40th Birthday Party Ideas
Welcome To Our 40th Birthday Party Ideas page.
If you are looking to host a party that is sure to go over well, check out the tried-and-true party ideas below.
Simply click on one of the themes below for all the decorations, costumes, game, and party drinks ideas, as well as printable invitations.
Decorations & Favors
Welcome your guests with a personalized 40th birthday theme
party sign.
A great themed 40th birthday party idea is 70's memorabilia.
Have bean bag chairs handy for a groovy gathering. Share old stories about the guest of honor.
Hang a
disco bead curtain
at the door entrance.
Line the area with
70's music,
movies,
and
TV shows.
Hang a
#4 pinata
and
#0 pinata
together for to create "40."
Check out the
40th birthday party decorating kit
or
70's decorating kit
for all the supplies you need.
Costumes/Dress Attire
Wear bell-bottom Levi's or Wranglers or go all out with your leisure suit. Feather your hair like Farrah Fawcett or Andy Gibb.
Have the guest of honor wear a birthday hat or
birthday crown.
40th Birthday Party Games
An easy choice of games is to play a game of 70's trivia. There are several available including Trivial Pursuit 70's edition.
Play clips from 70's TV shows or movies and competing teams guess first what movie/show the song was from.
70's karaoke is lots of fun and gets everyone laughing.
Have Saturday Night Fever karaoke and disco contests.
Music
Play the guest of honor's favorite tunes or choose a
70's dance mix.
Nachos served in miniature sombreros and salsa are great to have on each table. You can also include peppers stuffed with dipping sauce for veggies.
You can purchase personalized 40th birthday paper goods in your local party store, or are available
here.
See our theme party recipe cookbook for thousands of recipe ideas.
We also recommend the delicious Secret Restaurant Copycat Recipe Cookbook with recipes from Applebee’s, Cheesecake Factory, Red Lobster, Benihana, Olive Garden, and many other popular restaurants.
Check out this fun site for
70's related food and snacks.
Here are a couple of sites that have a good selection of free drink recipes:
idrink.com
drinkoftheweek.com
Drinks can be served in fun
light-up mugs.
Invitations/Printables
You can also create your own invitations by drawing 40th birthday party ideas such as "40" or over-the-hill gag themes.
See the following collection of
free theme invitations.
If you can't find what you are looking for, see more unique and extensive designs.
I hope this helps spark some fun 40th birthday party ideas for your upcoming celebration. Happy Birthday!
Now that the "party's over"- keep it alive with sharing your ideas!
Send in your fun ideas and photos to help others create their own sensational celebrations. Let's exchange our ideas and keep sparking more and more creative theme party ideas.
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40th Birthday Party Ideas Page

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