birthday card maker
create a birthday card,
and see it before you pay.
Create a birthday card online in a few minutes: their name, your photos, your words and birthday music. Then play it through exactly as they will see it.
$1.02 once, per card. No subscription, nothing renews. Photos, a video or a voice note are included. They need no app and no account.
Next: write it and see it first, no account needed. You sign up and pay only when you send it.
40 seconds · with a voice-over
Read what it says
- Amma’s birthday is on Friday, and you’re a thousand miles away.
- Choose what it’s for, and your card sets itself up.
- Add your photos and a video, and pick music that suits the day.
- Choose the day and time, and it arrives right on time.
- On Friday, she taps the envelope, and it opens, just for her.
- Make your digital card at MailMyCard.
Open a sample, as they would.
Try a digital card, just as they will. No sign-up needed.
How to create a birthday card online
The same four steps the maker walks you through. Change anything, any time, before you send.
Pick the occasion
The opening comes with it: cut the cake, light the diyas, tie the rakhi, turn the key of a new car.
Write your words
Your message, who it is for, and who it is from. We start you off with words to change.
Add surprises
Pick any of these. Each becomes its own page of the card, and you see the order as you go.
- PhotosMemories they swipe through
- Your voice or a videoSay it in your own voice
- Messages from othersShare a link; friends add a line and a photo
- Reasons, to discoverAs diyas to light, chits in a jar, or hidden in a room
- A quiz about you twoEvery answer shows what really happened
- A photo jigsawYour photo in nine pieces to put back
- Open when… lettersSealed letters for later, some until a date
- CouponsPromises they redeem; you get an email
- Our placesPins on a drawn route; they tap each to read why
- Days togetherA calendar page counting up every day since
- Three cardsLooking back, right now, looking ahead: they turn each over
- Movie nightSuggest films; they pick one and you hear which
- A secret questionIt opens on an answer only they know
Preview, then send
Play it yourself first. Send the link now, on a day you choose, or by email.
Choose how it opens
Prefer an illustrated card? Pick a paper-craft scene and an envelope to open.
Balloons 
Flowers on a table 
Hearts
Birthday card messages to copy
Paste one into the card, then change one detail so it could only be from you.
Mum
Happy birthday, Ma. You taught me to make tea, ride a bike and say sorry first. I'm still working on the last one.
Make it yours: Swap in three things she taught you.
Dad
Happy birthday, Papa. Thank you for every early drop-off you never once complained about. Today, put your feet up.
Best friend
Happy birthday to my emergency contact, my plus-one and my worst influence. Same time next year?
Partner
Happy birthday, love. I made you a card from my favourite photos of you, which took ages, because that's all of them.
Make it yours: Add the photo you'd frame.
Brother or sister
Happy birthday to the only person who remembers my worst moments and still admits we're related.
Grandparent
Happy birthday, Nani. Every story you tell gets better each time. Save me a new one for when I visit.
Make it yours: Change Nani to what you call them.
Colleague
Happy birthday! Thanks for the shared snacks, the saved meetings and the rescue on deadline day. Take a proper day off.
A child
Happy birthday, little one! A whole year bigger, braver and funnier. We love watching you grow.
Short
Happy birthday. Cake first, wishes second, us forever.
Questions
- Is it a birthday card generator?
- In part. Say who it is for and pick birthday, and it starts the card with a first draft written for them, a balloon look and birthday music. Every word is yours to change.
- Is the birthday card maker free?
- Creating and previewing a card is free, with no account, and only you can see it. You pay once per card when you send it.
- Can I add their photo and name?
- Yes. Their name goes in the heading, with up to twelve photos and a video or a voice note.
- Can I print it?
- No. It opens as a link on their phone or computer. For a card to hold, a pen writes one in real ink and we post it. Handwritten birthday cards
- Can it open on their birthday?
- Yes. Once it is unlocked, choose the day and time, and the link shows a countdown until then. A surprise link that opens at midnight
- Can friends sign it too?
- Yes. Share an invite link and each friend adds a message and a photo, with no account. How group cards work
More on digital greeting cards, or send a handwritten birthday card by post.
Something else in mind? what a digital birthday card looks like, a birthday website or a virtual birthday gift.
Make one now.
Write it, preview it, and send the link when you are ready. You only pay when you unlock it.