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funny birthday cards

a funny birthday card,
with your joke in it.

A funny birthday card is funny because it is about them. Write the joke only you could make, add the photo they would never post, and let them cut the cake and blow out the candles on their phone.

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Illustrated stories

Your moment, drawn as a story.

Tell us who it is for and why. We write a short picture book about you two, draw every scene, compose its music, and it plays before your message.

How stories work

Choose how it opens

Prefer an illustrated card? Pick a paper-craft scene and an envelope to open.

  • Balloons
  • New heights
  • Bon voyage

What makes a birthday card funny

The joke is yours. The card gives you the props.

  • The photo they hate

    Put it in as a jigsaw they have to piece together before they can read the card.

  • A cake to cut

    They drag the knife through it. Candles to blow out, by blowing into the phone.

  • A quiz about them

    Ask what really happened that night. Every answer shows your version.

  • Your voice

    Record the joke the way you would tell it. Timing is everything.

Funny birthday messages to copy

Change the name and the detail, and it is yours.

  • a friend

    Happy birthday! You do not look a day over the age you keep telling people.

    Make it yours: the age they claim

  • a sister

    Happy birthday to the only person who knows every embarrassing thing about me and has chosen, so far, to keep it quiet.

  • a brother

    Happy birthday. I would have bought you a present, but I know how you feel about surprises, so here is a card instead.

  • a partner

    Another year of you putting up with me. Happy birthday, and thank you for your service.

  • a colleague

    Happy birthday from the whole team. The cake in the kitchen is yours; the dishes in the sink are also yours.

  • a dad

    Happy birthday to the man who taught me everything I know about parking, and nothing I know about parking well.

  • a mum

    Happy birthday. I turned out fine, which I think we can agree is mostly your doing and partly luck.

  • an old friend

    Happy birthday. We have known each other long enough that I can say this: you are getting old. I am not. Funny how that works.

    Make it yours: the thing you always tease them about

  • someone who hates birthdays

    I know you do not do birthdays, so this is not a birthday card. It is a card that happens to arrive today.

  • anyone

    Happy birthday! I was going to make a joke about your age, but I was worried you would not remember it.

Questions

Are the jokes written for me?
No. The lines above are a start, and the joke that lands is the one about them. The card gives you the cake, the candles and the jigsaw to carry it.
Can I put a photo in as a puzzle?
Yes. The first photo you add can be cut into pieces they put back together before the card goes on. See digital birthday cards
Does the person need an app?
No. The link opens in any browser on any phone, with no account.
Can it open on their birthday?
Yes. Choose the day and time and the link stays closed until then.
Is it free?
Making and previewing a card is free, and only you can see it. You pay once per card when you send it.

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