Throwing a New Year’s bash for kids? A punch is a great option to please both kids and adults. You can make any of these recipes below without alcohol and let the adults add their own or make two and keep one out of reach. The kids will love feeling fancy and festive with these fun New Year’s mocktail recipes for kids. Below are some kid-friendly holiday punches to help ring in the new year!
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Pomegranate New Year’s Punch Recipe
This easy punch is sure to be a crowd pleaser!
Pomegranate Punch for Kids (Easily Add Champagne for Adults)
Ingredients:
1 1/2 cups pomegranate juice
1 cup pear nectar
Adult version includes:
1/4 cup orange-flavored liqueur, such as Grand Marnier
1 bottle (750 ml) Champagne
Directions:
In a large pitcher, combine pomegranate juice, pear nectar, and orange-flavored liqueur. Slowly add Champagne. Serve over ice.
Recipe adapted from: www.marthastewart.com
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Randolph Street Market 8th Annual Holiday Markets
Looking for inspiration for this yearโs holiday season? Have all your holiday decorating, party planning, fashion and entertaining questions answered by the vintage kings and queens at the Randolph Street Market 8thย Annualย Holiday Markets, November 22-23 and December 13-14. The Randolph Street Market is the perfect one stop shop for all your holiday needs, including aย mix of antique, vintage and modern goods encompassing home dรฉcor, furniture, jewelry, menโs toys and accessories, art, mink stoles, gourmet chocolate gift boxes, and custom-made gifts.ย ย Make this season as unique as the selection of wares youโll find from 90+ vendors!
Highlights for 2014:
- Mix and mingle with local Style Expertsย Graham Kosticย ofย Glossed and Foundย in November and December and famed stylist and writer,ย Barri Leiner Grantย at Decemberโs Market, and find out what these trendsetters have in their stocking stuffers. Theyโll be scouring the Market early before doors open to the public to hand pick the best gift ideas for everyone on your list! Check out ourFacebookย andย Twitterย networks all weekend long to see pictures of these experts hard at work with their fab finds.
- Shoppers that bring a toy to be donated to Toys for Tots will get a FREE Drink from the Market Bar!
- Custom poems typed by a panel of poets, Poems While You Wait. Provide your name, the topic and a $5 donation and you’ll receive an insta-poem 20 minutes later.
- Make the Holiday Markets a Girls Shopping Weekend and get all dolled up while sipping on Mimosas with your four favorite girlfriends. Grab your girlfriends for fabulous shopping, treats, cocktails, and more and get glamified before you hit the Holiday party circuit.
- Our fancy food handmade and artisanal offerings include the savory and sweet such as: crepes, empanadas, cocktails, homemade caramels, gourmet blended olive oil, tasty chocolates and more. Foodie gifts to-go abound, making the perfect hostess gift or go-to thoughtful gift for those hard to buy for friends and family.
As always, Randolph Street Market offers a full entertainment experience all weekend long. ย House DJ spins, live jazz music, photo booth. Free gift-wrap onsite and free furniture delivery downtown completes your shopping to do list! And donโt forget, a 2015 Randolph Street Market Season Pass is also a great gift for your favorite treasure hunter!
Make the Randolph Street Holiday Market the first Holiday Party youโll attend this season and stretch your stylish dollars in a fun and fanciful space.
GENERAL INFORMATION RANDOLPH STREET HOLIDAY MARKETS CHICAGO
WHAT:
Randolph Streetโs 8thย Annual Holiday Markets
WHEN:
Saturday, November 22 + Sunday, November 23 โ 10:00 am to 5:00 pm
Saturday, December 13 + Sunday, December 14 โ 10:00 am to 5:00 pm
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WHERE:
Beaux Arts Plumberโs Hall, 1340 W. Washington Street, Chicago FREE PARKING in huge onsite parking lot only steps away from entrance
PRICE: Discounted $8 tickets are available in advance (click here); general admission $10, students with ID $3 or $5 at the gate. Children 12 and under free.
Every paid admission gets a $5 or $10 shopping voucher good toward purchases. For more information, visitย www.randolphstreetmarket.com.
EVENT DESCRIPTION:
Get your holiday shopping and party planning off to the right start with wares in all price ranges, from thrifty to extravagant, and not to mention the brilliant ideas youโll get in regards to your own holiday displays. You will discover fabulous keepsakes from embroidered hankies to estate jewelry with everything in between. Timeless antiques and modern treasures including vintage and indie fashion, furniture, jewelry, art, decorative objects, house wares, and more will make this holiday show a memorable experience. Get a jump on the holiday season, beginning with vintage cheer spanning the decades!
FOR INFO: call (312) 666-1200 orย info@imagepilots.comย orย randolphstreetmarket.com
About Image Pilots
Recognized as the Midwestโs premier market organizers, Image Pilots productions are a favorite destination for merchandisers, decorators, fashionistas and style setters from around the globe. Clickhereย to be added to customer mailing list. Emailย info@imagepilots.comย or call 312- 666-1200 for more information.
The Randolph Street Market Festival, home of the world famous Chicago Antique Market and Indie Designer Market,ย is an internationally recognized European-style indoor and outdoor shopping extravaganza in Chicagoโs historic West Loop. From May-September, 250+, and October-April, 90+ select purveyors of high quality, value-priced โfinds” is the destination for treasure hunters, fashionistas, designers, Hollywood set decorators, and people who want to see and be seen. Voted as Time Out Chicagoโs โBest Marketโ in 2013, and featured inย Travel & Leisure, the NY Times, Lucky Magazine, UK’s Guardian and more, the Randolph Street Market Festival is considered โa mecca of coolโ, โthe best hot spot for antiquingโ, โthe best Chicago venue for people watchingโ, and โthe Barneyโs of Vintageโ. Celebrity designerย Nate Berkusย says, โI love this marketโฆthe quality is incredible!โย “Treasure Hunters unite! The best findsโand best prices!โreign supreme at Randolph Street Market.” –ย Graham Kostic, “It’s my go to for one of a kind finds.”ย -Barri Leiner Grant, Stylist and Writer
For more information, and 2014 show dates, visitย www.randolphstreetmarket.com.
New Year’s Eve Punch Recipes
Throwing a New Year’s bash on a budget? A punch is a great option to keep your alcohol costs down. Below are some festive holiday punches to help ring in the new year!



