• It's been a long time.60 limit - road sign image by Soja Andrzej from Fotolia.com
  
  Celebrating a person's 60th birthday can be as simple or as elaborate as you choose. You can mark the six decades by reminiscing, toasting to the future or just living it up. Whatever you choose, keep the personality of the guest of honor in mind and remember to have fun at this milestone birthday.
  
  

Decades

• Dress for your favorite decade.african american hippie girl image by monamakela.com from Fotolia.com
  
  Hold a large banquet dinner party. Assign each table a different decade or invite guests to dress in clothes from their favorite decade. Gather guests who dressed for their favorite decade for a group picture and see who and how many chose the same decade.
  
  You will need: Props and costumes from each decade. For instance, opt for love beads and protest signs for the 1970s, scrunchies and cassette players for the 1980s. . Encourage guests to help with decorations by bringing items that symbolize a particular decade..
  
  

Roast

• Put on a show.maschera1 image by mauro gaglianone from Fotolia.com
  
  In sixty years, the guest of honor and friends have collected several inside jokes and fun anecdotes. For an outgoing celebrant, opt for a roast. For a sensitive guest of honor, opt for a tribute instead, telling memorable stories. Show notable videotapes or display special photographs.
  
  You will need: Guests willing to prepare stories and to provide photos, videos and mementos of the guest of honor's life.
  
  

Future

• Get metallic for the future.tin foil image by Karin Lau from Fotolia.com
  
  Consider a futuristic party. Take the birthday year of the guest of honor and add 500 years. Request guests act as if they are in that year. Cover tables in tin foil rather than tablecloths and use your imagination to fill the party with futuristic features.
  
  You will need: Metallic decorations, costumes and detailed Invitations explaining the theme of the party.
  
  

Over the Hill

• Old people love prunes, right?prunes image by Dominique LUZY from Fotolia.com
  
  If you have a birthday celebrant with a sense of humor, go all out and use an over the hill as a theme for the party. Encourage guests to wear stereotypical over the hill outfits and props. Provide extra gray wigs, canes and empty cans of prune juice to anyone who neglects to bring a costume. Plan the party for the afternoon but serve dinner, calling it the "Early Bird Special." Encourage partygoers to sing Happy Birthday extra loud so anyone over 60 can hear you.
  
  You will need: Gray wigs, canes, empty prune juice cans.