60Th Birthday Ideas

Just a fun simple thing, my brother wrote DDDDDD on his dad's birthday present (6 D's, Sixty!). So you could do something like that or cut out 6 big letter D's. Or you could give him 60 of something, like 60 of his favorite chocolates.

When my father-in-law turned 60, all the boys got together and put together an "boys fishing trip" to Alaksa. The ended up having to wait almost a year to take the trip for everyone's schedules to work out at the same time - but they had a wonderful time and the stories continue to surface even several years later!
If your dad enjoys some activity - like fishing, or even something as simple as going to the movies - you can set up something that way, making it as simple or elaborate as you want!

we did a few different things from my mom, dad, in-laws, etc. but they were all fun!

one idea (my favorite) was to play 'dad jeopardy'. we made a jeopardy-like board and had different categories- childhood, high school years, married life, whatever you can think of. then you come up with questions about your dad for each category, getting help from relatives if you need (who was his best man in his wedding, what was his first car, what was the name of his high school, any kind of questions). It was so much fun to play the game at the party, and my father-in-law (whose b-day it was) LOVED all of the attention and the energy of people playing a game about him and for him.

Other fun things we did are to do the above idea on a smaller scale. It was more of a 'who knows dad best game' and it was just read aloud from papers, like a multiple choice test. The funny thing on this one was that we got relatives to submit questions, and it was so funny. Things like 'what favorite toy of mine did your dad steal when he was 10'. stuff they remembered from childhood that was a riot to hear stories about.

Finally, we did a timeline thing for my dad. we did the decades of his life compared with the cultural goings on at the same time. So we said in the 50's dad was living here, going to school here, his parents just celebrated this, etc, and also during the 50's gas cost this, a loaf of bread cost this, a movie cost this, the popular songs, movies, books, etc. were this. you get the idea. A lot of work and research, but very interesting and fun.

Oh! one more thing (I love these kinds of parties!). For my mom's b-day, we had t-shirts made up that said we love her, by who we were- so "I heart my mom" "I heart my grandma" "I heart my mother in law" etc. Very sweet. For my dad, we did how many days old he was on his actual birthday compared to how many days old we were. He loved this. Just a cute touch to have everyone wearing themed shirts.

I hope this helps!! Have fun! If you need more info or logistics on anything, feel free to send me a message!!

We did a video for both my mother and father in law when they turned 60. We interviewed everyone in the family, by asking them a few questions about the person (what is your mom's favorite movie, who is her favorite child, when did they get married, etc.) Some of the questions are funny some emotional. Then we added a bunch of photos of when she was a child, growing up, wedding day, with the kids, family vacations, etc. and had someone put it to music. Both my mother in law and father in law loved it. If your dad played sports growing up and you kind find some old 8 mm you can have them converted to dvd and then add some of that footage into the video as well. My mother turns 60 next year and I am planning the same thing. It is a wonderful gift. Good luck!

My siblings and I rented a condo in Park City for my dad's 60th and had a surprise party. We stayed overnight and had a very fun time with each other. For his 70th, we hosted HIS siblings for a dinner party which was wonderful too. [And we made a photo book with letters from each of us on Shutterfly.] I think as our parents get older that's what they want -- an experience or a gift of your time, or something sentimental. Good luck.

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Small funny idea--
When my grandfather turned 80, we threw a suprise party. We found a silly picture of him and added a birthday hat. Then we printed it and made stick masks so when he walked in, we all had his face on. It was the funniest thing. A little creepy but my family is like that, anyway.

Throw a surprise party. My siblings and I just pulled off a major surprise party for my parents 60th birthdays (within 2 weeks of each other)last weekend. We were able to plan this out in a little over a month with all of us living within either yards of my parents or else still living at home. We even held the party in my dad's pole barn and they had no idea that anything was up till my sister went over and told them that they were not going out to dinner with my aunt but they were going to a surprise party where they were the guests of honor. While a lot of the guests who were able to come were co workers and family there were some people they had not seen in 22 and even 40 years that came as well.

Other ideas
A nice trip
Buying a motor home if that is something he has always talked about provided that they have the cash for it and that the money does not come out of retirement funds especially considering that at 60 he is going to be within 2-8 years of retirement.
A simple piece of exercise equipment that is low stress yet can be used year round such as a treadmill, or eliptical.

T.

When i turned 60 I invited the entire neighborhood to our local church and i asked all the talented people i know to perform. we had a wonderful talent show! There are more talented people out there than we realize- many were from the neighborhood. When I turn 70 I plan to do the same thing. 3 years to go!