• While it may be cliché to say that birthdays are special occasions, nothing could be more true. It's a person's own personal life anniversary, and since no one person can ever be replaced, making birthday wishes special seems all the more important. One way to make people feel special on their birthdays is by carefully creating a birthday note that's specific to them and their personalities.
  
  

Magnetic Poetry

• Magnetic poetry---the kind that most people adorn their refrigerators with---makes an excellent medium for expressing birthday wishes. This gift can be utilized if purchased along with a magnetic eraser board for messages. The poetic magnets can be used to write a "secret" birthday note to the gift recipient---one that can only be enjoyed once the gift is opened. The magnets can be later used on the magnetic board or transferred to their rightful spot on the fridge.
  
  

Puzzles

• For some people, there's no better challenge than putting together a puzzle. Gift givers can add a clever twist to the birthday note by picking out an appropriate puzzle for the gift recipient, putting it together and then writing a birthday note on the back when it's done. Or better yet, a puzzle with special birthday wishes can be designed and the idea then sent off to a company that makes puzzles. Either way, the person receiving the gift will certainly enjoy the surprise birthday wishes once the puzzle's put together.
  
  

Fancy Papers

• Writing birthday wishes to the traditionalist is made simple by employing fancy papers found at the local stationary store or by making homemade papers with the gift recipient in mind. In the latter option, the homemade paper can serve as not only a platform for the best of birthday wishes, but also as part of the birthday person's gift. For this option, the paper should be stacked and wrapped in a silk ribbon with the sheet of paper with the birthday note on the top.
  
  

Scavenger Hunt

• Sometimes it's just as difficult to create a birthday note for the person who has everything as it is to buy for that person. The solution for the note is simpler than it seems; the gift giver can create a special scavenger hunt for the birthday person. Each piece of the birthday wish can be hidden in a different place with clues to the whereabouts of the notes provided on the scavenger hunt's master list. The message for the birthday person unfolds with each discovery until the entirety of the birthday wish is completely realized.