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When December rolls around it’s never too early to begin making your New Year’s Eve plans — especially for the kids. Believe it or not, some of the kids’ museum events sell out!  Pictured is the ever popular Legoland California New Year’s Eve celebration which includes fireworks and a Lego brick drop happening just around sundown.

Among the celebrations just for kids, children’s museums seem to be one of the best bets for early balloon drops so the children can be in bed at their usual time.

California Kids NYE Happenings

• BERKELEY: Habitot Children’s Museum Noon Year’s Eve Party
• CARLSBAD: Legoland California New Year’s Eve
• IRVINE Pretend City Annual Noon Year’s Confetti Countdown Party
• LA HABRA: New Year’s Eve at The Children’s Museum La Habra
• OAKLAND: Around the World NYE: Balloon Drop & Family Celebration at Chabot Space & Science Center
• PASADENA Kids Space Noon Year’s Eve
• SACRAMENTO: New Year’s Eve Party at Sacramento Children’s Museum
• SAN LUIS OBISPO: Children’s Museum’s Noon Year’s Eve Party
• SANTA ROSA: Happy New Year, Charlie Brown! at Charles M. Schulz Museum
• SAUSALITO: Bay Area Discovery Museum Noon Year’s Eve
• TEMECULA: New Year’s Eve at Noon at Pennypickle’s Workshop, Temecula Children’s Museum
• VISALIA: Kid’s New Year Eves Blast! at ImagineU Interactive Children’s Museum

Traditional places to take the kids include:

• ANAHEIM: Disneyland, always a favorite!
• BUENA PARK: Knott’s Berry Farm with special hours, 10 a.m.-1 a.m.!
• GILROY: Gilroy Gardens, the kid-centric theme park of the Bay Area includes holiday merriment with special New Year’s Eve hours – 4 p.m.-12 a.m.
• UNIVERSAL CITY: Universal Studios Hollywood features Hollywood’s biggest New Year’s Eve party.
• VALENCIA: Six Flags Magic Mountain for thrills to catapult you into 2019!