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Fun and easy 40th Birthday Party Ideas for a beautiful outdoor party.

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Creative ideas that anyone can do for a 40th Birthday Party!

I hope you love these fun 40th Birthday Party Ideas!

Birthday parties are my favorite thing to plan. I normally don’t plan big lavish parties for myself, but hey… you don’t turn 40 everyday. I wanted to plan a wonderful evening with friends and let them know how much I love them all! I highly recommend planning your OWN 40th birthday party because it sure takes your mind off of getting older! ha.

The best part about having a September birthday is the weather. I have always wanted a pretty outdoor dinner party, so I moved just about every chair, plus a few of my neighbor’s chairs, into my backyard for the big night!

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I hope you enjoy photos from my birthday party. Find the printable party designs for this 40th Birthday Party in my shop.

Outdoor Party Table

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I did everything myself. Yes, I moved 30 chairs, about 5 tables and made most of the decor. My friends are SO worth it!!

I found some pretty vases and candles half off at Michaels, then bought grocery store flowers and paper lanterns for my table. I love bright colors so pink, orange and purple were a no brainer for this girly girl!

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My table centerpiece was branches from a tree, spray painted black with silly photos of myself.

I wrapped the glass vase with ribbon to hide the bottom which had rice in it to hold the branches. I also designed little wine glass labels for each friend.

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Gifts to Celebrate Friendships

My 40th birthday party was all about celebrating my friendships. It’s not very often that I see many of these women, so I wanted it to be a special night.

Each guest was surprised with a beautiful hand-stamped heart Vintage Pearl necklace on her plate. I love The Vintage Pearl! Check out their lovely jewelry here. Erin, the owner of The Vintage Pearl, was so sweet and also included a beautiful “Living Locurto” necklace for me as well! Thanks Erin!!

Vintage Pearl Necklace

 

Gussy Sews made the most awesome party favors ever!!! Aren’t these bags adorable, fun and bright?

Party Favors Gussy Sews Bags

Gussy made these especially to match my party colors. I love seeing them all together. She makes the most beautiful products.

Gussy Sews Party Favor

 

Dessert Table

It’s not a birthday party without dessert! My friend Christy from C-Star Cakes made me the MOST amazing birthday cake ever!

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I have always loved floral cakes, so I added some fresh flowers to the top. Didn’t it turn out fabulous? It was chocolate of course. Thanks Christy for doing such a wonderful job!

40th Birthday Party Ideas! Beautiful outdoor party ideas and printables. LivingLocurto.com

I just bought simple mini cupcakes and added pretty printable flags to them.

40th Birthday Party Ideas! Beautiful outdoor party ideas and printables. LivingLocurto.com

Party Decorations

The party decorations are my FAVORITE part of planning parties!! I saw this picture tree on Pinterest from a wedding, and thought it would be perfect for a milestone birthday party. I attached little sayings and photos of my friends. Some photos are from long ago and some new.

40th Birthday Party Ideas! Beautiful outdoor party ideas and printables. LivingLocurto.com

I even made a chalkboard sign for the party menu. I’ll show you how I did this later. It’s super easy!

40th Birthday Party Ideas! Beautiful outdoor party ideas and printables. LivingLocurto.com

 

My girlfriend made the best Sangria! Of course I had to have cute signs to go on the table:-)

 

40th Birthday Party Ideas! Beautiful outdoor party ideas and printables. LivingLocurto.com

It’s not a 40th birthday without a little silliness! Guest could help themselves to some gum and atomic fire ball candy!

40th Birthday Party Ideas! Beautiful outdoor party ideas and printables. LivingLocurto.com

40th Birthday Party Ideas! Beautiful outdoor party ideas and printables. LivingLocurto.com

 

Outdoor Movie

For the after dinner entertainment, I created an outdoor movie theater in another part of my yard. Yep… more chairs to move! I sure got my workout that day! ha!

Backyard Movie Party

I set up my photography backdrop stand and projector. We watched Bridesmaids and had some fun laughs!

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I snapped this photo during dinner so I could remember what a special night it was to be with such wonderful friends!

Outdoor Birthday Party Dinner

Thanks so much to all of you who came and made it so much fun!! I missed those of you who couldn’t be here. You might recognize Laurie from Tip Junkie on the left and my girlfriend D’Ann was great and took photos for me. Yay!

Party photos by Amy Locurto and D’Ann Wright.

 

Party Printables - Printables by Amy - Party Supplies & Invitations

Shop the Garden 40th Party Printable Collection!

This printable party collection comes in a 40th Birthday version or generic version for any age.

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My garden party designs were also featured in US Weekly for Trista Sutter’s 40th birthday. How fun!

Trista Sutter 40th Birthday Party - Living Locurto Party Printable Designs

 

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  1. OH MY GOD. You are amazing to have arranged all this yourself. Gorgeous, colorful, and fun.
    Came here via Pinterest.

  2. I was wondering how u made the 40 and still hot cards my husbands 40th is coming up next month and I’m planning on a party?

  3. I’ve been looking for the perfect garden party ideal.. i have been collecting for years and i finally said I’m going to do it this year! and when i saw the pictures-THIS WAS PERFECT! Then I read that this was in September and I knew why. I am also a September baby. And i can see we think alike. LOL!

  4. Just browsing on Pinterest for my husbands 40th coming up and came across your party! So adorable and what a great friend you are!! Hope you had a magical birthday!

  5. I love this page it all how I want to 40th Birthday to be relaxing and fun with friends and family…I will be 40 on May 18th I would love to win some supplies this be my first birthday party…

  6. You always have such great ideas…I LOVE the colors and the use of photo memories and all the beautiful touches! Makes me want to gather all my girlfriends and celebrate right now. 🙂

  7. Amy! I need these ah-maz-ing printables for my moms birthday coming up!! Can you put them in the shop?? PUHLEASE? 😉

  8. I’d love to have these printables. Are they available? It’s quite possible my coffee hasn’t full kicked in and I’ve overlooked the link. Thanks in advance for your help!

  10. Stumbled upon your site tonight while semi watching tv. Love the sayings and designs. I’m turning 40 this coming sept 5 and wonder if they are available for downloading.

  11. Hi there!
    I have a friend turning 40 next week. I love your printables for this party idea. Are they available to download?

    Thanks! (and belated happy 40th!)

  20. Amy – Happy 40th!!! And what an incredible party. I love the bright colors and the selection of colors. My friends and family are throwing me a 40th birthday and I forwarded them this link of your idea. What a great one. Are the printables available yet? Please let me know, I’d love to use your bright lively idea, as opposed to all the black that is out there to choose from. Thanks again for another bright idea! – Ronda

  23. This post was amazing, and the pictures were awesome. I’m trying to plan a first birthday party for my daughter in a few weeks and this gave me a few ideas. I’m not nearly as creative with making stuff myself as you are, but I think my wife can pull a few of these decorations off. The movie at home idea was fantastic too, we might have to try that for a future adult party. I tried getting people to send me ideas for the party on twitter, but all I got were some pretty wacky ones that are way out there, like this one, which i just posted on my site: http://daddybydefault.com/bad-birthday-party-ideas-2-dirty-diaper-pinata-2/

    Anyway, thanks for the real ideas and decorations.

  27. Awesome party. Such fun and what a gorgeous group of ladies. Can’t wait to celebrate mine in a few years! Thanks for the inspiration!

  28. Incredible and beautiful! You did a fabulous job. What a gorgeous group of friends! Thanks for the inspiration. I have a few years to go, but what a fun idea!!!

  29. What a beautiful evening you planned! I love the bright colors, SOO much more sophisticated and fun than a black and white 40th party. You have a real talent for party planning, Amy. The details are always fabulous–so glad you were able to celebrate YOU.

  30. Looks like you had a wonderful birthday! You are so amazingly talented and I bet your friends had a wonderful time celebrating with you! God bless! 🙂

  34. you did a fabulous job Amy! I wish I could have been there…..but I was in spirit!

    I LOVE all the colors, the pictures of you all around, every little detail.

    I LOVE that vintage pearl necklace!

  55. Amy,
    Your birthday party looked Fabulous!
    You are a very talented lady!
    Thanks for sharing! Cheers!
    Shelly xo
    p.s. I have always wanted a Gussy’s Market Tote! Thank you for this giveaway!

  58. Love every detail – looks like it was a blast! So what it was a party for yourself, it was still a party! So much fun.

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