Your significant others birthday is a very important day for you. After all, we’re talking about the person who makes you smile when you wake up and the person you fall asleep thinking about. So when your special one’s birthday comes around, it’s an excellent opportunity to show just how much lobe & care you have to offer.

Now you can wish your significant other a heart-warming happy birthday, throw a nice surprise party and order his or her favourite cake. While that’s not bad, it’s certainly not something different. There isn’t anything that makes your girlfriend feel special or makes your boyfriend feel that you care deeply about him.

When it comes to your significant other, we’re sure you want to go the extra mile, right? Well, you’re in luck because we have done our research on romance & birthdays and are bringing you, five stand-out ideas that are going to give your significant other’s birthday, that extra special touch.

1.  Tell Your Stories with a Photo Collage

A photo collage is a great way to make the two of you reminiscence the peak moments of your relationship. The pictures are snapshots of different moments that remind you how special each of those moments felt. As a birthday gift for your girlfriend or boyfriend, it’s a good idea to make the collage out of photos you guys took over the past year. That way, your significant other can take in what a great year it has been since his or her last birthday, and how you’re the reason it was a great year.

Of course, this is your partner’s birthday, not your anniversary. So feel free to include other special moments of your partner’s life that aren’t necessarily about your relationship. Perhaps your partner had graduated or got an amazing job in the past year. All in all, a perfect birthday gift.

2.  The Big Picture

If you have the budget for it, go big. Everyone sees their birthday wish on their birthday cake. But image seeing Happy Birthday written on a giant billboard, or in the yard using colourful objects, or maybe even on a banner. A literal big Happy Birthday wish is undoubtedly going to make your girlfriend or boyfriend feel special. They’ll see just how much of an effort you’re willing to put into making your significant other smile. And who doesn’t love big, romantic gestures?

3.  A Little Hollywood Love Story

If you’re handy with the camera and know a bit of video editing, you can make a little short film about your girlfriend or boyfriend. String together clips and random videos that have her in it, add a bit of narration, some artistic effects, and boom, you have full-fledged film, ready to be dedicated to your partner on his or her birthday.

This is excellent if you two have been together for a long time as you will have a lot of material to use. You can get creative here too. You can make it funny, go for an emotional appeal just simply go for aesthetics. A very personalized birthday gift that your partner will surely love.

4.  Do Your Spy-work

If you’ve noticed, a big theme in these birthday ideas for your girlfriend or boyfriend revolved around effort. Because that’s what shows that you care. But you can’t forget that the purpose of that effort is to make your significant other happy. So if the special person in your life doesn’t like parties, crowds, or loud noises and you throw him or her a grand birthday party, it’s going to be a big turn-off. It just shows that you are not aware of the likes and dislikes of your partner.

This is why you need to do your spy-work. Of course, you should ideally have a pretty idea already given you two communicate properly in your relationship. But it never hurts to pay extra attention to your partner’s life, talk to his or her friends, in an attempt to know more about what your partner wants. Maybe you notice your girlfriend has been under a lot of work stress and needs a break, so you plan a little vacation. Perhaps you talk to one of your boyfriend’s guy friends and get to know that he tore his Basketball sneakers last week, so you decide to get him a new one. The fact that you made an attempt to figure out their exact needs, is going to be much more valuable to them than the gift itself.

5.  Gifts that are More Than Gifts

If you’ve watched the show “The Office”, in one of the Christmas episodes, Jim makes a unique gift for Pam, a girl he had a huge crush on who later became his wife. The gift wasn’t a fancy phone or flashy dress. It was just a teapot, stuffed with items that reference some amazing moments of their friendship. And that right there is a superb birthday gift idea.

Gifts are never about the item itself, it’s about the gesture. Otherwise, the best gift would be just to hand the other person cash to buy whatever they want. Making a gift yourself with items that hold special meaning to the two of you, is going to evoke a feeling in your partner that no material item ever could. Once again with the pop culture reference, in the popular sitcom “How I Met Your Mother”, Ted steals a decorative French blue horn for Robin. Now the girl, Robin, has no use for a decorative piece like that. But the fact that it referenced a key moment in their first date, made it an iconic gift throughout the show.

So there you have it, five excellent ideas to brighten up your loved one’s birthday. But sometimes, all you really need is just a damn good gift. For that, you can trust GiftallBD and browse through our collection to pick a gift, that’s going to resonate with your significant other the most.