Before the pandemic, we were spoiled for the choice of great birthday party ideas. A few years back, there were no curfews, travel restrictions, social distancing, masks, and lockdowns. The pandemic changed how we interact and engage with one another, even in social places. Today, if you are planning to have a birthday, you need to think hard to ensure that you adhere to the set restrictions meant to curb the spread of the virus.
Besides deciding what kind of party you want to set or organize for a birthday. You also need to think about proper birthday gift ideas. Whether you decide to go for or any other gift, it is always good to think of what the recipient wants and what they fancy during such occasions. Since many countries are under lockdown, there are no nightclubs, cinemas, restaurants, and birthdays. While all these are necessary precautions to curb the spread of the virus, it doesn’t mean that you can’t have fun in lockdown. Here are several unique birthday party ideas during lockdown to help you have a blast when celebrating your birthday down.
Birthday Movie Night
It is boring when you are forced to stay at home, and it’s your birthday. However, it doesn’t mean that you can’t have fun. There is plenty of exciting and fun stuff that you can do on your birthday during the lockdown. However, celebrating a birthday in a movie theater can disappoint children of any age. With a great venue, menu, great company, and movies that everyone wants to watch, this is definitely a vacation like no other.
Among them is watching reruns of your favorite series and movies or enjoying the latest series and movies. Fortunately, there are plenty of options for online movie streaming services, including Netflix, Disney+, Amazon Prime, and many others. Whether you want to celebrate with your spouse or invite a few friends over, a movie night offers the best way to have fun during the lockdown.
A Cinema Night
If you have done lots of movie nights in the past and you want to have a new experience while watching movies, a cinema night is among the best birthday gift ideas to try out. Since you can’t head out to the cinema, why not bring the cinema experience to your home. To have maximum cinema night experience, stock up snacks such as nachos, pick and mix, crisps, and popcorn. Invite a few of your friends over or just enjoy with your spouse by arranging cushions, blankets, and sofas. To make it more interesting, write down new releases on small pieces of paper, put them in a bowl, and pick them one by one as you watch them throughout the night.
Murder Mystery Night
One of the best ways to have lots of fun on your birthday is by playing virtual murder mysteries since it never gets old. To enjoy this virtual detective game online with your friends is pretty easy, and all you have to do is set it up. Downloadable murder mystery scripts are also easy to get online, which you can send to each participant. Encourage all the characters to dress up extravagantly and apply different accents. This will make the game fun and exciting. The one who solves the mystery is the winner. You will enjoy the game more if you involve a smaller group of participants.
Birthday Dance Party
Through Zoom, you can easily plan a birthday dance party. However, this idea is not for the faint-hearted. Through calls, you can ask all the participants to pick one dance song and add them to the shared online playlist. Spotify offers the best way to do this. And the best thing about this platform is that it can be accessed throughout the night. The participants have to come up with their dance moves and dance to their best. In each round, you need to vote for your favorite to get the winner, who is the one who garners the most votes.
Drinks Tasting
Now that many countries have closed down bars, one can hardly enjoy drinks with friends at the local bar. This is a bomber for many who usually unwind with drinks. If you want to enjoy the drinking experience at home on your birthday, try organizing a wine tasting based on your preferred drinks. For those who like wine, the best way to enjoy this experience is to head over to a liquor store and pick up an assortment of mini bottles so that you can sample and taste them with a few of your close friends. You can also try mixing up drinks to create several cocktails. Head over to the store and pick up the ingredients needed for this activity. You can make cocktails such as strawberry daiquiris, mojitos, espresso, and martinis. This is one of the best birthday gift ideas because it can be enjoyed with friends on Zoom. All you need to do is tell them the ingredients needed to create these cocktails. Some snacks should also be included.
Birthday Cake Off
If you’ve had enough of baking banana bread, then during your birthday, it is high time that you try something new like a birthday cake. During your birthday, look for cake-making equipment and bake yourself a nice tasty cake for your birthday. Although baking your birthday cake is weird, you are excused in the pandemic and especially on lockdown. Don’t forget to include your favorite flavor in the ingredients. If you don’t know how to bake a cake, there are tons of cake-baking recipes that can be downloaded from the net. If you have some cake-making experience, you can challenge yourself by making a multi-tier or rainbow cake. Have some friends over. You know what they say “you can’t have your cake and eat it too.”
All-Out Décor
Since the lockdown is weighing down on everyone, your birthday is also not speared. If you are used to inviting people to help you decorate your space, it won’t be possible this time around since there is hardly going to be any party. Why waste your special day when you can spend it decorating your space. Make it interesting by including helium age balloons, streamers, birthday flowers, and banners. Once you are done, take some photos with your phone and post them on your Instagram page. Make it even special by personalizing your décor or using a particular color theme.
Birthday Present Hunt
As much as a treasure hunt looks cheese down. It can be fun and interesting on your birt when it is not much you can do during lockdown day. Ask your household to hide the gifts they have bought you in different areas in the house and provide clues on how to find them. To drag the activity, tell them to make clues hard enough so that it runs all day.
Conclusion
As you’ve read this article, there are plenty of and other different ways to make your birthday celebration experience fun and interesting during the lockdown. Hopefully, this dreaded disease will disappear but until then, let’s learn to live with it and do everything to make life enjoyable.