I also need a idea for my Dh's birthday. He will be 50. I seem to remember that when I turned 40 he put a add in the paper that said Lordy ,Lordy. looks who's fourty. You know what they say about paybacks.
Here is what we did for a friend that turned 50 but didn't want us telling everyone about it:
at his party when it came time to open the gifts we told them we wanted to be last (you will see why?)
I made up a box covered in black paper with cutoutsof '50' all over it. When he opened the box inside was '25 gifts' mixed in with '25' small home-made Birthday Cards!(total 50!)
Each gift was special as there were '50' things in each one.
Like we found:
clothline-50 feet
50 clothpins
roll of 50 pennys- made
bag of 50 rubberbands - made
bag of 50 paperclips - made
candy bag of 50 mints
pack of 50 tacks
50 feet of fencing wire
bag of 50 nails - made
bag of 50 paper plates
and so on and so on.
Funny part was 1 of his kids was in charge of putting the 25 Birthday Cards in a big baggie we had with us and everyone else in the room started to join on on the fun.
When he toook out a gift I asked hime "how many are in the bag,Ben?"
his reply: "50!" (%$*&$%#!)
next gift-
and I asked hime "how many are in the bag,Ben?"
his reply: "50!" (%$*&$%#!)
by the thrird gift evenyone was saying "how many are in the bag,Ben?"
his reply: "50!" (%$*&$%#!)
Oh, what fun that was!
I took the time to make header cards for the things that we had made-up and it was also fun 'shopping' looking for 50 things in packages. Had one store owner running around his shop helping us look for things!
