Daughters Lockdown 18th Birthday

suejb2

Hi everyone. Looking for ideas for my D.D 18th next month. All plans went belly up obviously,  yet we still want to celebrate her milestone. Party with catering , D.J  in a local bar for family and friends of +100 has gone to celebrating at home .

 How then good people can I add to that?  Has anyone celebrated a significant lockdown birthday and can pass on ideas?  

Thank you in anticipation.

Stenwold

For my partners birthday, I bought a cocktail set and a load of different spirit/mixers and set up a themed bar in each room (gin bar, rum bar etc.). We then had a bar crawl through the house - we even had a sports bar in the living room with rugby on the telly  and finished up in the beer garden (back garden) for some pub games. We've got two young girls and they loved it too.

bouicca21

Friends with large garden rented one of those Garden tent things with no side walls and had a socially distanced gathering with booze and music.

sew_what

Just had DD's 18th two weeks early as we live in Leeds and are in danger of going into lockdown!
She invited four close friends over and they had a BBQ and drinks in an open sided gazebo in the garden. They had a lovely time as they'd not seen each other in the flesh for six months!  We'll go out for a family meal on the day (if we're still allowed!)
Not the birthday we'd hoped for, but better than her brother's 21st in May when we couldn't do anything!
We're hoping we can celebrate their 19th & 22nd Birthdays with a family party next year!

Spendless

We had daughter's 17th in complete lockdown (week after it was announced). I was glad it wasn't her 18th. We made do with creating an  afternoon tea Just me, her and her dad.
Gathering still have to be under so many I believe and be careful of music. One of my friends got served with a noise abatement order on a Sunday afternoon by our council about a month ago.
If you can do drinks and food in the garden for so many, then go for that. 

gettingtheresometime

I read pages before Covid kicked off that there's a growing trend in the US to have 'half birthday' parties .

KateBob

My DD had her 18th in April at the high of lockdown.
We decorated the house inside, a neighbour came round in the night and decorated the outside of our house with banners and balloons, friends/family came round in small groups and sang happy birthday to her from the street, some friends had a socially distant drink with her in the street, she has a zoom party in the evening with one friend supplying the music.
It wasn't what we'd planned but it was special.

Misslayed

It's my aunt's 80th birthday in a couple of weeks, my cousin has organised friends and family to make short videos and she's going to 'knit' them together - I've no idea how, but technologically minded young people can probably do it. 

Morglin

The rules changed again last night, to no more than six people, inside or outside.  🙄

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-54081131

silvercar

One friend met over zoom and had delivered party food and drink to various houses in advance. 6 people in each house.
Another had shifts of different people arriving at fixed times throughout the day.

Spendless

You're now going to be affeted by last night's news. How large is your household Sue? If it now has to be just you what about hiring a hottub?