Little Birthday Blog: Quinceañera birthday ideas Lots of lucky Hispanic princesses are so well loved by their parents that they are the guests of honor at Quinceanera parties. /15th birthday present ideas Just what do you get a testy 15 year old anyway? / 38th birthday presents You've ben invited to a 38th birthday party and now what do you do? / 62nd birthday presents Hmm, at 62, the birthday boy is a young guy, so you can't buy him anything that says 'Over the hill'. / 85th birthday presents I can't believe my Grandma is 86 years old. I'm searching for the perfect gift, I think I found it on this website. / girls birthday presents What I like most about this website is the birthday cake sunglasses will work for boys or girls. / 16th birthday presents / My mother found these super cool birthday party favors and I'm so happy she got them for my party! / 39th birthday presents Her husband has been planning a surprise 39th birthday party for his wife and we were so pleased we could get him these birthday cake glasses for every table at the party. / 63rd birthday presents - My uncle is 63 years old and while when I was younger, you know like a 5th or 6th grader, I thought he was a really old guy. Now that I am older, I do understand that 63 is really young! He's going to love this birthday gift idea from Shades of Fun! / 86th birthday presents / My Grandma is really cool and she is turning 86! I want to do something really nice for her birthday, but she doesn't need any clothes. My family is having a party for her so I think I'll get three pair of these birthday sunglasses: one for Grandma, one each for my Mom & Dad! Can't wait for the party and to see them all wear these!/ boys birthday presents / I was looking all over for some fun party favors for my son's 11th birthday party. They are still little kids but they are also on their way toward becoming young men. When I found these silly birthday sunglasses at Shades of Fun!, I said to myself, that's it! I ordered 10 of them -- they came so fast I couldn't believe it, so much fun, great ideas! 17th birthday presents cheap / 40th birthday ideas / I put in so much time looking for great party favors for a 40th birthday party. I really wanted to stay far far away from anything that was in the "over the hill" type of party favor. When I found the 4-0 glasses trimmed in those big tacky diamond crystals at Shades of Fun, I knew I had found the right place! / 64th birthday presents idea / Oh you know how it goes in the old Beatles song, 'When I'm 64?' Well that put so much pressure on me to find something perfect for her 63rd birthday. But then there was Shades of Fun and those birthday sunglasses really saved the day for me with a great sense of humor! /87th birthday presents idea / My great grandfather is turning 87 years old and my family is throwing in a big party for him at my cousin's house. You know he is kind of rich and he doesn't need anything, of course. I found these birthday sunglasses and I am over the top excited to go to the party now. I think he's going to love them -- if he can remember me -- he has 47 great grandchildren! / Mom's birthday presents idea / My Mom is turning another number that we won't talk about. I have been making her ashtrays at school out of clay in art class, but she stopped smoking and my teacher won't let us make ashtrays in school anymore anyway. I'm going to buy the birthday sunglasses for her from Shades of Fun, they will let me send a money order in because I don't have a credit card. I'm only in 7th grade. / 18th birthday presents fun / There is a lot of competition at college to buy great 18th birthday presents. I can't afford a lot being a freshman in college, but I found Shades of Fun and their really cute birthday sunglasses and I think that is exactly what I'm looking for! / 41st birthday presents / There was such hysteria over my husband turning 40 last year -- I threw him a big surprise party that he said he hated but I know he loved it -- that turning 41 this year is a let down. Still he is my husband and I do have to get him some presents for his 41st birthday. If I get one of these fun little gifts from Shades of Fun, it'll be easy and cheap and low key. That's what I'll do. / 65th birthday presents / Isn't 65 the age that a person can start to collect Social Security from the government? I'm not sure. Is it the mandatory retirement age? I'm not sure. But if one is made by law to retire at age 65, that seems like a really outdated idea. What the heck am I supposed to do with no money and no work for the next 30 years? I hope it's not true after all. Anyway, I still have to get my Dad a birthday present. I see that Shades of Fun has these really cool 6-0 glasses, but I wish they had them for 65-year olds! / 88th birthday presents / Oh Lawd, my grandmother turns 88 years old next week and I can't decide what to get her. I saw a couple of t-shirts that say Happy Birthday and Over the Hill but I can't bring myself to give my Grandmother an over-the-hill shirt. I think I'd be like 20 years too late with it anyway. She wears eyeglasses but I'm hoping we can put the birthday sunglasses from Shades of Fun right over her eyeglasses. Then she can see the party and still have fun. That would be the best thing! /

100th birthday presents / My Dad has now lived to be 100 years old! I can't believe we are about to celebrate this wonderful occasion! I'm no Spring chicken myself at age 68, but boy do I have a lot to look forward to planning this great party! / 19th birthday presents / Ohmigosh, I'm am certainly getting older! My twin sons are going to turn 19 years old. They are getting "too cool" for a traditional birthday party with a birthday cake, but when I found the Birthday Sunglasses, I said, 'Darnit! I'm their mother and I say they are not too cool for these! I love it! / 42nd birthday presents parties / I love my Aunt, she is so cool. She is a unique person and even though she is 20 years older than me, she is so much hipper than me. That's why I am so happy to find the Birthday Sunglasses at Shades of Fun! I'm going to pick up a pair for her 42nd birthday and I think she may think I've learned a few cool things despite the fact I'm only 22! / 66th birthday presents parties / Even though I can remember my 33rd birthday party as if was yesterday . . . apparently it was not yesterday because now my best friend is turning 66 and they're having a big party for him! I can't believe I've gone to like 40 parties for this guy! Let's hope 66 rocks! / 89th birthday presents parties / Well my great grandmother is turning 89 years old and we are throwing her a big party, I'm going to get the birthday sunglasses I found here -- she can wear them while she plays in her tennis league! / 101st birthday presents / It does seem that more and more people are living in the United States past 100 doesn't it? At least if you follow the Today Show on NBC-TV and watch weatherman Willard Scott read off all of the birthday greetings to the Smuckers folks over 100! / 20th birthday presents new / My sister is turning 20 while she is away at college. I found the birthday sunglasses idea online and it's so cool that they will ship the birthday present right to her college! I'll send her a birthday card and let her know they are coming! Really unusual and so much fun! / 43rd birthday presents fun / I was looking for a great party favor idea for my best friend's 67th birthday when I found the birthday sunglasses. I love 'em! / 67th birthday presents fun / We had been looking forward to my great grandmother's 90th birthday party for a long time and when I found this website, I laughed out loud and couldn't order fast enough. / 90th birthday presents fun / I was looking for some unusual ideas for my college roommate Ellen's Engagement Party. She and her fiancee John are so unique and creative, I was feeling a lot of pressure to really knock their socks off. These great wedding rings sunglasses are just the thing for this soon to be married couple! /engagement presents party / My girlfriends and I have beenn BFFs since 5th grade and now that we are all 20 we all turn 21 this year. Maddie is the first one to turn 21, then Britney goes, then Jen and then me in October. I bought five of the birthday sunglasses and it will a 'thing' for us all year long! Looking forward to it. / 21st birthday presents favors / I was invited to a 44th birthday party for a girl that I work with at the office. I'm a little uncomfortable about it because even though we are friends at work, neither of us talk about our private lives with each. I know generally that she is married and has a couple of kids, but not much more than that. I have never been to her house and so I don't know her taste in furniture and decorating. I found these birthday glasses. I'm bringing them for her. They are so silly, I think she'll get a kick out of them. And it's a very good price, too! / 44th birthday presents / My older sister's is turning 68 next month. Her husband throws her a birthday party every year. And while I love the parties, it gets harder and harder every year to find something for her. A lot of people don't care so much about it but I do. / 68th birthday presents / We're looking for some really cheap but fun party favors for a 68th birthday party. We want to give away bags of goodies as souvenirs for the party. We're searching for some ideas. / 91st birthday presents / Would you believe that my grandmother still swims five days a week in the morning. She's in great shape and she says that swimming for the past 40 years is the reason. / fun birthday presents streamer / One thing my mother loves is crepe paper streamers at birthday parties. She says, 'It's not a party unless there are crepe paper streamers twisted from the ceiling and across the walls of a birthday party. So we make sure that we always have them no matter where the party is! / 22nd birthday presents party / For my friend Melissa's 21st birthday party, we threw her a really big party in a huge catering hall in New Jersey. We tried to make it into a surprise party but with so many blabbermouths around in town, we're pretty sure she knew about it. Why else would she go to the hairdresser that afternoon? / 45th birthday presents new / My sisters and I want to throw a surprise party for our big brother -- who doesn't want one! Problem is: we don't know how to throw a surprise party. I know that sounds dumb, but we are busy mothers who are really honest straightforward people and have no idea how to be sneaky. Can you help? / 69th birthday presents new / My Mom had a bought with breast cancer a few years ago and she was a bit down during that period of time, she kept saying that she knew she would never make it to see 70 (and we know that a poor attitude is not helpful for healing), but anyway she survived and is now thriving. She is about to 'see 70' and we want to really have a blow out party. We're going for the works: catered food, wait staff, balloons, streamers, steamer tables, ice cream, party hats, noisemakers. We can't wait! Thanks for your help! / 92nd birthday presents new / My great grandmother just turned 92 and she rides her bike everyday. We love her so much. She was speaking to my cousin the other day and told her that she wants a new bike for her birthday. BUT she was very specific -- she wants a bike with a 10-year guarantee! She's the best! / crazy birthday presents balloon /

100th birthday presents / My Dad has now lived to be 100 years old! I can't believe we are about to celebrate this wonderful occasion! I'm no Spring chicken myself at age 68, but boy do I have a lot to look forward to planning this great party! / 19th birthday presents / Ohmigosh, I'm am certainly getting older! My twin sons are going to turn 19 years old. They are getting "too cool" for a traditional birthday party with a birthday cake, but when I found the Birthday Sunglasses, I said, 'Darnit! I'm their mother and I say they are not too cool for these! I love it! / 42nd birthday presents parties / I love my Aunt, she is so cool. She is a unique person and even though she is 20 years older than me, she is so much hipper than me. That's why I am so happy to find the Birthday Sunglasses at Shades of Fun! I'm going to pick up a pair for her 42nd birthday and I think she may think I've learned a few cool things despite the fact I'm only 22! / 66th birthday presents parties / Even though I can remember my 33rd birthday party as if was yesterday . . . apparently it was not yesterday because now my best friend is turning 66 and they're having a big party for him! I can't believe I've gone to like 40 parties for this guy! Let's hope 66 rocks! / 89th birthday presents parties / Well my great grandmother is turning 89 years old and we are throwing her a big party, I'm going to get the birthday sunglasses I found here -- she can wear them while she plays in her tennis league! / 101st birthday presents / It does seem that more and more people are living in the United States past 100 doesn't it? At least if you follow the Today Show on NBC-TV and watch weatherman Willard Scott read off all of the birthday greetings to the Smuckers folks over 100! / 20th birthday presents new / My sister is turning 20 while she is away at college. I found the birthday sunglasses idea online and it's so cool that they will ship the birthday present right to her college! I'll send her a birthday card and let her know they are coming! Really unusual and so much fun! / 43rd birthday presents fun / I was looking for a great party favor idea for my best friend's 67th birthday when I found the birthday sunglasses. I love 'em! / 67th birthday presents fun / We had been looking forward to my great grandmother's 90th birthday party for a long time and when I found this website, I laughed out loud and couldn't order fast enough. / 90th birthday presents fun / I was looking for some unusual ideas for my college roommate Ellen's Engagement Party. She and her fiancee John are so unique and creative, I was feeling a lot of pressure to really knock their socks off. These great wedding rings sunglasses are just the thing for this soon to be married couple! /engagement presents party / My girlfriends and I have beenn BFFs since 5th grade and now that we are all 20 we all turn 21 this year. Maddie is the first one to turn 21, then Britney goes, then Jen and then me in October. I bought five of the birthday sunglasses and it will a 'thing' for us all year long! Looking forward to it. / 21st birthday presents favors / I was invited to a 44th birthday party for a girl that I work with at the office. I'm a little uncomfortable about it because even though we are friends at work, neither of us talk about our private lives with each. I know generally that she is married and has a couple of kids, but not much more than that. I have never been to her house and so I don't know her taste in furniture and decorating. I found these birthday glasses. I'm bringing them for her. They are so silly, I think she'll get a kick out of them. And it's a very good price, too! / 44th birthday presents / My older sister's is turning 68 next month. Her husband throws her a birthday party every year. And while I love the parties, it gets harder and harder every year to find something for her. A lot of people don't care so much about it but I do. / 68th birthday presents / We're looking for some really cheap but fun party favors for a 68th birthday party. We want to give away bags of goodies as souvenirs for the party. We're searching for some ideas. / 91st birthday presents / Would you believe that my grandmother still swims five days a week in the morning. She's in great shape and she says that swimming for the past 40 years is the reason. / fun birthday presents streamer / One thing my mother loves is crepe paper streamers at birthday parties. She says, 'It's not a party unless there are crepe paper streamers twisted from the ceiling and across the walls of a birthday party. So we make sure that we always have them no matter where the party is! / 22nd birthday presents party / For my friend Melissa's 21st birthday party, we threw her a really big party in a huge catering hall in New Jersey. We tried to make it into a surprise party but with so many blabbermouths around in town, we're pretty sure she knew about it. Why else would she go to the hairdresser that afternoon? / 45th birthday presents new / My sisters and I want to throw a surprise party for our big brother -- who doesn't want one! Problem is: we don't know how to throw a surprise party. I know that sounds dumb, but we are busy mothers who are really honest straightforward people and have no idea how to be sneaky. Can you help? / 69th birthday presents new / My Mom had a bought with breast cancer a few years ago and she was a bit down during that period of time, she kept saying that she knew she would never make it to see 70 (and we know that a poor attitude is not helpful for healing), but anyway she survived and is now thriving. She is about to 'see 70' and we want to really have a blow out party. We're going for the works: catered food, wait staff, balloons, streamers, steamer tables, ice cream, party hats, noisemakers. We can't wait! Thanks for your help! / 92nd birthday presents new / My great grandmother just turned 92 and she rides her bike everyday. We love her so much. She was speaking to my cousin the other day and told her that she wants a new bike for her birthday. BUT she was very specific -- she wants a bike with a 10-year guarantee! She's the best! / crazy birthday presents balloon / I went online and began looking for 'crazy birthday present ideas' and found you and your wonderful birthday cake glasses. Now I have seen the plain birthday cake glasses somewhere else and I even saw someone wearing them on the NBC television show the Today show. But you guys have them all blinged out with those big rhinestones and glitter. I get it and I love it! / 23rd birthday presents / It's so weird to be out of college and to celebrate a birthday without school mates. My birthday is in November so I was always at school when my birthday rolled around. Now that I'm turning 23 years old and need to work a little bit harder to get together with my friends, it's going to take a little getting used to it. But I'll be a big girl and I'll get over it! Everyone else does! /

46th birthday presents favors / I'm helping out my best friend look for some unique birthday party favors. She has to throw a party for her mother next month. Even though it's not until January, her other sisters and brothers will chip in but won't do the hard legwork. I love her and she is such a good person, I will help her as much as I can. / 70th birthday presents favors / With the price of gas so high, it actually now is cheaper to order online and get exactly what kind of party supplies you want than it is to wander around from party store to party store seeing the same old goods everywhere. I like shopping online now -- as long as there are good pictures of the products. / 93rd birthday presents favors / Last year I found some really cheap birthday presents online at Overstock.com but this year, I don't see a lot of products that I am that interested in. I wonder if they still offer free shipping? / cheap birthday presents mylar / I know that there is some sort of environmental debate over balloon releases. Do you know anything about that? I'm not sure where the argument is so I'm not sure if I should plan one for my girlfriend's birthday. I've even heard that balloon releases for any occasion have been outlawed, made illegal in some states! / 24th birthday presents / My friend Michelle graduated from college last year and just moved into her first apartment in Washington DC. I'm so excited for her, she has a great job and I know she is going to do very well. Now her birthday is coming up next week and I'm definitely going to get her something for her apartment. She needs a lot of things. / 47th birthday presents party / We are looking for a great place to host a birthday party for my family. We are looking for a nice rooftop restaurant in New York City. Something with nice views that is not too expensive. / 71st birthday presents party / A bunch of us girls are going down to Cancun for Sheri's 30th birthday party. I'd like to bring some things down to celebrate and that Mexico Party Pack with the Cerveza Beer Sunglasses and Tequila Shot Sunglasses are the perfect idea for the days around the pool in the sun! / My friends and I are celebrating Mary's 30th birthday in New York City. We're so psyched! We want to take a boat cruise all around Manhattan. Which one to choose? Are they dressy or casual? Where do they leave from? Can we get taxi's to there and how do we get back to the hotel! / 94th birthday presents party / My fiance is traveling with the guys in his wedding party to New York City next weekend for his bachelor party. They have reservations at some rooftop bar near the Empire State Building. I never heard of a rooftop bar in that neighborhood. He better not be making that up! / wacky birthday presents latex / I have a kooky aunt on my father' side. She's turning 69-years old next week and I'm looking to find some wacky birthday presents for the party! / 25th birthday presents / We're going to Mexico for my friend's 25th birthday! Yay! We used to go to Cancun in college but now we are going to go south and try Playa del Carmen. We're all going to pack on the bus from the Cancun Airport and start drinking right away! / 48th birthday presents / I was not crazy about turning 48-years old, but what are the choices? Ha! A lot of my friends are almost 50 and I guess I have to put myself in that age bracket now. Well, I am treating myself and two of my best friends to a birthday trip to New York City! We're so psyched to see the brownstone stoop in Manhattan that was Carrie's apartment in Sex and the City. We know it's dumb but we have our special martini glass sunglasses and we're going to wear them in a photo! /72nd birthday presents / My girlfriend has always loved cazal sunglasses but she says they are too expensive. So a bunch of us are going to get together and chip in to get her a great pair of cheap cazal sunglasses. I think she'll be happy! / 95th birthday presents / My friends and I loved the movie Tron and now we have to set out to get a pair of Tron Glasses. /new birthday presents new york / My daughter is celebrating her 10th birthday with her friends and we are going to New York City and hope to have the hot chocolate at Serendipity! Then on to Dylan's Candy down the street! / 26th birthday presents / We're planning to really celebrate my husband's 26th birthday. He's not much of a cocktail guy and he has like one beer at year at his best friend's annual barbeque. But I discovered at our wedding that he really likes champagne. Can you imagine? I did not know this about him until our wedding day! But now I love it. For his birthday this year, I'm going to wear the birthday cake sunglasses and I'll get him a pair of the champagne glass sunglasses! That will be a fun party! /49th birthday presents / For my 50th birthday present, I'm taking by best friend to Paris in France! We are going to make a side day trip to the Champagne Region and the capital Epernay. Then another night in Reims. We're so psyched to try new champagnes that we don't have here in the United States! /73rd birthday presents / Oh mi gosh, while I was away at college my parents were running around renting tables and chairs and even a tent for the backyard for my great grandmother's 96th birthday party! I was away and so I wasn't thinking about what a big deal that was. Then I got home and there were people and party decorations everywhere! I didn't realize my folks knew how to rent party supplies or how to rent party tables and chairs! They are spectacular! / 96th birthday presents / A woman with whom I have become friends at the office is preparing to throw a family party for her 10 year old girl. It's a family party and I'm not invited, of course, and I don't want to be, but I would like to find a good birthday gift for a 10 year old girl. I'd give it to the mother to pass on to her daughter of course. Just because the mother talks about preparing for the party all day every day for like the past three weeks. / girls birthday presents / My son was invited to a birthday party for a young boy we don't know very well. I have to send my son to the party with a present of course, but not knowing this boy I'm not quite sure how to shop for a 15 year old boy exactly. My son is no help of course, I ask what this young man is interested in: comics, music, science, gameboy, wii, poker, what? and of course, my son does what any 14 year old boy does, he shakes his shoulders and says, "I dunno." Brilliant. / 27th birthday presents / I need a birthday present for a party I've been invited to. Actually, I'm more or less the 'date' of someone who was directly invited, but I know the couple throwing the party well enough that I'm no stranger. Therefore, I think it would be appropriate for me to bring along a gift of my own. In this case, I'm going to splurge and bring a bottle of Krug. It's a little test, you see. If my date is impressed then I'll know he knows his champagne. That would be a good thing: I'd love to date a man who is up on these finer points of lifestyle. If my host and hostess are impressed, then I'll be happy to have shown myself to be a woman of fine taste and style. It's a fairly sizable investment, but I like this guy and want these people to embrace me into their group. So after quite a bit of shopping and deliberation, I have my birthday present idea all picked out! / 50th birthday presents / I'm a nurse at an assisted living home and we try to do our best to celebrate birthdays, although I have to admit sometimes when a patient has another birthday they're not that happy about it. The nursing staff tries to do our best to make each birthday something special for the patient nonetheless. That's why I'm so happy I found the birthday cake sunglasses at Shades of Fun! They're unisex, fun for any age and no matter the condition of our Senior Citizens, they bring out a lot of smiles. / 74th birthday presents / I love my friend Rita, she's the best, but she is the most clueless shopper I know! Keep in mind, I love her to death! She approached me last week and begged me to help her find party supplies on the internet for her mother's surprise party. She needed everything cheap because she was paying for it herself so that meant cheap napkins, cheap chair rental, cheap table rental, cheap steamer tables, cheap decorations, the whole nine. Good thing I know what I'm doing on the internet. That made it so easy! / 97th birthday presents / As a mother, I only have daughters. Now that they are teenagers they are being invited to other-sex parties, so I have to either advise my daughter what to get for a birthday present or I have to go out myself and buy a boys birthday present. I am a little out of my element here! / boys birthday presents / I know that teenage boys usually like electronic games these days like the wii and nintendo, could I clean up my old Atari or Commodore 64 and wow that boy with a really unusual vintage gift? 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September 2008 - Did you know that the hottest Halloween costume for 2008 is the Batman costume like Christian Bale and the Joker Costume like Heath Ledger. You know, that super creepy Joker Mask that was so scary in the movie The Dark Knight. We do have a simple and super cheap Batman costume idea!

September 11, 2008 - Oprah Winfrey will broadcast her talk show on September 11 featuring every US Olympic Gold Medalist she can get her hands on. We hope they walk the Oprah-Red-Carpet wearing patriotic sunglasses and for Halloween, we hope the Gold Medalists, Silver and even Bronze medalists wear our Halloween sunglasses! HA! Congratulations everyone!

September 2008 - The USA largest Oktoberfest is in Cincinnati, Ohio. Cincinnati is Munich, Germany's sister city. Oktoberfest-Zinzinnati, which began in 1976 as a block party, now draws over half a million. The festival's signature event, the World's Largest Kazoo Band and Chicken Dance is a sight to behold! Don't forget to bring along our beer mug sunglasses (right) to enjoy in the Oktoberfest fun!

August 2008 -A big slice of Wedding Cake given to Moyra Smith by the Royal Chef for Princess Diana and Prince Charles will go to auction on August 27 at the Dominic Winter Book Auctions in Glos, United Kingdom. The 27-year-old slice of wedding cake celebrated the ill fated marriage of Prince Charles and Lady Diana Spencer in 1981. The wedding cake piece is decorated with the couple's Royal Coat of Arms. [If cakes are your thing, review our chapter on the best wedding cakes, best birthday cakes and best wedding cake designer in the USA.]