Retro Birthday Cards

If you are planning a party for someone who is close to a year of anniversary step as 40, 50, 60 or beyond, you want it to be enjoyable and memorable. Forget the "hill" theme. It can be funny when you turn 30, but loses its humor when you get closer to the top of the hill. Instead, commemorate the year the guest of honor was born with an elegant party, he will remember for years to come. Here's how:

Party Invitations

Give your invitations to a party that the events shown, prices, movies and songs of the year the guest of honor was born. You can buy ready-made invitations by year of birth or birthday personalized invitations online. Some even feature a photo or two, including a baby picture and a current of the anniversary of Guy or Gal. Or you can use your computer greeting card program and a little research on the Internet to create your own original invitations that you print at home.

Party Decorations

Hang posters of old movies and music from the decade of the guest of honor. For example, if someone is born in the 1950s, posters of Elvis, Buddy Holly and movies like South Pacific and Rebel Without A Cause would be appropriate. You can also download Internet images representing this year U.S. President, World Series winning team, fashion trends and new photos. These can be glued to poster board and displayed with the movie posters. Add photo enlargements baby birthday man or woman to complete the decor.

Party Centers

Make copies of a bunch of old photos. You can go with just baby photos or photos of each stage of the guest of honor's life. Cut the background, then all you have left is your subject. Stick a toothpick in the back and stick each photo into individual cupcakes.

If you do not use cookies, so here is another option. Son of thick glue of different lengths on the back of these photos. Spray paint a flower pot sized according to your colors. Fill the flower pot with styrofoam, insert the son and organize random photos from different heights.

Party Food

If you really want to go all out with this theme, making his favorite foods of their childhood. This may require a little research and the collection of family recipes. You can end up with an unusual party menu. But it is something that guests will not soon forget.

Cotillons

For party favors, you can order all kinds of items that present the events of the year of your birthday girl or Guy was born. All magnets to notebooks are printed with these fun facts. You can even get custom year you were born bookmarks and other things that are personalized with his name, date of birth and a photograph.

Another idea is a great favor to the order of candy that was popular at that time. Run a search under vintage, nostalgic or retro candy to find companies that specialize in these treats.

Party Music

Here's where you should move slightly out of the year you were born theme. The guy or girl birthday will not really remember the songs from their birth year. Instead of playing the music of the guest of honor years of college or adolescence. If you put on some music and you, your public library is a good source for all types of music, including music from the 40s, 50s and 60s. They have CDs and cassettes, they lend you without charge, as long as you have a library card.

Party Games

If you want to have all activities, try a quiz historical chronology. Again, it takes a little research, but the internet, it's easy! A sample question would be: Bob asked Jeannie to marry him: a) the year the Beatles broke up, b) Woodstock took place or years.