• Give the guy in your life a party to remember.happy birthday image by yannik LABBE from <a href='http://www.fotolia.com'>Fotolia.com</a>
  
  Leaving the 20s and moving into the 30s is an event that many aging birthday boys enjoy celebrating. By planning a 30th birthday event for the guy in your life, you can give him the opportunity to reflect back on his youth and prepare to enter this new age bracket. Plenty of guy-friendly ideas can transform your birthday event from a simple party to a clear celebration of his 30 successful years.
  
  

Birth Decade Flashback

• Highlight how much has changed since his birth by throwing a decade flashback party. Make the theme of your party the decade in which the birthday boy was born. Ask guests to come dressed in fashions popular during that decade, and plan an assortment of top 40 hits from the time period. Gather favors that are thematically tied to the decade, such as neon favors for an 80s event. Give guests a glimpse of life in that decade by showing some popular movies from the era for a relaxing break.
  
  

"30" Cupcakes

• Create tasty treats that scream 30th birthday celebration. Purchase two numerical cookie cutters, one shaped like a three and the other a zero. Bake a birthday cake in a large rectangular baking dish. Use these cutters to cut the finished cake into threes and zeros. Frost each set of digits and set them out on a party platter to create pairs of threes and zeros. To aid guests in picking up their party dessert, put each pair on a separate plate so that guests need only to grab the already-filled dishes when cake time comes.
  
  

30 Brews for 30 Years

• If your guy is a beer lover, present him with a 30th birthday brew celebration. Purchase an assortment of beers by the bottle, buying 30 different varieties for him to sample. Chill all of the beer prior to the event and then set this impressive collection out in front of him. Provide him with small sample cups and encourage him to move through the assortment and try the different creations, sharing with his guests to ensure that he doesn't over-indulge on the sizable brew selection.
  
  

Truth About 20s

• Poke some fun at the birthday boy by asking party guests to reflect upon the not-so-smart things he did when he was in his 20s. As guests arrive at the event, present them with index cards. Ask each guest to write down a memory from his 20s. Encourage guests to recount humorous events that he may wish to put behind him, such as crazy stunts or wild nights of partying. Collect the filled cards. Pause at some point during the party and share the events outlined on the cards with party guests to give them some insight into how he really spent his 20s.