| 50th Birthday Party Ideas: | | | | more outrageous themes you can use to accomplish |
| The possibilities for a 50th birthday party are endless | | | | the "over the hill" theme. Over The Hill Theme Ideas |
| - and always depend on the person you are throwing | | | | Gold |
| the party for. If the person is a quiet person, that | | | | Gold is the color for 50th milestones, use it! This is |
| does not like large crowds, it is not a good idea to | | | | similar theme to the black and white, except you use |
| throw them a surprise party with 100-200 people | | | | gold. No it does not have to be real gold - unless you |
| there. It would be much better to have a small get | | | | really have some money to spend! Just have |
| together with close family and friends. Whenever | | | | decorations in gold as well as the dinnerware. You |
| throwing a party for someone, consider their likes | | | | can go a step further and ask all your guests to |
| and dislikes as well as their personality. | | | | wear their gold jewelry or if they have any gold |
| Ideas for Party Themes: | | | | colored clothing. |
| Black & White | | | | Year of Birth |
| This is a common theme for a lot of 50th birthdays. | | | | This style of theme is dependent on the year the |
| Using a black and white theme gives the party an | | | | birthday person is born. You would decorate |
| elegant look but still have a "over the hill" feel to it. | | | | according to that year, or era. For example, if the |
| With this theme you can have black and white | | | | person is born in the 60's you would decorate link |
| balloons, and streamers. You can also coordinate the | | | | you were back in the 60's. Have bright colored |
| plates, cups and utensils in black and white. Or you | | | | decorations, hippy style everything. You can even |
| can purchase the dinnerware that is black and white | | | | have music to match. If you guests are up for it you |
| but also have "50" on it or "over the hill" on it. You | | | | can even have everyone dress like their are in that |
| can also have large banners and signs in black and | | | | era! This theme can be alot of fun, and bring back |
| white with large cut out "5" and "0" everywhere. | | | | alot of memories. Another option for this theme is, |
| Another thing you can add to the party is a large | | | | instead of the year they were born, pick the era |
| "50" pinata - again making sure it is black and white. | | | | they grew up in. So someone that spent their |
| This is a pretty easy theme to accomplish just stick | | | | teenage and early adult life in the 80's would have an |
| to those two basic colors - black and white. | | | | 80's themed party. This may jog more memories |
| Over the Hill | | | | than the year they were born because most of our |
| 50th birthday party themes can have subtle hints of | | | | experiences are in our teens and early adulthood. |
| the over the hill style of themes. But there are some | | | | |