Funny 60th Birthday Party Ideas for a Woman: Humorous Gifts, Games, Jokes, & Decorations

When your female coworker, mom, wife, sister, or girlfriend turns sixty, it's a big deal. If you're thinking of throwing a woman a party to celebrate her 60th birthday, you can't go wrong with a theme of laughter, humor and jokes - as long as they're in good taste, naturally. Here are some funny and light-hearted birthday party ideas for decorations, entertainment, and speeches suitable for helping women celebrate the landmark year of sixty. And if you're looking for suggestions for special 60th birthday presents, check out my article on out-of-the-ordinary presents and 60th birthday gifts for a woman.

60th Birthday Humor

If you tell 60th birthday jokes at her party, be funny, creative...and considerate. The 60th birthday girl may be sensitive at reaching a new decade of life. Even if she's not sensitive about her age, she may not respond well to anything too macabre.

An "over the hill" joke, if light and tasteful, can get lots of laughter, adding levity to what can be a too-serious transition time in life. But tailor it for the particular woman's personality.

And here's a silly idea to get you started when thinking of 60th birthday jokes for a woman:

What do you call a woman in her late sixties?

Sixty.

What do you call a woman in her mid sixties?

Sixty.

What do you call a woman in her early sixties?

Sixty.

What do you call a woman who's exactly sixty years old?

Gorgeous as ever.

Your sixtieth birthday female probably has nostalgic memories of listening to disco and folk songs when she was a teenager and in her twenties (and maybe she still listens to them now!) 

So play a party CD with Village People, Donna Summer, Abba, Bob Dylan, Carly Simon, and other music artists who were part of the culture of her younger days. 

You'll be surprised at what memories it brings up....for your mom or wife (or whoever the 60th birthday woman happens to be), and for your guests.

Enhance your birthday party in honor of a woman turning 60 years of age with verse, poetry, and sayings specifically relevant to reaching the age of sixty. And make it funny.

Check out this large selection of witty haiku, limericks, and poetry great for cards and speeches aimed for 60 year olds.

I'm no poet, but here's a quick, silly 60th birthday poem in rhyming verse that you're free to quote at a party.

When she's16, a girl is all the rage

At 18, she reaches voting age

At 21, she earns a wage

At 30, she turns a page

After 40, she becomes quite sage

At 60--she begins her Golden Age

Which means she steps onto the stage

And goes and plays the batting cage

And learns how to fix a pressure gauge

And studies the meaning of "macrophage"

Because she knows, with the wisdom of age,

In life you never disengage!

For a good-humored woman who's turning 60 this year - one who likes to laugh at herself and is positive about life - celebrate her age with a funny 60th birthday party.

Every birthday party has a theme. Elegance is all well and good. You can go for the classy crystal, the fold-up napkins, the satin tablecloth. And you can personalize the theme: if she loves blue, this is the year to use blue decorations. If she's a cat lover, have a cat-themed birthday party. She's 60, and it's all about her. But don't neglect touches of light-hearted fun.

Use little nostalgic touches that add humor. What about a Mr. Potato Head placed on the table...a bunch of Slinky toys laid out in decorative arrangements...hula hoops hung on doorknobs...the mind boggles when it comes to funny 60th birthday party decoration ideas.

Think tacky. Think the number "60" emblazoned over everything. Some birthdays, you don't emphasize a woman's age, not unless you want to get shuffled out the door. But 60 is a milestone, a landmark age, and should be embraced.

Do it all--60th birthday party napkins, 60th birthday mylar balloons, and decorations that remind her both that she's reached the milestone age of sixty and that she's really still young at heart.

Same with her 60th birthday cake and candles. Get her all the candles. She's lived six decades. She's earned each and every one.

She's done a lot in her life--and she's not done doing it. Help her tell the world.

Speech! Speech! A speech can enhance a party and make it truly memorable.

You can place a general call for speeches, but a better plan is to warn the people who know your mom (or wife, or friend, or whoever she may be) to prepare a birthday speech commemorating the grand event of becoming 60 years old.

Tell them--ahem--that you want a funny speech. Humor. Jokes. It's all about the laughs.

Some 60th birthday party speech suggestions, if you're at a loss for topics:

• Embarrassing Memories from Childhood
  
• What We've Learned
• The Difference Between 30 and 60
• Reasons I Liked Turning 60
• What Every Woman Should Know About Entering Her 60s

Besides putting the birthday girl on the spot, call for speeches from:

• People who've already turned 60 and who know the ropes
• Husband
• Son
• Daughter
• Colleagues
• Friends
• The birthday girl's mom (ask her to talk about the woman as a child)
  
• The birthday girl's father (ditto)
  

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