{"id":6360,"date":"2014-06-05T11:00:15","date_gmt":"2014-06-05T15:00:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.gallerycollection.com\/blog\/?p=6360"},"modified":"2025-05-15T17:07:13","modified_gmt":"2025-05-15T21:07:13","slug":"birthday-decorations-surprise-coworker","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.gallerycollection.com\/blog\/the-workplace\/birthday-decorations-surprise-coworker\/","title":{"rendered":"Birthday Decorations To Surprise A Co-Worker"},"content":{"rendered":"

Well, let\u2019s get started! So you want to have a nice surprise celebration for a co-worker and make birthday decorations<\/b> to hang around the office. That\u2019s a great idea.<\/p>\n

\"Birhday\"<\/a><\/p>\n

The first place you should decorate is his or her desk or cubicle.<\/p>\n

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  1. One great decoration is Garland. Now you know you have a great deal of paper around the office so make that your primary object to use. You can begin with cutting an 8-1\/2\u201d x 11\u201d sheet in half width wise and cut as many of those as needed to print Happy Birthday, one letter on each half sheet and the person\u2019s name on the paper also. If you have any string or ribbon around the office use that for hanging the garland. Use a hole punch to make holes in the paper and thread the string or ribbon through the holes to hang the garland. If you do not have string or ribbon, you can make a paperclip chain and attach the paper to the paperclips to hang the garland. Find some markers and write Happy Birthday or other nice things about the person on the paper and use colored paper wherever possible. Makes it bright!<\/li>\n
  2. Their Chair! Hang a Happy Birthday sign down the back of their chair in a vertical position. If you can get some netting or lightweight fabric, it is fun to make a large bow and put that on the back of the chair also.<\/li>\n
  3. Necklace! Works for either a man or a woman. Make a chain necklace with paperclips and hang little paper \u201ccharms\u201d on the paperclips. These could be pictures or drawings or something nice written about the birthday person. Then hang them around the paperclip necklace and after you all yell SURPRISE you can put this around the person\u2019s neck.<\/li>\n
  4. Make a banner with a birthday cake on it and happy birthday typed out from your computer. You can usually find some free clipart online to copy and blow up and print it tiled on your computer. Use a glue stick and glue the pages together to make the banner. Hang the banner on the table you will use to serve the cake or goodies everyone will be bring to eat!<\/li>\n
  5. And last, the birthday card. Find some cardboard or more colored paper and make a great big birthday card!\u00a0 Now if someone in the office is talented enough to draw the front of the card, Great!\u00a0 If not, go back into that free clipart file on the computer and print something funny out and glue stick it to the paper or cardboard. Make sure everyone signs the card and stand it up in the birthday person\u2019s cubicle.<\/li>\n
  6. If there are gifts given to this person, pile them up nicely on their desk and make the cubicle look festive.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    Walla!!!! You have made a great and bright and festive area to celebrate that co-worker\u2019s birthday with everyone in the office. And the decorations didn\u2019t you cost anything at all!<\/p>\n

    Hope it\u2019s a great celebration!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Well, let\u2019s get started! 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