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Turn New Year’s Eve into a cosy get-together with friends and family

3, 2, 1... Happy New Year! Count down to midnight with friends and family. Whether you're hosting a dinner, a games night or a party at home, make it extra cosy with lighting, snacks and plenty of festive treats. Ring in the New Year with a bang, with a little help from IKEA. Get ready to celebrate New Year’s Eve together.

It’s New Year’s Eve. Friends are sitting on two sofas pushed together. Streamers and a string of lights hang from the ceiling, and cosy candles are glowing all around.

Go all out this New Year’s Eve: a little extra sparkle never hurt anyone

New Year’s Eve is the perfect excuse to dust off your sparkly dress. At IKEA, we’re all for adding a little extra glitter to the festivities.

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Two people in sparkly dresses raise their wine glasses to toast the New Year. The table is festively set with white crockery and gold cutlery.
A bar with a champagne cooler filled with ice, stacked crockery, and warm Christmas lights glowing in the background. Above the cabinet hangs a SKÅDIS pegboard.

Build your own disco bar

Feel like tackling a fun DIY project? Get creative with disco stickers! Decorate a bowl, vase, or plant pot with disco stickers and create your own disco-inspired item. What you’ll need: a roll of mirror mosaic or self-adhesive disco stickers, scissors, and a good mood. Stick the stickers onto a product with a smooth surface and voilà, your glittery masterpiece is ready to party!

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A white cabinet topped with bowls of food and snacks for New Year’s Eve. One bowl is covered in disco stickers, making it look like a half disco ball.
Decorate a bowl with disco stickers or mirror mosaic tiles for a fun disco ball effect.
DIY project to create your own disco bowl. What you’ll need: disco stickers, a bowl, and a bit of creativity.
A white SKÅDIS pegboard displaying various bar essentials such as a corkscrew, a cocktail shaker, and glassware.
A FRÖJDA champagne coupe next to a disco bowl turned upside down on a water carafe.

Enjoying a cosy meal together on New Year’s Eve

New Year’s Eve is the perfect occasion to enjoy a long, festive meal with friends or family. Ask everyone to bring something tasty, like a salad, (plant-based) meatballs, homemade soup, or a delicious dessert. That way, everyone’s involved in the dinner, you won’t be stuck in the kitchen all night, and you get to taste everyone’s cooking skills.

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An elderly couple sits at the end of a long table, surrounded by dining guests of all ages.
A long, festively set SKOGSTA dining table with a matching SKOGSTA dining bench.
A person is holding a GLADELIG bowl filled with plant-based HUVUDROLL meatballs, with a lit sparkler placed inside.
A snack board filled with delicious treats on a set dining table, accompanied by a black FULLTALIG candelabra.
A set dining table filled with tasty bites, including an ARTISTISK snack board with charcuterie, olives, and grape salad.
A grey GLADELIG plate topped with red grapes and burrata salad.
A set dining table with a white tablecloth, RINNIG white-striped napkins, and VARDAGEN glasses.
A guest at a dinner party pours a glass of sparkling drink into another guest’s wine glass.

Staying up late with the kids

On New Year’s Eve, kids are often allowed to stay up a bit later than usual. How do you keep them entertained? For example, build a tent or fort in the living room, lay some cushions on the floor, add battery-powered lights, and bring around a healthy (or slightly less healthy) snack now and then. Or play a fun game together, like memory.

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Two young children are eating marshmallows while sitting on the floor in the living room inside a homemade hut or tent made from a tablecloth.
A fort made with a white cloth and grey SLÄKT cushions on the floor, filled with cuddly toys and a toy tea set for kids on New Year’s Eve.
A family is playing a game of memory on New Year’s Eve while the father is lying on the sofa.
A hut made with cushions, throws, and cuddly toys. On the floor sits a glass bowl filled with popcorn.
A hut or fort built with grey SLÄKT cushions, a red duvet cover, and blue pillows.

Create your own memory game

Is it your turn to host NYE this year? Want to do something creative? Make your own memory game using photos and names of family members or guests. Fun, personal, and creative! New Year’s Eve is all about celebrating together.

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Gold-coloured GLATTIS coasters printed with photos and names, turned into a homemade memory game.
Someone cuts out photos with a black FULLFÖLJA pair of scissors and turns gold-coloured GLATTIS coasters into their own memory game.

Count down to the new year with a glass of bubbles

Whether you're celebrating with friends, just the family, snuggled up with your partner, or happily on your own. Raise a glass of bubbles to the new year!  Try the DRYCK BUBBEL PÄRON sparkling pear drink for a festive twist. Or go all out and build a champagne tower: carefully stack flutes or coupes for that extra touch of glamour. 

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A champagne tower made of SVALKA champagne glasses on a silver-coloured tray, with festive Christmas lights in the background.
A DRYCK BUBBEL PÄRON sparkling pear drink in a silver-coloured champagne cooler, with three SVALKA champagne glasses beside it.
Een zilverkleurige SOLDRÄNKT champagnekoeler met daarin een fles bubbels voor een roze achtergrond met wat STORSINT champagneglazen op tafel.
A champagne tower made of STORHET champagne coupes on a sideboard, set against a dark wall with gold photo frames in the living room.
Festive FRÖJDA champagne coupes on a table beautifully set for New Year's Eve.