Birthdays are a celebration of the individual and not a chronicle of years. Don’t be afraid to ask the person how he/she would like to celebrate their birthday because we change from year-to-year and decade to decade. Celebrate the passage of life. These are some birthday celebrations that you can have at work. Please add your ideas to this blog for others to enjoy.
Happy Burger Day
Have a birthday celebration where the featured food served is hamburgers and cheeseburgers with all of the fixings. Make a giant burger for the special birthday person.
A Gift of Years
When a person has a decade-advancing birthday (30, 40, 50, or 60), celebrate the uniqueness of the decade. Do NOT give “over the hill” presents, dress in black, and/or wear black armbands. Instead, make meaningful celebrations of these events.
Give the birthday person the appropriate number (30, 40, 50, 60) of a single item, such as:
- Tulip or daffodil bulbs
- Packets of flower or vegetable seeds
- Golf balls
- Balloons
- Suckers
- Candy bars
- Bubble gum pieces
- Snack size packs of potato chips, pretzels, cookies, etc.
- Packets of bath salts
- The corresponding number of weeks of a subscription to a magazine
Or present one item for each decade, such as (for a person turning 40):
- 4 books
- 4 picture frames
- 4 $10 dollar gift cards
- 4 layer cake
Another idea to celebrate a 40th birthday is to use 40 Winks as the theme and give a basket full of sleep products such as bath salts, sleep shades for the eyes, melatonin, lavender sheet spray, etc.
Decorate a Tree
Give each person a long piece of fabric. Ask them to decorate and write a birthday wish on each piece. Tie the fabric pieces together to make a knotted garland. Drape the garland around a small tree or the branches of a tree as a table decoration.