Fun 21st Birthday Ideas

Contributing Writers: Sharon Rubart & Bernadette Fuentes

You’ve been counting down the days, and it’s finally here. You’re 21^st birthday. For some, turning 21 is an important milestone in life. For others, it’s just a day where you can finally legally do everything you’ve already been doing since you were 15. Either way, your 21^st birthday should be celebrated. If you still have no plans and are looking for something memorable to do, here are a few alcoholic and non-alcoholic ideas:

1. Party
This is the obvious one. Not the most original but still fun now that you’re of the legal age to drink alcohol. Take a trip to Atlantic City for the weekend with your closest friends. Go all out and celebrate your 21^st in Vegas. Or just go to your favorite bar or restaurant in your hometown and proudly show off that newly legal ID.

2. Wine Tasting
Skip the typical bar hopping. For a more sophisticated and intimate idea, invite five to 10 of your closest 21 and over friends, and have a wine tasting party. Spend the day at a winery or vineyard tasting different wines. Even if you’re not a wine connoisseur, a wine tasting is still a fun and relaxing way to spend your special day. Don’t forget about the designated driver.

3. Have a Mocktail Party
Invite all your friends and make fun fruity non-alcoholic drinks like virgin strawberry daiquiris and piña coladas. Crystal light now sells mocktail mixes—just add water and you’re ready to go. Mocktail drinks are a great way to come up with your own fun, and maybe even a little weird but yummy drink.

4. Play Drinking Games.
You don’t have to drink to find drinking games fun. Get everyone a bottle of water, or use your mocktails from the party, and learn about each other through games like ‘Never Have I Ever’ or just get competitive with Beer Pong/flip cup.

Another way to spice things up would be to play pong, and instead of beer fill the cups with carrot juice, or a totally out there, horrible tasting smoothie and turn a typical game of pong into something like fear factor.

Turning 21 is a huge milestone but not being able to remember anything or waking up with a massive hang over just isn’t for everyone. Whatever you’re into, you can still have fun and make your 21st birthday memorable with some of these ideas!