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A Guide to Printable Happy Birthday Cards

July 15th, 2008
by A Guide to Printable Birthday Cards

Birthday cards can be funny, moving, deep, made for children, or any combination; birthday cards come in many different shapes and sizes. Cards can also be fairly cheap; if you are living on a budget, then you can buy your cards from a major discount shopping center, the most famous being Walmart. If your budget allows for something flashier, specialty stores such as Hallmark are a good alternative.

Whether searching for a single card in bulk or many different cards, searching online is a great way to shop for birthday cards or . Most online birthday cards can be purchased in print format. Alternatively, you can send them electronically via email; many websites allow you to choose the type you want and then add a message to it. If you are going to use these services - which sometimes allow you to send musical and animated cards - you will likely have to register in order to do so.

One thing that is becoming very common is hand made birthday cards; you can find these at flea markets and craft shops. Another place to buy them is wholesale clubs like Sam’s Club or Costco. You may think that handmade cards are expensive, but really they can be quite reasonable. Usually coming boxed these cards retail for a low of ten to a high of thirty dollars.

These days birthday cards come in all shapes and sizes; it is not difficult to find examples related to every child’s age from one to eighteen. You can also buy cards for the age of 21 and 30, and one to mark every decade after 30, up to the age of 80. Our society does not have a lot of people living past 80, so if those are the types of cards you want you will probably have to special order cards for 90 or 100 year old persons.

Cards can also be bought that celebrate special occasions or themes, such as ‘over the hill’ cards. A personal example of the type of over the hill birthday card can be found in the type of card that my father received for his last birthday; his card read “you’re a national treasure…unfortunately the government has failed to allocate funds to your maintenance.” These cards are very humorous, and usually make older men, in particular, feel much better about having their birthday.

Some markets of birthday cards focus on a suggestive theme - either through the promotion of alcohol or romantic content - while others offer crude gestures, and still others focus on the younger generation as their target. For the very young set, Disney cards are a popular choice and can be found in themes relating to Disney Princesses, Cars, Aladdin, and other Disney standards. Often, Disney cards are not only fun to read, but to play with as well, as they are feature pop-up features and musical cards. The best way to learn about birthday cards is to visit the card isle at any department store, discount store, or Hallmark store.

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