Are you looking for themed party ideas for seniors? Everyone enjoys a party and spending time with family and friends. Make their special day one they will remember. With festive decorations, props, food, and music, these parties will have everyone including your senior loved one and their live-in home care caregiver smiling, laughing, and enjoying the day. Here are some fun and interesting party ideas for seniors. Each party and activity can be adapted to the age and health of the elderly loved one.
Themed Parties:
- Wine and Chocolates
- English Tea Party – use best dishes and linens, serve finger sandwiches and other pastries
- Luau
- Hollywood party
- 4th of July – patriotic music, red, white, and blue colors and decorations, little flags to wave, and barbecue
- Mardi Gras – Cajun music and food with a lot of beads
- Patty’s Day
- Happy New Year – confetti, noisemakers, champagne and sparkling cider, festive music
- Sports/Superbowl party – chips and dip, finger foods, sports decorations, music
- Octoberfest – beer tastings, polka music
- Jump, Jive, and Swing – play swing music from 30’s, 40’s, and 50’s
- Pirate Theme – Seniors wear pirate costumes/props, pirate music with good food and drink
Birthday Themed Parties:
- This is Your Life – Friends and family tell stories about the best times of celebrant’s life, photo collages, and family videos
- Bucket List Family Vacation – a travel party to a destination on celebrant’s bucket list; a celebration and vacation together
- Beachside Party with catered food – live music and beach dress
- 1950’s Themed Party
- In the Year You Were Born – baby items of the senior, stories, poems, and music from the year born, and their favorite foods
Party Games and Activities:
- Bingo
- Beachball volleyball – partygoers sit in chairs across from each other and volley beachball back and forth over a volleyball net
- Pool Noodles and balloons – hitting balloons back and forth on the floor using pool noodles
- Trivia games
- Sequence – a card game and board game combined
- Phase 10 card
- Uno
- Pinochle
- Mahjong
- Scrabble
- What’s That Saying – trivia game that has players remembering popular sayings from the past
- Beanbag Tic-Tac-Toe
- Bocce Ball
Author Bio:
Madeline Longnion is an ambitious, compassionate, and hardworking caregiver in Home Care Assistance of North Houston. She has a lot of experience in helping seniors lead a happy and carefree life. Madeline Longnion wants to spend her life helping others find enjoyment in life. She believes staying happy is the most important part of life.
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