How to Choose a Birthday Gift for October

Before you get slammed with Thanksgiving, winter holidays and New Year's revelry, take time to celebrate with friends and loved ones born in October.

Instructions

Difficulty: Moderately Easy

Things You’ll Need:

• Adult Halloween Costumes
• Birthday Cards
• Journal
• Poetry Books
• Candles
• Calendulas
• Cologne
• Perfume
• Birthstone Jewelry
• Kids' Costumes

1. Consider buying jewelry or collectibles with the birthday boy's or girl's birthstone. The modern stone for October is the opal; the traditional is the tourmaline; the mystical stone is the jasper. All point toward good fortune and hope.
2. Consider astrological attributes when purchasing a gift. For the charming, peace-loving October Libra, born October 1 to 23, how about cologne, perfume or candles? Passionate October Scorpios, born October 24 to 31, may want a journal or a book of poetry to match their intensity.
3. Purchase something in the astrological birthstone as an alternative to the monthly birthstone: The Libra's stone is lapis lazuli; the Scorpio's is malachite.
4. Keep flowers in mind; calendulas are the flowers for October.
5. Try adhering to a holiday theme, such as a Halloween gift basket or a fun costume, along with a Halloween night on the town.

Tips & Warnings

• Men can be quite appreciative of flowers, so think twice before ruling out such a gift.
• Other birthstones for October include zircon and aquamarine.