Planning a Memeorable 50th Birthday Party

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A "50th birthday" party is often thrown in honor of a dear person who is crossing a major milestone in their life. They may be going on a long vacation trip or planning a short tropical getaway to celebrate.

Either way, it would be memorable for the person leaving to see all of his friends and family get together for a special party to wish him bon voyage. Considering the sad nature that turning 50 might be for some, the 50th birthday party should definitely be a lot of fun - a sort of "last hurray".

What follows are some easy to follow fiftieth birthday party planning tips and helpful party ideas that may be useful in putting up a really unforgettable "over the hill" party; The kind of a “older than dirt” party that will surely create wonderful and warm memories for each of the party attendees.

1. Send out invitations. Invite everyone that should be in the know that you are throwing out a special tribute to a guest of honor who will soon be turning 50. Make these invitations something out of the ordinary. Maybe add some twist to it like images of the guest of honor enjoying a good time with friends and family.

2. Collect messages and good wishes for the guest of honor. A video recording will do the trick. You may feature a short video clip of these recordings while you eat. The guest of honor will be moved with this sweet gesture. Why not include childhood photographs, yearbook photos, and family pictures as well. Then save the movie as a gift for every guest including the guest of honor.

3. To make the event even more memorable not only for the guest of honor but for the 50th party attendees as well, purchase favors for each of the guests. This may come in the form of special designed frames specifying the details of the event. Or maybe specially designed beverage labels for chocolate bars or drinking water bottles that the guests are free to take home after consuming the contents.

4. Serve your guest of honor's favorite foods. The guest of honor will absolutely appreciate this thoughtful gesture and the guests will certainly find out something interesting they didn't know about their favorite 50 year old.

Having a wonderful birthday party will leave you with special warm memories to carry you through until it's time for the next one in your group to turn the big 5-0. And thanks to your great planning, no fretting, no sweating, just pure fun even for the party planner.

Of course, you should plan memorable games to remind everyone that they may also be older than dirt with Over The Hill Printable Birthday Games.

Older Than Dirt 50 Birthday Party

An Older Than Dirt 50 Birthday Party... It's all in good fun. If the guest of honor has an exceptionally good sense of humor you can't go wrong with this theme.

To keep everything within this theme of "Old Dirt" you will need to be creative with decorations and food.

Just a few ideas for this party might be:

• Dirty Martini
• Haystack cookies
• Dirt Cake
• Mini flower pots filled with gummy worms for favors
• Garden spade used for serving food
• Glass dish filled with sand and candles for centerpiece

Games... you need a few games to break the ice with party goers that don't know each other:

You just might be older than dirt if you know the answers to these trivia questions! A must-play for any Over-the-Hill party. Answer key included. Start printing as soon as you order!

Over The Hill Printable Birthday Games