We did a new girl themed party for a friend! I found an old mirror with an ornate frame that we used for picture taking like in the intro. We did a big projector with a video response from a bunch of people compiled with https://www.vidday.com/ and we played a version of true American.
I always make him a cake, his favorite dinner, and buy something small. Like a shirt or shorts he won't buy for himself but needs. Last year I did a vidday video gift for him and he really enjoyed that. You have to pay for it but it wasn't to expensive.
Steam gift card, books about famous chess players or strategies, a gaming headset (for a bigger gift) or a nice mouse. If you know what his favorite games are, could be t-shirt or beanie with a print or think of stuff like keychains and mousepads with pictures of characters or game logo. There are also Birthday video makers like Smartshow 3d or VidDay so you can start with a video first.
If you use https://www.vidday.com, you could intermix video recordings with pics of his dad. Just record the audio with your phone while videoing a picture so the audio plays while an image of the dad shows.
You could get all her friends and family to record a birthday message video and make a video montage out of it. If you go to VidDay to collect the videos from everyone and they’ll make the video montage for you.
You could make her a video montage with friends and family wishing her the best. It would be a good feeling hearing all the love and support from the people who are closest to her. VidDay is an online service you use to crowdsource these videos and they put the videos together for you. Super easy and they’re Canadian.
Make them a video celebrating their 40 years together. There’s a site called Vidday that let’s you invite friends to add video messages to wish them a happy anniversary. They put all the videos together in a video montage for you so it looks good and it’s easy. You can add photos too if you want. I did it for my parents and they loved it. They even teared up a bit.
Surprise someone with a personal video montage. All you need to do is invite friends and family to record video messages sharing funny stories, inside jokes or a simple loving message and Vidday will collect and make a video for you. It's that easy! Go to https://www.vidday.com/examples to see examples.