How to Organize an 80th Birthday Party
An 80th birthday party represents a celebrant's lifetime achievement as much as another year in the world. Organize an 80th birthday party with a complete focus on the birthday person. Gather the guest of honor's closest friends and family members. Create a birthday theme that emphasizes the celebrant's values. Use your 80th birthday theme for invitations, gifts and activities. Does this Spark an idea?
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Things You'll Need
- Invitations
- Birthday cake
- Antipasto foods
- Coffee
- Bottled spring water
- Sparkling fruit punch
- Punch bowl
- Blank CDs
Instructions
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Make a memory book for an 80-year-old to enjoy after the party. Create an appropriate 80th birthday party theme. Select, for example, "A Stroll down Memory Lane" or "This is Your Life." Use your theme slogan on invitations.
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Send birthday party invitations in a timely way. Make or purchase 80th birthday party invitations. Select invitations with elegant style. Extend your invitation by writing:
Earl Madison
Requests the pleasure of your company
At his 80th birthday celebration
On Saturday, December 23
At 4:00 PM
Bring your fond memories
For an afternoon strolling down memory lane
RSVP
Send the invitations two or three weeks in advance of the party.
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Arrange for a birthday gift with meaning and value for an 80-year-old celebrant. Create an online memory book or make a hardcover scrapbook filled with photos, news clippings from the past and handwritten guest memories. Contact family and friends a month in advance, asking for items to include in the book of memories.
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Serve a fresh fruit platter at an 80th birthday party. Arrange a menu. Keep refreshments simple and healthy. Make or order, for example, an antipasto and a fresh fruit platter. Serve fresh-brewed coffee, bottled spring water and sparkling fruit punch. Order the birthday person's favorite cake, adjusting for dietary requirements, such as diabetes, or a need for heart-healthy foods.
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Create a playlist of the celebrant's favorite music. Make a playlist of the celebrant's favorite music. Use an online music service to search for songs. Use a computer media player to burn an 80th birthday CD to play during the party. Give the CD to the guest of honor for future enjoyment. Encourage guests and the celebrant to dance, if possible.
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Tips & Warnings
Sign up with a free online party planner to help keep you organized.
Place a time limit on the festivities. Include the information in your invitations.
Let the birthday person know what to expect on the day of the party.
Suggest gifts fitting the theme, such as a memory book or a custom family and friends scrapbook or photo album.
Resources
- Photo Credit McMillan Digital Art/Photodisc/Getty Images generations of memories image by LadyInBlack from Fotolia.com party invitation image by robert mobley from Fotolia.com fruit platter image by robert lerich from Fotolia.com cd on cd image by Stephen Kirkby from Fotolia.com
