Request: 80th Birthday Ideas
Archived on 09/30/2009
I need ideas for decorations for a man's 80th birthday party.
By Rose from Bloomer, WI
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To celebrate my father-in-law's 80th, everyone donated a few photographs for a scrapbook. We also covered water bottles with pictures of Dad through the ages. Everyone had a souvenir to take home. (06/17/2008)
By daTeach
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Request: 80th Birthday Ideas
Archived on 04/30/2008
Do you have any 80th birthday party ideas?
Amy from Memphis, TN
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RE: 80th Birthday Ideas
These are some great ideas. My Father will be 80 next month and we are also trying to find some different ideas. So thanks to all.
I sent for birthday cards from President Bush, Bill Clinton & Jimmy Carter (has to be 6 weeks before the birth date). I am also going to have a flag fly over the Capital in his honor on his birthday. They send a certification & he will get the flag about 6 weeks later. This is the website: http://www.usflag.org/capitalflag.html
I have also started on getting him 80 birthday cards!!
(01/10/2007)
By Shirley from FL
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I am planning a 80th Birthday Party for my dad. He loves baseball, and his birthday is in August, so I am using that as a theme. A local bakery is making individual baseball cupcakes for each place setting. I am making invitations that look like baseball mitts. My son is a DJ so we will be playing "Take Me Out To The Ball Game" when he arrives. Lots of friends and family are excited to do this for him. He is a great guy. We are also doing a DVD. I did not know about the White House. Great Idea! Thanks for sharing ideas. (01/13/2007)
By Deborah Kilcher
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I'm planning my Mom's 80th Birthday Party. She is a quilter so we are sending family and friends a 4x4 quilt square so they can write a memory about my mother. My daughter is collecting these and putting them in a quilt for her. (04/12/2007)
By Sharon
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Since seniors may suffer a bit of memory loss, create a DVD/CD or computer screen saver slide show of all the old and new family pics. That's what I am doing for my mom, who is suffering from beginning onset of Alzheimer's. Any other suggestions, let me know. Thanks. (08/13/2007)
By Denise
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for djpriness. I have an idea for your Mom's party you said that she loves Cooking and Baking. Why don't you have a Picnic Theme where the family/guest brings a dish or desert accompany with the recipe. You can create a Recipe Book. Some Caterer's offer Cooking Parties. They teach the guest to cook and you eat the meal prepared. (08/17/2007)
By fhunt615
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When my mother turned 80, I had a surprise party for her in June, rented the local park pavilion, had it catered and invited family and friends. Had guests from 3 months old to 85 years young. I hired a caricature artists for the adults and a face painter for the children. Mom is developing Alzheimer's so we cut posterboard into pieces, had guests write a small note to Mom and took their picture. Put together a memory album for her and presented this to her after it was all put together. A great time was had by all. It's been 3 months since party, she still brings out the memory book and reminisces. (10/03/2007)
By Cindy.
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I am planning an 80th "birthday card celebration" across the miles. I have sent through the USPS a letter with a pre-addressed label and a stamp attached requesting friends/family to help us send 80 birthday cards to celebrate my mother's special day. I am also sending restaurant gift cards to some special people who live near her to take her out for special lunches/dinners to celebrate this milestone. (11/04/2007)
By Wendy Carpenter
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For Marinela for your Mom in Spain. What about making a pinata for her to break open. Instead of candy, fill it with family pictures from the past.
Marg (11/04/2007)
By Marg
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The 80th Anniversary of the academy awards is in '08, do a theme based party on that. (12/30/2007)
By lauren
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I have two friends turning 80 this year, both long distances from me; one is having a party and the other refuses to have one. I just thought I'd print out 80 little "cards", one per year with some significant event for that year, starting with of course their birth in 1928 and ending with their 80th in 2008. I plan to mail - that'll keep them busy! (02/07/2008)
By Friend
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We are getting my mom 80 presents. We divided up theme ideas so she would not get the same things. Everyone took a theme. (03/08/2008)
By RRandall
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For my mom's 80th, I am doing a family tree quilt with the names of children, grandchildren, etc. No in-laws or out-laws. I am also planning on a scrapbook afternoon event after all the main celebrations are over with. Each family member will be given a page to do and it is a super way to involve all the young people! A slide-show of old family photos is being organized by my niece. The best feedback you will get, is when you involve the family. Good luck! (03/29/2008)
By Debbie strickland
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My brother and I are actually planning an 80th birthday party for my grandfather and we are in the process of making a video for him of his life. We are going to family members, such as his kids, grandkids and other relatives. On the video we are having everyone tell a memorable story about him and the younger kids that don't speak that well yet, just say Happy Birthday to him. (04/05/2008)
By Lin
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Both my father and uncle still love to flirt. Here are a couple of party ideas that I floated by "the party committee"
1. Hire some fiddlers to play Celtic music for an hour
2. Hire a Burlesque troupe to present for the main entertainment.
3. Buy suspenders and cardboard and have the guests fashion their own elaborate Breast Plates and have them fashion their own news paper hats to wear.
4. Have every table draw up a card with pencil or crayons or have a long sheet of paper covering a table for everyone to draw and add their blessings.
5.cover a table with old family photo's and cover them with a clear plastic sheet to prevent loss and damage from food, drinks.
6. Hand out music sheets of old ethnic folk songs and have the crowd sing along to the songs they love so much
7. put a couple of bottles of Vodka on ice for toasting shots and have plenty of pirogies on hand. (again an ethnic thing) (04/10/2008)
By Tilman
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Request: 80th Birthday Ideas
Archived on 11/08/2006
I am in need of ideas for my Father In Law's 80th birthday. I would like for it to be a surprise. His health is really bad so we would have to have it at his house. Any ideas would be appreciated.
Martha from TN
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i did this for my grandmothers birthday and she loved it. The numbers were made up as close as I thought was possible.
- number of meals cooked
- number of diapers changed
- number of gallons of dishwater used
- number of miles driven
- number of fish cleaned
- etc.
As you can see you can use any list! (04/15/2005)
By Jeanie
Open House
Here's what we did for my daddy's 100th birthday. We put an ad in the local newspaper about a week or two before his birthday, inviting all his relatives, friends and neighbors to help him celebrate by sending him a birthday card and/or attending an open house the day of his birthday and enjoying a piece of birthday cake and coffee or iced tea or punch. (Be sure to include his mailing address!)
We rented a local meeting room for the open house. I covered a table with pictures of his life. (I bought a length of the clear plastic yard goods from WalMart and placed it over the pictures so no one would spill food or drinks on the old pictures!) I also found a booklet that told what the prices of various items were the year he was born. Folks enjoyed reading it. I think I found it at a Bob Evans restaurant but have also seen them at Cracker Barrel.
One of the granddaughter's brought a fancy decorated birthday cake and the rest each brought a variety of sheet cakes so folks had plenty of choices.
We made up some invitations (at Kinko's) to send to special family members and those who lived far away. We put a picture of him as a dapper young man on the front and had it done in sepia tone.
We had a couple of the grandsons bring his recliner from his home so he had a very comfortable seat of honor at the open house.
We kept the open house fairly short; 2:00 to 4:00 so we wouldn't totally exhaust him.
He was so very excited over the amount of birthday cards that started pouring in days before his birthday! We put a basket on a table at the open house for folks to drop cards in also. He reread all the cards for months on end. That really gave him a lot of pleasure! Whatever you do I'm sure your father-in-law will appreciate it. Have fun!
(04/15/2005)
By Grandma Margie
Cowboy Party
If your father-law is a country boy, I suggest that the invitations suggest to all his guests to come dressed in their cowboy and cowgirl attire and play western music and have a guitar shaped cake or cake decorated with western motif also decorations of western setting. (04/15/2005)
By Dottiiie
White House Greeting
Write to the White House and request a birthday greeting to be mailed to your father in law. The White House sends out birthday greetings to individuals who are 80 years and older. Here is the url for complete information.
http://www.whitehouse.gov/greeting/ (04/16/2005)
By Las Vegas Angel
Telling Stories
For my father's 80th, we gathered his family and his grandchildren and children took turns telling stories and special memories they had of him while growing up. They were funny, uplifting and at times emotional. My father loved it. We had a special cake made with his picture on it. We decorated his chair, and took pictures of him with each generation. My father died a couple months ago. This will always be one of our fondest memories. (06/29/2005)
By Laurie
Age Gauge
http://www.frontiernet.net/~cdm/age1.html is called Boy the Bear Age Gauge. It takes a birthrate and tells how old the person was when movies and events took place. It also compares ages with famous people - It is fun and it is free (01/08/2006)
By Linda
Our Party
Thanks for some great ideas - here are some of mine:
We blew up old photos to hang on the walls - about $5 each at Kinkos. We hung posters of some of his most common sayings - e.g. - "If that skirt gets any shorter you'll have 2 more cheeks to powder."
We made up a quiz - how will do you know Joe - and placed them on the tables as conversation starters. We made up a word search with some words related to him (one of his favorite hobbies). We scanned in all sorts of photos and made CDs as favors for guests and showed the slide show during the event. We printed photos onto card stock paper and glued floral wire between 2 photos and inserted these in the flower vases on the tables. We had the smaller grand kids write 10 things I love about grandpa.
MOBy Kathleen
Memory Book
When my grandpa turned 80 we sent his friends and relatives a questionnaire and SASE for them to fill out: How did you meet? What's your favorite story about him? etc. We bound the responses and made a book to present to him. He loved it and we got to hear some great stories. (09/06/2006)
By KB in NJ
DVD Slide Show
I am planning a surprise party for my grandmother's 80th birthday. My husband and I are making a DVD slideshow of photos of her through the years as well as video clips from home movies. I am also making video clips of family and friends wishing her happy birthday to include in between photos in the slideshow. I have picked several fitting songs to play in the background. (I am still looking for a couple more songs if anyone has any suggestions.) My husband made postcard invitations that have a photo of her when she was young and a recent one along with the party details on one side, and a request for any photos or stories from her past on the other side. At the party, I plan to read a bio of her life, play the DVD then go around the room letting people share any stories they would like to about their memories of her from the past. I also plan to give out questionnaires for the guests to fill out with any memories or birthday wishes they wish to share with her. These will be put up on a large bulletin board along with photos. I will later take these and make a memory book with them and photos taken at the party. I'm still in the planning stage. (09/08/2006)
By Melanie
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