50th Birthday Party Ideas

If you think he/she would prefer not to be reminded of his/her wrinkles, bags and ever-increasing nearness to death, better opt for a traditional bash.

If, on the other hand, he/she can laugh about getting older, feel free to roast away.

50th Birthday Themes

• Garden Soiree
• Surprise Party
• Kentucky Derby
• Beers of the World bash
• 1950's or 1960's retro bash
• Roast a la Don Rickles...ouch (ask guests to bring gag gifts too)
• Tea Party (you could also do this as a kids' tea party for a laugh)
• Black and White
• Hollywood/Red Carpet
• Casino Night
• Over the Hill
• Mexican Fiesta (complete with a grown-up pinata of course)
• This Is Your Life retrospective
• Masquerade Ball
• Come as You Were (everyone comes dressed to look decades younger)
• Mardi Gras

More 50th Birthday Party Ideas

• a bowling alley (would be great for a 1950's theme)
• on a boat (a "booze cruise")
• rent an area in a baseball or football stadium (arrange to put a birthday message on the scoreboard)
• arrange to meet in a city or on a college campus that was special to everyone
• rent an art gallery
• book a castle or other fabulously outrageous place (search wedding facilities
  for great lists)

Hire a limo to drive everyone to a favorite beach for the day (or weekend if you can swing it)

Arrange for a group lesson of an activity you know he or she would love to learn how to do (sky diving, skiing or knitting perhaps?) and then spend the day DOING it!

You might also be interested in these pages:

• 50th Birthday Invitations
• 50th Birthday Cake Designs
• 50th Birthday Favors
• 50th Birthday Gift Suggestions
• 50th Birthday Gag Gifts