Here are a handful of New Year’s Eve party ideas that are totally appropriate and fun for kids. Little ones don’t have to stay up hours past their bedtime just to ring in the new year.

Marianne Barcellona / Getty Images 16.Children on New Year's Eve in 1922 attend a costume party (kudos to the kid in his adorably unproblematic penguin costume). 18.You gotta love English dancer ...

Deadwood History invites families to celebrate the Chinese New Year with them at the Homestake Adams Research and Cultural Center from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Feb. 8.