EPIC 24th Birthday Ideas You’ll Never Forget

This blog post is about 24th birthday ideas!

HAPPY 24th BIRTHDAY!

Everyone always thinks about the big milestone birthdays like your 21st and 25th birthday… but the birthdays in between are just as important!

If you’re turning 24, you deserve to celebrate it to the max. So, here are the BEST 24th birthday ideas!

This post will help you figure out what to do for your 24th birthday, and I’ll walk you through the BEST 24th birthday themes and how to recreate them.

Let’s get started 🙂

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24TH BIRTHDAY IDEAS

24th Birthday Ideas

1. Painting & Wine Birthday Party

This painting and wine birthday party would be such a cute idea to do with your girlfriends!

All you need is some canvases, paint supplies, and your favorite wine. You can pick a theme for the night, or draw names from a hat and paint each other. It would be so fun!

2. Beach Picnic

If you live near a beach, throwing a beach picnic is one of the easiest, most budget-friendly and memorable 24th birthday ideas.

Bonus points if you have your beach picnic at sunset so you can get some cute golden hour photos!

3. Park or Backyard Picnic

If you don’t have access to a beach, a picnic in a park or backyard is just as fun!

Tell your girlfriends to bring a blanket and their favorite wine. Grab flowers and some finger foods, and that’s all you really need!

4. Birthday Dinner Party

A dinner party is a tried and true way to have a great birthday celebration.

Invite your closest friends and get some of this cute decor. You can make it potluck style by asking everyone to bring a dish, or make the meal yourself!

5. Pizza Birthday Party

Everyone loves pizza, so you can’t go wrong with a pizza party.

You can pair this with a movie night or sleepover for the perfect casual 24th birthday!

6. Camping trip with your besties

Everyone has to go on a camping trip with their best friends at least once. Your birthday is the perfect time!!

Find a place to camp nearby, bring your favorite food, and spend a weekend surrounded by nature and your closest friends.

7. Go to a concert/festival

If there are any concerts or festivals happening around your birthday time, make a celebration out of it!

Find a show or festival that all your closest friends are interested in attending and make it a fun girls night out.

8. Go on a spa day

Everyone needs some self care, so a spa day is a foolproof idea.

You can either buy supplies to make your own at-home spa day, or find a spa near you!

9. Escape Room

If you’re more of the adventurous type who loves games and problem solving, an escape room is a super fun 24th birthday idea.

You can go with as many friends as you want. If there are too many people for one escape room, you can split into different escape rooms and have a competition to see who can finish theirs fastest!

10. Go on a road trip

Road trips are so much fun. Whether you pick a destination 2 hours away or 10 hours away, a road trip is one of the best ways to make some core memories with your friends for your 24th birthday!

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24th Birthday Ideas for Themes & Decor

1. 24K Gold Birthday Party Theme

This 24k gold theme is the best way to make your 24th birthday feel like a milestone birthday.

It’s perfect if you’re having an at-home birthday party but still want it to feel special!

2. Black & White Birthday Party

If you want more of a classic and timeless vibe, get some black and white birthday decor!

You can even take it a step further by telling everyone to dress in black and white outfits. Then you’ll all be matching for your photos.

3. Espresso Martini Theme

As I was adding the links to each of these espresso martini themed items, I couldn’t help but want my own espresso martini party!!

Espresso martinis are SO good and you can make them your signature drink for the night. It would be so fun to make them together with your close friends!

4. Y2K Party Theme

Everyone loooves a y2k theme because you get to dress up in the cutest outfits and get a little nostalgic.

I’m obsessed with all this y2k decor! You’ll end the night with the cutest photos.

5. Cowgirl Party with Entry Shot Fee

A cowgirl party never gets old, and I especially love the idea of doing a ‘shot entry fee’!

Put your favorite country music on a playlist, grab cowboy hats for everyone, and an adorable party banner or table runner!

6. Red Party Theme

If you want to keep your theme simple but bold, red is the way to go. You can add rose petals to your table settings and decorate your house with a bunch of red decor.

Get your friends to all wear their favorite red outfits, too!

7. Barbie World Party

If you’re obsessed with Barbie, a Barbie themed party would be the sweetest thing!

You can each choose a different Barbie character to dress up as. It’s so fun to come up with costumes/outfits that make you feel your cutest!

8. Mean Girls Party

I’m obsessed with this burn book cake, and it would be so fun to come up with your own version of the ‘burn book’ with your friends! You can look back on it for years when you want to see those memories.

I’m also obsessed with the mean girls drink pouches I linked, and the napkins. Those are the perfect details to make your mean girls themed party feel complete.

9. Disco Party Theme

If you want a classic retro party, disco is the way to go!

Get a bunch of throwbacks and old disco music on a playlist and have a dance party with your friends and this cute disco decor.

10. Feminine/Girly Party Theme

When you pair some flowers with some pink candles, balloons, bows, and straws, you’ve got everything you need for the perfect girly party.

This decor would be adorable for a dinner party or even a brunch!

24th Birthday Party Ideas

1. Polaroid Booth

You have to have a polaroid booth! By the end of the night, you and your friends will have so many new cute polaroids to display on your walls.

2. Design Your Glasses

If you’re looking for activities to go along with any of these 24th birthday ideas, decorating glasses is a great option!

This would be such a simple and fun activity that would pair well with a DIY photo booth.

3. Shot Entry Fee

I love the idea of these shot entry fees. Whenever someone arrives at your party, they have to take a shot to enter!

You can fill these shot glasses with your favorite liquor, or even have a non-alcoholic option for any friends who don’t drink.

4. Champagne Party Pong

Beer pong, but make it fancy? Yes please!

This champagne party pong set takes the traditional beer pong game up a notch.

5. Give Out Disposable Cameras

Disposable cameras are such a fun way to encourage people to capture party memories that you’ll get to keep forever!

Grab a few of these disposable cameras and then place them around your party. After the party, you can get them developed and then scan them and send digital versions to all your friends!