17 Birthday Party Ideas for Adults | COVID Social Distancing

Posted By Katy Mann

Nosotros're usually the go-to source for grownups when they're looking for places to have a altogether party for their kids. By now, a lot of us take had COVID birthday parties for our children, we've driven our vehicles in birthday parades and serenaded loved ones via video, but what most when it comes to the adults who are having Coronavirus altogether parties? We've been planning out and participating in social distancing altogether parties for adults and they're even more fun than those child birthdays!

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Adult Altogether Party Ideas During COVID Pandemic

Nosotros have no shortage of ideas when it comes to social distancing birthday parties for adults, just ship united states of america yours if we left a good one out.

Stock the Bar Birthday Parade

Birthday parades are all the rage right at present and we think that information technology'southward a shame if they're only for children. Plan an epic Stock the Bar Birthday Parade. Invite friends and family to drive by the home of the birthday honoree and bring items to stock their bar. Hand it out the window and parade on! Don't forget to article of clothing party hats and decorate cars!

Also, you can program a contrary parade and have the birthday guy or gal parade by their friend's homes and they tin can exist on the curb, handing your gifts through the window.

39 Bottles of Wine on the Porch

39, 29, 50, Whatsoever your age is, that'due south the proper noun of the game. I almost recently saw my friend Laura as the recipient of this for her 45th birthday. Her friends dropped a tote off on her porch with a card that read:
45 bottles of wine on the porch,
45 bottles of wine.
We love you the nearly,
so let's make a toast
with 45 bottles of vino on the porch.

I of Laura's friends coordinated to have everyone who knows Laura to brand a no-contact wine drib at some indicate throughout the day. "Guests" were to leave the wine in the tote and sign the card to permit her know they were there. What a fun gift!

Larn Something

We're loving all of the opportunities to learn something from your home. There'southward no amend time to engage with the pros from effectually the earth that you might not normally have access to. Larn to make mozzarella cheese, bubble tea, cocktails and more than in live, interactive classes. Some form prices include a supplies kit and others are fix upward for a group to learn. The options are countless!

G Letters Birthday Sign

We've seen a huge ascension in popularity with the yard letter signs and nosotros're not complaining. They look crisp and fun and they brand a wonderful photo opp! Our favorite business to work with is Gina with Sign Dreamers. We've used her for several family birthday greetings.

Carryout Picnic

Whatsoever your favorite meal may exist, grab information technology to go. If it'southward from a eating house, easy plenty, if it's habitation cooked, pack it upward. Relocated to your favorite outdoor space and enjoy your meal. I'd like to relish my altogether picnic on the stairs of Monument Circle in downtown Indianapolis. My hubby would likely option Crown Colina Cemetery or Holliday Park. A change of scenery is proficient!

Outdoor Moving picture Party

Grab a projector of your own or shout out to your social media friends to observe one to borrow. Project your favorite movie on the side of your house, or garage and settle in to your backyard chair for an outdoor motion-picture show night. If you feel so inclined, invite some friends to sit half dozen feet away to share your special solar day. We have some more great ideas for setting up an outdoor movie theater.

Virtual Karaoke Party

You lot'll need to send anybody two links for this one. Gear up a Zoom coming together or other video platform and then gear up a room on Watch2gether. The host of the Watch2gether room is responsible for making the playlist. Anybody messages their song requests through chat on Zoom and mutes their microphones until it'southward their plow to sing.

Dessert Delivery

The birthday guy or girl should never accept to bake their own altogether cake, and maybe you don't fifty-fifty like cake. Donuts, anyone? Send a friend or schedule a delivery of your favorite dessert through Grub Hub, Door Dash or any other commitment service.

Potluck Meal Drop Off

Program a potluck meal drop off for your birthday friend. Arranged the perfect menu and assign elements of the meal to different people: wine, cocktails, table-setting, appetizer, salad, principal form, sides, starch, dessert.

Video Tarot Card Readings

Attempt something new and have your tarot carte du jour reading done online. This fun activity is available virtually, non merely on the side of the road or at parties.

Virtual Game Night

We spent the early office of quarantine playing Jackbox with our friends online and then moved on to virtual Cards Confronting Humanity. There are then many games that have moved online and let friends to play with one another remotely. You'll probably want to open upward a Zoom room or Facebook room while you play and so you can chat in real time. There are so many video conversation ideas out there and we're just learning all of the ways we can enhance our lives with these services.

Adopt a Pet

Share your birthday with a "gotcha day" for a new furry family member. Check with your local humane society for adoptable pets.

Become Camping

Check out local campsites or bulldoze a bit further, set a tent or camp in the back of your vehicle. Y'all can too set up up a tent in your backyard for a modify of scenery…also to make sure you become on that work Zoom phone call by 8am.

Visit the Drive-In Theater

Bulldoze-ins were designed for social distancing, they but didn't know information technology! Visit your local bulldoze-in for a dark of movies, we recommend Tibbs Drive-in Movies.

Get Fishing

Take you lot ever wanted to requite fishing a endeavor? Grab a fishing pole, purchase a license, pick up your bait and get to it! You can even invite friends to fish half-dozen feet away!

Accept a Hike

Sometimes we just need a trivial fresh air and infinite, a hike is perfect for that. Gloat a new year's day with making memories and setting new goals every bit yous explore the beauty of nature.

Video Greetings

Services like Tribute.co and Vidday make it piece of cake for friends and family unit to create a video tribute or video card. Send out a link and friends and family can create a video clip to exist added to a compilation for the altogether person.

How are y'all celebrating your quarantine birthday party? At that place are and so many ways you can have fun and make the best of the situation while we stay safe and protect others in our community. Share your ideas in the comments below.

Katy Isle of man

My proper noun is Katy Mann, and I'm the creator of Indy with Kids. With over ten years of experience working with children, and my excitement towards the corking city of Indianapolis; I offer readers guidance well-nigh great events and activities to practise around Indianapolis with their kids and grandchildren. Join united states on our family travels and adventures across the country!

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61 thoughts on "17 Birthday Party Ideas for Adults | COVID Social Distancing"

Great ideas nosotros're going to do a bulldoze-by for my husband he has ALS and he had his birthday merely he was quarantined in the hospital and then now that he's dwelling house we're going to have em in the forepart door and have friends and family bulldoze by I like your idea near dropping off a souvenir or food we like to requite everyone a plate of food every bit they bulldoze by and perchance exchange that for a gift for so your ideas are great thanks
1. Did you lot accept the drive by parade notwithstanding? If so, do you take any suggestions? My husband is turning eighty in oct. would love have the drive by Parade. If y'all did have it for your married man I hope it was fun.
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  1. My cousin had a b-24-hour interval parade and someone had a local firetruck go by. Most cars were busy that went by and some dropped off gifts. If conditions permits put some chairs out in the yard.
    Ready a time for the drive by.
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Just historic a 50th altogether – last minute planning – had a fish and chip picnic on local dark-green , friend brought desert and another cheese and biscuits, Local pub over green was open to serve take away drink and local fish and chip shop doing take aways .. was stress gratis. Ensure your friends bring some bubbly to gloat. Ensure you have disposable plates bowels and cutlery with you. Had to limit numbers to 6 as per govt guidelines. Just become everyone to bring something. A bonus the dominicus was shining . Who said picnics were a thing of the past.
1. So true! We've been returning to sometime school fun this summertime. 🙂
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I heard an Birthday idea which is to solicit 1 favorite recipe from different people in lieu of a card, (electrically probably) and have them bound into a recipe book. I'thousand considering doing this for my 50th and going with a theme of high poly peptide/low carb (with a sticky note on it earlier photographing) crusade I have run out of recipes!
1. I beloved this! I'll add it to the list this weekend! Thank you, Kai!
  1. Some great ideas. Wondering well-nigh a socially distanced hugging booth during the drive past, most sounds like jail though. Really similar the picnic idea with own or catered picnics. Maybe with a small band thrown in…
    1. What is a socially distanced hugging berth? I'm very curious…
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None of these were practiced "party ideas" seeing every bit arguably but i involves a party…
1. You are clearly a consummate troll who lives under a rock and has no idea what is going on in the world. These are social distancing altogether party ideas for adults during COVID times. Good Lord.
  1. I simply wanted to say you lot are hilarious Kathy
  2. You get Katy.
  3. I beloved you Katy Isle of mann! Great response.
  4. My thoughts Exactly! I just hate having to engage in a conversation with closed-minded, ignorant people like this…..Misery has always enjoyed company. I'g currently weighing my options for my upcoming 50th in June 2021. These are keen ideas!
    1. Same here. Not sure what I'll do. Potluck picnic with family and friends is more my style. I didn't celebrate at all final year because of the pandemic and not being able to face up the offset birthday without my dad.
  5. That was a funny reply. I believe there are people even so living in the woods and practise not know there is a Pandemic going on.
Great ideas, thank you! My husband will be sixty this August. We are doing the video montage since family members are spread all over the world, LOL! I am still figuring out how to do a less stressful drive by altogether party in the afternoon/early evening.
1. Have fun! Happy Birthday to him!
2. How did you lot organize, this parade for the honoree person? Secretly??
  1. My parade was a surprise!
Online Tarot reading?? Smh actually? Exercise you lot fifty-fifty know what dangers your messing with?? Messing with the occult is not "fun" or a joke! And your description says you work with children? Yikes! I wouldn't trust yous with my children!
1. Oh, thank God! I don't demand Whatever more children. Thank you though.
  1. When I was a teacher, I innocently brought the Aleister Crowley tarot deck to my ninth grade classroom to inspire my students to write an essay virtually any ane of the topics represented by the cards, eastward.grand. Fortune, Disappointment, Valour, Honey, etc. The illustrations were astounding and I was very careful to pick topics that I felt would be appropriate. Cards like Lust and Debauch were not used equally examples. I had each student choice one of the topics that was thought or memory provoking to write about. For me, it was all very innocent because I truly had no idea that the Tarot was connected to the occult. And, my students were fascinated by the artwork as I was.
    The next day I was called into the principal'southward role. An irate parent had called to mutter almost me and wanted me fired. I convinced my boss that I had no idea that the cards were anything but fun and he dealt with the parent. However, I never forgot. Its been over 30 years since my head was wanted on a chopping block for being creative, or so I thought. Bottom line now: CHEERS TO YOUR TAROT READING Altogether IDEA!!!!
    1. I think your Tarot writing exercise is a vivid thought! People need to lighten up!
  2. OMG Katy Mann, you lot're astonishing. Your comments really sold me on your articles. You have a very healthy way to deal with trolls. That comment was truly hurtful and yous responded so well!
    1. Thank you Keke!
  3. These are wonderful original ideas. I'm going to practice the bottles on the porch for my son-in-law who's turning 25!
  4. proficient answer. People are so strange! I call up I might like your answers equally much, if not more than, than all your great ideas! Squeamish piece of work
    1. Thanks, Kali!
2. Online tarots are harmless and but for fun. Non the existent deal at all…. Just. For. Fun. Sheesh.
  1. I agree!
3. More people take died in the name of Christianity than Tarot Cards have always hurt. I estimate someone could get a virtual paper cut. Delight though, do keep about your practiced knowledge of the occult.
4. y'all really should brainwash yourself about tarot cards and readings before you post ignorant comments nearly something y'all obviiously know VERY little nigh. It doesn't take that long to google a topic or even ask siri. Keep an open up-mind and actually listen to what is being taught, I promise you will learn somehting, It's alwayz funny to me how hyped up people get about things that they have footling knowledge of…I dont claim to know everything merely If i was in the least bit uncertain , I definatly would not nn=be piwrting it in any social sites. Happy learning to you lot and yours. I genuinely promise that you brainstorm to sympathize at least one topic a bit better and stop running off others who too have a misconcepotiom
*Katy
Great idea nigh the online tarot reading! I'm thinking about a nice outdoor dining restaurant with 2 friends and and so the online tarot bill of fare reading for my son'southward 17th birthday. We'll see. Depends on the Covid situation in Nov. If information technology'southward worse then maybe we wont practice the dinner with 2 friends and merely practise the online tarot reading and an online game with his friends plus cupcakes delivered to the friends that they tin all savour at the same time.
Joyce, I commend your creativity. Your students are lucky to accept y'all. And tarot does not belong to an occult. It is used for entertainment purposes much similar a horoscope is. Yous just got the ane religious fanatic parent that didn't know any improve and went on a witch hunt. Zippo you did was wrong or inappropriate. Keep doing what you do.
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Period! Huh, I thought a troll said something…nope Katy shut them all the way down!!! 🙂

Thanks for sharing these great COVID Party ideas with us…this was but what I was looking for!
1. <iii
Katy,

I have a existent dilemma. My son volition exist turning 18 on October 10th. We were going to visit France, but with the Corona Virus, we cannot travel. Do you accept whatsoever suggestions to make his twenty-four hours special?
1. Oh Caroline, that's such a bummer! A trip to French republic would have been amazing, but I fully expect it will be amazing whenever you lot are able to finally go. Every bit for making this 24-hour interval special, what if yous brought France to you?! At that place are then many LIVE cooking classes online or cooking kits, y'all can whip some french food upward in the kitchen, play some french music. If yous are allowing other people to attend the festivities, create a french bistro experience outside, string some lights overhead and serve French bites. And for amusement, permit him and his friends do any teenage boys are doing for fun these days. I accept to go to my typical go-to, have a giant Mario Cart battle on an outdoor blow upwardly screen. ( https://indywithkids.com/lawn-outdoor-movies/ ). I found this Eiffel Tower cutout: https://amzn.to/2ZtmS0y — I'yard sorry I cannot be more helpful, I'g sure that you're all and then disappointed. Hang in there!
If I may add together to the last great suggestion…
Perchance have a human being do any serving, dressed in a typical (what we call up one looks like from movies) waiters costume. Black- pants, vest and bow necktie. White- shirt, longish apron & towel over the forearm. Oh also a comical pencil sparse mooostache.
Best of luck to y'all
I am so sad you had to become through that every bit an instructional adjutant I truly appreciate yous! There should never be judgment on anyone.
Thanks for sharing! Nosotros are planning my mom's 70th Bday, and these are more than unique and varied than the typical ideas I'k finding on other blogs.
1. Your welcome and thanks for your kind words! Happy altogether to your mom!
2. Merely a thought… my mom is as well going to be turning lxx in a few months… I've been request people to write down a memory that they have of her, or several. Then they will requite them to me… I'm not sure notwithstanding what I'm going to do with all of them, only I'm considering a custom lampshade or pillow instance… as well, just putting them into a retentiveness book for her. Merely idea I'd toss the idea out for you too! Happy Birthday to your mom as well!
  1. Love this idea for my mom!
    
    Katy, I am working on my sons fifth birthday. I was thinking picnic at the park or something like that with an outdoor theme. I just wish I had some absurd ideas to comprise for kids while keeping them distanced. I don't want to just accept people sitting around feeling segregated due to distancing. Doesn't sound too fun to me. Any ideas of keeping information technology fun? Thanks.
    1. You need a "hype-guy" — maybe someone with a microphone who tin can become people dancing in their pods. Family trivia. Purse/diaper bag/automobile scavenger hunt — a listing of things they tin can rush dorsum to their car to find and bring back to their family unit seating area and share. Play snippet of a song (possibly from popular tv show intros) and take them "buzz in" to respond. Charades. Wacky talent content. Oh homo, you can make this fun, yous just have to have someone high energy leading.
  2. Take the bill of fare, go them printed on transfer newspaper and so brand a quilt of honey for your female parent of all the wonderful thought her friends had for her altogether.
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Delight don't prefer a pet for someone as a souvenir without a lot of consideration. A pet is a huge commitment- for the rest of your pet's life. Information technology should be a family unit decision. Simply if everyone is on board and much thought has been fabricated, and so information technology would exist wise to consider adopting a pet.
I rescue kittens and foster them through my animal shelter. Then many animals are abased because they were gifts and adopted on a whim.
1. Concord. Thank you for the reminder. I will add some of your thoughts to the article on the adjacent edit.
My daughter is turning 21, Jan 29. Original plan was Vegas or somewhere warm (we live in Alberta, Canada) January is typically the coldest month.. so anything out side is out of the question. She works during the day and by time she gets home it be dark, and then birthday parade be pointless….. whatever suggestions would be appreciated.
I loved all the great ideas for how to alternative ways to celebrate! For my Dad's upcoming 80th altogether, nosotros were going to do a family cruise, just we're of course looking for other options at present. Instead, we have a vidday video organized with friends and family from around the globe. Only problem is that several of the people his historic period have said they can't utilise technology, so I promise it works out. I'll try a Zoom get-together but am anticipating potential tech bug that likewise. I wanted to practise a drive-by, but that's going to be difficult as they live in a townhouse, and we can't go to the park for long as information technology's winter. Does anyone have whatever other ideas for an 80th political party? Thank you!
I'm doing a picnic!!! For my 50th
Wow what a dainty ideas thank you for your ideas it really assist
With the pandemic going on and we need to be cautious at all times to prevent Covid from spreading but we yet want to party and have fun. This web log gives you great ideas on how to have fun but still have the social distancing that is required and nosotros all need in my opinion.