Are the video birthday cards really free?
Yes. Every card template is free, with no account, no subscription and no watermark on the finished card.
Free · made on your device
Free video birthday cards
A card that opens itself: an envelope, their name, your photos and a message, set to a Happy Birthday tune. Send it as a video or a looping GIF.
Free · no sign-up · no watermark
A video birthday card is a greeting card that moves: it opens, shows their name and your message, and plays a tune, all in a short video you send by message or email. Choose a card template, type the Name, Age and Message, add a photo or two, and export an Video (MP4) with sound or a looping GIF.
This page opens the editor on the card templates in Square 1:1, which shows whole in any chat. Paid e-card services charge a subscription or a fee per card; here every card is free and comes as a file you keep, with no link that expires.
The card is made in your browser, so your photos stay on your device, and nothing on the finished card advertises anyone.
Start from one of these
How to make a video birthday card
Pick a card
Press Make a video card above and choose a design from the card templates in Templates.
Write inside it
Type their Name, their Age if it belongs on the front, and your Message: the line you would write inside a paper card.
Add a photo and a tune
Press Add photos and clips for a picture of the two of you, then Add music and pick one of the Happy Birthday tunes.
Export and send
Choose Video (MP4) to keep the music or GIF for a silent card that loops, press Export video, then Share or Download video.
Video card or e-card: what is the difference
Most e-card sites send a link: the card lives on their servers, often behind a sign-in or a subscription, and sometimes the link stops working after a while. A video card is a file. The birthday person can keep it in their photos, post it, or forward it to the rest of the family, and it plays on any phone without opening a website.
- No account for you or for them.
- No expiry: the MP4 or GIF is theirs to keep.
- Your own photos on the card, not just a stock design.
- Free, every card, with no watermark.
Writing the inside of the card
The Message is the inside of the card, so write it the way you would by hand. Two short lines read better on screen than one long one.
Lines that work on a card
- “Another year of you. Lucky us.”
- “Happy birthday. The kettle’s on whenever you want to talk about getting old.”
- “To the person who remembers everyone else’s birthday: this one’s for you.”
- “Have the loveliest day. Lunch is on me.”
For whole messages by relationship, see what to say in a birthday video message; for a card made of words that appear one at a time, try animated birthday wishes.
MP4 or GIF: how to send it
An Video (MP4) keeps the tune and plays in WhatsApp, Messages, email and on social networks. A GIF has no sound, but it loops by itself and drops neatly into a chat or a comment where a video would feel heavy. You can export the same card both ways.
Square 1:1 is the safe choice for a card, because it shows complete in every chat. Switch Format to Story 9:16 if it will go in a Story, or Landscape 16:9 to email it to someone who will watch on a laptop.
Video birthday cards: questions
Can I email a video birthday card?
Yes. Press Download video and attach the MP4 to an email. Most cards are small enough to attach; a long one is better sent through a chat app.
Can the card play Happy Birthday?
Yes. Add music includes several arrangements of the Happy Birthday tune made for the site and free to use. The tune plays in the MP4; a GIF is silent.
Can I put a photo on the card?
Yes. Add photos and clips puts your own photos, or a short clip, into the card’s picture scenes.
Does the person need an app to open it?
No. It is an ordinary video or GIF file, so it plays in their chat app, email or photo gallery.
Is anything uploaded when I make the card?
No. The card is made in your browser and your photos stay on your device until you send it.