NAPERVILLE, Ill. (WLS) — Families across the Chicagoland area are embracing kid-friendly New Year’s Eve festivities this Wednesday.
In Naperville, the DuPage Children’s Museum is hosting its much-anticipated 23rd annual Bubble Bash.
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From exciting bubble displays to thrilling confetti drops, the museum offers a range of activities, with 850 tickets sold for the event.
These celebrations also provide parents with the opportunity to tire out their little ones, allowing for some adult time later in the evening.
The DuPage Children’s Museum consistently delivers an unforgettable experience.
Enthusiastic attendee Lizzy Brocker exclaimed, “I want to do it again!”
“We started downstairs, where there was hot chocolate, some different, like, experiments. There were catapults that they were doing, like launching the cotton balls across the room,” mother Nancy Brocker said.
For the Brocker family, the tickets to the Bubble Bash New Year’s Eve event were a Christmas gift from a family member.
“We wake up at 6 a.m. no matter if we’re in school or not. So noon is perfect for us. Oh, because as parents, it’s like midnight for us,” Brocker said.
“Our goal here is to get kids really excited, burn off a lot of energy. So that hopefully you go home, you put your kids to sleep,” said Shamra Fallon, with the DuPage Children’s Museum.
The countdown took place at noon, and 8-year-old Andrew Temps burned that energy on the dance floor.
“I am into breakdancing,” Temps said.
The dancing was one aspect, but each room had something different.
Another event in Glenview at the Kohl’s Children Museum had a DJ-led disco party, complete with custom party hats and noisemakers.
Wherever families found time to celebrate, the goal was to kick off the new year the right way.
“We want to move into the new year with positive intentions. We want to work with our kids. We want to learn. We want to grow here at the museum,” Fallon said.
The fun does not stop here.
The DuPage Children’s Museum has winter activities that include an indoor skating rink that will be open through February.
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