Mums 60Th Birthday ???

Lampton

Can anyone help me with ideas for my Mum 60th Birthday? She has everything she needs and is not big on having a party. She is very sentimental and enjoys gifts that have a meaning.

Any help would be much appreciated!!!

Quackers1

My Mum had recently come out of hospital when her 60th Birthday was looming. Her instruction to us was 'no party' so we did listen but .... organised a surprise lunch, at home, for close friends and family.

She was given an invite on her breakfast tray inviting her to lunch downstairs at 1pm.

We had laid the table for 12 and then seemingly left the house. Her final words to us were 'there isn't any food in the house'. We had arranged for a family friend to do the catering and I'd ordered a birthday cake and balloons etc which I left to collect.

The picture of her seeing her best friend was priceless - it's a day that we'll never forget but meant so much to her.

Might something like this be possible or even friends/family popping in for tea and cake?

Lampton

Thanks for the reply.

I have organized a family get together but just wanted to get her something personal. Its always hard to find just the right gift. She has done so much for me over the years, I just wanted to let her know that shes appreciated.

pimento

Not sure where you are but it's my friend's 60th birthday and we're going to the top of The Shard and then out to lunch on the South Bank.

skylight

How about a weekend away? Mum is 60 in the same year I am 40 so we are planning a long weekend in Rome between us.

Bean83

My mum is 60 too soon, and when I asked her what she wanted, she said she wanted 'experiences' not 'things'. She's got enough stuff and anything she wanted she would just buy it herself. So my sis is taking her out for the day to somewhere she really wants to go, and I am taking her for a spa day. We're also having a family lunch, and a trip away for the weekend.

julie03

i am making my mum a scrapbook this year for her 70th, it will be from all her children and grandchildren and we will all have a page which we will put photos letters and poems to let her know how much she means to us.

Peanut2013

I did this for my parents 40th wedding anniversary but it still works.

I put together a photo book of 40 years together. Photos from their wedding, their honeymoon, all our family holidays, then me and my brothers births / christenings. Dad also had a great selection of photos from our birthdays (the traditional shot of us with our cake every year!) and then later on our first cars, our 18ths, graduations, 21sts and for my brothers their 30ths. I also included photos of all our pets we've had over the years

I will admit it took months of sneaking over while they were out to sneak out a box of photos without them noticing to scan them in. I then presented them in time order in a big photo book

Could you do her life? Children / grandchildren etc?

I am hoping to do another for their 50th as by then their will be (at least) 2 grandchildren and a wedding to include

kez_s

The photo book is a really nice idea, I too am looking for ideas for my MiL's 60th, she's on about having a party which is fine but I would like to do something a bit special for a present as she's been through a lot the last couple of years, I've got 6 months to organise it but we've a lot on this year so want to be organised!

mrsbb_2

I think the scrapbook is a fab idea! We did something similar for my MiL 60th - we "stole" loads of her childhood photos and photos of her when she was younger with her children and had them transferred into digital images and then made a lovely photo album with a matching CD of images.

Afternoon tea is a lovely treat? Or how about something like organising a family photoshoot (like Venture but cheaper?) Or what about something special like dinner in a castle or off the wall like horse riding or cooking classes?