Top Unusual Birthday Gifts for Women Turning 60: Gift Ideas to Make Her 60th the Most Fabulous Ever

Getting that special, unusual gift for a woman turning 60 can be a challenge. She may have a home full of eclectic stuff already. She may be very specific in her tastes. She may be very rich in her tastes. But you don't have to spend tons of money to get the sixty-year-old birthday girl the best creative gift ever. Here are several ideas by this author for top unusual birthday gifts for ladies in their sixties. From gorgeous art to personal comfort devices to funny "gag-gift" electronic gadgets to fun and uncommon hobby and craft suggestions, a 60-year-old woman is likely to remember this present as one of the best weird, strange, absolutely gorgeous, or just plain special birthday gifts she's ever received.

Want to get her something nobody else will think of? Gift baskets add a personal and eclectic touch to birthdays. They're a great gift for the woman about to turn 60 who has everything...except a basket filled with thoughtful knick-knacks and treats. Digging through the basket of goodies is good for entertainment value in and of itself, whether it's a gag gift, a food gift, or a spa gift.

To make the basket unique, you can make your own personalized gift basket for the woman about to turn 60. Or you can get her a gift basket that's...a little unusual.

If reaching 60 is a huge milestone for her--and it is for most--then she's either happy or weepy. Make her laugh at being weepy with an Over the Hill "Don't Cry" Gift Set.

Or if she's the kind to like to laugh and groan at the same time, and doesn't mind a bit of black humor, give her an Over the Hill Coffin Gift Set. If she's diabetic or doesn't eat sugar, there are also sugar-free option for the coffin gift box.

For a bit of a twist, get her a retro gift basket filled with sweet goodies from yesteryear. She'll be surprised at the candies and treats she misses from her childhood.

For more silly gag gift ideas, as well as great party suggestions for women turning sixty, check out Funny 60th Birthday Party Ideas for a Woman: Humorous Gifts, Games, Jokes, & Decorations

Artist Kira Ayn Varszegi exploded onto eBay's art scene (yes, eBay does have an art scene) years ago with her fabulous turtle paintings--or should I say, with her turtle, Koopa's, exotic paintings.

These vibrant-colored abstracts were made by a turtle (in a non-toxic way, claims the artist) and are unlike anything you've ever seen.

Koopa has since retired, and Kira's focus now is doing breast paintings and other unusual designs.

Each painting has its own story behind it--you may want to ask the artist how it was made.

Your 60th birthday girl will not have seen or owned anything like it.

Is the 60-year-old woman an Elvis Presley fan?  She'll laugh out loud at--and love--this robotic bust of The King, complete with black leather jacket, sideburns and pompadour. 

It can sing Hound Dog, Love Me Tender, Jailhouse Rock, and other best-loved Elvis Presley songs.  The jacket contains infrared sensors that prompt the robot to talk to you when it detects your motion walking past.  And imagine--it has karaoke capabilities, too (microphone not included)! 

Great for parties, nostalgia, or as a conversation piece. 

20 1/4" height x 13 3/4" depth x 21 3/4" length.  Uses three AAA batteries.

The Karen Hill Tribe from Thailand makes gorgeous handcrafted pendants that are hard to find here in the U.S.  She'll treasure one of these beautiful rose pendants (or other designs found on eBay) for use on a sterling silver chain or in a design of her own making.

Whether she's your mom, your wife, your sister, your grandmother, a friend or a colleague, there's a good chance the woman in your life who's turning 60 is looking around to flex her creative urges, especially if they've lain dormant for years in pursuit of a career.

Help her explore her creativity. Get her a set of artist's paints, canvas, easel...the whole kit and kaboodle. Or just get her started with a simple set of acrylics or watercolors and an assortment of brushes in different sizes.

You'll watch her face light up as the artistic possibilities for creating unique paintings run through her mind...or maybe she'll just enjoy having fun with her grandkids.

Either way, a painting set is a wonderful and unique gift for a sixty-year-old woman who spends too much of her time working and giving to others.

Find more artistic gift ideas.

Help the 60-year-old birthday woman relax her neck and shoulder tension with this support rest ergonomically designed to cradle and support the neck for maximum comfort. 

A cervical traction device not for use as a pillow, but just for a few minutes a day, the Real-Ease is small and portable and adjustable. 

For use lying down or leaning back (not for driving, though, or sleeping).

A woman turning 60 is a woman with both past memories and a future vision. A twist on the nostalgic traditional photo album, the digital photo album handles memories in a manner straight out of a futuristic science fiction tale.

A small and portable digital photo album such as My Life Pocket can store thousands of crisp, high-resolution pictures...which means she can carry them with her everywhere and brag about her family to everyone. Most digital photograph albums fit in a pocket or small handbag and allow you to organize your photos and optionally view them in slide shows, as well as transfer them to and from a computer. Some have rechargeable batteries.

These are truly wonderful for the 60-year-old woman who does not run a mile from anything electronic. And even if she does...maybe this is a way to bring her into the 21st century.

Okay, you've heard of massagers for the neck and back, but have you ever heard of a massager designed exclusively to massage the calf and feet?

The Osim iSqueeze Calf Massager is a spa-quality massager and a luxurious and unusual gift for the 60-year-old woman to enjoy. With disks that vigorously knead and squeeze the calf muscles, this piece of massage equipment is great for soreness.

Reflexology points in the feet are hit by pressure nodes under each foot to help reduce fatigue and tension.

Note that the Osim iSqueez is NOT for someone who has a pacemaker, has any metal or mechanical part in their legs or feet, is pregnant, has diabetes, phlebitis, thrombosis, or is at risk for blood clots due to recent surgery.

If you want to give her a present that she will absolutely, positively love and be able to use, the Body Back Buddy is the one. Almost any female turning "the big six oh" will know about muscle tension - in the back, legs, hips, and feet. This myotherapy tool helps ease that tension.

This simple, odd-looking massage tool is unbelievably effective at getting at hard-to-reach places to release tight knots. It is intelligently designed to provide maximum leverage for minimum effort. In other words, she doesn't have to be very strong or flexible to reach all her knots of tension. This self-massage tool is easy to use and gives people with limited mobility access to powerful deep tissue trigger point massage.

I should know - I own one, and it's really effective - helps me get to those troublesome spots on my back and legs that I couldn't reach otherwise. I'm not yet in my sixties, but I read reviews on Amazon of people's grandmothers using them, so age does not seem to be a factor.

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