Ideas for Parent's 25Th Anniversary

You could make them a memory/video slide show or scrapbook with pictures from their wedding/honeymoon through today. If you want to have some kind of celebration for them, but money is an issue, see if you can find an inexpensive venue like a bank's community room or a subdivision party room & just do punch & cake. Or do both, & show the slide show at the celebration. If they are religious, you may even be able to arrange for someone to come do a renewal of vows for them there as well. Have fun!

Is there ANY time they are home together at all? Somewhere? I would throw something small and quick..........at church is good, or in someone's back yard, if someone has an apartment with a party house......so all that should be cheap.

Then do the punch and maybe cake or cupcakes......make it mostly their friends and family who can remember the days gone by......I'm sure you will figure something out......

Hang in there....and good luck.

My girlfriend just had a BBQ for her parents 25th. She did the cutest thing! She invited all of the people who were in their wedding party and had them stand the same way they did 25 years ago and took a pic. Now in their living room they have the original and the 25th anniversary pic with all of the same people!

I'm not sure if that is even possible to get all of those people together, but if it is...it really is a sweet "then and now" type of thing.

Put together a scrapbook or video of their life together. Do a cake/drinks just for the immediate family & leave it at that!

They don't have the time for themselves, let alone everybody else. Make it quick, simple, & easy for them.....because that's what it's all about!

Another thought would be: a gift card for dinner out for just the two of them.

We did something like this for my grandparents a few years ago for their 25th. We were able to use a multipurpose room at their church, so there was no charge for that. We invited people who were special to them over the years and most people will offer to bring a dish, so let them. You can then schedule it in the evening or between church activities so no disruption to the work schedule is an excuse. We did it as a surprise for my grandparents and caught them off guard. Then each of the grandchildren prepared a special something. We put together the names/nicknames one or both of them had been called over the years by different people and notable events of their life. Another person one wrote a poem, and some sang. Then all of the grandchildren put together coordinating outfits and rehearsed the the words and motions to "Going to the Chapel" and performed it at the party. It was great fun! It does not have to cost a lot of money, just use your imagination. The singing skit was a big hit and when you research all of the people they have known, you may be surprised at some notable events in their life or nicknames you have never heard before. Plus they are the grandparents they will love being honored by the family.

Good Luck

Well since they are both so wrapped up in their work situation, why don't you have the party there? Engage their supervisors in a plan to have cake & punch during a lunch break. Maybe everyone (co-workers & your siblings) could bring in appetizers. Seems as if work is so important to them, then those are the people with whom they'd want to celebrate.