The 16th birthday is a special event for family and friends, as their darling daughter, son, grandchild or friend finally has become almost an adult. The 16th birthday means that a boy or a girl is young enough to take care of them and they are mature enough to be responsible for their choices and decisions. We should mark the 16th birthday, celebrate it cheerfully, as sixteen is only once in a lifetime.
There are a few 16th birthday ideas that could be classified into these groups:
16th birthday gift ideas (What presents should be given?)
16th birthday activities’ ideas (What to do during the 16th birthday party?)
16th birthday meals ideas (What to prepare for the 16th birthday party?)
16th birthday gift ideas:
1. Gift certificate.
2. Money.
3. Book.
4. Bible.
5. Decoupage kits, class.
6. Jewellery.
7. Handmade box for jewellery.
8. Perfume.
9. Table games.
10. Tickets to a concert or a movie.
11. Favourite magazine’s subscription.
12. Clothes.
13. Chocolate manufacturing, lecture and tasting (fondue).
14. Favourite singer’s CD.
15. Big cake.
16. Chocolates and sweets.
17. Funny cup with a note or LED.
18. Funny T-shirt with a note or LED.
19. MP3 player.
20. Headphones.
21. A pet.
22. A pot flower.
23. A case for mobile phone.
24. A key fob.
25. Tasteful exotic teas’ set.
26. USB flash drive.
27. USB ventilator.
28. USB flower.
29. Sports kits.
30. Self-warming, luminous, musical cup.
31. Fragrant candles.
32. Luxury notebook, diary with a lock.
33. 16 colorful balloons or sky lanterns with wishes.
34. Body care, hair care cosmetic.
35. SPA procedure or massage.
36. Fashionable shoes, handbag.
37. Personal photosession.
38. Musical box.
39. Squeaker.
40. Big puzzle.
41. Funny money-box.
42. Sports fan’s kits.
43. Rock climbing training.
44. Shooting, archery training.
45. Painting class.
46. Flight with a balloon.
47. Fishing kits.
48. Detector and treasure map.
49. Visit to a beauty salon.
50. Drive with a limousine.
51. Watch hidden in a box full of popcorns and sweets.
52. A little box with a small surprise in the larger box, the latter box in the larger box, the latter box in the large box, etc.
53. Tea ceremony.
54. Flight with a plane (survey, acrobatic flight).
55. 16 roses.
56. Wish made of candles.
16th birthday party activity ideas:
1. Bowling, tenpins, table tennis, billiards, snooker.
2. Going to the cinema.
3. Dinner.
4. Paintball.
5. Laser games.
6. Going to adventure/amusement park.
7. Bathing and swimming in a pool/Japanese bath/lake.
8. Overnight guided tour to catacombs.
9. Overnight boating or canoeing.
10. Cognitive trip.
11. Picnic outdoors, preparing food on the fire, camping.
12. Thematic party (popstars, retro, crazy hair, colors, etc.).
13. Ice-skating.
14. Going to aquapark.
15. Live music concert.
16. Karaoke party.
17. Paintball, strikeball.
18. Paying active games, table games.
19. Trampolining.
20. Masks party.
21. Yachting, canoeing, boating.
22. Orientation game.
23. Tour to swamps.
24. Chocolate or cheese manufacturing and tasting/fondue.
25. Going to labyrinth.
26. Searching for a treasure.
27. Creative class (pottery, mosaic, decoupage, porcelain decoration).
28. Shooting a musical or cinematic clip.
29. Making of a huge 16th birthday card.
30. Kiting.
31. Fishing.
32. A trip by train.
33. Writing a collective 16th birthday poem.
34. Fashion show.
35. Making collage from old newspapers.
36. Collective painting on 16th birthday’s T-shirt.
37. Dancing in a club.
38. Roller-skating.
39. Pajamas party.
40. Sailing with pedalos.
41. A trip with tents.
42. Driving a scooter.
43. Volleyball, tennis, badminton.
44. Sledging.
45. Horseriding.
46. Go-karting.
47. Theatre class.
16th birthday meals ideas:
1. Strawberry bird milk:
Ingredients: 750 g strawberries, 350 g curd, 60 g powdered sugar, 1 lemon, 1 cup cream, 3 tablespoons strawberry syrup, 6 tablespoons dissolved gelatine.
Instructions: A few strawberries put aside. The remaining strawberries stir with curd, sugar, syrup and lemon juice. Dissolve gelatine in a small amount of water. Whisk up cream. Pour gelatine. Mix with strawberies’ mix. Leave until gets jelly.
2. Jelly dessert:
Ingredients: 1 pack raspberry jelly, 1 pack kiwi jelly, 200 g cream (35% fat), 6 strawberries, a little lemon juice, 2 tablespoons sugar, 1 teaspoon vanilla sugar, 50 g black chocolate,
Instructions: Pour raspberry jelly in bowls and put one strawberry, freeze. Pour kiwi jelly and freeze. Whisk up cream, sugar and vanilla sugar. Put whipped cream and shreddered chocolate on jelly.
3. Banana cocktail (four servings):
Ingredients: 2 bananas, 2 oranges, 2 cups of milk, vanilla ice-cream.
Instructions: Cut and mash bananas. Juice oranges. Whisk up bananas, orange juice and milk. Pour into glasses and put ice-cream.
4. Salmon sandwiches for 16th birthday:
Ingredients: 6 slices of bread, 150 g salted salmon, a little butter, 60 g cucumber, a little dills, a little parsleys.
Instructions: Put butter on bread. Put salmon, cucumber’s slices, sprinkle with parsleys and dills.
5. Hot sandwiches for 16th birthday:
Ingredients: 1 French loaf, 150 ml canned corn, 150 g cheese, 1 cucumber, 0,5 leek, 2 sausages, a little ketchup, a little black pepper.
Instructions: Pulp French loaf. Cut cucumber and leek into pieces. Shredder cheese. Put cooked sausage into French loaf, vegetable and canned corn. Pour over ketchup, sprinkle with cheese and pepper. Put into hot oven ant cook until cheese melts.
6. Mascarpone cake for 16th birthday:
Ingredients: 300 g cookies, 150 g butter, 2 lemons, 150 g sugar, 2 tablespoons gelatine, 300 g Mascarpone cheese, 200 g natural yoghurt, 200 g cream, raspberry or peach jam.
Instructions: Mix grained cookies, melted butter and shreddered zest. Put the mix into cooking form. Refrigerate the mix for 10 minutes. Whisk up cheese, yoghurt, sugar, pour cream and again whisk up the mix. Pour lemon juice and dissolved gelatine. Spread jam on cookies, pour cream and refrigerate for 3-4 hours.
7. Hot chocolate for 16th birthday:
Ingredients: 3 tablespoons cocoa, 1 cup sugar, 0,5 pack of butter, a little milk.
Instructions: Melt and heat butter. Mix sugar with cocoa. Step by step pour sugar-cocoa mix into butter. Stir the mix and when it begins condense, pour milk. Stir until comes to the boil. Serve with ice-cream.