Potopovich, gathered the children to sit together and watch the screen. She pulled up a video of the ball dropping in Times Square, New York and had the children count down with her once the time hit ten seconds.
As soon as the timer hit zero and the ball dropped, the children and their families shouted “Happy New Year!” and threw confetti, blew their noisemakers and popped bubble wrap in celebration. After the children finished celebrating, Potopovich told everyone to enjoy the cupcakes and apple juice the library provided before they left.
This event gave the children the opportunity to celebrate New Year’s Eve a little early, especially if they can’t keep themselves awake until midnight for the actual event.