Since we have been at home, I know that so many things have been canceled, postponed, or rescheduled. But birthdays are not something that you can cancel or reschedule! Its your day or someone special in your lives day! There are so many ways to make their day special! For example, last week it was Dustin’s birthday {my husband} and obviously we couldn’t go do anything but I was determined to have a fun and special day! I don’t know about you guys but birthdays are big in our house! Usually we go on a weekend getaway or if that’s not an option we would go out to dinner and drinks afterward but I definitely had to get creative.

I decided to literally pick a theme and go with it.. like as if I was planning a 6 year olds birthday party lol I went with a Mario Party theme. We love playing Mario Party for a date night at home so I took the theme and ran with it. If you’ve been around for awhile then you know I love a good theme!

For the Mario Party I went to Etsy.. 1. the shipping was faster than Amazon and 2. I was shopping small which I loved! Don’t get me wrong, I still got things from Target, but I tried to get the decorations from Etsy. I didn’t go crazy either.. I just got a few things that would make the apartment fun for him to wake up to on his birthday!

I grabbed Mario themed cookies, a Mario party banner and a giant Mario balloon plus a ton of regular balloons that I blew up all by myself which made me feel very accomplished.

| Giant Mario Balloon | Mario Cookies | Small Regular Balloons | Mario Party Banner | Super Mario Party Game |

Obviously this won’t be everyones cup of tea, so I came up with a few other ideas to add to the list!

1. Nerf gun wars - no brainer and this is so fun! We have nerf guns and play with them all the time {yes we are adults lol}

2. Around the clock gift opening - This is a fun one.. get a bunch of smaller gifts and say every 2-3 hours that person gets to open a new present!

3. Drive By parades - Organize with friends and family to drive by and wave/honk at the birthday boy/girl!

4. Movie Marathon with a themed dinner - you could pick any trilogy that I list in this post here! So many fun options!

5. Chopped at Home - you can read more about this one here!

6. Pick a country and make dinner and a dessert - so easy! It could be somewhere you have gone or somewhere new. If its somewhere you both have been then you get to reminisce!