My little brother started celebrating his half birthday only after he started school. His August birthday became a February birthday so he could do the cupcake thing with his classmates.

posted on 5/3/2012 8:09:44 PM

We never celebrate half birthdays, but now that you mention it, my sister's half birthday is soon so i should show her hoe much I care by doing a good ggestre and giving her a small gift :)

posted on 4/30/2012 12:23:51 AM

We start the party on the half-hour (10:30, 2:30, etc.). Half of a round cake. Half cups of milk or juice. Half of a birthday card...cut the entire card on a angle, corner-to-corner. Hot dogs cut in half. Children have great ideas for this, and love being involved in the planning and doing.

posted on 4/25/2012 1:48:29 PM

My family celebrates "unbirthdays". All of our birthdays are in the fall so we choose a lovely spring day (on a whim) and have an unbirthday party for all of us. I plan the event a few days in advance. We usually have cupcakes and ice cream and exchange small gifts like candy bars, hand colored pictures, sea shells, and the like. It is a great way to have some fun family time and create some memories on what would otherwise be an ordinary day.

posted on 4/14/2012 10:25:23 AM

My birthday is in February and it never had decent weather and it was during school.  We always celebrated my half birthday so we could really do something to celebrate and it was usually outside as we had to small of a home to party iside.  It started withe me being a child over half a century ago and it still continues to this day with fond memories of family long ago gone who took the time and effort to let me have a birthday party too.

posted on 3/28/2012 10:09:44 AM

This is a good idea

posted on 2/17/2012 12:03:03 PM

Clever idea. I think we shall start this for 2012.

posted on 2/14/2012 4:22:31 PM

I think this is a great idea. I'd probably leave off the gift, but I think it would be very special to my daughter to celebrate. My daughter's half birthday falls in June, while school is out, so maybe I'll have a few of her friends over for a sleepover. I'm sure she'll enjoy seeing her friends.

posted on 2/11/2012 7:20:38 PM

I started doing this for our son when he was in Kindergarten because his birthday is in July- when school was not in session. By the tiime he was in Fourth grade almost every summer birthday child was celebrating their half birthdays!

posted on 2/4/2012 10:44:50 PM

My daughter did this until the ½ birthday gifts started getting tooo expensive.  

posted on 1/24/2012 4:53:52 PM

I did this for both my sons when they were six months old and every year after that (until they were in their teens and decided it was 'dorky').  I'd bake a cake in a 13 by 9 pan snd then cut it to make the numbers 1 & 2 and a slash for the fration sign...a real half-birthday cake.

posted on 1/7/2012 5:36:28 AM

This is such a cute idea!!  I have never thought of that.  And the growth chart is great, because I find myself forgetting to measure. 

posted on 1/2/2012 1:04:40 PM

   This is a great idea for December and early January birthdays as they can get lost in the holiday rush.  I have a December birthday and I've celebrated it like this for years.

posted on 12/26/2011 8:06:36 PM

I've celebrated half birthdays.. even when I was a kid and my mom thought it was silly but went along anyway!  I celebrate them for my DD too.  fun!

posted on 12/21/2011 5:00:31 PM

Thoughtful - great idea!

posted on 12/17/2011 9:58:24 PM

My Family always celebrated half-birthdays, too! We usually had half of a cake, and sometimes recieved half of a present (one slipper, etc.) that would be completed on our birthday. It was a ton of fun!

posted on 12/17/2011 5:21:04 PM

In my family, we celebrate my Birthday which is on Christmas Day.  We also celebrate 2 Granddaughters birthdays, one who will be 11 on December 17 and a newborn this year on December 11.....so we have a lot to celebrate besides Christmas, which is Jesus' Birthday!

posted on 12/15/2011 3:10:08 PM