50th Birthday Party Ideas
Time to start planning for the big day and the big party to see the next phase of your life in with a swing.
Here are a few ideas…
1957 Party
A great theme for the year you (or your partner) were born. You could have a rock and roll party playing songs from 1957. This could include Buddy Holly and Chuck Berry.
Surprise Party
Obviously you can’t do this one on your own, but a surprise party is a great idea. To make it really effective you have to let your partner know that a party is planned - with just a few close friends, but you keep the number of people a secret.
Hire a boat
A great party venue is to hire a boat. This could either be on a river or on the sea. (Watch out for the sea as some people may get sea sick). My brother hired a boat from Central London down to the Thames Barrage.
Hire a castle
A castle is a great venue for a party. Many castles have a banqueting hall. Even better you could also combine it with a Medieval Banquet. This would make an unmissable event.
Hire a hotel for the weekend
A great one to keep the festivities going. This was one that my sister-in-law Chris did for her 50th birthday.
Beach party
A nice thing to do in hot weather is to have a party on the beach. You may need to pick a location where you are not likely to get told off. In the middle of winter you could plan an indoor beach party where you wear hawaian shirts and spread sand on the floor. Jo went to a great 50th beach party recently. They even managed to get a boat in the marquee!
Themed party
There are lots of other types of themed parties that you can try.
- Caribbean
- Pirates
- Vicars and Tarts
- Film Stars
- School Dinners
Hire a big villa
Hire a big villa for a week or two abroad. Share the cost with your close friends. (sent in by Salli)
Party like Philip Green
For the ultimate of 50th Birthday Parties - if you had £5 million ($10 million) - to spare could could not do much better than emulate Philip Green.
He hired a Boeing 747 to fly 200 friends to a 50th birthday party in Cyprus. He paid Rod Stewart and Tom Jones to perform for his guests. Michael Aspel surprised the party by arriving on stage for a version of This Is Your Life.
It ended with a toga party in a mock Roman amphitheatre.
Any other ideas?
If you have any other ideas - why not add them in the box below.
For the man with a stout heart, take an aerobatic flight.
(Thanks to Anonymous)A look back on your life a slide show of the person celebrating their 50th and go thorough all the good and bad times in their lives.
(Thanks to Anonymous)OR hire a jukebox and they can listen to all their favourite tunes in the era they were born in, get way to have fun with mates and have some fun it is your special day after all.
you could have you and your partners family over for a meal at your house , get caterers to do the cooking so that you can be with your guests
(Thanks to Anonymous)You could send a singing telegram to a party.
(Thanks to auraclemusic)No one ever forgets receiving a singing telegram, especially one featuring a song or character that has special meaning .
islander theme
(Thanks to Anonymous)hire a BARGE FOR THE NIGHT
(Thanks to Anonymous)a 1958 cd with rock and roll music or either classic and peaceful
(Thanks to Anonymous)make love all night
(Thanks to Anonymous)Get a group of friends together & go camping. Have a big bonfire, plenty of wine etc, marshmallows to toast, stories, go on a night walk, BBQ.
(Thanks to Anonymous)get the invited guests to write a note of a special event they remember of the birthday person and compile them before the party then have someone read them and get the birthday person to try and guess who wrote it. put them into a memory book and present it as a gift
tina
(Thanks to Anonymous)everyone goes dressed as the host
(Thanks to Anonymous)a small dinner party for 20 followed by a marquee in the garden for the rest of your friends the next day
(Thanks to Anonymous)a beer bus “Black Country Tours” west midlands
(Thanks to Anonymous)a children’s tea party theme for your 50th cake jelly, balloons pass the parcel, musical chairs!
(Thanks to Anonymous)A Famous five theme with the five go on a holiday book as the atmospheric set up.
(Thanks to Jo)play snooker
(Thanks to colin)strum your guitar
(Thanks to matt)