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sky divingAn unexpected gift for a pivotal birthday deserves a gift of an adventure or extreme experience to mark the moment. Whether you can afford a week-long surfing trip or a more affordable experience like a sky-diving class or hot air balloon trip, a gift of adventure big or small is a special way to create birthday memories. For extreme trips you can consult a travel agency that specializes in adventure vacations, and for smaller experiences simply page through the phone book to find the closest sky-diving or hot air balloon business to your locale. Whatever your budget, you can create a moment to be remembered. -
birthday bookPeak birthdays that mark not only time but periods of life should be considered with extra creativity. A special book that comments on that transition with humor, such as "Quick Answer Me Before I. Forget the Question: Everything You Need to Know About Turning 50," by Lynette Padwa or "29 and Counting: A Chick's Guide to Turning 30" by Julie Tilsner, cannot only provide a good read, but may help the individual with a lighthearted way to deal with her big birthday. -
Scrap book pageNothing is more thoughtful than creating a beautiful presentation of much loved, but rarely seen photographs and a personalized scrapbook can do just that. With a "This Is Your Life" theme appropriate for any birthday from twenty to eighty, a scrapbook of family photos that span a number of birthdays can bring back smiles from the past. Collect a group of photos from different times in the birthday person's life and then put your scrap-booking talents to use by selecting appropriate enhancements and writing in personal stories. If you are a novice scrap-booker, ask for help from professionals at your local scrap-booking store or join a "cropping club" and other scrap-bookers can help you with the project along the way. -
tarot card readingsA mystical adventure can await your friend who is facing a big birthday. A trip to a psychic for a reading or an appointment at your local new age shop for a tarot card reading can help get a birthday celebrant ready for the next big year of challenges and achievements. With a focus on the positive, you can also arrange for a personalized astrological chart with predictions for the following year. Look in your local yellow pages for a reputable psychic reader or ask for recommendations at the nearby new age book shop. Ask for references before booking a psychic. Enhance the gift idea by buying your friend a Magic 8-ball for advice all year long.
