Ideas for my mom's 50th birthday party ("around the world" theme)?

Question

My sister and I are planning a surprise party for my mom's 50th birthday. She loves to travel, so we thought we'd do an "around the world" theme of places she's been. We've got ideas for food, drinks, and decorations, but we're looking for some ideas for games or activitiess. I know lots of people say that she may want to just relax and have a quiet evening...but that's not really our mom! It's probably gonna be a pretty rowdy gang, so we're looking for some fun ideas!

Answer 1

At my aunt-in-law's, there was a nice big wall behind the dining table.  It was covered in balloons to make "50".  Baby blue and a medium-toned blue were used, but you can certainly change it up :)  Nice decoration to see when she's at the table blowing the candles!

Answer 2

you could look online and find traditional games from the different places around the world that will correspond with the food stations.

good luck! and congrats to your mom!  

Answer 3

Here's a few off the top of my head...

You could buy a globe or beach ball globe--and have each guest write something they like or appreciate about your mom. It would make a nice keepsake from the event.

You could create a game of charades using fairly common words in different languages

You could do an "improv" activity where you play clips from foreign films and the guests "dub" over the film to create spur-of-the-moment translations

It's a great theme--I bet she'll have a wonderful time.

All the best!

Answer 4

It will not be a surprise, she knows something is up. Plan something obvious, that she can "discover", and have the real party elsewhere.

Anyway, get the tune "It's A Small World" from Disney and drive all of them nuts.

Answer 5

have a scavenger hunt have things from around the world like snow globs a necklace from paris a bracelet from china and most of all have a pic of all of you hidden in one place that says usa in a tree trunk and then when your mom sees it it will be the best one yet or dress up as people from different countries and let her guess where your from get a mechanical bull but make sure its safe for food i know you have it planed but i was thinking food around the world like china egg rolls usa hot dogs canada french fries with cheese on top sodas a classic coke maybe some water for your mom only if she can drink coke anyways i wish your mom a happy birthday

Answer 6

well where has she been?

Answer 7

wow HAPPY BIRTHDAY! 50th it's a beautiful year and very special, it's a good time to make an album from birth to day and put all the places she traveled and all her special moments .

you can put some music  from the places she traveled, you can get  costume of her favorite place - dress like it too. you can learn some specific word (from these places) that you want to tell her.

you can even sing her a song and dance the traditional dance ..... hope you all have fan good luck

Answer 8

~A food station with different foods from around the world and blindfold the testers and they have to answer where from the world are these foods found!

~Musical chairs or statues with different music from around the world or play 20 sec's of each song which the guests dance to then they have to go to the food station of that country.

If you can add more details of what countries your going to use, I could think of some more activities for each place.

Hope this helps!

Lulabelle x*x