Best 50th Birthday Gifts ideas for Men

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Best DIY Unique 50th Birthday Gifts for Men and Guys

1. Bake him some sneaker cookies after his favourite shoes  

These will look amazing arranged in a stylish box or on a plate! This is such a cool DIY gift idea and will show your recipient how well you know them (and their taste in footwear!) 

Adidas Yeezy Sneaker cookie cutter 👈🏻

Nike Air Force 1 cookie cutter 👈🏻

Nike Air Jordan 1 cookie cutter 👈🏻

Converse Sneaker cookie cutter 👈🏻

2. Put together a '50's survival kit'  

This is a cool unique gift idea and you could fill it with messages of advice, special quotes and poems about your recipient, plus some treats they will enjoy! 

3. Make him a snack bouquet gift 

Why not put together a selection of their favourite sweets or snacks, arranged in bouquet formation! You could even arrange them in a letter or number shaped gift box, for a standout display and gorgeous looking gift! 

Letter or number gift box (the most affordable!) 👈🏻

4. Try some funny personalised wrapping paper 👈🏻

Funny photo personalised wrapping paper 👈🏻

5. DIY him a framed photoshopped piece of art 

Make them a funny photoshopped picture with all their favourite things, you could set it in a place they have always dreamed of visiting, doing something they always wanted to do - or plant them in their favourite tv show! Add in all their favourite things and people - even fictional characters! This is such a unique and creative gift idea and they are sure to love it. You could print and frame the final result for them to keep safely in their room or space, it will be sure to make them smile whenever they see it!

6. Bake him some cupcakes with funny photo edible toppers 👈🏻

The best ever gift idea that fuses cake with special memories! Your recipient will be able to treasure the special photos and eat them afterwards - the perfect gift that means you can bond over special memories with your recipient and treat them at the same time. This is also super low cost to put together! 

7. Make a boozy cupcake pullapart

To make this, simply arrange the cupcakes in a certain formation - you could arrange them to spell out your recipient's age - but ice them all together to make two distinct numbers, like joining the dots to complete the shape. You could make some Bailey's infused icing or frosting for the cupcakes to spread over them!

8. Bake him a custom cookie portrait

The perfect novelty gift! Bake and ice a custom portrait sugar cookie of their face. Nothing is cooler or more special! You could even try to make it life size, it's such a funny and creative gift idea they are sure to love! Who doesn't want an exact cookie replica of their face?     

9. Create a special map or painting of his area

Or of his favourite place! This is such a special gift that he is bound to treasure always, especially if your recipient has a favourite place or a special bond with his area or where he grew up. You could frame it to gift him afterwards! 

10. Surprise him with a realistic chocolate tool set 👈🏻

These are so cool and look just like the real thing! You can get a set to suit every personality, whatever your recipient is in to, or whatever his job or his hobby, there will be something to perfectly suit every guy out there!

Realistic chocolate edible spanner gift set 👈🏻

Realistic chocolate bike repair kit for cycling enthusiasts 👈🏻

Realistic chocolate golfing set for golfers 👈🏻

Realistic tool box tools set for DIYing 👈🏻

Realistic chocolate weights set for gym goers 👈🏻

11. Give him a gift from his pet 

There is nothing more special than a gift from their pet! This could be a beautiful framed portrait of their pet (a super affordable gift!), a life size biscuit or cookie decorated to look just like their pet (you could DIY this yourself!) or a gift featuring their pet's unique paw print.

12. A heat transforming mug 

That reveals a funny or cool message on heating! They will get the best surprise when they go to make a drink in their mug! 

13. A personalised photo car freshener 👈🏻

These are absolutely brilliant and so affordable! You could personalise one with a hilarious photo or special memory for your recipient.

14. Gift him a personalised bobblehead 

That looks just like your recipient! You could even order a personalised bobblehead of their pet for them to treasure! 

Personalised lookalike bobblehead gift 👈🏻

Personalised lookalike bobblehead with pet 👈🏻

Personalised lookalike couple bobbleheads 👈🏻

Personalised lookalike pet bobblehead (amazing!) 👈🏻

15. Gift an explosion gift box 

There is nothing cooler! You could DIY one of these and fill it with tons of their favourite sweets, candy and snacks and lovely mementos, or even order one ready made if you are short on time. Amazing gift, sorted! 

Ready made explosion gift box 👈🏻

16. Make them a cake with a personalised icing topper 👈🏻

This will be sure to be such a memorable gift and will delight your recipient and make them chuckle at the same time!

Sitting down male character icing topper 👈🏻

17. An experience day

Like tickets to a sports game, a concert or music festival, whatever they are in to, there is an event or experience day to go to! 

18. DIY a creative sign for their space 

To reflect their hobbies and personality, this is the perfect way to make them chuckle, plus they will smile whenever they see it!   

19. Gift him a novelty shaped pinata 

The most fun for your recipient's birthday! You could fill it with their favourite sweets or candy or even dad jokes or quotes from your recipient!  

Cheers and beers birthday novelty pinata 👈🏻

Cheers beer shaped novelty pinata 👈🏻

Personalised lookalike pinata (amazing!)👈🏻

20. A funny gummy teeth dentures gift 👈🏻

To celebrate their birthday! 

21. A hamper of homebaked goods

This is an especially amazing idea if your recipient is always hankering after your recent bakes; treat them with a whole box to themselves! 

22. Create a comic book starring your recipient 

You could document a story they always tell everyone - or document the story of your relationship with your recipient. You could pose them as a superhero in their own custom superhero comic! 

23. A framed photo or painting of their car/motorbike 

This would make such a funny gift, especially if your recipient has that one particular vehicle they are attached to as if it were a person. Why not celebrate that love with a framed photo or even painting of their beloved? They're sure to love it!

24. Bake a box of 'tears of opponents' 👈🏻

Or tears of competitors! This is a funny and unique creative gift for sports fans, that they have never been given before! Simply make some teardrop shaped sugar cookies and ice them to look like tears, then arrange them in a pretty box with some tissue paper and a ribbon and voila! You could place a little card inside reading 'tears of my competitors' or 'tears of my opponents'.

25. A sugar cookie medal 

You could bake this yourself or even order one if you are short on time. It's the best ever way to let someone know how much they mean to you - they could have a photo taken wearing their medal and then eat it afterwards! 

Chocolate 'best person ever' edible medal 👈🏻