10 Best Virtual Birthday Party Ideas

1. How to Host a Virtual Birthday Party on Video Chat Apps Like Zoom

The first thought that pops into one’s head about an online birthday celebration is to do a birthday party on a video call. First and foremost, allow for some advance planning for participants. Ensure most people know each other. Have a common activity, like a drink or food you can all eat at the same time, or a fun dress code like party hats. And whoever hosts the party should have a few topics they can involve all people in, or ask them to prepare in advance.

2.The Birthday Times (Web): Create a Fake Newspaper Birthday Gift

Newspaper pages are a cool way to commemorate birthdays. The Birthday Times lets you create a fake newspaper page from the day you were born, but goes a long way in trying to look authentic. It’s filled with little things to bring that era alive while customizing it to you. Add your name and birth date, with the year, to begin

3. Goodies on the hour

Instead of holding the entire celebration on one video call, you can spread out the fun and send the birthday person goodies every hour. Suggestions of birthday goodies to send:
 Ecards
 Music videos of birthday-related songs like Katy Perry’s Birthday or Stevie Wonder’s Happy Birthday
 Collection of nearby businesses that offer birthday freebies
 Online gift certificates to services like Spotify, GrubHub, or Hulu

4. Balloon bouquets

Ordering a balloon bouquet from PartyCity or Balloon Planet is one easy option. If you live in the same city as your honoree, then you could always leave a bunch or box of balloons on the person’s doorstop. One of the cutest and most creative virtual birthday party ideas is to enlist all your online party guests to assemble a balloon bouquet. You can assign a theme to the bouquet, like a certain color, cartoon character, or shape, or you can allow free choice

5. Virtual wish jar game

Virtual wish jar is another online birthday party game you and your guests can play during a video call. Each player writes down a wish, for example “I wish for a puppy that never grows bigger”, or “I wish for the perfect cup of tea.”Participants privately message the wish to the game leader. The leader will read the wishes one by one, and the other players must guess to whom the wish belongs. Legend says that if you tell someone your wish, the wish will not come true. So, the point of the game is to evade all other player’s guesses

6.Host a Netflix party

If you love movies, schedule a virtual watch party. Download the Netflix Party extension in Chrome, and you and your pals will be able to watch the same Netflix movie at the same time. The extension features synchronized video playback (so everyone’s screen will pause and resume at the same time) plus, a chat room so you can share your thoughts on the film.

7. Virtual Murder Mystery

You can add a little theatrical flare to your online birthday party by doing a virtual murder mystery. For this activity, you can either download a game template and encourage your guests to take on the roles, or work with an outside company. Virtual murder mystery games are a fun way to bring people together around a common activity.

8. Online birthday party countdown

You can build anticipation for your online birthday party by posting a countdown. You can use a site like time and date to create a countdown clock with fun graphics. Then, embed the clock on a celebration web page, or send it to friends and family. You could also publish countdown posts on a social media page or group

9.Make a “Happy Birthday” video montage

The only way to improve upon a traditional birthday card is to make it interactive. Use a service like Tribute to create a personalized video montage. Ask friends and family to record their birthday wishes and Tribute will put them together and mail the guest of honor a video card (it’s like a traditional audio card that also has a thin video screen). The gift is sure to be a keepsake for years to come.

10. Birthday icebreaker topics

Because online birthday parties can accommodate attendees from opposite corners of the world, guests may not know each other. Conversation may be awkward initially, and icebreaker questions can help bridge gaps between online party guests. We created a list of birthday-specific icebreakers below.
Birthday icebreaker questions:
• When is your birthday? Does anyone in the room share a birthday?
• What was your best birthday?
• What was your worst birthday?
• What was the most interesting gift you ever received?
• What is the best birthday card you ever received?
• What is the craziest birthday party story?
• Does your family and/or your culture have any special birthday traditions?
• What is the best birthday cake flavor?