40th Birthday Party Themes

If you want to have a get-together for any reason, but especially for a special occasion such as a 40th birthday, you might want to consider a themed party and in particular what 40th birthday party themes would be appropriate. Whilst a themed party is great for birthdays and holidays, you can have them any time of the year. If you went to college, you probably went to a lot of themed parties and the same rules apply for 40th birthday party themes – with maybe one or two differences – for instance you have probably heard of the toga theme party, but for a 40th theme birthday party this one might not be appropriate. You won’t find many who really want to dress up in a sheet and nothing else in order to attend your party, but similar options are a pajama party, or a beachwear party – but again, for those approaching or over forty, you may want to consider other options.

Some popular theme birthday parties appropriate to 40th birthday are costume parties, and you can choose any type of costume you want. This is great because people can make as much or as little effort as they want. For instance a sixties themed party may have people dressed up like Austin Powers or the Beatles, but also gives scope for hippies, astronauts etc. A seventies for your theme parties may have everyone appear in leisure suits or glam rock outfits. Though not everyone will want to do this, everyone who does dress up will have a blast. If you are around forty your formative years will likely have been in the eighties – big hair, shoulder pads and electronic musics!

Other ideas for 40th birthday party themes could include:

    Movies themes (could be subdivided into say horror movies)
    Black and white – a good theme for a group who maybe don’t know each other allowing plenty of scope
    Superheroes
    Childhood heroes
    Nursery Rhyme characters
    Childrens TV characters
    Pirates and princesses
    Hawaian
    Countries of the world
    Baseball, soccer etc
    Jungle
    Carnival
    Spongebob Squarepants!
    Casino

The list of 40th birthday party themese is only bounded by your imagination!