Ten Ways To Celebrate A Birthday While Social Distancing

From old-school to high-tech!

About 15 percent of the population will have a birthday while we’re all social isolating, myself included.  Granted, birthdays aren’t as big a deal when you’re an adult, but it still feels good to have a little bit of a celebration.  Birthdays are HUGE for kids, and they’ll remember bad ones forever.

So Good Housekeeping came up with a list of ten birthday ideas for social distancing.  Some are simple, some are high-tech, but all of them will help lift our spirits a little and keep us connected.

1. Send a card.
2. Host a virtual birthday party using Zoom.
3. Deliver booze to their doorstep (won’t work in Mississippi unfortunately).
4. Host a Netflix Party.  Everyone will need the Netflix Party Google Chrome extension.
5. Have dessert delivered.  Find a highly-rated local bakery near the birthday person.
6. Do a group workout at home using Zoom.
7. Drive by their house and do something special while they’re home.
8. Take a virtual trip to a Museum
9. Write or sing them a song.  Doesn’t have to be Grammy winning, it’s the thought and effort that counts.
10. Host a themed virtual party using Zoom or Facebook Messenger.  Costumes, themed cocktails, the sky is the limit.

Read more details on all these ideas here.