- Create an old-age survival package by filling a basket with various products. Arthritis cream, denture cream, hemorrhoid cream and adult diapers are just a few items that you can include. Also include a magnifying glass or drugstore glasses and phone numbers for seniors organizations and groups. Top it all off with a bottle of prune juice packaged in a wine gift bag, and add a champagne flute or wine glass.
- Fill a decorative container with floral foam and cover foam with fake grass. You can find the foam and grass at your local craft store. Stick 50 suckers or lollipops through the grass and into the foam to secure them. Create a label to attach to the container that says "50 sucks put out to pasture". This idea also works well for a birthday cake. Simply ice a slab cake to look like grass, pipe the words on and stick suckers in instead of candles.
- Similar to the old-age survival kit, the menopause gift is specific to women who have reached that certain age. A hand-held fan is a great item to start this kit off with. Add in ice packs, a handkerchief to wipe the sweat off your brow, a change of clothes and chocolate as emergency medicine. You can put the chocolate or other candy in an old pill bottle and relabel it "anti-aging" or "anti-menopause" pills.
- Using a computer or by hand, design the front of a tee shirt that is aimed at making fun of the birthday person's age. For example, you could write "I just turned 50, if found please return to..." and include his address or the name of a long-term care facility or hospital. Another idea is to purchase seven shirts and label each a different day of the week. Include a daily checklist of simple tasks and give a washable marker in the gift. Purchase iron-on transfer paper at your local craft store and follow the instructions for transferring the image to a shirt.
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