Gifts with a Twist

50 kleenex's when she's watching a favorite tear-jerker movie

50 favorite pictures from years past,

Solicit "memories" from other people who know her for a book of "50 favorite memories" (you could incorporate the picture idea with this and make it a combination of pictures and stories)

a bottle of 50 aspirin's for when she needs a "night off" from her husband

50 "cupid arrows" (or even construction paper hearts) to "hit" her husband with when she wants attention from him

come up with a list of 50 funny ways to avoid housework or 50 funny ways to try to get housework done

Just a few things I thought of - for what it's worth - and good luck!

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My mom put together 50 sets of 50 things for her sister's 50th. I'll try to remember some...

Straws
Tacks
Nails
gum balls
hair pins

That's all I can come up with right now:(

50 rubber bandds to help her be flexible to face the chsllenges of life

using your idea -- and putting it in a cute little gift bag, I'd add post-it notes for when you walk into the room and forget why you went in there. I'm 50+ and I write notes to myself everywhere! other ideas for the goody bag: a nice pen, moisturizer (face or body)--we dry out.

A friend of mine turned 50 and she received a Blow Pop sucker tree (or you can use a vase with a ribbon tied) with 50 blow pop suckers and a sign that says 50 sucks. It was really cute.

50 rubber bands to band together wayword thoughts and ideas and 50 sticky notes to write down things we need to do and forget about them.

How about 50 pennies so that she can give folks a penny for their thoughts? Boo-bad I know!

When my aunt turned 50, we put together an "old lady kit" and gave her geritol, ben-gay, stool softener, tylenol for those aches and pains, Milk of Magnesia, ace bandages and other "old people" items. It was fun watching her pull them all out...she sat there and bawled while laughing.

Cute ideas you have there.....I usually save this for age 60 but you could include tweezers and a magnifying mirror (reasonable at Big Lots) for all the facial hair she will have to keep up with from now on....always good to be prepared!

For my husband's 40th, someone made a black wreath with 40 suckers stuck in it and had a little sign that said 40 Sucks. I thought that was really cute!

similar to the paperclips... you could do bobby pins instead...

marbles, for when she's lost them :)