75 items for a 75th birthday - NEED IDEAS!!!!!

[Grumpy's Gal]

I am supose to come up with a list of ideas -- 75 items for a 75th birthday gift.

75 tea bags
75 cents
75 dollars is out of my budget!!

what else? it's for lady. thanks for any help that is budget!!!

 

[brymolmom]

How about a collage of 75 pictures?

Or

75 of her favorite cookie (small italian cookies can be frozen I think)

or

75 silly bands???

or

75 flowers

 

[tinker&belle]

75 pieces of a favorite candy
75 ounces of something she likes
75 beads on a necklace (costume jewelry)

 

[MandM-Mom]

I know you said $75 is out of your budget but are you doing this with lots of others, what we did when my Poppy turned 75 was have a dollar tree, a bunch of us went in on it together and it looks great on the cake and present table!

 

[figment52]

Decorate a jar or cannister and fill it with 75 of paper or pictures, each one containing a memory you have of the birthday girl. She can read/look at them over a period of time

 

[QVCshopper]

Try the office supply route:
.1 stamps
paperclips
rubberbands
etc.

 

[Mom_Rides]

75 slips of paper with a quality of the person that is loved by family and friends wrote on them and put into a fancy glass jar

75 balloons

 

[Grumpy's Gal]

she is not someone I have known for her lifetime (not family) so pictures are out.

But keep the ideas coming.....

 

[CTdiznymom]

If you go in with someone else, how about $75 worth of $1.00 scratch off tickets.

 

[dreamin_disney]

a note with 75 nice things about the person

75 quarters is $18.75
or
75 dimes is $7.50
use coin rolls

whats your budget

 

[Costumesaremylife]

Perhaps something crafty with 75 things decorating it.

 

[Sadie22]

Sometimes older people do not want more "stuff" so consumables are good ideas. Fancy soap and lotion unless you know she uses it, not so much.

 

[Tabatha]

oh this is fun. My niece is turning 10 on 10/10/10 and we asked for gifts of 10 too! Maybe something that is 75 ounces - food, juice, water etc...

 

[NYCDiane]

Here's something you can do basically for free (just some internet research and some graphics/cool fonts):

Make her a 75 page "newspaper". The front page can be the date of her birth with "Today ___________ was born! She weighed _____ and was _____ long. Her parents __________ and ___________ and siblings ________ (if any) were very happy to welcome her home"

Then, each subsequent page would be news items for each year on her b'day. For example, the next page would be _____her b'day____, 1936 and you can put that dates' headlines, weather, prices of everyday things for that date in history. The next page would be ____her b'day____, 1937 and you would put the same things.

It would take some internet research but it would be a fun project.

 

[akcire]

75 zip lock bags for taking food from a buffet

 

[cglaura]

Do you know her well enough to make a coupon book with 75 coupons? For example, "Good for one lawn mowing." and "Good for one snow shoveling."

You could throw in silly random ones, like "Good for one hilarious joke when you are feeling down." "Good for one pack of mints."

 

[Promomx2]

If you could afford it, 75 lottery tickets would be a hoot.

 

[talulabelle]

A nice box of 75 chocolates.
A box of 75 notes cards with her monogram that she can use for her thank-yous.
Again- if you go in with someone else a $75 dollar gift cert. for a spa or hair salon.

 

[Tink-n-MrIncredible]

Sometimes older people do not want more "stuff" so consumables are good ideas. Fancy soap and lotion unless you know she uses it, not so much.

I agree I don't think she would like more "stuff". How about some useful stuff?

75 dryer sheets
75 oz of detergent (not sure how you would do this)
75 paper towels or kleenex
75 small and large paper plates
75 peppermints
75 tylenol, motrin, etc...
75 depends or light pad type items
75 bottles of water (the small ones)
75 tucks pads
75 bobby pins or hair pins (if she uses these)



I like the stamp idea, tea bags.

 

[dreamalittledream]

you could do a few about her long life...

75 sugar cubes, for the sweetie she is
7.5 oz of salt, to take with everything
7.5 oz of spice, to spice up life
75 lemon drops, to make lemonade