Its my 40th birthday at new year, the timing is always a pain for getting people together. I’m determined to have a fun and memorable party. I don’t really want lots of people dressed up as teddy bears, I want something original but that won’t cost people a fortune to hire. If its a good theme it would be nice to dress the room in that style; ideas?
make it like your "opening night" roll out the red carpet have some people out front flashing cameras and asking for autographs and do a lot of black and white on the inside. make yourself and all your guests feel like movie stars at their premier showing of a movie. maybe do one of those champagne glass pyramids at the beginning of the party and possibly do a faux awards ceremony (best dressed male/female, best couple, king/queen stag stuff like that)
November 25th, 2009 at 4:56 am
Have a naturist party. Can’t get cheaper than a birthday suit.
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November 25th, 2009 at 5:44 am
How about a party with an era theme, like the 70′s or 60′s flower children? Roaring 20′s with flappers….you can buy alot of older stuff for those type of costumes at a thrift store, so it wouldn’t cost too much. Your decorations could be pretty easy, depending on the decade.
Good luck and happy 40th!
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November 25th, 2009 at 6:10 am
wot about retro … u cud pik an era or just say retro then get a load of old-time stuf from charity & vintage shops 2 decorate, & vintage clothes r barely eva expensive … it wud b a load of fun seein wot eras ppl like the best ….
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November 25th, 2009 at 6:47 am
Have a "Murders party" you all have to dress up as ..say The Ripper / Freddy / Jason / The McCanns…etc….then play "How i did it " …."Pin the knife in the Donkeys ar se "…And McCanns fave…."Hide the Body"….this would be a real scream ….what you think..?
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"Put your left leg in your left leg out in out in out and lose it cos iv got a phucking big knife …now sit still….!!! "
November 25th, 2009 at 7:21 am
For my husband’s birthday we did a Hillbilly theme – we dressed in check shirts and ripped jeans, had tex mex food, tin baths filled with bottles of budweiser, homemade moonshine (punch), tin can shoot in the garden and bales of hay in the garden delivered locally from a farm. Make sure to put twinkly outdoor lanterns in the garden for a homely barn dance feel. Yee-hah!
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November 25th, 2009 at 7:40 am
make it like your "opening night" roll out the red carpet have some people out front flashing cameras and asking for autographs and do a lot of black and white on the inside. make yourself and all your guests feel like movie stars at their premier showing of a movie. maybe do one of those champagne glass pyramids at the beginning of the party and possibly do a faux awards ceremony (best dressed male/female, best couple, king/queen stag stuff like that)
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November 25th, 2009 at 8:12 am
How about a "The Year You Were Born Party" based on the Chinese symbols. No need for the whole animal costume, though some will go the whole hog, as homemade masks would suffice. The house could then be dressed with lots of pretty lanterns etc.and a buffet of chinese food. Here is a chart to show you just who could turn up.
Dog 1934 1946 1958 1970 1982 1994 2006
Boar 1935 1947 1959 1971 1983 1995 2007
Rat 1936 1948 1960 1972 1984 1996 2008
Ox 1937 1949 1961 1973 1985 1997 2009
Tiger 1938 1950 1962 1974 1986 1998 2010
Hare 1939 1951 1963 1975 1987 1999 2011
Dragon 1940 1952 1964 1976 1988 2000 2012
Serpent 1941 1953 1965 1977 1989 2001 2013
Horse 1942 1954 1966 1978 1990 2002 2014
Ram 1943 1955 1967 1979 1991 2003 2015
Monkey 1944 1956 1968 1980 1992 2004 2016
Rooster 1945 1957 1969 1981 1993 2005 2017
Whatever you decide to do I hope you have a great time. Happy 40th Birthday
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November 25th, 2009 at 8:44 am
I’d love an 80′s party myself – dayglo fingerless gloves and legwarmers, rara skirts, batwing tops, Duran Duran……. oooh lovely!!!
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November 25th, 2009 at 9:11 am
I totally agree with awwdree, dinner suits and cocktail dresses. It would be brill. Champagne cocktails, someone taking photo’s as the guests arrive, a red carpet up your garden path. But then any excuse to get dressed up to the nines!
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November 25th, 2009 at 9:43 am
how about a Bollywood themed party….you can get lots of colours with the glitz and glamour from dressing up???
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November 25th, 2009 at 10:31 am
come dressed as your partner just swap clothes for the night
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November 25th, 2009 at 10:51 am
I’m not sure if your female or male as your ID doesn’t suggest, anyway if your male why not get everyone to come as their favourite football player, you could hire a sports hall and have a ‘match’. You could even take on the world cup theme and get everyone to choose from a list of countries, or put them into a hat to add to the surprise. If your female you could have a beach theme and get everyone to come dressed in their beach attire, but make sure you have the central heating on!
You could make palm trees out of cardboard and paint them,
put a yellow piece of material down for the sand, loungers,
umbrella’s etc and make a huge tropical punch or even have an indoor barbeque! Or hire an indoor pool and decorate that! Happy 40th
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November 25th, 2009 at 11:19 am
Hmm, new year… Why don’t you ask people to dress up how they think people will be dressing in the future (?) Seeing as it’s the new year. Ask them to make a new ‘fashion statement’ that could feature in the New Year. I think that could be kind of cool.
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