Lots of low cost retirement party ideas and no cost retirement ideas to make a statement! Here are party hacks, tips and ideas perfect for your retirement party. Gift them an adorable 'difference you've made' memento (super affordable!) 👈🏻 Posts on www.ratherrudecards.co.uk contain affiliate links. For full disclosure, click HERE 1. A 'who said you could leave?' retirement party banner 👈🏻 This hilarious banner is the perfect way to celebrate your recipient's retirement! 2. Try a Nike inspired 'just did it' party theme This makes for a great 'punny' retirement party theme, especially if your recipient is in to sports - or their sneakers! 3. A personalised retirement party banner of your recipient's face 👈🏻 You could use a funny photo of your recipient to make this creative retirement party banner decor! It's bound to have your guests in stitches and is the perfect way to celebrate your recipient and their input in the workplace and to dedicate the celebrations to them! 4. Write special quotes from your recipient on the party decor It could be their all time favourite sayings or dad jokes. You could enscribe their special sayings on mini cards attached to balloons or hide them around the room for guests to find, for the funniest and cutest party touch. 5. Try a 'my work here is done' superman or superhero theme Let them know they are a hero in their own right with this fun retirement party theme! 6. Try a 'king or queen of the workplace' theme You could even give them a crowning ceremony where you can present them a retirement gift and special sash or certificate! You could even DIY them a special crown to wear and bake them a biscuit sceptre. License to chill personalised retiree certificate 👈🏻 Printable tall crown template (just add paper/card!) 👈🏻 You could make them a paper crown from cardstock, then cover it with a collage of special photos to create a special personalised crown of memories for your recipient to keep! 7. A 'Happy Retirement' jumbo glitter cake topper 👈🏻 The perfect way to dress up your cake and make it the centre of attention at your party or event! Miss you retirement party personalised cake topper👈🏻 Happy Retirement personalised name cake topper 👈🏻 Funny novelty happy retirement cake topper 👈🏻 Personalised black and gold retirement cake topper 👈🏻 8. Bake personalised sugar cookies of your recipient 👈🏻 And decorate them to look just like them! 9. Create a giant completed 'to do' list display as decor Using craft materials and paper mache, you could create a big version of a 'to do' list, with all their achievements and things they completed, plus funny and special things they did, with a tick next to each one! You could add some funny ones such as 'become the most fashionable in the workplace' or 'become a legend' - this will double as great party decor too! 10. Try a 'cheers and beers' retirement party theme An oldie but a goodie! This theme will be well loved by your recipient and guests alike, plus it's so easy to put together. Cheers and beers birthday novelty pinata 👈🏻 Cheers beer shaped novelty pinata 👈🏻 11. Try printable ready made retirement party games Games and activities for your party, sorted! Retirement games bundle (everything you need!) 👈🏻 Ready made printable retirement bingo party game 👈🏻 12. Serve up some 'tears of my competitors' sugar cookies Perfect party snacks that are quirky and funny, these will be sure to make your recipient chuckle! You could even decorate them with edible lustre to make them catch the light like 'real' tears! Tear shaped cookie cutter 👈🏻 13. Gift colouring pages featuring funny memories 👈🏻 These are perfect for party favours! You could even put together a funny colouring book based on funny photos you have together and funny memories you share together! Order these digitally at a low cost and then print as many copies as you like, your guests will be sure to love them! 14. Try Dwight from The Office party decorations Perfect for an office environment but hilarious anywhere! 15. Make a retirement cupcake pullapart as a party centrepiece This will make a wonderful table centrepiece for the party! Simply arrange the cupcakes in a certain formation - you could arrange them spelling 'bye' (or even 'k bye!), or in a heart formation - but ice them all together as one, like joining the dots to complete the shape. 16. Attach photos and memories to balloon trails This is a wonderful way to share important and funny memories involving your recipient, plus makes for great decor! You could even decorate balloon trails with paper tassels or with photos, funny sayings and quotes on pieces of decor to celebrate all your happy memories together and tailor it perfectly to your recipient. This is a really cheap and easy party decor idea that guests will be sure to love! 17. Create some novelty dollar shaped ice cubes for drinks 👈🏻 These will be sure to impress your guests! These look so cool and are so inexpensive and easy to do! 18. Try a golfing or sports theme Perfect for a retirement party, to celebrate the time they'll have to dedicate to their favourite sport/sports career! This is also great to show your recipient how well you know them, by tailoring the party perfectly to their tastes! 19. Set up a photo message wall So all guests can write, draw and scribble their own messages on it! You could set up a giant rustic style chalkboard canvas that guests can decorate, with photos, drawings and messages! This would make an amazing photo backdrop for the party, for guests to take photos in front of. To create the canvas backdrop for guests to decorate, grab some black paper or cardstock and staple it to a base, such as a wall, fence or giant board made from cardboard. Provide guests with some chalks and liquid chalk markers and let them decorate to their hearts content. 20. Play a 'don't mention work' party game At the start of the party, all guests are given something to wear - you could give each guest a 'star worker' badge to wear! - then for the duration of the party, no one is allowed to mention the word 'work'. If someone is to mention the word, the first individual to call it out gets to steal their star. The individual wearing the most stars at the end of the party wins! 21. Order a funny edible model of your recipient to sit atop the cake 👈🏻 Not only hilarious, this idea is so much fun and will be sure to make the cake the centre of attention and your recipient laugh in equal parts, as they will have a mini me version of them sitting atop the cake! 22. Get a cameo shoutout for your recipient Always a fun idea that will be sure to delight your recipient on their retirement! 23. Try some personalised retirement wafer toppers for drinks 👈🏻 These are perfect to add to party drinks and treats to impress your guests and your recipient no end! Personalisable photo edible drinks toppers 👈🏻 Cute edible personalised photo drinks toppers 👈🏻 24. Make some 'the coffee run' candy party favours DIY some novelty paper coffee cup style boxes and fill them with candy to represent the liquid inside! These would make really cute DIY low cost retirement party favours to honour a coffee addict! You could set up a party sign saying 'the coffee run' to reference their favourite part of the work day! Novelty coffee cup box template 👈🏻 Novelty latte coffee cup party box template 👈🏻 Mug of coffee/tea novelty boxes for party favours 👈🏻 25. Make some 'the Mcdonald's run' fast food candy party favours Similar to n.24, this would be perfect for your recipient if they are a fast food fiend at lunchtime - just swap out for their chosen fast food place! Some candy noodles in novelty fast food boxes 👈🏻 Ready made candy tacos 👈🏻 Perfect for if your recipient is in to fast food, give them a candy alternative and arrange in mini takeaway style food boxes! Some amazing options for this are some candy noodles boxes or some candy tacos - fill them with some candy laces, egg shaped sweets and pink shrimps for the noodles or ramen - or candy 'salad' pieces for the tacos! Perfect size takeout style party boxes 👈🏻 Candy eggs and shapes 👈🏻 You could even make some candy filled fries! This is super low cost and easy to make - just print then assemble using the template and guide, then fill the mini fries boxes with candy of your choice, to surprise your recipient! You could even write some 'thanks for coming' special messages on each of the fries for them to find. Takeaway style paper candy filled fries template 👈🏻 26. Try a 'farewell tour' music theme Perfect if they love their tunes or are known for constantly singing, humming or whistling in the workplace! You could even work this in to a karaoke party theme - always a fun and hilarious party activity! 27. Add edible shimmer to drinks to make them look amazing 👈🏻 Why not make drinks sparkle with edible shimmer, perfect for a party and every occasion! This will make drinks look amazing and be sure to impress your guests! 28. Create a funny photo taking area setup To capture memories they can treasure! You could create some funny props guests can pose with to make it extra fun and decorate the area with balloons and streamers - you could even add some funny arrows with messages as decor, that look like they are pointing at guests in the photos! Funny retirement themed novelty photo props 👈🏻 29. A 'goodbye tension, hello pension' retirement party banner 👈🏻 To set the perfect backdrop to your party 30. Make some funny retirement party cupcake toppers 👈🏻 They could be funny quotes and slogans used by your recipient, funny photographs or pictures of your recipient, funny photographs representing memories in the workplace, or a message to your recipient from each guest, plus you can DIY them yourself! Just print some pictures of your recipient's face, back them on to card and secure them atop those mini cocktail sticks or mini skewers to place in each cupcake. They are easy to make and cost almost nothing or you could even order some ready made if short on time! 31. Freeze some chocolate stationery in some jelly/jello 👈🏻 A hilarious addition to your party table that replicates the scene from The Office - you could even use items of (safe, clean) real stationery for decoration! This is also a wonderful way to present their gift to them if you are gifting them some realistic chocolate tools (there are tools to suit every trade and every hobby - plus they look just like the real thing!) and will be sure to impress your recipient no end! Why not freeze their gift in jelly/jello? Who needs wrapping paper! 32. Play a game of making and decorating paper boats to race! This is a classic that never gets old! You could award prizes for the best decorated, or most creative boat, and the fastest! 33. Gift your recipient a retirement crown and sash 👈🏻 They only get to retire once, why not celebrate the occasion by awarding them their own crown and sash on their special day! Personalised officially retired sash 👈🏻 Retired Chick funny retirement crown to wear 👈🏻 34. Present an awards ceremony for people in your workplace This is a wonderful no cost - or low cost - activity for your retirement party, perfect to amuse guests if you are looking for some retirement party games. Why not gift everyone an award (it could be a certificate or even envelope with candy money inside) for something special they bring to the office or to the workplace, and give everyone a boost at the same time as reminiscing on happy memories! You could even have some funny awards to make your guests chuckle, and request that everyone makes a speech. 35. Put on a funny talent content or competition With hilarious results! 36. Create a performance for your recipient It could be a slam poetry performance, a song or a rap - a wonderful no cost retirement gift for your recipient and way to amuse your guests at the same time! 37. Try a special retirement themed pinata A fun activity and party decor in one! This is always funny when played properly with a blindfold - you could set up a little card or party sign next to it saying 'we know you're going to smash this!' Officially retired novelty clock party pinata 👈🏻 Novelty golfing themed retirement party pinata 👈🏻 Personalised lookalike pinata (amazing!)👈🏻 38. Happy Retirement personalised party table confetti 👈🏻 These will look amazing as party table confetti! They are so cool and perfect for your retirement party, plus are personalised as well! Personalised face table confetti 👈🏻 39. Try some 'retiremints' party favours A really fun 'punny' retirement party favour idea, you could tie pretty ribbons on to tubes of mints and let guests help themselves, or decorate some mint tic tacs with some special personalised sleeves for the occasion. Retiremints party favour sleeves for tic tacs 👈🏻 40. Try a funny 'hot to go' retirement party theme Based on the song! This would work so well for a retirement party set in the workplace. You could interpret this with a fast food theme, a funny jacket potato theme or even a cheer theme, depending on your recipient. For a cheer theme, why not get your fellow colleagues together and create a special cheer sequence for your recipient, for the funniest results! 41. Some glitzy party table confetti 👈🏻 To decorate the party table in style! 42. Personalised face masks (guests can look like your recipient!) 👈🏻 Nothing is as fun as these amazing personalised photo face party masks! The perfect way to celebrate your recipient and make them the centre of the occasion. 43. Create some flower filled balloon displays Use eco friendly balloons at your party 👈🏻 To take them to the next level! These balloons biodegrade at the same rate as a leaf, which makes them perfect for parties and occasions where you want to celebrate but don't want to leave any waste! They are nice and affordable too, perfect for decorating the room for your retirement party. If you liked these ideas definitely also check out these Best Creative Retirement Gifts for Women and Best Creative Retirement Gifts for Men, plus Best Creative Low Cost Dad Gifts perfect for Father's Day!