Mum's 50th birthday present

[ellenl]

What shall i get my Mum for her 50th birthday? She doesnt like pampering, we are going to Africa for her birthday, so a trip is out the question, she doesnt wear jewellery and i bought her a beautiful tree for her 40th. She likes camping, gardening and being a bit of a hippy. What in god's name shall i get her???

[Psychick]

How about making her a book of memories?

Fill a book or folder, beautifully decorated by you, with photos and written memories from you and your family. Ask her family and friends for their favourite things or funniest moments they have shared with you mum. Include the special times the two of you have had together. If you can, try and get newspaper clippings of important events that have happened during her lifetime.

Also, when you give her the book, give her a bottle of her favourite wine to enjoy as she reads and reminices.

[gilli999]

What about treating her to a day at a spa? You can both get pampered all day long, have a glass of bubbly and have a good old giggle with your mum.

[Solarjunkie]

A balloon trip is awesome.

[nutgoneflake]

For my mum's 60th, I got all our childhood photos and picked about 20 that were right for the task. Then, my sisters and brother and I spent one mad day recreating them all. We dressed up, used props, went to the places where the originals were taken or just found somewhere that looked the same, lined up the shot while looking at the old one and took it again! We borrowed a school tie to take one of my brother (36) to make him look 6 again, made a plate of play food to look like the first Sunday lunch my sister made, and posed in the kitchen with at 11 - then made her pose again with the pretend one etc etc...

We had so much fun, and I made up an album, with each photo next to its modern version. Mum looked at the first few pages and said something like "how nice" obviously thinking we'd just made her any old photo album. I closed it up and told her to start again, and to LOOK at it. When she 'got' it at last, she cried and cried and cried. She was totally speechless! It was the BEST idea I have ever had, and she still goes on about it now - 10 years later!!

Hope that helps?? Happy birthday from me! xx

[mycats]

Oh my mum is 50 in November so glad you asked this lol

nutgoneflake thats a BRILLIANT idea!!

[joannie10]

I think the balloon trip would be a fantastic idea - while you are in Africa. You dont mention where in Africa you are going but I was in Kenya and they did lots of trips like a safari champagne dinner, or balloon trips or also just trips to watch the sunset/sunrise etc....something that you could pay for and experience with her.