Happy Birthday on a Budget Special Cookie Cutter

This B-day gift idea is quick and special at the same time.  I bought a large cookie cutter 4" x 6."  On my computer I wrote Happy Birthday for the tag.  On the same page I wrote the sugar cookie and icing recipe from one of my previous posts in Word.  I printed everything on one page of card stock.  I reduced the font for the recipe to 6 so that it would fit into a 2" X 3" space. I printed half the recipe on the front side of the card and the other half on the back side of the card.  (It's a printer setting.) Then I took a paper cutter and cut out the text as seen below.

 

Front:

 Back:

Now your birthday person can either make themselves some great sugar cookies or use the cookie cutter and the recipe to make a special B-day cookie for one of their friends or loved ones when their birthday rolls around. 

Happy Birthday Craft Stamp - Go Crazy!

I bought this craft stamp (E-bay), an ink pad (Michaels) and a bottle of glitter glue (Walmart). 

 

Now I can create Happy Birthday gift tags, Happy Birthday gift bags, Happy Birthday wrapping paper -- and more -- to add interest and creativity to my B-day gifts. Glossy paper works best with craft stamps. 

  

Or I can put all three items (stamp, ink, glitter glue) into a bag and give that as a Happy B-day gift. 

 

Happy Birthday Chef Coat on a Budget

Chef Coats personalized with your B-day person's name embroidered on the front is a great Happy Birthday gift idea.  Chef coats are sized for men or women and come in many different styles and colors.  You can buy them for under $20.00; some styles are $10.99.  My husband loves to cook, and I bought one for him here:  

Chef Uniforms 

 

 

 I had his name embroidered on the front.

 

 

He always wears his chef coat when he cooks, and it goes right in the washer after dinner.

Singing Happy Birthday E-Cards just for You!

I found a website where for $9.99 you can send a personalized Happy Birthday e-card to your birthday person.  It's a clever b-day gift idea; check it out!

happybirthdaytoyou

 

Happy Birthday Free Songs Collection Videos

Check these videos out:

Happy Birthday Songs Video Collection

 

You might find one you like!

Happy Birthday Books

There are many interesting birthday books out there for adults and children.  I bought this one recently.  It's the perfect coffee table book.  Each page contains b-day information for one day of the year.

 

Check out Amazon Birthday Books for many more interesting Happy Birthday Books:

 

Happy Birthday Celebration on a Budget Bonanza!

Five Below is a new dollar store with lots of hard-to-find Happy Birthday items.

Happy Birthday confetti:

Complete Happy Birthday cake decoration package; happy face B-day candles:

 Alphabet candles on toothpicks:

 Birthday crowns galore:

Five Below is worth a visit when planning a birthday celebration.

Happy Birthday Shake - Got a Steak 'n Shake in Your Location?

As a birthday dessert or just a stand-alone birthday treat, nothing says Happy Birthday like a birthday cake milk shake!

Happy Birthday Plates

These customized plates are adorable.  You can order them in melamine or  ceramic, with name and/or date.

You could bake some cookies, put the cookies on a b-day plate, wrap the plate and cookies in a large cellophane bag (from Michaels or Hobby Lobby), tie a ribbon around the top and add a small card.  

Perfect b-day gift for anybody -- and the recipient can keep the plate and treasure the memories long after the cookies are gone. 

Here are some links to purchase HB plates: 
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ARTZFOLK
FLUTTERBY
INAGLAZE
SUZALUNA 


Below are just a few examples:

 

 



 

 

 

 

There are many, many, many more styles to choose from.  Check them out!

Happy Birthday Postage Stamps

How about a pane of Happy Birthday postage stamps?  You can buy the below for $16.99 on E-bay.

 

For the stamp collector you can find all sorts of interesting vintage Happy Birthday postage stamps from between $7 & $10.00 also on E-bay.  Below are a few examples:

 

 

 

Happy Birthday Gift - Enhanced Cupcake from Target

I bought this cupcake at Target bakery.  It was sold in the plastic container. 

 I took the cupcake out of the plastic, cut a small round hole in the top of the container.  I added a candle and some matching sugar sprinkles to the cupcake.

 

Candles (from the Dollar Store) come in blue, green and red as well as pink.  So I could have chosen, for example, a blue chandelle and blue sugar sprinkles to decorate my cupcake instead of the pink.

 

 

Next I took a 20" piece of wired garland and twisted it into a spiral shape.

 

 

Finally, I put the cupcake back into its plastic container, closed the top and laid the garland over the top. 

 

  

Below are birthday bags just the right size for this cupcake.  They also came from Target in the card department.

 

 

Or if your cupcake has been decorated with red, green or blue you could use this bag:

 

 

Now you have a beautiful, unique, personalized b-day cupcake ready to present and certain to bring a smile from its recipient, knowing that you care about them.