Celebrating someone's half-birthday can be a great way to strengthen your bond with them and to remind them of how special they are! We've got some ideas here to help you get started, or to give you some inspiration! There's plenty of things you can do to celebrate this day without overshadowing the guest of honor's actual birthday.
Key Points
- Consider a half-birthday breakfast! This can be a special breakfast in bed, or you can make a “half breakfast” where your guest of honor gets half of whatever you make!
- Wrap several gifts for your guest of honor that they open at each half hour.
- Bake half a cake! This can be a funny way to celebrate someone's half-birthday.
Half-Birthday Ideas
The fun thing about half-birthdays is there is no expectation on how they are celebrated; even a card and some cookies is considered overly thoughtful! Let's go over some ideas for how to make a half-birthday special.
Make Them a Special Treat
There's a lot of different desserts that you can bake someone to celebrate their half-birthday! We've got a great brookies recipe here for you to check out, or you could bake them half a cake! Perhaps they have a favorite dessert that they just can't get enough of, or they've been interested in trying something new. This is a fun way to get creative while surely making something this person will love!
Make Them a Half Breakfast
Consider giving your special someone a half-birthday breakfast! You can serve it to them in bed, or leave it for them in the fridge. The idea is that they get only half of each part of the breakfast! You can do half a muffin, half of one of the yogurts that splits in two, or half a bagel! If it can be split in two, then it can work for this idea. If your special someone really enjoys breakfast, they'll love this. Make sure you give yourself enough time to prepare this on their day!
Have Them Open Gifts at Every Half Hour
This is a cute idea that you can do for the person you're celebrating! Wrap several gifts for them, with special instructions that they can only open one on every half hour. This is a great way to connect to the theme of a half-birthday! It's a lot of fun, and your guest of honor will surely appreciate getting some gifts. If you want to avoid overshadowing their actual birthday, just focus on getting small or practical gifts for them. No need to get extravagant!