With lockdown in place, there’s even more reason to plan ahead and make their special day stand out. Here are 5 creative ideas to celebrate a birthday during lockdown.
5 Fun Ideas for a Lockdown Birthday Celebrations
1. Decorate!
Make your home colourful! Let the birthday boy or girl (of any age) wake up to a party atmosphere by decorating their bedroom with balloons.
There are a great range of balloon options available, whether you are wanting to start the celebrations early with confetti balloons, themed balloons, or balloons in their favourite colour.
Have the birthday VIP walk through an exciting entrance with a foil curtain or a DIY balloon archway into the party room.
Have fun decorating your living room by surprising them with more balloons, streamers, happy birthday banners and a life-sized airwalker balloon.
Thankfully, with online party shops, you can get decorating supplies without leaving your house, and have it delivered to your door fast. Anyone wanting helium balloons doesn’t have to miss out, by having helium tanks or already inflated balloons delivered.
For a fun alternative, check out the great range of party options for air-filled balloons, which include foil balloons in different shapes that can spell out a special name or number.
Otherwise, simply bind the balloons with sticks, and show your love with a delightful balloon bouquet!
2. Birthday breakfast!
Start the day with a party breakfast. Decorate the table with their favourite theme; find a birthday centrepiece or sprinkle the table with special confetti.
Focus on the details: treat them like royalty by having breakfast juice (or another fruity drink ) in champagne glasses, decorated with a sugar rim. Of course, start the day with their favourite food, whether it’s the classic bacon and eggs, or pancakes with Nutella and raspberries.
Or you can skip the hassle (and still make it just as special!) by pre-ordering a breakfast delivery set to arrive as soon as you wake up. Plan ahead for lunch and dinner. Ok, so you can’t go out to their favourite cafe or restaurant… But you can show how special they are by cooking their favourite foods, or ordering and have their favourite meal delivered.
Why not plan a picnic in the backyard or string up fairy lights to set the mood for a special family dinner.
3. Themed dinner!
Make their birthday dinner fancy dress! Plan ahead and either let the birthday star choose the theme or make it a surprise and arrange their birthday costume for them. With online costume shops, you can have fun choosing a fancy-dress outfit with delivery straight to your door. Or, perhaps you have some party costumes lying around at home which haven’t been worn in a while.
Have fun choosing the theme. Are they into superheroes, Harry Potter, gaming, princesses, or pirates? Perhaps they have a favourite sport, favourite colour, or reminisce about a decade now long gone. Or maybe you just want to wear crazy hats or wigs to dinner.
Whatever theme you settle on, you will find costumes so you can dress up for the special event, along with options so you can transform your dining/living room into a wonderland. Decorate the table and walls with party shop accessories and any fun bits and pieces you have lying around. Let your imagination soar as you plan your dinner, or birthday cake, to suit your wacky world.
Don’t forget to set the theme by picking the perfect playlist to capture the vibe. For celebrating with loved ones not at home, add to the birthday fun by letting friends and family know ahead of time to get dressed up in the chosen theme, when they join you for a zoom birthday song.
4. Present giving with a twist!
Being in lockdown means you might be stuck at home all day, so take the chance to wow the birthday person with your creativity.
Why not add an extra twist to prolong the fun of present opening? You could hide the gifts and organise a treasure hunt with cryptic clues that lead from one gift to the next; or have a scavenger hunt with presents hidden around the garden.
For an easy-to-organise challenge, you could blindfold the birthday star and give clues of hot or cold as they get closer to and further from their gifts. Or you could intersperse the presents with games, so the whole family play together before each present is opened.
You could even make the birthday star have to ‘win’ each present, although be careful as this might not be such a successful idea with the little ones…
5. Finish the day with a difference!
Finish the day by doing something extra special together, as this is the perfect opportunity to engage in some family activities.
Have a family game night by playing board games, charades or video games, or some classic party games like pass the parcel or pin-the-tail on the donkey. Perhaps you could build a pillow fort, have a family scavenger hunt, let the birthday boy/girl pick a movie, or take a trip down memory lane by digging through old family photos.
Why not create a Masterchef dessert bar and have everyone construct their own dream creation from a smorgasbord of options, such as ice cream, sweets, shaved chocolate and fruit. You could even let the birthday star be the judge!
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