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Post by dannyboy on Jan 18, 2010 22:56:47 GMT
......pleeeeaasssee I am planning to have a party for my Mum in a couple of weeks. Has anyone ever been to a milestone birthday party? Does anyone have any ideas as to what I could do. I have booked out a local hotel & have organised music and a buffet but thats really as far as it goes so far. I will have the usual party decorations - helium galore  I'd thought of perhaps getting pictures blown up - a selection from over my mums 60 years. Anyone else any ideas? |
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Post by Jen on Jan 18, 2010 23:48:37 GMT
well the only milestone birthdays i have been to have been 18ths and 21sts, and im guessing your mum wont appreciate the kinda things we had!!!!!!!
i thinki the pictures is a really good idea, possibly have them as i timeline so that people can see how she has changed and grown up over the years???
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Post by Blonde Donkey on Jan 19, 2010 9:01:32 GMT
I think it depends on the personality of you're mum. Is she quite young at heart or is she more old fashioned. For my nans 70th we arranged a party on her lawn fully catered with everyone she knows. Because she goes to church quite a lot the vicar did a reading and we had like a lounge singer on the lawn. It was a great day.
My Gran who is about as grown up as me we threw her a party with a magician and a clown with all the kids she helps out with at the local nursery. Then we had a slightly more adult party later on with all the family. That was great fun as well.
We did the pictures idea for my uncles 50th and it was hilarious especially the one with him and my mum facing the wrong way on a moving shire horse lol.
I'm sure she'll love it whatever you do
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Post by fleabitten on Jan 19, 2010 16:12:56 GMT
I think it depends on what shes like and what sort of stuff she'd like.
My granny had an 80th party last year and we had it at my aunties house and we just had a buffet and cake and that was it really. Nothing exciting.
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Post by brigadier on Jan 26, 2010 14:26:58 GMT
I got landed with the job of doing a speech for my surrogate dads 60th. I researched his year of birth on the internet and did a bit of a quiz, then related aspects of his personality with funny incidents that had happened at key milestones. It took a bit of doing but was really well received and I think he was really really touched! either that or he had swallowed a chip down the wrong hole and was choking!
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Post by stassy on Jan 31, 2010 8:50:19 GMT
I went to a 60th a few years back and it pretty much had what you have organised. Photographs over the past 60 years around the walls, balloons, buffet and music. A few friends and family gave little speeches too.
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Post by scattymare on Feb 4, 2010 21:29:35 GMT
Hmmm not very good at this sort of thing but I'll watch with interest as it's my dads 70th this year and I can see a party coming up.
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Post by gnuton on Mar 11, 2010 0:39:40 GMT
I had a 50th surprise birthday for my husband a few years ago. I asked everyone coming to bring a picture of themselves for as recently as possible. I bought an album, black paper, and gel pens. When the guests came in they stuck their pictures in the album and wrote whatever they wanted underneath their picture.
I also bought a whole bunch of disposable cameras for the guests to take random pictures, which I had developed later and added them to the photo album.
Good luck
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Post by racaille on Mar 11, 2010 10:15:39 GMT
That's a great idea Gnuton.
Something I've seen that was wonderful was a patchwork quilt made of bits of fabric that mean something to the birthday girl (bits of old dresses etc) interspersed with photos printed onto bits of material etc - I think it's called a memory quilt and the one I saw was (despite me thinking it could be tacky) truly beautiful.
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