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-one.

What do you call a woman in her mid sixties?

Fifty-nine.

What do you call a woman in her early sixties?

Forty-five.

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

Gorgeous as ever.

Gag gifts themselves are party entertainment. Every good birthday party has presents. But here's an idea for your baby boomer female: in addition to regular 60th birthday presents, consider giving out funny party favors or 60th birthday joke gifts.

What makes a good joke gift? Definitely nothing mean. Anything that will get her to laugh and give you a hug.

Try hula hoops. A humorous gift baskets filled with nostalgic candy. A Time Capsule with a mood ring. Funny books about turning 60.

And don't forget various good-spirited over the hill gifts and party favors. When you've got a young-at-heart 60th birthday woman on your hands, an over-the-hill gift basket will show her adamantly that she's not over the hill by a long shot.

Two kinds of party games are ideal for a 60th birthday party for a woman: board games that harken back to her childhood and games and activities of nostalgia that take her back to the decades of her growing up and young adult years. Both are good for lots of laughs.

Some suggestions for entertaining party games:

• Hula hoops--developed by Wham-o in the 1950s. Could she use the hula-hoop way back when?  Have a stack out and let party guests try them out.
• Frisbees became a big hit in the 50s, and these flying discs remain popular today.
  
• The Game of Life board game is still played by many.
  
• The Careers board game still is played by families today.
  
• The Table Topics Conversation Cards from the 60s and 70s decades--funny and serious nostalgia
  
• Music trivia games and activities
  

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.

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!

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