Make some noise when the ball drops with fun party supplies you can create yourself.

Encourage a big ruckus when midnight arrives by providing party guests with confetti and noisemakers. Fill a small glassine bag three-quarters of the way with confetti. Use double-sided tape to affix the bag to the stem of a noisemaker. Fold the top of the bag over, and seal with a bright sticker. Make a bag for each guest, and arrange the packages on a festive tray so everyone is ready when the countdown begins.

These party hats can be as sophisticated or as silly as you like, depending on the paper you use.

Provide a tasteful take-home treat -- or midnight snack -- for guests at your New Year's Eve party by packing individual oatmeal cookies in CD envelopes.

Hopping on bubble packaging is an appropriately loud way to bring in the new year. Color the flat side of bubbles with permanent marker. Secure a white paper runner to the floor and tape the bubble wrap to it.

Hatch some fun: Crack confetti-filled hollow eggs over friends' heads in celebration of the new year. The confetti that comes pouring out signifies all the good days to come.

New Year's Eve merits the finest party hat. Ours start out as sheets of heavy 12-inch-square paper.

The real party animals are bound to come out when kids decorate store-bought blowouts with cute paper critters.

Add some pop to white party-favor boxes with gold medallion stickers.

These handmade party blowers are as much fun to create as they are to use.

Kids will enjoy making -- and using! -- these fun noisemakers during your New Year's party.

These kid-friendly accessories can be made using supplies you likely already have around the house.

Dish out some serendipity to family and friends by giving them lucky New Year's foods. In Italy, lentils are thought to bring prosperity when eaten on January 1 because they resemble little coins. In the South, eating black-eyed peas shows humility and thus invites good fortune.