Creative Birthday Present Ideas

[Agadefe]

So my friend and I have had a longstanding tradition where we give each other very creative birthday gifts (our birthdays are 2 days apart).

Anyway, it's coming up quite soon, and this is the 7th year now that we are doing it, so I am having some trouble coming up with something I haven't done before.

Here is what I've done before:
-Made a comic book starring him.
-Made a video of various pictures from his life set to a song he likes.
-Made a video of me going around interviewing various friends of ours about what they think of him in a "Behind the Lines" parody.
-Made a random collection of things (picture/story/jokes/friend coupons) in a binder.
-Made a PowerPoint presentation about his life/our friendship.
-Bought a big cowboy hat, drew the Philly LOVE statue on it, then got a bunch of our friends to sign it.

Here is stuff he has done (we both have made a comic book and a PowerPoint) that I wouldn't necessarily want to repeat, but could if I have no other ideas:
A huge poster with various flowcharts about my life, attached cardboard to a hat and wrote various inside jokes on it so I could wear it like crazy homeless people sometimes do, flash animation, video game (note: way beyond my programming capabilities).

Anyway, hit me with some ideas. I don't mind spending money, but it has to be creative.

[Hugh Jass]

hooker in a cake

[mlschop]

Are you sure you guys don't have secret crushes on each other? This stuff seems awfully feminine...I can't imagine any of my buddies doing anything like this, especially

Made a PowerPoint presentation about his life/our friendship.

If one of my buddies gave me that, I'd find it creepy.

[Hugh Jass]

take him to a party. Get a girl to hook up with him, then tell him she was only 15 and that he's gonna go to jail. Then go "PSYCHE!!!"

[Hugh Jass]

Are you sure you guys don't have secret crushes on each other? This stuff seems awfully feminine...I can't imagine any of my buddies doing anything like this, especially



If one of my buddies gave me that, I'd find it creepy.

I agree. Agedefe is a solid poster, though, so I'm willing to give him the benefit of the doubt.

[MountainGirl]

maybe you could agree to just go have a fun day out together and take a year off of the creative presents.

[Hugh Jass]

you guys could go to a tall bridge over a river. Then cut yourselves and rub your cuts together, thus becoming blood brothers. Then the blood would fall down into the river below and go on the journey to the ocean togther.

[Snagus]

Get a printout of the newspaper front page for every birthday he's had.

or ... hooker in a cake.

[Agadefe]

Are you sure you guys don't have secret crushes on each other? This stuff seems awfully feminine...I can't imagine any of my buddies doing anything like this, especially



If one of my buddies gave me that, I'd find it creepy.

This is what our girlfriends say also :(.
But really, it started because we were making a comic book together at the time (random nerd stuff), and we randomly both made a comic book for each others' birthdays without coordinating or anything. Then it just snowballed from there and became a tradition. I guess it's a little weird, but we are very good friends so it's not uncomfortable.

I agree. Agedefe is a solid poster, though, so I'm willing to give him the benefit of the doubt.

Thanks :D

maybe you could agree to just go have a fun day out together and take a year off of the creative presents.

I mean, we are obviously going to have a fun day out also (note: fun day out=drink heavily). I still would like to make something.

[MountainGirl]

you really can't go wrong with a hooker in a cake.

[MountainGirl]

make him a friendship bracelet.

[mlschop]

This is what our girlfriends say also :(.

:rofl: :tfh:

If your gfs are saying, maybe it's just time to come out of the closet :-P

[Chillax]

What about finding things from the day/year when he was born, and compare them to things from today... Like back then, people would set up times to call each other so they'd know to be home, and now there are cell phones... or something like that.

[Hugh Jass]

make him a friendship bracelet.

:lol:

[Agadefe]

hooker in a cake

Get a printout of the newspaper front page for every birthday he's had.

or ... hooker in a cake.

you really can't go wrong with a hooker in a cake.

Hmm, I'm liking this hooker in a cake idea. Should I bake her with the cake or try to make it so she is alive?

[mlschop]

make him a friendship bracelet.

:iatp:

Knit him a sweater/socks/mittens/scarf
Braid each other's hair
Make a scrapbook of his life (with you of course)
Make a quilt where each square represents one year of his life in this world.

[MountainGirl]

bake and decorate sugar cookies

[Hugh Jass]

Hmm, I'm liking this hooker in a cake idea. Should I bake her with the cake or try to make it so she is alive?

Dead hookers are cheaper than live ones, but since its a special occasion, you should splurge on a live one.

[Hugh Jass]

:iatp:

Knit him a sweater/socks/mittens/scarf
Braid each other's hair
Make a scrapbook of his life (with you of course)
Make a quilt where each square represents one year of his life in this world.

hahaha, I like the quilt one

how about painting eachother's toenails?

[MountainGirl]

you could bake and decorate a cake and get really fancy/creative with how you decorate the cake

[mlschop]

You could vajazzle for him. But I guess it would be called...pejazzle? cocjazzle?

[MountainGirl]

you could get a very ornate tattoo on your entire back representing your friendship.

[jalapeno29]

bake and decorate sugar cookies

That are shaped like hookers

[Hugh Jass]

how about a chia-pet?

[abwoc]

How about a collage of things in your life that remind you of him?
Or a try to construct a picture of his face using cut-outs from magazines a la Jim Carrey in The Truman Show?
Or learn to play the banjo and write him a song about that one summer at camp?
Or create a "passport" for him and pre-stamp some activites/experiences that he will get to encounter with you?
Or one of those chinese fingertraps except it's for your peepees?
Or how about you create a custom theme for his computer so that whenever he does an action, your voice comes on and is like "alright, I'm ready to go!" or "just one more second..." or "your download awaits"?

I dunno--I'm not really creative.

[Hugh Jass]

ok, ok, let's stop giving agadefe a hard time.

Here's the best present:

Have your girlfriends put on a show for you two while you two sit back with a nice scotch and maybe a nice cigar if you're into that. It may or may not lead to a full-blown swap.

[figure 8]

Make a painting of him, but paint him as a super-ripped centaur.

[Hugh Jass]

Make a painting of him, but paint him as a super-ripped centaur.

:lol:

[jalapeno29]

you could get a very ornate tattoo on your entire back representing your friendship.

They should get each a portrait of the other as the tattoo. Bonus points if they go together to get them done.

[abwoc]

you guys could go to a tall bridge over a river. Then cut yourselves and rub your cuts together, thus becoming blood brothers. Then the blood would fall down into the river below and go on the journey to the ocean togther.

:notworth:

[mlschop]

ok, ok, let's stop giving agadefe a hard time.

Here's the best present:

Have your girlfriends put on a show for you two while you two sit back with a nice scotch and maybe a nice cigar if you're into that. It may or may not lead to a full-blown swap.

:iatp:

Hugh Jass continues with the best posts!

[Hugh Jass]

:iatp:

Hugh Jass continues with the best posts!

:toth:

Thanks!

[Agadefe]

Make a scrapbook of his life (with you of course)


Even though I realize you were trying to poke fun at the implied femininity of our tradition, this actually gives me a good idea. Maybe something where I make a fake a scrapbook of accomplishments I make up for him by copy-pasting his picture into news stories.

[Agadefe]

Or create a "passport" for him and pre-stamp some activites/experiences that he will get to encounter with you?


I like this.

ok, ok, let's stop giving agadefe a hard time.

Here's the best present:

Have your girlfriends put on a show for you two while you two sit back with a nice scotch and maybe a nice cigar if you're into that. It may or may not lead to a full-blown swap.

I like this even more :D.

[mlschop]

I like this.

The passport idea? Really?

...


I have no words.

[Agadefe]

The passport idea? Really?

...


I have no words.

Haha what's wrong with it? I think it can be done in a clever way, without the whole "things we will do together" but rather "things he will do" and I can make it funny.

[figure 8]

Haha what's wrong with it? I think it can be done in a clever way, without the whole "things we will do together" but rather "things he will do" and I can make it funny.

Still not as good as a centaur painting.

Seriously, who wouldn't want a painting of themselves as a buff centaur?

[Omikron]

Make a painting of him, but paint him as a super-ripped centaur.

:lol:

[Omikron]

Have a small girl, around age 5, walk up to him and ask him if his name is Chuck (which it is). Then have her ask him if he's from Springfield (which he is). Then have her say "I think you might be my daddy".

[Agadefe]

Still not as good as a centaur painting.

Seriously, who wouldn't want a painting of themselves as a buff centaur?

I don't think I am artistic enough to do that. Plus I would want to hang it up in my room instead of giving it to hi...err let's go with the not artistic thing.

[figure 8]

I don't think I am artistic enough to do that. Plus I would want to hang it up in my room instead of giving it to hi...err let's go with the not artistic thing.

Haha, fair enough.

By the way, if anyone wants to know what to get me for my next birthday, I think I've made it clear what I want.

[llcooljabe]

change the tradition into one of practical jokes. Send him to a baseball game with his girlfriend, and have the scoreboard post a proposal from him to his girlfriend. Videotape the results, post on youtube, along with each subsequent prank.

[Agadefe]

change the tradition into one of practical jokes. Send him to a baseball game with his girlfriend, and have the scoreboard post a proposal from him to his girlfriend. Videotape the results, post on youtube, along with each subsequent prank.

RN :)

[Omikron]

Yeah, this creative stuff has got to stop. Practical jokes are creative. This stuff is VERY feminine.

[MountainHawk]

Yeah, this creative stuff has got to stop. Practical jokes are creative. This stuff is VERY feminine.
So?

[epeddy1]

Or, you could make a collage poster with magazine cutouts of different adds for manly things he likes (For example, if he likes Absolute Vodka, find an Absolute add and glue it on. If he likes Harley, find Harley, etc) The completed product, if done well and framed, would make a great mancave-wallcovering.

If you need magazines, use Maxim, GQ, Rolling Stone, etc. They are usually packed full of adds.

[Hugh Jass]

Haha, fair enough.

By the way, if anyone wants to know what to get me for my next birthday, I think I've made it clear what I want.

17802

happy early/belated birthday

[vtek]

This is what our girlfriends say also :(

swap girlfriends

[Hugh Jass]

swap girlfriends

haha, I said the same thing

[Agadefe]

swap girlfriends

That would be an interesting next day. His gf isn't really my type though.

haha, I said the same thing

Well your idea also involved cigars and some enjoyable viewing beforehand, so it was even better.

[Hugh Jass]

That would be an interesting next day. His gf isn't really my type though.



Well your idea also involved cigars and some enjoyable viewing beforehand, so it was even better.

even though she's not your type you would still want to see her in the buff doing stuff to your gf?

[GadgetGeek]

IFYP
That would be an interesting next day. His gf isn't really my type though, because she isn't him.

[figure 8]

17802

happy early/belated birthday

Sweet! You're awesome! Thanks!!!

[Hugh Jass]

Sweet! You're awesome! Thanks!!!


No Prob! :toth:

[vtek]

Still not as good as a centaur painting.

Seriously, who wouldn't want a painting of themselves as a buff centaur?

why not get a photograph instead? :-?

[vtek]

haha, I said the same thing

who said that???? :-?

[SirVLCIV]

Still not as good as a centaur painting.

Seriously, who wouldn't want a painting of themselves as a buff centaur?

Alex Rodriguez has you beat.

[figure 8]

Alex Rodriguez has you beat.

I just googled "ARod centaur." Hahaha, that's funny that he actually did that. Maybe a little sad too though.

[Actuary321]

Even though I realize you were trying to poke fun at the implied femininity of our tradition, this actually gives me a good idea. Maybe something where I make a fake a scrapbook of accomplishments I make up for him by copy-pasting his picture into news stories.You can get some great news stories in the WTF thread.

[working girl]

I once got my friend a Barbie made up to look like her. Perhaps your friend would like one?

[Nobody22]

Personalized Bobble-head would be more appropriate in this case, methinks.

[Arthur Kade]

Personalized Bobble-head would be more appropriate in this case, methinks.
Did you read the OP? I think Barbie might fit the bill.

[Joe Blow]

Find a picture of a place that he likes. If you went to college with him, then a picture from college. Or maybe his hometown. Or a beach where you've hung out with him. But a picture of a place.

Then have it customized into a mural (http://www.muralsyourway.com/myw5-custom.cfm).

[MRHappy]

Find a picture of a place that he likes. If you went to college with him, then a picture from college. Or maybe his hometown. Or a beach where you've hung out with him. But a picture of a place.

Then have it customized into a mural (http://www.muralsyourway.com/myw5-custom.cfm).

Make a mural using pictures of hookers in a cake. Then tell him you couldn't decide between the mural or an actual hooker in a cake, and you hope the mural was the right decision

[Non-Actuary]

Call up his mom and tell her he's dead. Man, I'd laugh like hell.

[Nobody22]

Did you read the OP? I think Barbie might fit the bill.That crossed my mind, but I can understand a guy-guy relationship which is non-homosexual and doesn't conform to peer pressure/societies rules. I'm giving him the benefit of the doubt.

Given that the gifts given are highly personal, maybe a nostalgic trinket would work? You used to love this ____ growing up. Or, remember the time we were ____, so this is to commemorate that memory. Depending on the thing/event you could build on that...

[ShakeNBakes]

Make him a personalized coupon book. Similar to this...

http://www.personalizationmall.com/cat_image/300/7454-19366.jpg

Your welcome.

[SamTheEagle]

You guys should play truth or dare. And then you could dare him to kiss you, you know, as a joke. But then he would be honor bound to kiss you, because it was a dare. And he would have to, even though he doesn't necessarily want to. But he would still have to.

[abwoc]

Make him a personalized coupon book. Similar to this...

[IMG]

Your welcome.


Here is what I've done before:
-Made a comic book starring him.
-Made a video of various pictures from his life set to a song he likes.
-Made a video of me going around interviewing various friends of ours about what they think of him in a "Behind the Lines" parody.
-Made a random collection of things (picture/story/jokes/friend coupons) in a binder.
-Made a PowerPoint presentation about his life/our friendship.
-Bought a big cowboy hat, drew the Philly LOVE statue on it, then got a bunch of our friends to sign it.


Has anyone ever been ninja'd by the OP before?

[Mark Cavazos]

you really can't go wrong with a hooker in a cake.

If you really can't go wrong, then you're not doing it right.

[ElDucky]

Get him a box of fudge. Tell him you packed it yourself.

[ElDucky]

But, since you like crafts

[GadgetGeek]

Get an inflatible date and paste his (or your) face on it (similar to the barbie idea, but full sized)

[Hugh Jass]

Get an inflatible date and paste his (or your) face on it (similar to the barbie idea, but full sized)

Like Roxxxy?

[vividox]

This is what our girlfriends say also :(.
...
Then it just snowballed from there
...
we are very good friends so it's not uncomfortable.

I mean, we are obviously going to have a fun day out...

Man, you are just really not making a case for yourself here buddy.

[vividox]

I'm surprised no one has said the obvious yet...

steak and a blowjob.

[Patrick Bauer]

Find a local microbrewery that will make a dozen cases or so of beer for you with a label featuring his face and name. Get a bar to only serve that beer at the time you guys arrive.

[T-roy Boy]

Draw him as a woman - one that you would be attracted too. Then say something like "if you were this woman we'd be together". Give him big b00bies, a nice tan, stuff like that.

YW

[vividox]

Find a local microbrewery that will make a dozen cases or so of beer for you with a label featuring his face and name. Get a bar to only serve that beer at the time you guys arrive.

That's an awesome idea, actually. Might take a little more planning than he has to work with this year. Maybe a decent one for next year.

EDIT: Or, you could just buy some beer, wash the labels out with the beer still in it, make your own labels, stick it on there, and throw a party for him only serving that beer. You could do that gimmick with everything served at the party: beer, plates, napkins, etc...

[Agadefe]

Find a local microbrewery that will make a dozen cases or so of beer for you with a label featuring his face and name. Get a bar to only serve that beer at the time you guys arrive.

This is an awesome idea.

Not enough time this year, but almost definitely doing this next year.



EDIT: Or, you could just buy some beer, wash the labels out with the beer still in it, make your own labels, stick it on there, and throw a party for him only serving that beer. You could do that gimmick with everything served at the party: beer, plates, napkins, etc...

Not a bad twist, but I think I'll save it till next year and do it at a bar.

[The Nuge]

Are you sure you guys don't have secret crushes on each other? This stuff seems awfully feminine...I can't imagine any of my buddies doing anything like this, especially



That was my first thought, sounds teh ghey.

[abwoc]

So, did you get him a tandem Snuggie(TM) or what?

[DeepPurple]

Night Vision goggles

[Large Member]

a plunger with a stiff handle