How to Plan a Birthday Surprise?

Birthday is the most special day for a person, this one day the birthday girl or boy should get all the happiness. It is a fact that we love our birthdays, they’re like mandatory occasions for celebrating with our favourite and special people. Birthday surprise for anyone is special and there is no reason why one shouldn’t plan it?

If I talk about myself I am more excited about my parents’ or best friends’ birthday than I am for myself. And that is why it is even more exciting to think and plan their birthdays.

There are many ways in which you can pull over a birthday surprise. It depends on the time and budget that you want to throw a small party or a huge one or no party at all. All your emotions can also be conveyed through a small surprise. Well-planned surprises can lead to tremendous fascination. Following are some of how you can plan a birthday surprise:

Surprise at Home

You can surprise your loved ones by preparing something at home. You can probably decorate a room with balloons, lights and their photographs. Take them out for something or send them with an excuse and decorate the living room. This is the most simple yet the best surprise you can plan for someone. If you want to surprise your spouse, you should decorate your bedroom, sprinkle some flower petals over the bed and decorate the rest with balloons. Or what else you might do is keep it simple at night and surprise them as soon as they wake up by taking them into the decorated room. You can also prepare a short video having wishes from all the family members and close friends. Make the friends they have lost touch with sending a birthday wish for them.

Surprise birthday party

Now, this is something that will require a little more effort and some long term preparations. To throw a party for your loving person’s birthday, you’ll have to take care of the following things:

Location

This is the primary factor that you need to take care of while planning a party. If you want to keep the party at some favourite restaurant or cafe of the birthday person you need to book the venue before some days of the celebration. in the case of a no, there might be a possibility of you not getting the desired location because of the high demand for such places. If the number of guests is more, you may require to book a hall. Or you can even choose a friend’s house or your own. That way you can save the venue booking money too. The location should be large enough to accommodate all of the guests.

Theme

Though it is not mandatory to have a theme but it increases the fun if there is one. You can keep the theme according to the person for whom the party has been kept. Consider what the guest of honour likes and use that as the basis for a party theme. If the party is for a kid the theme can be related to some cartoon character or their favourite toy. If for a teen then maybe their favourite series can be the theme. Or you can keep the colour code. Keep in mind that you’ll also need to plan food, decorations, and activities around the theme.

Invite the Guests

You need to make a list of all the near and dear ones and inform them in advance so that they are available on the day of the party and to avoid any last-minute confusions. Also, the guest list needs to be prepared in the beginning so that the venue is finalised accordingly. You may also invite some unexpected guests like your college friends of your mom on or the school gang of your best friend. Decide how many people you want to have at the party and think about the honoree’s personality. If they’re an introvert type, they might love a small surprise party with their closest friends and family. If they are a party person and love crowds and conversation, you could have a larger group of people.

Decoration

Decoration plays a major role in any celebration. A party without any decoration is dull. The basic things like oversized balloons, flowers and ribbons are sufficient for a birthday celebration. For an adult birthday party, you may just do with the balloons. Lights also add to the beauty of the decor. You may do it yourself with the help of friends or family or may hire professional assistance. If there is a theme for the party then the decoration must be done accordingly.

The Cake

What is a birthday celebration without a birthday cake? Make sure you keep the birthday person’s taste and choice in mind and choose just the appropriate size, considering your guest list while ordering You can also get a customised cake keeping in mind the liking of the person. Consider getting a cake in the form of a cricket field for a cricket enthusiast. You may bake a cake at home if that is how the birthday person likes it.

Food and Drinks

If you are having the party at your house then consider items that are easy to prepare and eat. If you do not want to spend time on food, get it from a restaurant. Also the food and drinks depending on the time of the party. If you are having a small one during the evening, a few snacks will do otherwise if the party is during lunch or dinner, a full meal is expected.

Games and Activities

You should prepare some fun activities so that nobody gets bored and everyone enjoys to their fullest. Generally, it happens that after the cake cutting, people sit idle waiting for the dinner to be served. Make sure that you have some games of every genre that everyone can enjoy. If you are throwing a birthday party for your spouse and most of the guests are couples then you may include activities like couple dance or so. Otherwise, tongue twisters, dumb charades and musical chairs is generally enjoyed by most. Plan a treasure hunt for the birthday boy or girl. Prepare a series of hints that leads them to their present. This game would involve all the guests of the party as it would be an interesting event to see him/her search for their present.

The Gift

If you have friends in other cities you can surprise them by sending a gift at their workplace or to their homes. You should give them a gift that is unique and would completely take them by surprise such as a portrait. Take their best picture and get a portrait of it. Portraits are the best gifts to depict your emotions. Also, you would be able to leave a special mark on their birthday without being physically present near them. It would be a gift that they would surely cherish for the rest of their lives. It would probably be the last thing that they would have ever expected.

An Unexpected visit

If you live in a different city plan a birthday surprise for your loved ones by paying them an unexpected visit. It would be the best surprise for anyone on their birthday. Imagine your dad opening the door and woah! he sees you in front of him. This idea is perfect for old parents, uncle-aunt, friends etc. or to anyone. Like, suppose you have been shifted to a new place and it has been some years you have not met your old friends as they are in different states or countries. Now imagine a few of them turn up to wish you on your birthday all of a sudden without telling you. How surprised you will be.

Unplanned Road Trip

Road trip is in itself a super fun thing and imagine it being unplanned. What you need to do is make sure your friend has no plans for the day and kidnap them for an unplanned road trip. The less expected, the better. I think that this surprising idea is very clear from the title itself. The receiver is sure to react very differently as everything would be highly unexpected. Therefore, not letting the person to get a hint of what he is going to witness is the secret to plan a perfect birthday surprise. Road trips are great. When accompanied by an element of surprise, it becomes greater. Instead, it baffles the person on the receiving end in a way that could be remembered for years.

A Pro-Tip

To make it even more memorable, you can invite your friends and family or decorate the place in a way that the person has never witnessed. What you must do is book a farmhouse and take your friend there. Farmhouses are great when one decides to organize such birthday surprises. You can decorate the place well in advance and request all of the friends to gather there well before time for the surprise birthday party. After the party go on an unplanned road trip that even you have not decided yet. Set the rule that no one can say “No”.They have to leave right away for this trip. Can you imagine how exciting it will be to go to someplace which is not planned?

Favourite Destination Tickets

If they’ve got a favourite destination they love travelling too, get them flight tickets and/or a hotel reservation for it! This is one of the best surprises you can give anyone, especially if they’re a travel freak.

Workplace Surprise

If your colleague’s birthday falls on a working day you can give them a surprise by decorating their workspace and bringing them a cake. Or you can give your siblings a surprise by telling their colleagues that it is their birthday that day. How great it would feel to hear birthday wishes from so many people.How surprised they will get to see people they hardly know turning up to wish them.

Conclusion

Who doesn’t love a good birthday surprise (except for those who don’t like surprises of course)? It’s overwhelming to know your friends and/or family think about you and your special day. Surprises are not what we get that often but when we get it becomes a memory forever. So this birthday makes your loved ones dance in joy with some amazing surprises.

Surprises are loved by everyone and getting a surprise birthday party or if not a party a small surprise means a tonne of happiness on your big day. Now many times we do not have any clue as to how to plan a birthday surprise for our loved ones be it our parents or siblings or friends or whomsoever we want to plan it for.