Birthday Card Ideas

Tired of the same old stereotyped birthday cards and gifts? Do you feel like tapping into your creativity and coming up with some innovative birthday cards? Well, in that case, you've come to the right place! Here are some birthday card ideas that are both funny and creative.

Funny Birthday Card Ideas
Adding a bit of humor to a birthday card makes it a little more peppy and often brings a smile on the face of the reader. Birthday cards that are handmade can be even more special since they give the card that extra personal touch. On that note, we take a look at some humorous handmade birthday card ideas.

Use Photographs: You will need two photographs of the birthday boy or the birthday girl for this one - one childhood photograph and one present day photograph. Ideally, the childhood photo should be one with a serious expression, whereas the present day photo should be one where the person is laughing, dancing or doing something hysterical. For the actual card, you can use a piece of colored chart paper or card paper. Cut it into the desired shape. You can either fold it into a two-page booklet or you can leave it as it is. Paste the person's childhood photograph on the outer page. Write some witty remark below the picture; for example, "This is Andrew when I first met him". Paste the present day photograph on the inner page (or on the reverse side in case of a one-page card) and follow up with another witty remark such as, "and ten years later, this is the joker that he grew up to be!". Come up with some similar sort of birthday message or birthday quote which will ensure that the birthday boy or girl likes your card and has a good laugh as well.

Add Some Romance: If you're thinking of making a birthday card for your special one, you might consider making it a little bit romantic. Try using a bit of colored glossy paper which is slightly thick, but not as thick as a cardboard. Using a pencil, draw the largest possible heart that fits within the paper frame. Now cut the paper along the marked line using a pair of scissors. Once you are ready with the basic heart-shaped card, you can then think of various ways of decorating it. If it's a girl that you're making the card for, try using colored sequins, imitation gems and jewelry, sparkles, dried rose petals, etc. If you're a poetic person, you could consider writing a short birthday poem.

Summer Card: If it's summer time, why not let it reflect on your birthday card? Use a bright sunshine yellow card paper for this one. Get hold of a few summer flowers a couple of days in advance and let them dry naturally. Arrange the dried flower petals in a decorative pattern and paste them. Draw or paste pictures of all the things that you can think of which symbolize the season of summer.

Green Card: Try thinking out of the box. Almost always, birthday cards are made out of paper. But does it always have to be like this? Of course not. If you are a nature lover, you can go ahead and make an environment friendly 'green card'. Get a couple of large banyan tree leaves or any other tree leaves that are big enough to serve the purpose. The reason I have suggested banyan tree leaves is because they are more or less heart-shaped by default. You can either dry them or you can use them as they are. Using different colored sparkle pens, write your birthday message on the tree leaves. You can either present them to your friend as they are, or you can paste the leaf on a clean white paper to give the card a classy look.

A birthday card is incomplete without a nice birthday message. If you are a creative person, you should be able to come up with a suitable birthday card message according to the card design. The rest of you can make use of the Internet to come up with appropriate birthday card message ideas. All the above birthday card ideas are extremely easy to implement and require no special skills as such. You can always improve upon them using your own ideas and imagination which will make your birthday card very special indeed.