Going to celebrate a birthday, most people prepare refreshments, clean the room and invite guests, or go to a cafe. However, few people think that it is possible to celebrate otherwise.
Hearing about the scenario of the birthday, women usually immediately refuse, arguing this with different motives. The most common causes of reluctance to spend a holiday according to the scenario are “you need to hire someone,” “it's expensive,” “you can't do this at home,” “I don't want a booth,” and the like.
Therefore, it is possible to compose a script and give a holiday to a close woman without informing her. Of course, when preparing all the surprises, one should take into account the age, character traits and tastes of the birthday girl.
Morning is part of the script.
The scenario for a woman’s birthday can include not only an evening celebration with contests, presenters and other attributes, but the whole day or its individual fragments.
Morning is an important part of the holiday, but it is usually forgotten about it. Morning hours create a mood and set the tone for the whole day, including the evening feast. Therefore, all actions performed in relation to the birthday girl should come from how birthday will be celebrated in the evening.
For example, if a woman’s birthday scenario implies a theme, then the morning should start with the attributes of the evening. When planning a feast in the form of a “Royal Banquet”, which is now very fashionable, in the morning you should leave a “royal” dress or other attribute in the bedroom. In the absence of props in the evening - costumes, themed music and other things, that is, with a modest budget version of the scenario, you also need to leave attributes.
If the theme of the “Royal Banquet” is included as a basis in the scenario of a woman’s home birthday, then you can leave a crown made by children themselves or purchased in a jewelry store. The present, regardless of what it is, a children's handicraft or ball gown, should be accompanied by a thematic postcard with an explanation.
For example: “Good morning, Your Majesty! Let me remind you what day it is. Your birthday. ” If a woman is not aware of the theme of the feast, explaining what awaits her is not necessary either in a postcard, which actually plays the role of a note, or in words. When questioned, you should laugh it off and ask to wear a present in the evening.
Similarly, one should act if any other thematic scenario is used for a woman’s birthday. Only the types of morning surprises vary. For example, for the themes of the 20-40s, a vintage outfit or a donut dress is suitable. But you can limit yourself to a boa or gloves, stockings with a seam - something related to the theme of the evening. On the theme of "Disco" you can leave the butterfly glasses. For pirate themes - a bandage, a plush parrot or a saber. Fantasy is limited only to the theme of the banquet and does not depend on its scale and degree of stylization.
Morning flowers - a cost-effective scenario element
In addition to the presentation, hinting at the coming evening, the obligatory attribute of the morning is flowers. It is not necessary to be limited to one big bouquet. You can do otherwise and at the same time spend less money. Of course, when a woman’s birthday scenario is considered or discussed, it is not customary to recall financial savings. More precisely, talk about this nuance out loud.
Nevertheless, in every celebration there are elements that allow you to save money, if you approach them with imagination. Each scenario for a woman’s birthday, the ideas for which can be completely different - from a voyage in a limousine to fireworks over the nearest pond, includes the presence of flowers not only in design, but also in the form of a presentation.
A huge bouquet with the appropriate design is what is traditionally purchased from florists on such a day. It makes sense to change this moment and forget about the “birthday - bouquet” template . Of course, if there is a desire and the opportunity to give "the area of flowers", then this must be done. However, most families cannot afford such gestures.
Each flower shop has low-cost, multi-colored roses. Usually they stand somewhere in the corner or at the very bottom and do not rush into the eyes. The height of the stem is about 15-30 cm, they are different. Such flowers are needed in large numbers and of all colors.
One rose is left on the bed, but this should be done carefully so that in a dream the birthday girl does not damage the flower. The remaining flowers are scattered or, if there are animals or children in the house, they are attached, laid out everywhere along the usual morning “route”. That is, a corridor, a bathtub, a toilet room, a kitchen. Each corner of space should be involved.
If you have the time and desire, you can attach a note to each flower. It can be a small postcard tied to a stalk, or just a colored piece of paper for notes strung on a stalk.
The bottom line is that the birthday girl, moving around the house for the usual morning routines, collects a bouquet and reads notes. This will please much more than a "bucket" filled with hundreds of Dutch hybrids, and in addition, it will also surprise. At the same time, the cost of flowers will decrease by at least half. In addition, in this way you can present not only roses, but also any other plants, from asters to field herbs, - it all depends on the taste of the birthday girl.
This way of presenting flowers in the morning has other advantages. Firstly, the bouquets will be in the evening, from guests, and secondly, notes can correspond to the thematic present and style of the coming evening, which will allow flowers to fully merge into the scenario of the anniversary or birthday. The woman will be very pleased to collect roses and read annotations, and family members will have time to make a birthday coffee and prepare breakfast without her direct presence in the kitchen.
What to write in floral notes?
Texts should be consistent with how you plan to celebrate. If you use a funny birthday script for a woman , you can draw emoticons, write jokes, wishes, funny questions and so on. You can even take a collection of jokes and paint them line by line, numbered. It looks like this: "(line from the joke), No. 5, page 3." That is, the woman found the 5th line from the 3rd joke. There are no limits for imagination, except for the theme of the whole design of the celebration. You can write simple wishes or compliments.
How to fill notes without using texts?
Some thematic scenarios allow you to use scattered flowers in a more interesting way than simply accompanying them with written words.
For example, the themes of queens, pirates and all that may be treasures, provide a great opportunity for decoration of floral notes. You need to go to any market that sells materials for needlework, and purchase an imitation of "jewelry." You don’t need to take the same ones, stones, that is, fiberglass products imitating them, should be different. You should also purchase a wooden chest box. It is worth choosing based on two parameters - the subject and the volume of rhinestones purchased. "Treasures" should fit inside. Outwardly, the chest should correspond to the theme, because the royal treasury and the pirate treasure look different.
On notes you can just stick stones. If there is time and desire, then with pirate-themed notes can be issued in the form of a map indicating the path to the chest.
Rhinestones themselves come in handy in the evening. They can be handed out as a reward for winning competitions, in the form of gratitude for congratulations and so on. If the scenario of a home birthday for a woman using a small amount of paraphernalia will be embodied, then “treasures” can be bestowed for a successful performance of a song in karaoke or a good toast.
Are jokes always appropriate?
Cool scenario of a woman’s birthday is not always appropriate. For example, there can be no talk of any jokes when celebrating anniversaries with the marks “50”, “60” and so on. But this does not mean at all that there is no room for jokes on such dates. Humor, jokes, fun and jokes are completely different things, although many holiday agencies present them as synonyms. That is why any used cool script for a woman’s birthday is far from always positive, including those that are left by the birthday girls themselves.
In order for laughter and fun to reign on the holiday, a funny script should take into account several points:
- the age of the birthday girl and guests;
- type of celebration - a home celebration or a banquet in a restaurant;
- the presence of themes, styling, the use of costumes, shows;
- tastes, features of perception and mentality.
For example, a common joke offered by many agencies and consisting in the fact that with congratulations comes a "life-size doll" representing a famous person, seems to be universal. However, a lady in 60 is unlikely to understand the "black humor" performed by the Obama doll. That is, when ordering such ready-made jokes, you need to find out in detail what exactly the content of the congratulation will be.
You should not decorate a room or room with the theme of smileys, “Simpsons”, chat stickers and other elements that are clear to every middle-aged office worker, but completely alien to a lady of 70 years old.
How to celebrate fun at an elegant age?
Very often, the grandchildren of the birthday girl try to use the script for the woman’s birthday, with humor and jokes. But usually this style of celebration is abandoned, looking at the proposed ready-made options. Thinking through the celebration on your own is often confusing, since what the grandmother laughs at, the grown-up grandchildren simply cannot imagine, but I want to please the birthday girl.
Of course, if you have the money, you can simply invite Petrosyan or other artists of the comedy genre, television shows with which the elderly lady watches. However, most families still cannot afford this.
Meanwhile, there is no need to abandon such an idea. The scenario of a woman’s birthday in years, provided that the celebration is to be held in a restaurant or in any spacious room, outdoors - wherever it is not difficult to “mount” a stage or its semblance, it will benefit from the presence of conversational artists.
Organizing at an affordable cost is not as difficult as it seems. You just need to move away from stereotyped thinking and think about where to find an artist. In every city there are theaters, and in them there are always those who are engaged in the roles of "eat served." Such an artist would love to earn extra money at his birthday and would cost a lot less than hiring through agencies. If the city has theatrical universities or schools of culture - you need to go there.
How to joke invited artists?
When the artists are found, it is worth doing the repertoire. This is also not as difficult as it seems. Most importantly, the organizer does not need to “reinvent the wheel” and try to be original. You should watch real comedy shows of those years when the birthday girl was 20-40. And make potpourri for the whole evening from what he saw.
That is, the release of artists lasts no more than 10-15 minutes. Between their performances, toasts are made, competitions are held, and so on. How many outlets will depend on the specific situation.
To precisely “get into the top ten,” you can remember the names of the artists and a few jokes. After that, it is worth visiting your grandmother and casually asking if there were such pop numbers in her youth. Typically, older ladies begin to willingly share their memories and give their own assessment. You need to listen carefully and remember what the grandmother liked, what she laughed at, and what did not cause emotions. Information obtained in this way should be used in choosing a repertoire for performances by artists.
Do I need ditties?
In the theme for the birthday of “Woman 60”, scripts of agencies are usually full of all kinds of folklore elements. Use these options with caution. Not every elderly lady will be delighted with the need to sing ditties to the accompaniment of an accordion. That is, proceeding when choosing a script for the anniversary follows from the preferences and tastes of the birthday girl.
Usually the taste of guests of the same age with the hero of the occasion coincides with her personal preferences. Therefore, when choosing contests and programs, you need to focus on the birthday girl.
What to consider when celebrating age?
When thinking over the holiday, one should not forget that the woman’s birthday script is addressed. The organizers should be careful with contests and other content of the celebration program.
Before you include any competition in the celebration program, you need to make sure that it will not cause inconvenience or lead to embarrassment. This is a very important moment for the success of the celebration addressed to an elderly woman. For example, if a lady celebrating a birthday suffers from flatulence, you can not force her to active studies in the center of the hall. The same applies to guests of an elegant age.
That is, for the holiday to be a success, every moment in it should be comfortable and convenient for those present.
Is there a difference between “55” and “60”?
On a woman’s 55-year-old birthday , the script will suit almost anyone. It can be a cool party with clowns, the grandiose “Royal Banquet”, a night in a style decision for Chicago in the 1930s — whatever.
The determining moment in the intention to make a surprise holiday should, of course, be the preferences of the birthday girl, but besides this, her dreams should also be taken into account. Moreover, the best option is the integrity of the script and the main gift.
For example, a woman wants to see Paris. The celebration should be stylized accordingly. And what it will be - "Three Musketeers", "Amelie" or otherwise - depends on the representations of the birthday girl herself. At the end of such an evening a ticket to Paris is presented.
A similar scenario for a woman’s birthday at home is also possible. Moreover, a home party is more appropriate with an expensive gift. When choosing between renting a restaurant and, say, an extra week in France, you should prefer extra days in Paris. At home celebrations, you should decorate the room not with banal balls, but with views of Montmartre, bouquets and garlands of flowers in the French style and so on.
Of course, the same thing should be done if the birthday girl does not dream of Paris, but of something else. For example, a private cottage will be a good gift. Oddly enough, many women would like to have a summer house with a garden. The selection of contests or other content of the holiday should hint at the last final gift, regardless of the style in which the celebration takes place.
The age of 55 for women is golden. In these years, ladies look like men in a state of middle-aged crisis, that is, they really want to have time to fulfill their dreams and fulfill their desires. It's about personal desires, not about raising children or raising grandchildren. This psychological moment is key to a successful celebration.
In 60 years, everything is different. Ladies are in no hurry. Such anniversaries require solemnity and a certain pomp, they should be held in restaurants or cafes with a large number of guests. The scenario “Woman’s birthday” at home with a date of “60 years” is feasible, but undesirable.
Although, this moment depends on the personal situation. It depends on how many guests the birthday girl will have at her age, how many relatives, friends and acquaintances will be able to attend the holiday and, of course, on living conditions. In a cramped apartment it is difficult to celebrate even 5-10 elderly people, without taking into account any entertainment components, and in a country cottage this is quite possible.
But in the general tradition of organizing birthdays, it is customary in 55 to focus on gifts, and in 60 to arrange a magnificent solemn feast, even if presentations are modest because of this.
Are there any features for the date "45"?
In the scenario of the birthday of “45 years old woman” you can include what is inappropriate for the older age. This is a golden date for jokes, foolishness, theatrical costumes and all the frenzy you can imagine. Of course, all recklessness should be thought out.
For 45 years, the best birthday option is a costume party with quests. But the choice of topics depends on the preferences of the birthday girl and the budget.
How to make your own script?
A ready-made scenario for a birthday greeting to a woman, taken as a basis and adjusted to individual characteristics, is a good option for those who do not have time to organize a celebration, and hiring an agency is impossible for some reason.
But you can go the other way, that is, make your own script. First you need to write down everything that I would like to include in the birthday celebration. It is not only about the evening banquet, but also about the day as a whole. Then you should distribute the recorded components of the holiday by time of day.
Distribution example:
- morning - flowers, present, breakfast;
- day - SMS-congratulations, lunch in a restaurant, a walk in the park with children;
- evening is a feast.
Of course, in addition to common words, all those elements of the script that will be involved should be listed. Therefore, for each length of time you will need your own sheet of paper.
This is necessary for the elimination of excess. For example, there is an idea to arrange a "Puzzle" at breakfast. That is, the birthday girl by associations should guess the components of the dish that was prepared for her. And a similar scenario is present during the walk - the children ask the birthday girl leading questions, and she associatively guesses which attraction will go. One of the elements can be safely excluded.
Cross out that mini-scenario that is in a time period filled with other entertainments. For example, if there are 4 ideas for the morning, and 2 for the park, then you need to remove them from the first half of the day.
Also obvious will be not only the uniformity of the workload of the whole day, but also the approximate cost. This is also an important point. For example, if there are several ideas for lunchtime - a picnic in the park, a romantic voyage on a limousine, lunch at a restaurant, a trip to a museum or something else, then by comparing all the expected costs, you can exclude any elements from the day budgetary considerations.
The result is a clear overall scenario for the day as a whole. After this, you should begin planning your evening feast. Regardless of whether the festival is held in a restaurant or in an ordinary room, there are general points for an evening script of any thematic focus and complexity, figuratively speaking, “skeleton”, the basis.
- Reception - the birthday girl greets each guest, receives congratulations, flowers and gifts.
- The preliminary part - the guests sit down, change clothes, and so on, the birthday girl arranges flowers in the water or asks someone to do this and removes the presents, it is important - the gift should not be "lying" in the corridor or in the corner of the restaurant hall.
- Introduction - this part of the holiday begins only after the birthday girl finishes her work and takes her place, traditionally she should sit down after all the guests are ready for the feast to begin.
- The first toast - as a rule, the party that organized it opens the feast, the speech should not be delayed, you do not need to mention the occasion of the holiday, you can immediately proceed to congratulation.
- The second toast is a congratulation from the children and grandchildren, the spouse, that is, from those relatives who did not organize the holiday, but took part in its preparation.
- The third toast is a congratulation from distant relatives, friends of the birthday girl.
- Performance of artists (first exit) and immediately after it, or instead of performance, competition - 15-20 minutes, subsequent shorter - 10-15.
- The break time - music, dances, breaks, communication of guests, as soon as everything is back at the table - the program repeats, and so on until the end of the evening.
Important: a break between the first three toasts is 10 minutes, subsequently this interval gradually increases and reaches 20-25.
Time intervals are very important for a holiday in a restaurant or cafe. When renting a hall by the clock, the most common problem of celebrations is the lack of time or its excess. For the interval of breaks when calculating the required number of rental hours, you need to take a time of 20-30 minutes.