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(Photo: Anntaninna Biondo,Detroit Free Press)\n\nDetroit's Beacon Park turned into a mini Times Square at the NYE Kids Countdown on Tuesday.\n\nHappy parents treated their children to their very own early New Year's Eve party, complete with a heated lodge tent, holiday lights, New Year's-themed crafts, a photo station and live entertainment.The area\u2019s best food trucks offered delicious food.\n\nFace painting was the hit of the event with a line out the door and hundreds of colorful faces dancing along to the music.\n\n\"It's hard to keep track at a big event like this, but I might've face painted for a couple hundred kids today,\" said Dominique House, the owner of Colorful Events LLC.\n\nThe night concluded with a countdown to a balloon drop to ring in the new decade at 5:30 p.m.\n\nDominique House paints hundreds of faces during a New Year's Eve Balloon Drop at Beacon Park in Detroit, Tuesday, Dec. 31, 2019. (Photo: Anntaninna Biondo, Detroit Free Press)\n\nParents agreed that the early party is perfect to allow them to tuck their kids into bed well before midnight.\n\n\"The Downtown Detroit Partnership is thrilled to partner with the DTE Beacon Park Foundation to present and produce the 2019 NYE Kids Countdown,\" said David Cowan, Director of Public Spaces for DDP. \"We saw that there were a lot of activities and celebrations for adults at midnight, but not a lot of family-friendly activities for kids. It's been fun to watch the event grow over the past two years. It's become a must-do to ring in the New Year.\"\n\nKids reach for balloons during a New Year's Eve Balloon Drop at Beacon Park in Detroit, Tuesday, Dec. 31, 2019. Hundreds gathered to dance and have their face painted, leading up the balloon drop. (Photo: Anntaninna Biondo, Detroit Free Press)\n\nOrganizers estimate about 7,000 people attended, a big jump from last year's estimation of 3,200 people.\n\nMore: Detroit's big restaurant stories in 2019 \u2014 and what to look forward to in 2020\n\nMore: Detroit's cool things to do New Year's Eve\n\nContact Bisma Parvez: 313-222-6420 or [email protected] Follow her on Twitter @bismapar\n\nRead or Share this story: https://www.freep.com/story/news/local/michigan/wayne/2019/12/31/detroits-beacon-park-hosts-new-years-eve-kids-countdown/2784557001/", "keywords": [], "meta_keywords": [""], "tags": [], "authors": ["Bisma Parvez", "Published P.M. 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