A birthday card should be fun to get. These designs do something when they are scanned: a gift explodes in confetti, candles wait to be blown out, a piñata asks for a tap. Your photo and your words are in it.
Smash a piñata, blow out the candles, race a kart over the card. Each design has its own show.
Add a photo, a name and your message in the editor. What you see is what we print.
We post the card to the birthday person, or you send it as an e-card in a minute.
Most birthday cards are read once. These are played with. The front of the card is the stage: when the birthday person scans it, the scene starts and they can tap, swipe and blow. It takes a minute, and that minute is remembered.
A wrapped present on the card. Scan it and tap the present three times: the lid flies off, confetti bursts out and your own photo and message rise from the box.
A sunny sky full of clouds. Scan it and a little plane flies around the card, even behind it, towing a banner with your own photo and text.
A real pop-up card in augmented reality. Scan it and a paper card unfolds on top: waves, clouds and a sailing ship stand up out of the fold, with your own text on the sails.
A paper rocket shoots up past the planet and through the clouds. Scan the card and it opens up into a deep paper world: steer the rocket with the joystick, dodge asteroids, UFOs and satellites, catch stars and fly all the way to the moon for your own message.
A paper shadow box with a striped hot air balloon between the clouds. Scan the card and the box opens up in depth: steer the balloon with the joystick, dodge birds, paper planes, kites and storm clouds, catch hearts and float up to the rainbow for your own message.
A birthday card from ancient Egypt. Scan it and the temple door opens into a real 3D tomb: tap the sarcophagus, the lid slides off and a mummy climbs out, walks right out of the card and unrolls a papyrus with your own message. Tap again and he throws toilet paper at you.
A birthday hologram in party colours. Scan the card and your video message appears above it; tap it and confetti flies out.
A pirate game on a treasure map. Scan the card and ships sail across the sea, over your card and far beyond it: tap the water and the cannon on the island fires. Sink 8 ships in 45 seconds, the ghost ship counts triple, and the treasure chest opens with your own message.
An invitation to a movie party. The card shows a little cinema from above: red seats, popcorn and a projector. Scan it and the screen rolls up out of its case, the projector starts with a beam of light, and your own video plays on the screen. Tap for popping popcorn.
A birthday cake that stands on your card, with as many candles as the age you fill in. Scan the card and blow into your phone: the flames flicker, bend and go out one by one, smoke curls up, and when the last one is out the balloons rise and your own wish appears. No microphone? Swipe over the candles.
A castle on your card and the new knight in front of it, with your photo as his face (on the print and in 3D) and his name on the banner over the gate. Scan the card: drums, the drawbridge comes down, the king steps out and knights the hero. Then tap: the Black Knight storms across the bridge and every tap is a sword blow until he falls. Victory pose for a photo.
A dragon on your card, as big as the card itself. Scan the card and it stands up on its rocky ledge, breathes, looks you in the eye and follows your camera around the room. Tap: it nods, shakes its head, roars with a burst of fire and strikes a pose, with your words in a speech bubble. Then press the photo button: you and the dragon, ready to share.
A big red toy tractor on a green hill, with the photo of the birthday child in the cab window, the name on the hood and the age in a balloon. Scan the card and the tractor stands on the card in 3D: it drives off puffing smoke, loops round behind the card and comes back along the front with the balloons bobbing on their strings. Tap it: the horn honks, it hops, and confetti bursts from the balloon. For a first, second or third birthday, or any small farmer.
The animation breaks the ice, so the text can be short. Three building blocks that always work:
If you are stuck, our guide what to write in a birthday card has thirty examples.
Choose the arrival date at checkout and we post the card at the right moment, so it is on the mat on the birthday itself and not three days early. For a last-minute wish there is always the e-card.
Pick a birthday design, make it personal and we post it on the right day.
