Adult Birthday Party
Games and Ideas
Happy Birthday to you, Happy Birthday to you...
Here are some adult birthday party games, ideas and activities to make the day really special. Even some gift ideas!
Adult birthday parties often mark a milestone birthday, but you can celebrate any year! Remember, birthday parties aren’t just for kids. Adults like to celebrate too!
Adult Birthday Party Theme Ideas
Kids Party for Adults:
Pretend you are a kid again and celebrate your birthday as you did when you were 5 years old with a Kids Party for Adults. No adult birthday party games at this party - instead play all your favorites from when you were a kid!
This is Your Life Party:
This is a great way to celebrate and adult birthday! Lots of fun for the guests and the birthday person...the This is Your Life Party is modeled after the famous TV and radio show. Adult birthday party games and party all rolled into one!
Card Party:
Plan a card party if you can't have a party due to health or distance. No excuses for not celebrating!
100th, 90th or 80th birthday celebrations (or any senior birthday!):
Celebrating a senior birthday? Make your celebration memorable with our page full of ideas and tips to plan this special celebration.
Decade Party:
Celebrate all the decades of the honoree's life at a Decade Party. Lots of trivia on our
twentieth century decade timeline
Specific Decade Party: When was the honoree born? If born in the 50's have a
1950's themed party.
For my friend Elizabeth who was born in the 1960's, we held a fun
60's party.
An easy and instant theme!
Over the Hill: Over the Hill parties work best for a 30th birthday party. This is the major milestone where you are perceived as being “older”, but you are really not “over the hill”.
Party stores sell lots of fun Over the Hill accessories, such as walking canes, yard signs and buttons. Make sure you decorate with lots of black balloons and streamers!
Ask guests to bring small gifts that an elderly person might need, for example denture cleanser or cream, adult diapers, etc.
You could also do a
Western Theme Party
and make your cake a "boot hill", complete with a tombstone for the birthday person.
Around the World in 80 Years: (Change the 80 to whatever birthday you are celebrating) Does the birthday guy or gal love to travel? Make travel your theme. Invitations can be passports, and pick some places that the honoree has visited to spotlight with your food, decorations and adult birthday party games. Check out our Around the World Party Ideas to get you started!
Special Theme: Pick a party theme that salutes what the birthday guy or gal enjoys. For example, if Pamela loves wine, have a wine tasting. If Brenda loves the 1980’s, have a
1980's themed party.
More Themes: You can actully use any party theme to celebrate a birthday. Check out our
adult party ideas page for themes such as Casino, Luaus, Margaritaville, Breakfast at Tiffany's, Tacky Parties and more.
Pick a theme and add a birthday cake. It is as easy as 1-2-3!
Not wanting to have a party?
Have the birthday guy or gal make a "bucket list" of things they would like to do in their life time. Write them all down on sheets of paper, fold up, and then draw one. Then go for it!! You can even make it an annual birthday ritual event. Each year, gather friends and do one thing from the list!
Are You Looking for Birthday Poems?
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Visit
Special Birthday Poems
for lots of
great birthday poems and birthday quotes!
Adult Birthday Party Games and Ideas
Of course, any
adult party game
could be played as adult birthday party games at the party you are planning.
Here are three really fun adult birthday party games and ideas:
Birthday Bingo:
Enjoy a bingo game! Create bingo cards where each square is something that is of interest to the birthday guy or gal, such as “Crossword Puzzles”, “Bike Riding”, “Horror Movies”, etc. This is something that can work for all ages of party guests - kids and adults alike (not many adult birthday party games fit that bill!)
Predict their Future:
What will the birthday guy or gal be doing in 10 years? Have guests write down their predictions and collect them to read aloud and place in an album.
Birthday Trivia:
Play a trivia game about the honoree, or, play a trivia game based on the years that the birthday guy or gal has been alive. Check out our
decade timeline
to give you some ideas.
Hint: Will your party guests be on the older side?
If so, visit our page of
elderly adult party games.
(Full of ideas to help plan
adult birthday party games just for these guests!)
Making an Adult Birthday Party Special
A Custom Tribute:
Rhymeshop.com
provides
custom written Poems, Toasts and Tributes for all occasions.
Official Flag:
Purchase a flag that has flown over the U.S. Capital: http://www.usflag.org/capitalflag.html. You may even request that your flag be flown on a certain date!
Presidential Greetings:
Order a birthday greeting from the President of the United States, for people who are age 80 and older, by visiting the White House website: http://www.whitehouse.gov/contact/index.html#, and selecting “Please follow these guidelines for information about greetings” in the Invitations and Greetings Section.
Memory Book:
Before the party, ask guests to tell you their favorite memory about the honoree. Include photos if they are available. Collect these into a memory book to present at the party. You can also make these into a slide show. Don’t limit it to guests. Also collect memories from out of town friends.
We did this for both my mother and father’s 70th birthdays. What a big hit! It is something they really treasure after the party.
Top Thirty (or 40, or 50, or 60 ….) List:
Before the party, ask guests to complete this sentence “I like (the birthday guy or gal) because. . .” Collect as many as the age of the honoree. Combine the answers into a list, frame it and present it at the party. For example, Jimmy is having a 40th birthday, so collect forty things about Jimmy from his friends. “I like Jimmy because he's always up for a game of golf!" You’ll collect some that are sweet and touching, and some that are really funny!
Another option: You can also create a slide show with these quotes and add photos and music. Show it at the party for all to see.
Or: Before the party, ask guests to complete the sentence while you video tape their answers. They can tell a funny story or something to back up their sentiment. Show the video at the party.
Set up a Display:
A display (this is the display from our friend Jimmy's birthday)
of momentos, photographs, and other items is a great addition to any party honoring someone or something.
Give the Number:
Ask guests to think of something that matches the age of the birthday guy or gal and bring it as their gift. For example, for a 50th birthday, guests could bring 50 M&Ms, 50 pennies, 50 paperclips, 50 cookies, etc. Give the examples to your guests and see what all they come up with!
How Old Were You When...?
For something fun, visit the website www.frontiernet.net/~cdm/age1.html (or Google “Boy the Bear Age Gauge”). Type in the birthdate of the honoree and find out all sorts of interesting facts a birthday timeline which tell the age of the person during important events.
Golden Birthdays:
For those turning 31 or less, you may be celebrating a
golden birthday.
This is when you are turning 21 on the 21st of the month, or 25 on the 25th of the month, etc. It only happens once...so do something a little extra special if this is the year! Perhaps some special adult birthday party games...
Of course, you can amend this a little. When my mother-in-law turned 70, we celebrated her Golden Birthday. She was born on the 7th...so it seemed fitting to do. Doesn't work for everyone. My birthday is on the 16th of the month, so I guess I need to wait until I turn 116 before I get my next golden birthday!
Special Frame:
You've seen it at weddings or other special events. A photographed is framed with a nice wide mat as a border so that all the guests can sign on the mat. These wide mats can be purchased at any craft store with framing supplies, art store or framing store.
Add your adult birthday party games to our list!!
Do you have a great easy party idea or game?
Share your great ideas!
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