foldycardBirthday card messages: 67 ideas for everyone you know
67 birthday card messages, from one-liners to milestone wishes. Filter by who the card is for, copy a line, or press Send as a card to put it straight into a birthday card.
Add one line only you could writeMention something from the past year: a trip, a win, a moment you laughed together. Then pick a message below to finish it off.
Short and sweet
Happy birthday! Wishing you a year as wonderful as you are.
Happy birthday! Hope today is full of cake and people who love you.
Cheers to you and another amazing year ahead.
Happy birthday! May all your wishes come true, especially the ones about cake.
Wishing you the happiest of birthdays and the best year yet.
Happy birthday to someone who makes the world brighter.
Have the best day. You deserve every bit of it.
Another year wiser and even more fabulous. Happy birthday!
For Mom
Happy birthday, Mom! Thank you for your endless love and for always picking up the phone.
Mom, everything good in me started with you. Happy birthday!
Happy birthday to the woman who taught me kindness, patience and how to cook without a recipe.
Mom, I hope today you let someone else take care of you for a change. Happy birthday!
Happy birthday to my first best friend. I love you, Mom.
For Dad
Happy birthday, Dad! Thanks for every piece of advice, even the ones I pretended not to hear.
Dad, you always made everything look easy. I know now that it wasn't. Happy birthday.
Happy birthday to the man who can fix anything, including my bad days.
Happy birthday, Dad! Hope your day is as great as your dad jokes think they are.
Thanks for being my biggest fan, Dad. Happy birthday!
For your brother or sister
Happy birthday to the only person who knows exactly how weird our family is.
Happy birthday! Growing up with you was the best adventure.
To my sister and forever friend: happy birthday!
Happy birthday, brother. You'll always be my favorite person to argue with.
Happy birthday! I'm so proud of the person you've become.
For your partner
Happy birthday, my love. Every year with you is my favorite one.
The world got better the day you were born. Happy birthday to my favorite person.
Happy birthday! I'd choose you in every lifetime.
Thank you for every laugh, every adventure and every ordinary Tuesday. Happy birthday, love.
Happy birthday to the one who makes my heart smile. I can't wait to celebrate you today.
Another year of you is the best gift I could ask for. Happy birthday!
For friends
Happy birthday to the friend who knows all my secrets and still likes me.
Here's to another year of laughing until we can't breathe. Happy birthday!
Happy birthday! Thanks for being the friend I can call at 2 a.m.
You make life more fun just by being in it. Happy birthday, friend!
Happy birthday to my favorite plus-one, forever.
Cheers to you, my friend. May this year bring you everything you've been working for.
For coworkers
Happy birthday! Hope you get to enjoy the day away from your inbox.
Wishing you a fantastic birthday and a great year ahead. It's a pleasure working with you.
Happy birthday! Thanks for making work feel a little less like work.
Happy birthday to the best teammate around. Enjoy the cake!
Wishing you a birthday full of fun and a year full of wins.
For your boss
Happy birthday! Thank you for your guidance and for being a great leader.
Wishing you a wonderful birthday and a year of success and happiness.
Happy birthday! Thank you for everything you do for the team.
For kids
Happy birthday, superstar! You're growing up so fast, and we love watching you shine.
Happy birthday! I hope your day is full of cake, games and lots of fun.
To the coolest kid I know: happy birthday! Have the best day ever.
Happy birthday, sweetheart. We're so proud of you every single day.
For milestone birthdays
Happy 18th! The world is officially all yours. Go make it amazing.
Happy 21st! Here's to big adventures and good decisions (mostly).
Happy 30th! Here's to a decade of knowing exactly who you are.
Happy 40th! Forty looks fantastic on you.
Happy 50th! Half a century of being wonderful. Here's to the next fifty.
Happy 60th! Thank you for six decades of making the world a better place.
Happy 70th! Seven decades of stories, and we love every single one.
Funny birthday messages
Happy birthday! I'd sing, but I like you too much to put you through that.
Happy birthday! My gift to you: not mentioning your age anywhere in this card.
Another year closer to being allowed to complain about everything. Happy birthday!
Happy birthday! Remember to make your wish before the smoke alarm goes off.
Happy birthday! You don't look a day over fabulous.
Happy birthday to someone who's aged like a fine wine, or at least like a very good cheese.
Belated birthday messages
Happy belated birthday! I'm late, but my wishes are just as big.
Sorry this is late. Consider it an extension of your birthday celebrations!
Happy belated birthday! The best celebrations last more than one day anyway.
I missed your birthday, but I didn't want to miss telling you how much you mean to me.
For someone far away
Happy birthday from miles away! Wish I could be there to celebrate with you.
Sending a giant birthday hug across the distance. Consider it delivered.
We may be far apart, but I'm raising a glass to you today. Happy birthday!
How to send it as a card
Press Send as a card under any message. Foldycard opens with the birthday card picked and your message already written in. Add their name and yours, then send the link. Schedule the text for midnight and you'll be the first to wish them.
If they have an iPhone Duo or another foldable, the card swings open as they unfold the phone. On any other phone, a tap opens it. Forgot the date? There are belated birthday messages too.
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