Homemade Over the Hill Gifts for Females

Give a special lady a handmade gift for her birthday.

Any woman who reaches a birthday milestone that marks the "over-the-hill point" deserves to be celebrated. Whether it's your mother, sister, aunt, friend or co-worker, give her an appropriate handmade gift to honor her birthday. Your homemade gift can be something sweet or purely for comic relief.

Survival Kit

Make the woman headed over the hill a survival kit for her anticipated hot flashes. Put all the comical essential items in a decorative basket or cute tote bag. Add key cooling items like a hand-held fan, ice packs and a handkerchief. You can also add an extra T-shirt for when she sweats through her clothes. Include a danger sign that states, "Menopausal woman. May create a hot flash or spontaneously combust." Lastly, include an empty medication bottle filled with emergency medication -- mini-chocolate M&M's.

Sucker Bouquet

Satisfy the birthday woman's sweet tooth by making her a sucker bouquet as a gift. You will want to use one sucker for every year of her life. Poke the stick of each sucker into a Styrofoam ball connected to a holder or placed in a vase. On each sucker you can attach a sticker that says, "40 sucks." Simply use the age of the birthday woman you are honoring. For added flair you tie the sucker bouquet with curled black ribbon.

Badge

Give the over the hill birthday lady a comical badge to display her old age. Have her stand out on her big day whether she is proud of her age or not. Use a button-making kit or laminate your own paper. The badge can be made for a shirt with a pin or with a string to wear as a necklace. Print a sassy message like, "40 and looking fine" or "It took 40 years to look this good."

Candy Bar Cake

Create a cake for the birthday woman out of candy bars. First, find out which candy bars are her favorite. Use a hot glue gun or durable double-sided tape to attach the candy bars around a Styrofoam cylinder. Make sure the foam base is completely covered in candy bars. Add ribbon around the cake and candles that display her age at the top. Put the cake on a decorative cake stand to make it look even more authentic.

References

• Homemade Gifts Made Easy: 40th Birthday Gag Gifts and 40th Birthday Humor
• Find Gift: Over the Hill Candy Bar Cake