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Surprise gifts to give on a birthday: touching birthday ideas

Here are some surprise gift ideas you’ll want to give to someone special!

Even if you want to surprise someone on their birthday and make them happy, it can be hard to decide what to do.

So in this article, we’ve put together ideas for surprises that everyone’s trying!

A surprise celebration alone will surely make them happy, but since you’re going to the trouble, you probably want to add one more special touch.

These are all ideas that are sure to move the recipient to tears, so be sure to use them as inspiration!

Surprise gifts to give on a birthday: touching birthday ideas (21–30)

Minecraft

Minecraft

This is a slightly unconventional, modern surprise method where you get someone to play a maze in the popular game Minecraft and display a message when they clear it.

The unexpected twist of encountering it while playing a favorite game with friends not only delights the person being surprised, but also makes it an easy and effective surprise for the person planning it—highly recommended.

Guide to the VIP room of the bar

At Bar Flirt in Shinjuku Kabukicho, you can enjoy karaoke in the VIP room! The terrace is relaxing and just perfect!
Guide to the VIP room of the bar

How about taking advantage of a special occasion to enjoy a luxurious experience together? Services that would be too expensive to use on your own can turn out to be surprisingly reasonable when shared among a group.

If it’s with a romantic partner, it might be a good way to show how serious you are.

handbell

Handbell performance for the wedding: Butterfly♪
handbell

It’s a performance where several people each hold two bells and play together in cooperation.

Since each person needs to be fully aware of the exact moments to ring their bells, some prior practice will be necessary.

However, the beautiful sound of the bells will surely fill the venue and soothe everyone present.

It might also be nice to turn off the lights and perform by candlelight.

Video

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Video

It takes some somewhat specialized skills, but if you have videos of memories with friends and the like, there’s no doubt it will become something special.

It can be a lot of work to record and edit the footage in advance, but the person who receives it will be very happy.

A Surprise in Mario Maker

[Super Mario Maker] Fully-Automatic Surprise Birthday - Belkura Playthrough 14
A Surprise in Mario Maker

Mario Maker, which took the world by storm by letting you create your own courses for the universally known Super Mario Bros., was used to craft a surprise “birthday message.” In the video, it’s set up as an “auto-Mario,” meaning the player doesn’t have to press anything for Mario to reach the goal.

Rental Theater

80-inch projector screen rental
Rental Theater

Assuming you can secure a reasonably large space, how about renting a projector and screen and enjoying a movie in your very own private theater? Screenings where audiences can cheer and talk have become popular lately, and you can do that with your favorite film.

Mass LINE blast campaign

I confessed over LINE to 1,000 people all at once [World Guinness Record]
Mass LINE blast campaign

A plan to send celebratory LINE messages all at once at midnight.

I’m not sure how many will actually be received, but let’s go ahead and ask all our friends to help and do it anyway.

It’ll surprise them, but I think they’ll be happy! (The video will be sent)

Portrait Drawing Gift

How about giving a caricature as a celebratory gift? Caricature Wonderland commercial
Portrait Drawing Gift

As for caricatures, if you can draw one yourself, it would be even better to sketch it on a shikishi board or a notebook cover and include a group message.

You can also turn it into a combo with a handmade photo album.

If you’re not confident in your drawing skills, leaving it to a professional can make it exciting for the person planning the surprise as well, adding to the fun even more.

A song gift in a video

A Small Love Song: Daisuke Kobayashi's Birthday Surprise Movie
A song gift in a video

It’s a surprise gift where you ask many acquaintances to each sing a line of a song, then edit the clips together into a single video to complete the song.

Because it’s assembled from individual segments, it’s easier to coordinate participants’ schedules for filming, and it generally doesn’t require much budget, making it a relatively easy and accessible surprise gift.

message board (with group messages), group card, or collective autograph

Surprises that you’ll want to look back on later are wonderful, aren’t they? With that in mind, I’d like to introduce the idea of giving a group message.

It’s a very simple concept, but it warms the heart, and you can revisit it later or even display it.

You can write on a standard message board (shikishi), or on a handmade message card, or even on the gift itself.

Try arranging it freely with your own ideas.

Another recommendation is to paste photos into an album and add group messages there.