"This Is Your Life" Birthday Party Ideas

The "This Is Your Life" show format translate easily to a great surpise party theme.
The "This Is Your Life" show format translate easily to a great surpise party theme. (Image: Jupiterimages/Comstock/Getty Images)


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Treasure Box

Fill a toy box with treasures that the honoree loved. Treasures might include sports memorabilia for the sports fanatic, ballet items for the dancer or CDs of the honoree's favorite music. It could be fun stuff like some headbands or jewelry she used to wear, a case of the "Double Bubble" bubble gum he always liked to chew, her favorite teddy bear, or his "Farrah Fawcett" poster.

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Favorite Memories

Ask guests to send a list of their favorite memories: their favorite thing about the honoree; the funniest thing they remember the honoree doing; the happiest they ever saw the honoree, their most memorable moment with the honoree and a list of five words that best describe the honoree. All the lists or just the best responses can be read out loud during the party.

"This Is Your Life" Scrapbook

Ask guests to write a short story, anecdote or a few paragraphs of special memories they shared with the honoree. Create a "This Is Your Life" scrapbook to store the guests' stories, the photos sent by the guests and the guests' favorite memories list. Add a CD of the pictures for the honoree.

"This Is Your Life" Home Movies

Ask guests with 8mm or VHS home movies of the honoree to have their favorite scenes transferred to DVD, and to send their DVD well before the party. Using any PC video editing program, edit the best scenes into a 30- minute DVD to be shown at the party. Create a second DVD with all of the guests' favorite home movies. Add the DVDs to the "This Is Your Life" book.


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