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Over the Hill Birthday Party Theme

Ages: Grown Ups/Adults

Invitations:

Make a card that looks like a clock. Write the numbers on it backwards. On the inside write the birthday person’s name followed by “wishes they could turn back time, but another birthday is coming up!” Add the party information.

See step-by-step instructions to make this fun invitation by clicking on the invitation image to your right.

Decorations

Black is the color of choice for over the hill themed parties. Use black balloons and streamers. Tie bundles of balloons to canes and put them in the corners of the party area. Another fun way to decorate is by putting out older, antique looking items. Another fun twist is to look up items that were invented or introduced the year the guest of honor was born and use them in the decorations as centerpieces etc. You can add small labels that give the day that these items came out. Halloween decorations also usually work well in an over the hill theme.

Games and Activities:

Set up a DVD of pictures of the guest of honor over the years along with stories from their life. Let guests watch it while enjoying the food.

On small slips of paper write down the names of famous people that were born the same year as the birthday boy/girl. You can also write down the names of characters from movies that were popular that same year. Put them in a hat or bowl. Divide everyone into two groups. A person from the first group is given the bowl. They have a minute to get their teammates to guess as many of the people as they can. You can use gestures and give clues, but you can’t say any part of the person’s name. When the minute is up write down how many were guessed correctly and then the next team goes. Play until you’ve run out of names.

Food Ideas:

Decorate a cake so that it looks like it has a big green hill. Put the words “Over the Hill” in big white letters across the top. Provide the guest of honors favorite food and dishes. You can also offer prune juice and oatmeal in small amounts to add a little humor.