In advance of the party: 1) Notify all guests that you will be taking pictures of the guests presenting their cards to the honoree, so no one forgets to bring a card. 2) Obtain extra cards for guests that forget to bring them. 3) Purchase a loose leaf notebook and a box of page protectors. Place the page protectors in the notebook. As guests arrive at the party, make a photo of the guests holding their card, the guests presenting their card to the honoree, and the honoree holding the card. As the photos are completed, place the cards in a page protector in the notebook. After the party, prepare a photo album of these photos to share with the honoree and guests. In advance of the party: 1) Notify all guests that you would like them to bring a birthday greeting on a sign printed on 8.5 by 11 or A4 thick (perhaps matte photo) paper for the honoree instead of a card. The sign may be prepared using computer office software or hand drawn. Have extra paper, markers, and possibly a computer with printer available for guests who forget their sign, or come up with a new idea at the party. 2) Purchase a loose leaf notebook and a box of page protectors. Place the page protectors in the

notebook. As guests arrive make photos of: 1) Guests holding their sign. 2) Guests presenting their sign to the honoree. 3) The honoree holding the sign. As the photos are completed, place the signs in a page protector in the notebook. After the party, prepare a photo album of these photos to share with the honoree and guests. In advance of the party: 1) Notify all guests that you would like them to bring a sign which relates to the birthday honoree as described in method 2 to the celebration. 2) Tell the guests that the message is to be positive, but humorous and that they will be presenting the sign to the honoree while the honoree is blindfolded. Guests should place the sign (unfolded) in a large envelope. At an appropriate time during the party: 1) Blindfold your honoree. 2) Make photos of your guests holding their signs, presenting their signs to the honoree, and of the honoree holding their signs. As the photos are completed, place the signs in the loose leaf notebook as described in method 2. Put the notebook away prior to removing the honoree's blindfold. Assemble all of the photos into a nice album. Read the message on each sign to the honoree and have the honoree guess

who presented the sign to them. Then, show them the album pages of the sign being presented. Present the honoree with a small prize each time they guess correctly. Award the prize to the guest who made the sign if the honoree does not guess correctly. Present the honoree with the notebook of signs. After the party, prepare a photo album of the photos to share with the honoree and guests.