We threw my daughter a Golden Birthday Party for her Golden Birthday, complete with gold desserts, candies, and decorations. Here I'll show you all of the party details!

Your Golden Birthday is when your age matches the day of the month of your birthday. For example, if you were born on the 13th of the month, your Golden Birthday is your 13th birthday.
To celebrate my oldest daughter's Golden Birthday, she wanted a gold theme party with hints of silver.
My style of party decorating is trying to get the most color and decor for a reasonable price and with items I can reuse for other events. I also pull from items I have around the house that can go with the theme, like the gold geometric shape I used on the dessert table.
I actually reused the gold backdrop for this party from her Nutcracker Birthday 3 years ago. I also reused the gold sequin tablecloth from the Wizard of Oz Birthday Party. I have used the same gold "Happy Birthday" sign for many parties now.
Unfortunately, balloons cannot be reused, so I buy those new for each party, but they are an affordable way to add color to the theme and also hide the top of the dessert table backdrop.
Decorations

Just like I did with her Nutcracker party years earlier, I hung sheer gold disposable tablecloths in our bay window, then covered them in shiny gold fringe.
I hung gold balloons at the top using a balloon decorating strip, thin curling ribbon, and clear Command clips on the ceiling.
I blew up a gold 1 and gold 3 balloons and hung them down from the top of the wall using curling ribbon so they formed the center of the backdrop. Because I was hanging these and didn't need them to float with helium, I just used the straw provided and blew them up myself like you would a traditional balloon, then sealed them by removing the straw and pressing hard on the adhesive.
I hung this shiny gold "Happy Birthday" sign from one side of the bay window to the other.
For the dessert table, I covered a folding table with a gold sequin tablecloth I had from my middle daughter's Wizard of Oz Birthday.
I found these cute shiny gold dessert plates and gold striped napkins at Target.


To decorate the adult table, I used decor I already have, like these mercury glass candle holders, round mirror, and clear glass and gold trees.

For the kids' table, I kept it super simple, using a disposable gold foil tablecloth with a line of glass and gold trees.

Gold Candies

- Rollos
- Ghirardelli Milk Chocolate Caramel Squares
- Chocolate gold coins
- White chocolate Lindt Lindor Truffles (gold wrapper)

I took advantage of the fact that these candies come in gold wrappers and used them as decor on the dessert table.

This added more elements to the table and freed up my time to work on the other desserts.

Desserts
As I make separate posts for these desserts, I will continue to update here with the links.
To make these Gold Oreos, I started with Golden Oreos and painted them with a suspension of gold luster dust. See my Painted Watercolor Cookies post for details on how to paint cookies with gold dust.

For these Gold Macarons, I painted Oatmeal Cream Pie Macarons with a suspension of gold luster dust. Then I sprinkled them with gold edible glitter. I displayed these on a 3-tiered clear acrylic server with a gold handle.

I purchased this Happy Golden Birthday cutout on Etsy that I taped to the top of the handle.

These Gold Sugar Cookies are Cut Out Sugar Cookies that I dipped in simple cookie glaze and painted with gold luster dust. See more details on how to paint cookies gold in my Painted Watercolor Cookies post.

This Caramel Mocha Frappucino Ice cream cake is a version of my Brownie Peppermint Ice Cream cake but with coffee ice cream and caramel in addition to the fudge layer. I will be posting this recipe soon. I sprinkled this beautiful edible gold glitter on the cake. It is so sparkly!

Sources
Way to Celebrate! Gold plastic Party Tablecloth - Walmart
Way to Celebrate! Gold Party Foil Balloon 1 and 3 - Walmart
Gold fringe backdrop
Gold star garland - Spritz brand at Target
Gold Happy Birthday garland - Target
Way to Celebrate!12 inch Gold Balloons - Walmart
Gold sequin tablecloth
Way to Celebrate! Reversible Gold Metallic Tablecloth - Walmart
Happy Golden Birthday cutout - Etsy
3-Tiered Clear Acrylic Server
Gold Happy Birthday plates - Target
Gold dinner plates - Spritz brand at Target
Striped gold napkins - Spritz brand at Target
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