Having true friends is one of the purest feelings to relish for lifetime. Friends are always considered to be the backbone and supporting pillars of an individual. Presenting you a few friendship day ideas to celebrate and cherish and to show gratitude towards our friends and appreciate their presence in our lives.
Friendship day is one of the special occasions to celebrate the friendship universally. United Nations has declared 30th July as the International Friendship Day. In India, friendship day is celebrated on the 1st Sunday of August. Friendship Day was first proposed by Joyce Hall in 1919. This notion of celebrating and dedicating a day in the name of friendship gained its regards in 1930s. Later, in 1958 the occasion was declared as an International Friendship Day to be observed every year.
Friendship Day Ideas
Every year this day is celebrated with much enjoyment and joy thus people often find new ideas for the day to be celebrated with great enthusiasm. Here are some of the active and interesting events that can be done this friendship day.
Some of the few fun loving activities for the day.
- DIY friendship band making
- Capturing the moments
- A Rendezvous with the Best friends
- Picnic day
- A short trip
- Movie marathon night
Friendship Day Idea One – DIY Friendship Band Making
The making of crafts is an amusing task where one can put their innovative ideas and creation to it. The DIY bands mark as a special gift which is hand-made and shows our sincere effort for our dear ones. The activity itself is a creative task which brings our friends together and helps us to spend the time with each other making and creating memories together. The bonding created together over the span of time weaving and crafting the bands let us acknowledge and realize the comfort space that we share with our friends.The DIY bands have its varieties, the most common and easy one is the braided bands which can be made of colorful threads or yarns or ribbons. Other variety of friendship bands are the beaded friendship bands, macramé friendship bands, knot bands, charm bracelets and beads bracelets. These are the bands that we exchange with our friends along with cards and other gifts to celebrate the friendship day.
Friendship Day Idea Two – Capturing the Moments
In the technologically advanced world, it is very easy for us to seize a special moment. We like to capture our happy moments in forms of photos and videos. It has become a trend to post our photos in the social media of our special occasion. You may like to make reels and shorts for the social media content on friendship day. Taking selfies along with our friends in the most Instagram able place is an engaging activity which shall make your day a happy going one. Meeting up old friends and creating memories with them with the collection of memories is a reflection which can be stored with us for a lifetime.
friendship Day Idea Three – A Rendezvous with The Best Friends
Dates are the most common way to celebrate a friendship day which can never go wrong at any time in the planning of a special occasion. Arranging dinner parties and lunch dates are the perfect way to have a have meal and time with our close buddies. We can also add themes and color combination to add a charm to the day to make it memorable and special. Dinner parties can be done in both ways depending on the preferences of your preferences and wants. This friendship day you can visit the most trending places in Guwahati like the Brahmaputra River Heritage Centre, the Bougainvillea Resort and Spa, Starbucks, McDonald’s or Go Karting for some exciting and carefree day. At the end, a good meal in a good place with your good friends is the most cherishing memoirs that can one do for the occasion of friendship day.
Friendship Day Idea Four – A Picnic Day
This is one of the most common activities that every individual enjoy. Spending a day out in nature is quite thrilling and wholesome. Getting our favorite delights and snacks for the day and spending the day out in the wild and nature is relaxing with some music and probably a book to read out in the open space. A picnic day is a great chance to eat and enjoy in the open air with our friends on the friendship day. It does not have to be luxurious outing but can be a casual meet up among the friends where they can talk, eat, play games and enjoy the leisure time with each other. It is a simple outlook to appreciate and enjoy the beauty of having some quality time and eating in an open space.
Friendship Day Idea Five – A Short Trip
Planning a short journey to a place can be adventurous and full of amusement with our friends. A planned trip to Shillong, Cherrapunji or to the Pobitora wildlife sanctuary with our best friends can never go wrong. These places are a perfect gateway to chill the weekend with our dear friends and have a relaxing outing and hiking around the areas.The trips can be for a short journey like an hour drive or can be a stay for a day or two. It all depends with the right number of people with whom one can enjoy the company and create a vibe of bonding. Laughing out our lungs by reminiscing old memories with the friends is the best feeling of togetherness and oneness. A day on the road with the group of friends can never have a dull moment and is one of the best ways to spend on the friendship day.
Friendship Day Idea Six – Movie Marathon Night
Movies are the medium to recall our old days of younger days. Planning a movie together is kicky way of bringing back our old times with our dear friends. A movie marathon is an event where people watch movies continuously for six hours or more. The movies can be a compilation of the favorite collection of series like “Friends”, “Grey’s Anatomy” or “Four more shots” that we friends can watch together or the individual favorite movie of each of the member of the group of friends. This event of movie marathon can be extended to the night stay with a post dinner scenes to be enjoyed with the dessert.
In the digital world where social media has made a convenient way to keep a touch and connect with our peers, it has also diluted the true essence of bonding and friendship. With the virtual world people have sort of withdrawn themselves from the traditional way of celebrating the friendship day. It is important to put an effort to real life connections and bonding with our friends by spending time and showing honest care and concern of one another. Let us all enjoy our day with the new innovative ideas of appreciating our dear friends in our lives.
As we celebrate the Friendship Day this Sunday, The Protech Group wishes you very Happy Friendship Day to all. Let us all cherish the value and importance of friendship in one’s life to create an unbreakable bond for a bright future together. Here is to the unbreakable bonds of friendship to make this day a brighter and merrier one with our loved best friends.