| If you, a loved one, or a friend are approaching 40 you | | | | racecar around a racetrack, or a trip in a hot air |
| may want to mark your birthday somehow. Because | | | | balloon. These are one off events organised through a |
| the 40th birthday is so significant you may need some | | | | specialist company and are ideal as a special 40th |
| kiler creative birthday ideas and in particular 7 40th | | | | birthday present. As far as creative birthday ideas go |
| birthday ideas any one of which will go down a storm. | | | | this takes some surpassing. |
| First of all you could organise a themed party which | | | | Need more 40th birthday ideas? Why not get tickets |
| could be fancy dress or may just represent a | | | | to your favourite sport , or favourite band, or the |
| decorative theme. This could reflect the era when you | | | | theatre. Then go out for a meal with the one you love. |
| grew up such as the eighties including the big hair, | | | | Treat yourself, treat someone else or your family - |
| electronic music and shoulder pads. Equally you could | | | | you are only 40 once! |
| choose a specific theme for your decor guiding your | | | | My fifth suggestion is to get away from it all on a |
| guests as to what to wear. Try and movie themed | | | | themed weekend - such as a murder mystery |
| party where your guests dress up as movie stars or | | | | weekend, or a spa break designed to relax you. Many |
| characters and you have your house decorated like a | | | | hotels or guest houses offer very reasonably priced |
| film set. Whilst this is the one of the most creative | | | | weekend packages. |
| birthday ideas (allowing lots of scope for creativity) it is | | | | Number six in the list of 40th birthday ideas is to hire |
| also the hardest work but as 40th birthday ideas go it | | | | somewhere out exclusively for you and your friends - |
| can be the most rewarding. | | | | a yacht, a manor house, a nightclub, a bowling alley - |
| Number two on the list is to go away for a weekend, | | | | anywhere you can be all together but still 'doing |
| a week or longer - perhaps to somewhere that you | | | | something' |
| have only a childhood memory of, or somewhere you | | | | And finally to number seven. There is one final entry |
| have always longed to go. What about going for the | | | | on my list of creative birthday ideas and that is to do |
| weekend or even longer. London, New York, Paris, | | | | nothing at all. Do nothing on your 40th birthday! Have a |
| Munich (as the song goes) all await your visit! | | | | lie in, watch telly, get a takeway, read a book, watch a |
| Third on my list of great 40th birthday ideas is an | | | | movie, get drunk. Do absolutely nothing or as little as |
| 'experience day' - sometimes known as a 'red letter | | | | possible for a day. This could be the best of all the |
| day' where you can go and do something you have | | | | 40th birthday ideas! |
| always wanted to do - such as wing walking, driving a | | | | |