Is or did anyone throw a

surprise 30th b-day bash for their dh? If so, what are some of the creative things you did?

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I did and I used the luai theme.

Happens to be that his b-day is in July so it helped but I had everyone come in Hawaiian shirts/outfits.

I dont think I was that creative.

I also saw this which I thought was cute...the invite was a baby pictureof bday girl/guy and the saying, "Looks who turning 30"



ETA: Im turning 30 in June...hope I get a party!

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I am- I am surprising him next month witha cruise to the western caribbean. After he gets over the initial shock of being on a trip he had no clue of...he will get an additional shock the first night of dinner...we will "accidently" be late so when he walks to the table it will already be filled with friends and family!

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We threw a surprise 40th for my sister.

She always wanted a summer birthday (hers is in November) so the theme was Kat's Summer Birthday.

We had deep blue table clothes, clear bowls with shells & floating candles, painted a giant sign with the body in a bikini, tatoo, high heels & rhinestones & her face on it.

Beach balls, giant sun glasses, etc.

Favors were a CD of 70's music.

We did a survey version of the Newlywed game that people could fill out. Husbands & wives filled theirs out separately (questions like "what is the one thing you admire most about your husband/wife?", etc.)

Had a mini radio flyer wagon filled with candy from her childhood (pixie sticks, candy cigarettes, charleston chews, etc.)

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My DH threw me a great Surprise 30th.
A great idea he had was for the invitation - he got pictures of me from my mom from every year of my life (Age 1 through Age 29) - most taken on my birthday too.
Then he had our friend design a invite that looked like calendar with each picture being a day. Day 1 - Age 1 picture etc. It was really cute and everyone got a kick out of it. Although seeing the progression through the awkward early teen years is a little hard

He then had everyone at our house when we got back from a day at the wineries and outlets. He was lucky and had our families there all day to set it all up after we left.

I was trully shocked!

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I brought DH to our favorite rest. and had most of his friends waiting there for us!!!

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I threw him a family dinner (both sides) at a nice restaurant on the water in the summer. I also took him to San Diego - surprised him with the trip and told him where we were going the night of his party (2 weeks before the trip).

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i had a golf theeme. i had teh inmvites with a golfing thing on it and its said sometign like " a little birdie told me you were turning thirty...."
I had golf plates and napkins and i had bought candy moldsi n tehs hape of golf bags and balls

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I would love to take DH away in June for the weekend to an island...but we're going away in October on a cruise....AND Jared's birthday is on the 13th, DH's is on the 11th.

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I didn't but my SIL threw one for my brother. There was no real theme and since it coincided with my wedding planning, we were able to get him into the party room by telling him that we wanted his and SIL's opinion on this space because we were thinking about using it for the RD.

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I threw a surprise b-day party for my sister -- Key West theme. Everyone was handed a Margarita when they walked in. I got decorations and ideas from a web site LIKE Oriental Trading but it was ...Parties SOmething-or-other, can't remember... I made coconut shrimp, and pulled pork sandwiches, and conch fritters...everyone wore sun glasses and beach attire (in November). It was a huge success...!

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I'm sooo glad you posted this!! Im trying to think of something for my DH also!! He turns 30 in May.

he hates surprises, but he already started asking me if i started planning his Surprise party yet Im trying to think of something creative, but then i was thinking about just having something at a bar with his friends, and then surprising him with a little trip (like vegas or something)

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I threw a 31st bday for my dh and brother (bday's are one day apart) We didn't have a theme though and after I started planning they decided they wanted to throw themselves a party so I had to let them know one was already in the works.

We had it at this really cool place in the city. The place is named Villa. It's 2 floors and completely yours all night. A guy at the door with your guestlist, open bar and we brought in our own DJ. It also has an outside area with stairs going from upstairs to down stairs patio. The place was great and reasonably priced. We had about 60 people.

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I threw one for dh, even had his brother come in from NJ.
It was at my parents house. Just family & friends eating, drinking and having fun.
My parents threw me a party (with dhs help @ points) same thing..Except they got me a month early..LOL

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I threw DH a surprise 30th.....it was Memorial Day weekend, which was just so appropriate!
We always camped with the same group of friends for Memorial Day weekend for like more then 15 years. This was the 1st year no one was going (due to pregnancies, babies, new houses ect.) so it was awesome that EVRYONE was able to be there that weekend! No real theme, just a lot of fun & good friends in the backyard!

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I am planning on it...My sister (kdelace) better be helping my sorry azz because it's planned for the end of Jan/beginning of Feb!

I need to get to it!

Oh, and I have NO idea what I am doing yet...but invites are going out on Monday no matter what!

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I didn't know him that long ago