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Throwing a Surprise 60th Birthday for mom and need game ideas...
My brother and I are throwing a Surprise 60th for our mom in March. I am putting together a bunch of ideas and was trying to think of some fun games to play in the restaurant with the guests.
The guests are all family...and friends that my mother has had all, if not...most of her life.
I was thinking of definitely doing a trivia game.
Also, I was going to have all her guests email me a funny memory of my mom that I will put in a book and read some at her party.
But...what else? I'm stumped!
TIA! 
Message edited 1/8/2009 12:01:15 PM.
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Re: Throwing a Surprise 60th Birthday for mom and need game ideas...
well i guess this is trivia, maybe you can do how much certain items where 60yrs ago, like milk, bread, eggs, house, gas
or maybe what was going on in 1949
maybe top songs
who was born the same month
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joenick
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Re: Throwing a Surprise 60th Birthday for mom and need game ideas...
Posted by SJ-GIRL
well i guess this is trivia, maybe you can do how much certain items where 60yrs ago, like milk, bread, eggs, house, gas
or maybe what was going on in 1949
maybe top songs
who was born the same month
Ooo...I like that. Very cute. I can print it out on paper and put one at everyone's seat. I'll collect the papers toward the end of the party and read off the correct answers. Whoever has the most correct wins a prize.
Awesome! Thanks!
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Re: Throwing a Surprise 60th Birthday for mom and need game ideas...
i have an idea, if its not a huge guest list.take the funny stories that the guests are sending to you...
type each one on a piece of paper. roll them up into like a scroll and tie it with ribbon. put one on each person plate. after dinner, go around and have each person read the "story" thats on their scroll.
we do this every christmas at my aunts house... but she uses jokes that she finds online. its so funny to sit around after we eat and listen to people read the jokes.
we did something similar at my bridal shower where everyone got one with a quote or joke about love/marriage. before i opened the guests present, they had to open their scroll and read the joke or quote. REALLY kept people entertained during the present opening. i did it at another shower for a friend, and it was a hit there, too!
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joenick
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Re: Throwing a Surprise 60th Birthday for mom and need game ideas...
Posted by ml110
i have an idea, if its not a huge guest list.take the funny stories that the guests are sending to you...
type each one on a piece of paper. roll them up into like a scroll and tie it with ribbon. put one on each person plate. after dinner, go around and have each person read the "story" thats on their scroll.
we do this every christmas at my aunts house... but she uses jokes that she finds online. its so funny to sit around after we eat and listen to people read the jokes.
we did something similar at my bridal shower where everyone got one with a quote or joke about love/marriage. before i opened the guests present, they had to open their scroll and read the joke or quote. REALLY kept people entertained during the present opening. i did it at another shower for a friend, and it was a hit there, too!
OMG...LOVE this idea. Totally doing it! Thanks so much!
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NoStressMom
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Re: Throwing a Surprise 60th Birthday for mom and need game ideas...
when we did my moms party we had old pictures of her from HS, Her wedding and when she was younger blown up all over the walls!! Everyone loved looking at them!!!
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Re: Throwing a Surprise 60th Birthday for mom and need game ideas...
Cute suggestions so far! I love the memory book idea. 
I don't have anything different... I will say, just make sure you dont' do TOO many games. People generally like to relax and talk and catch up with each other at events like this... So leave plenty of time for just plain socializing, too, especially so your mom can have time to talk a little bit with each of her guests.
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Re: Throwing a Surprise 60th Birthday for mom and need game ideas...
glad you like it!! you could also make it into more of a game, by taking out names in the story and having people guess who was involved like.. instead of " mom was hanging out with sally during high school when...." you could just write "mom was hanging out with a friend during high school when...." and then people hvae to guess who that friend is!! just adds another "level" to it
and.. i think it would be cute if each person DIDN'T get the story they sent in... make it more interesting!
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