Are you looking for a fun and unique way to celebrate your birthday?
Choosing birthday party ideas for adults at home can be tough.
There are plenty of birthday party ideas for kids, but the options become more limited when you start searching for birthday party ideas for adults at home.
Well, whether you want to celebrate your birthday with family and friends, or just with a few close friends, there is always an option for everyone!
In this blog post, we’ll go over 10 simple birthday party ideas for adults at home that you can organize without breaking the bank!
10 Birthday Party Ideas for Adults at Home
Here are just a few of the fantastic birthday party ideas that you may use to celebrate your special day. These birthday parties are ideal for people who wish to commemorate their birthdays but don’t want the fuss or expense of a traditional celebration.
1) Virtual Birthday Party
Virtual parties are a good way to have a birthday party.
In these pandemic situations, you and your friends and family will be safer and it allows flexibility especially if your friends and family live far away from you because it makes it easy for them to participate no matter where they are located.
If you are hosting the party, why not create a hilarious, touching surprise birthday montage to commemorate the best photos of the birthday person to share old memories?
Have everyone in the family and other guests send you a video recording of them wishing the birthday person a happy birthday. They may also reminisce about a favorite memory, about a special occasion, hopes and dreams for the future, and well-wishes for the next year.
You can invite your guests through email, text message, or even Facebook messenger. You can share birthday videos with family and friends to be a part of the birthday celebration.
2) Watch Your Favorite Movie
Get your friends together for some movie time with some delicious recipes as snacks!
Choose between setting up a cozy atmosphere at home, or hosting outdoors under starry skies! You may also create a really lovely and comfortable area with cushions, blankets, and other soft fuzzy things to relax on while watching.
To really make this experience feel authentic take along with some snacks that will be enjoyed by everyone including stuffed crust pizza, popcorn, candies, cheeseburger pockets- just have them handy so guests can munch their way through these childhood staples while they watch one classic flick after another!
3) Games Night
Classic party games like Charades or Pictionary, Drop A Hint, Monopoly, Cranium, CatchPhrase Name that Tune, can always help to break the ice and get the party started. Feel free to spice it up by adding a drinking element to the game, or even setting up some college drinking games like beer pong or kings cup, too.
Game Night Food
You may choose to offer dinner, snacks, desserts, or a mix of all three. After dinner, Game Night is often done with a combination of savory and sweet small bites. Whatever you decide to do, keep it simple so you can enjoy the games too.
4) Throw a Brunch Party
Brunch parties may be a lot of fun, whether you host them inside or outside in your garden!
Food Ideas:
You can have a buffet so your guests can serve themselves!
Offer a variety of foods and give your guests plenty of choices such as carb dishes like muffins, scones, and croissants, a vegetable/salad dish, sweet dishes, a meat or egg dishes like shrimp and grits.
Include a colorful fruit platter, at least one casserole menu, and brunch appetizer at your party.
Drinks:
Serve a variety of beverages.
You may consider setting up a coffee and tea station where each guest may prepare their own coffee – with or without milk, alternate milk, sugar, and creamers.
If you want to offer alcoholic beverages, be sure to have non alcoholic alternatives, such as juices.
Don’t forget the mimosas, screwdrivers, bloody Marys, and greyhounds- the most favorite brunch cocktails.
5) Pool Party
Have a summer birthday? If you or your pals have a pool, why not turn it into an epic pool party?!
Gather all the pool floats, noodles, balls, and other pool toys you can find. No pool party would ever be complete without them.
Keep Your Guest Hydrated
You’ll need plenty of cold drinks for your poolside celebration, so make sure you stock up some refreshing beverages! Fill a cooler with ice and popular beverages like soda pop, bottled water, and/or beer, seltzers or cocktails to keep things simple!
If they don’t want to leave the pool for drinks, a floating cooler is ideal for any poolside party!
Have a Nice Tasty Treats
Having a good balance between healthy food and junk food is important for satisfying your guests. Some salty treats such as salty snacks, corn chips, potato chips, and pretzels go great with dips such as salsa, hummus, and guacamole.
If you want to go for a healthier option, consider setting out a fruit platter or a veggie spread with crisp fresh vegetables.
6) Backyard BBQ Party
If you have a pleasant outdoor or patio area to work with, why not use it? Throw a backyard barbecue bash complete with all of your favourite foods from piled-high burgers to classic potato salad on the side. In addition, add in a few backyard games such as cornhole, bocce ball, giant Jenga, and set up a s’mores station to enjoy around the campfire as the evening comes to a close.
7) Spa Day
You can create your very own spa day complete with face masks and foot soaks. It will definitely make the birthday girl feel pampered after a long year of hard work.
Watch a movie marathon and indulge in DIY facials or sheet masks), massage trains, an at-home manicure, and pedicure.
You may invite your closest pals over for some serious self-care. Start the relaxing afternoon with cucumber face masks, clay, or perhaps a turmeric version. Create a DIY afternoon of it by creating simple sugar scrubs or other DIY bath items to give to your guests to take home.
8) Bonfire Party
For the birthday person who loves camping, a backyard bonfire with s’mores and drinks will be perfect. Invite your friends to make their own s’mores by roasting marshmallows over open flames on sticks. You may even want to add some extra activities like glow-in-the-dark games, storytelling, or ghost stories around the fire.
You’ll undoubtedly have a wonderful birthday party around the warm light of a bonfire.
9) Wine Pairing Party
For birthday party ideas for adults that are a little more sophisticated, you may want to try planning a wine pairing birthday party. This is great if your birthday person loves trying new wines and learning more about different foods to pair with different wines.
You can describe each wine or engage in some wine knowledge/trivia as you go around the table.
10) Video Game Tournament
Even as an adult, you still want to play video games, who doesn’t right? It’s something that makes you feel like a kid again!
For your birthday, choose your favorite game console and fill it with games that people can play together, and throw yourself an epic video game tournament birthday bash!
Tips:
Set the tone for an action-packed day of gaming by decorating the table. For food, use distinctive tableware and decor to get the gamers in the mood for battle.
A snack station that will keep everyone coming back for more is a great idea. Set out snacks and sweets to keep them full during hours of gameplay.
