Half Birthdays for me, are even more fun to celebrate than regular birthdays because most people don’t even know it’s their half birthday, and it always makes them feel so special. I don’t celebrate them every year for that exact reason–my husband never knows when I am going to randomly decide to celebrate his half birthday one year. TIP: I actually planned on celebrating his half birthday last year, but the day passed and I didn’t remember, so this year I put the date in my phone with an alert a couple days ahead of time. I highly recommend this if you think you might want to do something special for someone’s half birthday. If it’s closer to your husband’s birthday than his half birthday, you will find TONS of creative ideas here: Husband Birthday Ideas
Half Birthday Ideas
The fun thing about half birthdays is there is no expectation on how they are celebrated either–even a card and some cookies is considered overly thoughtful!
To get the recipe and printable for these Brookies (Half brownies + Half Cookies), click here:Â Brookies Recipe
This year, my husband was gone for most of the day, so I started out the day by leaving a half birthday breakfast for him in the fridge. It consisted of a halved muffin, one of those yogurts that are split in two, and half a bottle of orange juice (I happily drank the other half) 🙂
I also wrapped various gifts for him to open every hour, on the half hour.
Dinner wasn’t quite as creative, we had a 5 1/2 lb pot roast, with halved baby potatoes and onions and carrots, and I actually can’t remember what we had with it (it was a couple of months ago), but we ended the night with half of a cheesecake…..(and maybe also getting half-dressed) 🙂
I need some ideas for next time! What fun things have you done for half birthdays?
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Naomi says
June 17, 2015 at 5:48 amThis is adorable! I think I will start springing these up on my family!
Gazz says
September 21, 2015 at 4:08 amWould someone please explain what is a half-birthday? I’ve not heard of this til I stumbled onto this blog.
Does it mean you have 2 birthdays a year, one exactly 1/2 way through? So since I’m 53 I would have had 106 parties, right?
Is this an American thing?
Tina M says
October 7, 2015 at 8:33 pmHi Gazz. It’s not necessarily a “thing,” just a fun way to throw in an extra celebration and surprise someone that is not expecting it. We don’t celebrate half birthdays every year, just randomly when we feel like it 🙂
jenna91011 says
February 22, 2016 at 8:07 pmI love your ideas! Super cute. I have started this tradition with my sons. When my son turned 6 months, we threw a little family party with half a cake. When he turned 18 months he got sprinkled pancakes cut in half and we did fun things for him through out the day even transforming his room with streamers, banners, and 18 balloons. My second son will be 6 months in a few days, might do some of your cute and creative ideas and try to throw my husbands half birthday one year!
Jana says
February 23, 2016 at 6:04 pmI had a half birthday party for my husband, knowing that I might have HALF a chance of surprising him! It worked. I cut paper plates in half and served half a pizza. I served devilled eggs (1/2 an egg), and half a cake. Of course, a card from his better half. It was a long time ago; Pinterest makes it much easier now adays.
Jojo Beth says
August 17, 2016 at 12:50 amWhat are some of the ideas you did for the present on the half hour? I am planning to do this for a 12 year old girl and I’m not sure what to include in these cute gifts.
Rita says
November 17, 2018 at 12:28 pmHow fun. Love this for adults and not only 6 month olds.