75th Birthday Ideas

RE: 75th Birthday Ideas Post By Sherry (Guest Post) (06/12/2005) Here are just a few suggestions that we are using at my Fathers party in August. Dad has a LOT of grandchildren so one way we thought to include them is to do a Bill Cosby type show of our own. With someone running a video camera we will have chairs set up and the kid will be asked different questions. We will ask them what was the funniest thing they ever saw Grandpa do or say, and fill in the blank questions such as My favorite thing about Grandpa is...I also found a whole bunch of "old Sayings" that we grew up hearing my parents and grandparents say and we are going to have the kids finish the saying in their own words. Such as Let sleeping dogs____. Don't throw the baby out with the ____. A bird in the hand is___. You get the idea. We are also taking quilting blocks and fabric pens so people can write their names and a little message. This is going to be made into a small lap quilt.Don't forget a guest book (home made is best) with plent y of room for messages and pictures or drawings from the kids.Let your knowledge of your loved ones guide you and believe me the ideas will flow.You don't have to spend a lot of money to make wonderful memories.I bet both of them will tell you that. RE: 75th Birthday Ideas Post By Kim Anderson (Guest Post) (05/14/2005) have each family members and guests put an item in a box that represents something special about your dad. For example a fishing pole. Who ever put this in would take their turn getting up and telling a memorable story about why this memory shared with your dad is so imortant. Its ok to have double items because the stories will be different. Someone can record the stories for your dad to keep. It will be an origional and unique gift. It will also show how special your dad is tto so many people. RE: 75th Birthday Ideas Post By Beverly in TN (Guest Post) (04/28/2005) Pass around a blank Journal book and have each guest write a funny or interesting memory of himself and the guests of honor. They can then read this in the future and relive all the good stories. RE: 75th Birthday Ideas Post By (Guest Post) (04/28/2005) You could make a timeline of their lives together - honoring both his birthday and their anniversary. Get a big piece of butcher paper and start with his birthday at one end and move forward to his first day of school, graduation from high school, first job, etc. Attach pictures, letters/cards, or other symbols of important events along the way. For example, you could find their wedding announcement and attach that near the date of the wedding, or the birth announcements of their children. Be sure to leave space at the end of the butcher paper to add more happy years! Then hang it on the wall of the church hall. This timeline will give him a starting place for his stories, but will make space for stories about the wife as well and the guests will enjoy learning about their lives.