Party Favor Ideas for Someone Turning 60 Years Old
- Favors make the memories linger long after the cake is gone.Birthday wish image by E.REVELES from Fotolia.com
A 60th birthday party is an important milestone, one that the guest of honor and party goers should remember. The favors you choose to give your guests should reflect the spirit of the party and the preferences of the person celebrating. Choose carefully and guests will hang onto the memento you give, remembering the day's festivities for years to come. - Choose party favors that reflect the guest of honor's preferences. Give a sample of the birthday man or woman's taste in music by sending each guest home with a CD, featuring the celebrant's most loved songs. You also could give guests a favorite chocolate bar or sweet treat for the road. Some liqueurs come in small, favor-size bottles. If the person celebrating is a connoisseur of fine drink, send home a sample of a choice beverage, budget permitting. Another option includes small gift certificates. If the guest of honor enjoys a specific coffee shop or bakery, send everyone on their way with a $5 voucher to sip a latte or indulge in a cupcake.
- Create a DVD with pictures of the birthday man or woman with loved ones, both recent and from years past. For the less technologically inclined, small photo albums work just as well. You also could send guests home with a single picture in a classy frame. Personalize the gift for each person by including a picture of themselves and the guest of honor together. If you want to inject a bit of humor, complete the picture frame with a cute or compromising photograph of the celebrant as a young child.
- If you hosted a themed 60th birthday bash, give guests a favor that lines up with the overall atmosphere of the party. Many people turning 60 choose to have a throwback party, remembering life in the 1950s or 1960s. If you had a 1950s party, give people clear plastic bags filled with candies that they might remember getting at the neighborhood corner store, like black ball jawbreakers and red gummy lips. If you had a goofy "60 is sexy" party, consider giving people martini glasses or adult gag gifts, such as fuzzy handcuffs.
- If you want to give a gift to thank guests for coming to the party but can't think of something personal that people might enjoy, consider giving donations in guests' names to a respected charity. To let party goers know that you've made contributions on their behalf, replace goody bags with classy thank you cards, letting each person know that they've helped to support a worthy cause by joining in with the 60th birthday festivities.
