This Is Your Life Party - A Great Theme For A Milestone Birthday!

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The party should be patterned after the television show, This Is Your Life, which surprised guests with a presentation of their past life in the form of a narrative read by host Ralph Edwards, along with friends and relatives.

To help you get into the This Is Your Life party frame of mind, we've put together links to the best party supplies:

Solid Color Party Supplies
Decorative Lights


THIS IS YOUR LIFE PARTY INVITATIONS

THIS IS YOUR LIFE BIRTHDAY PARTY INVITATION - Cut 8 1/2" x 11" high-quality, white card stock into 2 pieces. Make copies of an old school picture or baby picture of the guest of honor and glue to the top portion of the card stock. Under the picture, type or handwrite in calligraphy the party details.


THIS IS YOUR LIFE PARTY COSTUMES

If you're doing a traditional This is Your Life Party based upon the old television show, no costumes would be necessary.


THIS IS YOUR LIFE PARTY DECORATIONS

Traditional party decorations should be used to make the party rooms festive and inviting. Select from the following ideas to create perfect This Is Your Life Party ambiance:

• Create a special chair for the guest of honor. You can make it throne-like by attaching a piece of plywood to a chair. Cover with purple velvet or satin fabric. Decorate with jewels, sequins, glitter, etc.

• Have guest of honor sit in a wheelchair or rocker and put a shawl around their shoulders and a plaid throw across their legs.

• Hang either dark fabric or drapes to create an area to hide guests who are the blast from the past, from the honoree.

• Place colorful flowers in vases and display throughout party room.

• Use tablecloths in party colors with contrasting overlays.

• Place balloon bouquets with curling ribbons in party colors throughout party room.

• Twist streamers in party colors throughout party rooms.

• Light up the room with lots of white Christmas lights.

• Hang nets of white Christmas lights on walls covered by sheer fabric.

• Intertwine white Christmas lights in plants and on stair railings.

• Sprinkle colorful confetti on top of the tabletops.

• Hang brightly colored paper lights around the room to add ambiance.

• Hang clothesline in party room and clothespin photos of birthday honoree from birth to the present.

• Leave disposable cameras around party room for guests to take pictures.

• Place lighted candles and floating candles in party colors throughout party room.

• Create signs and hang on the walls that say, "This Is Your Life", "Coming Soon...Blasts From Your Past", "Remember When...", "Coming Soon...Moldy-Oldies", etc.

• Have special pictures turned into poster-sized photos and hang on walls.

• Be sure to create a photo-op area, as you won't want to miss out on creating some new and wonderful memories for your honoree.

PRINTABLE GAMES - Here's a great site for some fun Print & Play Birthday Party Games that would be a perfect party game add-on!

Here's an entire page with nothing but This Is Your Life Games and Activities, such as:

• This Is Your Life
• Remember When...Memory Book
• Roast Your Honoree
• Power Point Presentation
• Memory Tape
• This Is How I Honor You
• Honoree Trivia
• Wall Of Rememberance

Finger foods work best for this kind of party, as they can be made ahead of time and afford guests the opportunity to easily mingle.

SHRIMP COCKTAIL - Make big tray full of shrimp. Offer both spicy and mild cocktail sauces.

SHRIMP KABOBS - Serve kabobs warm with wedges of lemon and cocktail sauces.

FINGER SANDWICHES - Make crustless sandwiches on marble, white, and rye breads using chicken salad or cream cheese filling and cut into fourths and secure with a decorative toothpick.

PIZZA - Small slices of various pizzas.

CHICKEN BREAST - Chicken breast strips with dipping sauces.

FRUIT TRAY - Provide a tray of strawberries, sliced kiwi, grapes, balls of melons, blackberries and raspberries. Serve with whipped cream.

CRACKERS & CHEESE - Provide a tray of Pepperidge Farm crackers, along with a selection of various spreadable cheeses.

CHOCOLATE FONDUE - melt chocolate and have angel food cake cubes for dipping.

CHOCOLATE DIPPED STRAWBERRIES - Either pre-dip strawberries in chocolate and display on platter or provide a platter of strawberries with a fondue pot of warmed chocolate and let guests dip them.


THIS IS YOUR LIFE PARTY IDEAS FOR BIRTHDAY CAKES

THIS IS YOUR LIFE BIRTHDAY SHEET CAKE - Make or buy a sheet cake. Divide it into sections and decorate each section with cake toppers and/or decorations depicting various events in the honoree's life. For example, a photo of the honoree's kids; honoree constructing dream home; cake topper of a police officer depicting honoree's profession, etc.

MEMORY CAKE - Take several photos of honoree, from birth to present that depict various ages or events, and have them put onto a cake.

THESE ARE A FEW OF MY FAVORITE THINGS CAKE - Think about what the honoree likes in life and create a cake in that shape. For example, if golfing is their favorite pass-time, then make a cake in two large bowls and frost them together to look like a golf ball. If they like guitar music, then make a cake in a guitar cake pan and decorate it accordingly.


THIS IS YOUR LIFE PARTY FAVORS

Favors aren't necessary for an adult birthday party, but if you wish to give your guests a small parting gift, you might consider a framed photo of the honoree and guest, especially if they haven't seen one another for many years.


TEA PARTY IDEAS FOR BIRTHDAY PARTY SUPPLIES

To help you get into the tea party frame of mind, we've put together links to the best party supplies:

If you're looking for Solid Color Party Supplies, here's every shade of blue, green, pink, black, and everything in between.

Here's several fun Decorative Lights that you might consider using for ceiling, stairway, doorway, etc. decor.





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