--- title: "Animated Birthday Wishes – GIF or Video | birthday.video" description: "Turn your birthday wishes into an animation: your words appear line by line with their name, over a Happy Birthday tune or as a looping GIF. Free, no upload." url: https://birthday.video/animated-birthday-wishes --- Free · made on your device # Animated birthday wishes in your own words Your message appears a line at a time, with their name and a tune underneath. Send it as a video, or as a GIF that loops in the chat. Free · no sign-up · no watermark Wishing you Amelia 22 The happiest year yet Love, Tom Animated birthday wishes are your message brought to life: the words appear a line or two at a time, with their name at the start and a Happy Birthday tune underneath. Choose a wishes design, type their **Name**, write your wish in **Message**, and export it as a video or as a GIF. A moving message gets read in full, where a block of text in a chat gets skimmed. There are fourteen original wishes below to borrow, and tips on writing ones that sound like you. For a quieter, card-style version, see the [video birthday card](https://birthday.video/video-birthday-card). Everything happens on your device, with no account and no watermark. Start from one of these ## Birthday wishes to animate Short lines read best when they appear one at a time. Use one as it is, or join two or three together. * Happy birthday. I hope this year is kind to you. * Wishing you a day as bright as you make everyone else’s. * Here’s to more laughing until it hurts. Happy birthday. * May your coffee be strong and your year be easy. * Another year of you is good news for all of us. * Happy birthday to someone who makes the ordinary days better. * I hope you get everything you wished for, and a few things you didn’t think to. * Wishing you calm mornings, loud evenings and a lot of cake. * Thank you for another year of being you. Happy birthday. * Today is about you. Tomorrow, too, if you like. * Happy birthday. Go easy on the candles and hard on the celebrating. * Here’s to the adventures still to come. * However far apart we are, I’m raising a glass to you today. * You deserve a year full of good surprises. Happy birthday. ## How to make animated birthday wishes 1. ### Choose a wishes design Press **Animate my birthday wishes**. The editor opens on the wishes designs in **Templates**. 2. ### Write the wish Type their **Name**, then your wish in **Message**. Three or four short sentences is plenty; each gets its own moment on screen. 3. ### Pick a tune Choose a Happy Birthday arrangement in **Add music**, or add a song from your device. Skip this for a GIF. 4. ### Export Press **Export video** for an MP4 with sound, or press **Export video** and choose **GIF** for a silent loop. Then **Share** or **Download video**. ## Writing wishes that sound like you The wishes people keep are specific. A simple shape that works for almost anyone: * **Something you remember.** “Still thinking about that night in Lisbon.” * **Something you admire.** “You make every room you walk into kinder.” * **Something you hope for them.** “I hope this is the year the café finally opens.” * **A sign-off.** “Love you loads, see you Saturday.” Read it aloud once before you export. If a line makes you wince, cut it; if it makes you smile, keep it. ## Wishes for different people ### Family Warm and grateful works best. Mention something they do for everyone, as on the [happy birthday Mom](https://birthday.video/happy-birthday-mom) page. ### Friends In-jokes are allowed, and so is being sincere at the end. A friend will forgive a terrible pun if the last line is honest. ### Colleagues Short, kind and safe for an open-plan office: a thank-you for something specific and a wish for the year ahead. Skip the age. ### Someone far away Say you miss them, and name the next time you will see each other. A date in the diary means more than “we should catch up soon”. ## Length, timing and shape Animated wishes are short: ten seconds for a GIF, up to a minute for a video. Each line needs a couple of seconds to be read comfortably, so four sentences is about right. Send it first thing so it is one of the first messages they see. Story 9:16 suits a phone or a WhatsApp Status; Square 1:1 suits a GIF in a group chat. ## Animated birthday wishes: questions ### What are animated birthday wishes? A short animation of your birthday message, shown a line or two at a time with the person’s name, as a video with music or a looping GIF. ### How long should my message be? Three or four short sentences. Each needs a couple of seconds on screen, so a long paragraph turns into a long video. ### Can I write in another language? Yes. You type the words, so write in whatever language you share with them, and check the letters on the card as it plays. ### Can I add a photo? Yes. **Add photos and clips** puts a photo or two in the design’s picture scenes, between the lines of your wish. ### Is the music free to use? The Happy Birthday arrangements in **Add music** are made for this site and free to use, including in public posts. ### Is my message stored anywhere? 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