18TH Birthday Ideas
18th birthday is inimitable, extraordinary and the one. 18th birthday party must be celebrated particularly as it marks the boundary between the childhood and the adulthood. Our child, our friend, our godchild or our grandchild has finally turned grown-up and he or she deserves the most glorious birthday in his/her life!
There are a few 18th birthday party ideas that could be classified into these groups:
18th birthday gift ideas (What presents should be given to the new-adult?)
18th birthday party activities’ ideas (What to do during the 18th birthday party?)
18th birthday meals ideas (What to eat during the 18th birthday party?)
18th birthday gift ideas:
1. Luxury leather notebook for writing his/her dreams.
2. T-shirt with a note.
3. Money.
4. Gift certificate.
5. Framed photograph.
6. Books.
7. Bible.
8. Parachute jump.
9. Big basket/glass jar full of candies, lollipops, chocolates, sweets that he/she always remembered the childhood.
10. Favourite sports team’s T-shirt, ball, cap with autographs.
11. Favourite singer’s CD with an autograph.
12. Massage or SPA procedure.
13. Jewellery, handmade earrings, bracelet, necklace, ring, medallion.
14. Perfume.
15. Painting, decoupage, pottery class.
16. Foreign language class.
17. Acrobatic or review flight, flight with a balloon.
18. Digital camera.
19. Mobile phone with hi-tech.
20. Big cake with “18”.
21. Makeup set.
22. Wireless reading device.
23. Nail polish set.
24. Clothes: dress, shirt, skirt, coat, sweater, blazer, top, sleep set, scarf, gloves, socks, patterned pantyhose, jeans.
25. Home planetarium, telescope, microscope.
26. A book with wishes for 365 days.
27. Collar beading class.
28. Handbag, portfolio.
29. Beautiful bonsai, fast growing flowering tree.
30. Headphones.
31. Shoes, gumboots.
32. World globe.
33. SPA set.
34. Stylish lamp.
35. Music creation station.
36. Notebook set.
37. Arts set.
38. Musical instrument (guitar).
39. Hair, body care set.
40. Watch.
41. Tickets to a concert.
42. Sports club subscription.
43. USB flash drive.
44. Golf set.
45. Laptop.
46. Football table.
47. Favourite movies’ DVD.
48. Aquarium with goldfish.
49. Bike.
50. Pet.
51. Chocolate set.
52. Detector.
53. Old coins or stamps.
54. Shower radio.
55. Remote control helicopter, plane, car, ship.
56. Painting kits.
57. Trip.
58. Skateboard, ball.
18th birthday party activity ideas:
1. 18th birthday party in the sky ideas:
Place: high in the sky
Activities: flight with a balloon, plane, helicopter, glider, Zeppelin or fighter; parachute jump; acrobatic flight; bungee jump, kiting.
2. Motor 18th birthday party:
Place: outdoors or in a special place.
Activities: driving with motorbikes or scooters, go-karting, driving all-terrain vehicles (ATVs), desert safari, driving with a limousine.
3. Active 18th birthday party:
Place: outdoors or in a special place.
Activities: bowling, billiards, snooker, ping-pong, artificial rock-climbing, going to a adventure park or amusement park, paintball, strikeball, cycling, horseriding, archery, shooting with fighting weapons, skating, sledging.
4. 18th birthday party in nature ideas:
Place: outdoors (near a lake, in a forest, etc.), in a country tourism leisure complex.
Activities: boating, sailing, yachting or rafting, canoeing, fishing, picnic, cooking food on a fire, swimming in a lake, camping, bathing, playing outdoor games (football, basketball, tennis, volleyball).
5. Musical 18th birthday party:
Place: at home, in a live music or dancing club
Activities: karaokeparty, going to a concert, dancing overnight in a club.
6. Calm 18th birthday party:
Place: outdoors or in a special place.
Activities: eating at home, in a restaurant or coffee-house, communication, playing table games, listening to favourite music, sky lanterns.
7. 18th birthday party on the water ideas:
Place: outdoors or in a swimming pool.
Activities: surfing, boating, rafting, yachting, canoeing, driving a water motorbike, bathing and swimming in a pool, SPA procedures and massage, going to an aquapark.
8. Curious 18th birthday party:
Place: outdoors or in a special place.
Activities: interesting walking-tour, sightseeing tour of the town with a guide, guided tour to another town/country or interesting place, building, chocolate/wine/cheese tasting, manufacturing, fondue, overnight tour, orientation games.
9. Artistic 18th birthday party:
Place: outdoors or in a special place with family and friends.
Activities: special lesson for guests: painting, pottery, jewellery, decoupage, mosaic, wool fulling-mill, glass fusing, photosession, shadowgraph, trimming, mime theater, going to a movie or theatre.
18th birthday meals ideas:
1. Potato chips:
Ingredients: 4 potatoes, 1 tablespoon wheat flour, 1 tablespoon dried paprika, 1 cup dried chilli, vegetable oil, sour cream, salt.
Instructions: Cook potatoes for 15 minutes in a microwave. Cool them down, then cut in four pieces and remove the most of pulp. Heat the oven up to 200 grades Celsius. Mix flour and chilli. Roll potatoes in the mix. Pour oil on the baking tray and heat. Put the potatoes and cook for 15 minutes in the oven. Take out, sprinkle with salt and serve with sour cream.
2. Cheese fingers:
Ingredients: 1 tablespoon butter, 1 egg yolk, 100 g cheese, a little paprika, a little salt.
Instructions: Whisk butter until friability. Put a part of shreddered cheese, egg yolk, salt and paprika. Stir the mix and shape oblong fingers. Roll the fingers in the remaining part of shreddered cheese or zwieback or parsley leaves.
3. Salmon sandwiches:
Ingredients: 4 slices of white bread, a little butter, 100 g salmon, a little leek, a little black pepper.
Instructions: Cut bread slices into four parts. Spread butter on bread. Put salmon on the bread. Put leek and pepper on the salmon.
4. Fruit dessert:
Ingredients: 250 g raspberries, 250 g apricots, 2 oranges, 2 tablespoons honey, 3 tablespoons lemon juice, 1 tablespoon chopped almonds, a little mint.
Instructions: Scald, peel and pit apricots, cut into pigs. Cut oranges into pigs. Toast almonds. Rub honey, lemon juice and mint until solid puree. Mix raspberries and fruit with the puree, put into bowls and sprinkle with almonds.
5. Yummy milk cocktail (two servings):
Ingredients: 200 ml milk, 1 banana, 1 tablespoon honey, 2 tablespoons vanilla ice-cream, 2 tablespoons yoghurt.
Instructions: Cut banana into pieces. Put all ingredients into deep bowl (cocktail shaker) and whisk. Pour the cocktail into glasses and decorate with banana slices.