--- title: "Happy Birthday Dad – GIF and Video Maker | birthday.video" description: "Happy birthday Dad wishes, from dad jokes to proper thank-yous, on a GIF or video with his name, old photos and a tune. Free, no sign-up, no watermark." url: https://birthday.video/happy-birthday-dad --- Free · made on your device # Happy birthday, Dad: wishes, GIFs and videos A dad joke on a looping GIF, or a proper video of the photos he pretends not to care about. His name on screen, a tune underneath, ready in a few minutes. Free · no sign-up · no watermark Happy birthday Dad 65 Still the best at everything From your favourite child ## Ready-made GIFs to send Download one as it is, or press **Add their name** to open it in the editor and make it theirs. * ![Animated birthday GIF, “Best. Dad. Ever.”: a gold trophy on warm kraft paper with “Best. Dad. Ever.” in heavy capitals and a handwritten note.](https://birthday.video/gifs/happy-birthday-dad/dad-gif.webp) Best. Dad. Ever. [Download GIF](https://birthday.video/gifs/happy-birthday-dad/dad-gif.gif) * ![Animated birthday GIF, “A smart card for Dad”: cream paper, a large serif greeting set like a magazine cover and “Dad” in terracotta italics.](https://birthday.video/gifs/happy-birthday-dad/editorial-cream-gif-p1.webp) A smart card for Dad [Download GIF](https://birthday.video/gifs/happy-birthday-dad/editorial-cream-gif-p1.gif) * ![Animated birthday GIF, “Dad in lights”: “Dad” in huge cream capitals on a ruby marquee of twinkling bulbs, with a gold script hello.](https://birthday.video/gifs/happy-birthday-dad/name-in-lights-gif.webp) Dad in lights [Download GIF](https://birthday.video/gifs/happy-birthday-dad/name-in-lights-gif.gif) The easiest happy birthday for your dad is his name and one good line on an animated card, sent as a GIF: it plays straight away in the family chat and keeps looping until he has read the joke twice. For something he will actually keep, make a video with old photos, a clip from the grandchildren and a Happy Birthday tune. This page opens the editor on the family templates, with the greeting set for Dad and **GIF** chosen as the export. For a big number, the [60th birthday](https://birthday.video/happy-60th-birthday) and [50th birthday](https://birthday.video/happy-50th-birthday) pages have templates with the age up front. It is free and works in your browser: the photos never leave your phone or computer, and nothing carries a watermark. Start from one of these ## Happy birthday wishes for Dad Dads tend to prefer a joke with a straight line hidden in it. Pick one for the **Message**, or mix a funny one with a sincere one. * Happy birthday, Dad. Thanks for the advice I ignored and later took. * To the man who can fix anything except his own taste in music. Happy birthday. * Happy birthday to the world’s best dad and second-best driver (after me). * Dad, you taught me how to ride a bike, change a tyre and pretend I wasn’t crying. Thank you. * Happy birthday. Don’t worry about getting older, you’ve been practising for years. * You’re not old, Dad. You’re vintage. * Happy birthday to the person who always asks if I’ve checked my oil. * Everything I know about hard work, I learned watching you. Have a brilliant day. * Happy birthday, Dad. I hope your day is as long as one of your stories. * Thank you for every early start, every lift and every “I’m proud of you”. * Happy birthday to the king of the barbecue and the TV remote. * Dad, you’re the reason I can laugh at myself. Happy birthday. * Another lap around the sun, and you’re still the one I call when something breaks. * Happy birthday, Pops. Put your feet up; we’ll do the washing up. Probably. * Proud to be your kid every single day. Happy birthday, Dad. ## How to make a happy birthday GIF or video for Dad 1. ### Pick a template Press **Make one for Dad** above and keep the first family template, or open **Templates** and choose a funny one if he would hate anything soppy. 2. ### Write the card Type **Dad**, **Pops** or his name in **Name**, his **Age** if it is a big one, and a wish from the list in **Message**. 3. ### Add the photos he’s in For a video, choose **Video (MP4)**, press **Add photos and clips** and add a few pictures: him holding you as a baby, a holiday, the shed, the car he loved. 4. ### Export and send Press **Export video**, then **Download video**, or **Share** on a phone to send it to him or to the family chat. ## Jokes, thank-yous or both Plenty of dads find a sentimental card awkward and a joke easy, which is why the best birthday message for Dad is usually a joke with a thank-you tucked inside it. A GIF suits the joke: short, silent, looping in the chat. A video suits the thank-you, because the photos do the talking for you. * A **funny** template with a dad joke and his name is perfect for the morning message. * A **family** template with five or six photos and a slow tune is the one he will watch on his own later. * A **milestone** template puts a big gold number on screen for the 50th, 60th or 70th. ## Photos and clips that work for dads ### Look for the things he did, not the poses Dads are often behind the camera, so there are fewer photos of them. Look for the candid ones: asleep on the sofa, lighting the barbecue, carrying a child on his shoulders, wearing the jumper everyone teased him about. ### Ask the grandchildren A ten-second clip of a grandchild saying “Happy birthday, Grandad” beats any caption. Ask parents to film it and send it to you, then add it with **Add photos and clips**. For a video with lots of people, see the [birthday montage](https://birthday.video/birthday-montage) page. ## Sound, size and where he will watch it **Add music** has the site’s own Happy Birthday arrangements, free to use, or you can add a song file from your device: the band he played on every car journey, say. GIFs have no sound, so choose **Video (MP4)** if the music matters. If he will watch on a television at a family meal, set **Format** to Landscape 16:9\. For his phone, Square 1:1 or Story 9:16 fill the screen better. ## Happy birthday Dad: questions ### What is a good short happy birthday message for Dad? Something short enough to read on a looping GIF: “You’re not old, Dad. You’re vintage.” or “Proud to be your kid every single day.” There are fifteen more in the list above. ### Can I make a GIF with his name on it? Yes. Type his name in **Name**, press **Export video** and choose **GIF**. The GIF loops on its own in WhatsApp, Messages and most chats. ### Can I add his favourite song? If you have it as a file on your device, yes, with **Add music**. Songs from streaming apps can’t be added; the site’s own Happy Birthday arrangements are always there as an alternative. ### Will it play on his old phone? GIFs and MP4s play on almost any phone. If he struggles with attachments, send the GIF: it shows up in the chat without having to be opened. ### Is it free? Yes. 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