3 Best Lockdown Birthday Experiences for Adults

Wondering how to find the best lockdown birthday experiences for adults? Although this year’s birthday might not be the same as any previous year, it’s time to think outside of the box and find the best birthday party ideas in London. You might be a pro at finding birthday decorations, party supplies and coming up with the best themes, but how can you find fun things to do at home and celebrate when you can’t actually leave the house? Let us help you plan your special day with our virtual classes and craft kits. 

We’re here to help you get a plan in place and come up with some fantastic ideas for birthdays in lockdown. We know it will be completely different from before, but you can still pull off a fun day, even if you’ll be celebrating a birthday at home this year. 

You can still order in the birthday decorations, food and cake so you can relax knowing you’ve sorted the most important bits. We’ve all seen the drive-by birthdays of people throwing presents out of their car windows to the birthday person standing outside their home. Although that can be fun, what if it’s raining that day? We also feel like there needs to be some birthday activities involved so that you can spend some quality time with friends and family if you’re spending a birthday at home.  

We have plenty of virtual birthday party ideas to help you plan a fantastic day. Whether you want to come up with a birthday theme, it can be a great way to get others to join in and be a bit creative with their own wardrobe. 

1. Hold a virtual cocktail making class 

Whilst you might be used to just having a pint in the pub with your friends, we recommend changing it up this year. So you can’t meet your friends in the pub to celebrate a birthday, why not bring the pub to your home, take it up a notch and celebrate with birthday cocktails? You see there are plenty of fun things to do at home and taking part in an online class is one of them!

With a virtual cocktail making class, you’ll not only learn how to make cocktails at home, you’ll be able to drink them all yourself, rather than just tasting others! Everyone loves a cocktail and if there are non-drinkers in your circle of friends, they can join in and make mocktails too. Add in a birthday party theme and get dressed up in a fancy dress for extra fun! 

If you’re wondering how a virtual cocktail making class works, don’t worry – you don’t need to organise a thing. We’ll send you one of our DIY cocktail making kits directly to the front door of your friends’ homes before the class starts. This will give them enough time to set up their little homemade cocktail bar! All you need to do after you’re all set up is log into Zoom via a link we send to you and your friends and that’s it! 

Once you’re logged on, the local British cocktail making expert will lead the class and show you everything from how to shake a cocktail and the different variations you can make with the ingredients. Once the at home cocktail making class has finished, continue the party on with more drinks. 

2. At home paint and sip birthday ideas 

Maybe you don’t want to go too hard on the drinking but of course, a couple of vinos are needed to celebrate a birthday. Whether you’re a creative person or not, everyone loves an online paint and sip class and it would make a perfect virtual birthday party idea during lockdown. 

If you’ve not done paint and sip before, it’s literally what you think it is – paint and drink! Sip and paint classes are supposed to be a bit of fun and a way to get people out of their comfort zones. Bring in wine to the combination and you’ll think you’ve become the next Van Gogh! If you’ve not done a live online class before, you all paint the same replica of a famous painting whilst enjoying a glass of vino. You never know, you could bring out the inner artist within after these fun online painting classes! 

Don’t worry about having paints because we’ll send all of the birthday invitees an amazing DIY paint and sip kit before the class starts. You’ll just need to log into Zoom and you’ll find our local British painting expert ready to teach you! 

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3. Hold an Italian themed online pasta making birthday 

Looking for more food birthday theme parties at home? Hosting a virtual birthday cooking class at home is a really fun way to spend the day and something everyone will love. One of England’s favourite family meals is spaghetti bolognese, which is a staple for many households. How amazing would it be to be able to make it completely from scratch rather than buying the already made pasta from the local supermarket?  

In our online pasta making class, you’ll be able to learn how to make some of the best pasta you’ve ever tasted. Although it sounds really tricky to do, our locally British pasta expert will teach you all the tricks to making amazing pasta dishes. Throw in a themed Italian party and get everyone to don their best Italian outfits, complete with Italian wine and you’re good to go! 

If you’re wondering how to actually make pasta at home, don’t worry, we’ll send you all of the ingredients and tools you’ll need to take part in this online food class via our DIY pasta making kits. We’ll deliver them straight to your door before the class starts so you’ll have enough time to get yourself prepped.

You’ll then need to log into Zoom to find your friends and expert pasta chef waiting to start the class. The expert chef will be on hand to answer questions you have about making pasta from scratch and you’ll be able to all sit down at the end of the class and eat the meal you just made together. 

We hope our virtual lockdown birthday experiences for adults have inspired you to make the most of a birthday at home. Whilst this is just a small snippet of the many live online classes at ClassBento, we hope you enjoy our range of indoor activities and experiences. 

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