Some may be rated X; sorry. I just collect them. (((hugs)))

Quick Birthday Crafts

Age

- age & weight are not spoken here
- age is a high price to pay for maturity
- age is a number & mine is unlisted
- age is a number, old is in your head

Aged to perfection - ___ & still holding
All mine?
Almond joy - may your BD be a joyful celebration
Angel - hope your BD is heavenly
Another year older...and better
Any sweet treat - wishing you a BD filled with sweetness

Bald

- God made some of us perfect; the rest of us He gave hair
- the splendor of old men - their gray head. Prov. 20:29

Ball

- Ball of a birthday
- it's your BD - have a ball!
Balloon bouquet
Basketball - hope you have a day that's nothing but net

Bear -

- Bearly one
- beary best wishes
- Beary special birthday
- happy 'bear'thday
- you 'bear'ly survived another birthday
- you bear your age well

Bee

- 'bee'lated
- may your day 'bee' sprinkled with joy

Bird

- 'bird'day tweets
- happy birthday, you old bird
- have 'aviary' happy BD
- happy 'bird'day
- if you don't have a great birthday, I'll suspect fowl play

Birthday Bash/Blow-out/Blitz/Bounty
Birthday Bonanza

Birthday fun

- lick the frosting off the candles
- play with a balloon
- stick your finger in the cake
- wear a silly hat

Birthdays are good for you; the more you have the longer you live
Birthday suit
Blue ribbon - it's your BD! sure hope it's a winner
Born to party
Bouquet - sending a bouquet of wishes especially for you

Bunny

- Oh no! a gray hare!
- oops! it's a 'hare' past your BD

Butterfly

- sending happy thoughts for a happy occasion
- sending you beautiful thoughts on this special BD

Cake

- always makes another birthday easier to swallow!
- don't try the cake - go for the icing
- eat cake
- eat more cake
- hope your BD is one layer of fun on top of another
- Ice cream, cake & candles, too;
- it's your day to enjoy things your way
- I would have made you a cake but I'm so much better at pie!
- Let Them Eat Cake
- on your BD, remember that big girls don't cry. they might eat a whole cake, but they don't cry.
- so you can have your cake & eat it too
- That Takes the Cake
- Time for Cake
- You can't have your cake and eat it too
- You can't wear your cake and eat it too
- You Take the Cake

Calculator

- Count your age by friends not years. Count your life by smiles not tears.
- for accurately calculating your age

Calendar

- chronologically gifted
- did I at least get the right month?
- each moment of the year has its own beauty, a picture which was never seen before & which shall never be seen again
- good health, good cheer, blessings to you throughout the year
- have a classic day, a memorable year
- His goodness & grace have brought you to another year
- hoping this year is one you'll always treasure
- may happiness fill your day & may sunshine fill all your tomorrows
- on your BD, thanking God for you & for the special joy you add to every day
- sending you warmest wishes on your special day & every day
- thinking of you on your BD, & all year, too
- wishing you a day that you will always remember, a year that will be prosperous & blessed
- wishing you another year of blessings

Camera

- have a great BD: get the picture
- a picture perfect BD

Candle

- all lined up in a row
- And many more!
- another candle on your cake?
- birthdays are good for you. the more you have, the longer you live
- blow out the candles
- don't stress about BDs - more cnadles just make life brighter
- I know i wished you this before, but every year I wish it more - happy BD
- I wish for...
- (front) just remember this: (inside) we all look good by candlelight
- Make a Wish
- make a wish & may all your BD wishes come true
- The more candles, the bigger the cake
- The more candles, the bigger the wish
- on your BD, if you find yourself asking, "Is it HOT in here, or is it just me..,", you're probably just standing too close to your cake
- on your BD, I'm wishing you something you've always given me - happiness, laughter & lots of love
- ready, set, BLOW!
- sending you warmest wishes on your special day, & everyday
- sending warmest wishes to you on your BD & hoping that the year ahead is filled with the joys of the very nicest kind
- so many candles, so little cake
- We need more candles
- when I was a kid I could toast marshmallows over my BD candles. Now I could roast a turkey

Candy -

- sending sweet thoughts your way
- so your special day should be as sweet as you are
- treat yourself to a wonderful day

Car

- classic car: they don't make 'em like you anymore
- convertible: put the top down & celebrate
- excitement at every turn
- hit the road & celebrate
- once you're over the hill, you pick up speed
- you're a classic, you only get better with age

Cat -

- have a 'paws'tively 'purr'fect day
- have a 'purr'fectly wonderful day
- hope your day is filled with frolic & fun
- wishing you a paws'tively purrfect BD

Caution: middle age meltdown

Celebrate

- Cause for celebration
- The celebration is on
- don't ever save anything for a special occasion. being alive is the special occasion Cheers

Cheese - age is important only if you're cheese or wine
Chef - another BD, & you're still sizzling
Chicken - if you don't have a great birthday, I'll suspect 'fowl' play

Christian

- confetti: it's not every day you celebrate - just every year! Ps 34:8
- don't you just love it when you open a BD card & money falls out? And don't you hate it when it doesn't? Zeph 3:17
- His goodness & grace have brought you to another year. Eph 1:2
- if you think I'd come by on your BD just for some free chocolate cake, then you must know me pretty well. Josh 1:9
- May God give you a BD that is as wonderful as you are. Is 58:11
- May your BD be blessed by God's goodness, filled with His joy, warmed by His love. Ps 65:11
- May He who gives more than we could ever ask or think make your BD more than you could ever hope for. Ps 71:19
- on your BD, thanking God for you & for the special joy you add to every day. James 1:17
- wishing you a BD filled with God's gifts of love & laughter. Ps 118:24
- wishing you a day that you will always remember, a year that will be prosperous & blessed, a life that will be forever jouful. Ps 5:11
Classified antique

Clock

- by the time we've made it, we've had it.
- for all those 'senior' moments
- I'm having a senior moment - I'll be back soon
- it's time to tell you - I"m glad you were born
- present time
- there's no time like the presents
- Time for Cake
- time to party

Clothes

- any day's worth celebrating if you have the right clothes
- congrats! you made it trhough another year, still wearing the same size

Clowns

- Clownin' Around
- jest for you
Computer - hope your BD is glitch-free

Confetti

- for celebrating your special day
- it's your BD, so what the heck? live it up! you can worry about living it down tomorrow
Cookies - BD wishes from your crummy friends

Cow

- another BD, but you've got it! although parts of it are closer to the ground than they used to be.
- I know how women your age love a new floral moomoo
- It's your BD - hoof it up
- herd it is your BD

Crab

- a pinch to grow on
- snappy BD

Crayon - wishing you a BD colored with fun, happiness
Croc - a little older, a little wiser - what a croc!
Crown - gray hair is a glorious crown won by a righteous life

Cupcakes

- go ahead - indulge
- maybe a cupcake will help
- sprinkle your day with good times & great memories
- take time to smell the chocolate
- wishing you a yummy kind of day

Dancing

- Don't stop dancing because you're old, you get old when you stop dancing.
- it's your BD so get down; just make sure there's someone there to help you back up
Deer - fawn BD greetings, wishes

Dinosaur

- enjoy your birthday, you're not extinct yet
- Have a dino-mite birthday

Dog

- have a bonified terrific day
- have a yappy BD
- hey dawg. you da man. happy BD
- in dog years, you're dead

Don't take life so seriously, it's not permanent
Door - may happiness always find it's way to your door
Dreamcatcher - each Bd is a new beginning, full of promise & opportunity & the chance to make dreams come true
Dress - congrats! you made it though another year, still wearing the same size
Eat right, exercise regularly, die anyway

Eight

- isn't it great, being 8?
- 7 was heaven, but 8 is great

Elephants

- at our age BDs are a lot like elephants, you can see them coming but you can't stop them.
- I can't believe I forgot your BD! I never forget anything! Never! Are you sure you had it on the right day?
- sorry I'm late; hope your BD was great
Eyes - your birthday has not gone unnoticed

Fifty

- after 50 gravity takes over
- 50 is being a '10', 5 times
- 50 is nifty
- I'm not 50; I'm $49.95 plus tax
- it's nifty to be 50
- the metallic age: silver hair, gold teeth, lead bottom
Fire extinguisher - for putting out all the candles on your cake this year

Fish - 'fishing' you a happy BD
- hope you reel in the catch of the day (happy BD, get well, etc)

Flowers

- another year older & still blooming
- have a 'scent'sational day
- may your BD hold the promise of many bright tomorrows, the seed is hope, the flower is joy
- out of life's garden this day has been picked for you
- sending a bouquet of wishes, especially for you
- sending you beautiful thoughts on this special BD
- you deserve a beautiful BD. Enjoy it to the fullest.

Football

- go ahead - it's your BD. Do the end zone dance
- a little BD advice from the great Joe Heisman: when in doubt punt. Have a winning day.
Forever 39 - Jack Benny
Forever Young
For me?

Forty

- after 40 your body has a mind of it's own
- celebrate with '4'titude
- forty isn't old - if you're a tree
- I'm not 40; I'm 18 with 22 years experience
- I survived a category (40, 50, etc.) BD
- life not only begins at 40, it begins to show
- Lordy, Lordy - looks who's 40

Four - fantastic four

Frog -

- hoppy BD
- just hopping by
- we may not be tadpoles anymore but at least we haven't croaked

Fun

- lick the frosting off the candles
- play with a balloon
- stick your finger in the cake
- wear a silly hat

Gem

- happy BD to a treasured friend
- have a dazzling BD
- hoping this year is one you'll always treasure
- treasuring all the moments we've shared, all the memories we've made
Getting old is inevitable; growing up is optional

Gift

- all these presents are for me?
- for me?
- girl, we still have what it takes. It's just a little lower than it used to be
- if I could wrap love in a ribbon, it would be my gift to you
- just what I've always wanted
- live for the present
- may this BD bring you life's real gifts - good health, friendship & love
- present time
- there's no time like the presents
- time to celebrate the gift of you
- what a gift knowing you has been to me. happy BD
- wishing you all the happiness your BD can hold
- you have a gift for making the world a more beautiful place
- you're not old, just chronologically gifted
Glitter - hope your BD sparkles with fun

Globe, world

- your BD is a day to remember & finds me thinking, too - that the world is much nicer because of friends like you

Golf

- birthdays are perfect for enjoying a long drive (not to mention a chip & a putt)
- you look 'tee'rific for your age

Grate - have a 'grate' BD

Halloween

- bat - just hanging around to wish you a HB because you are so fun to hang around with
- bones - make no bones about it - have a HB
- costume - the 'disguise' is the limit when it comes to wishing you a HB
- devil's food cake & ice scream
- ghost - may Halloween find you in good spirits for your birthday with not a scare in the world
- have a bootiful birthday
- scaring up some fun for your birthday
- haunted house - have a HB, in a manor of spooking
- it's your birthday! Eat, drink & be scary
- jack-o-lantern - hope your birthday gives you a warm glow inside
- a monster, beast - I care enough to send the very beast
- spider - have a happy birthday, in'spider' everything
- just creeping by with a birthday 'Hi!'
- vampire: have a fangtastic birthday
- witch - best witches for a happy birthday

Hand - how many fingers are you?
Happy Birthday Blues
Happy Birthday, Sweet Sixteen
Happy Birthday to You

hat

- hatty BD
- hat's off to you
Have a BD to remember
Have a memory-making, picture-taking, BD-caking happy kind of day

Heart

- celebrate to your heart's content
- heartfelt wishes for the happiest of BDs
- may the memory of today find a special home deep within your heart
- wishing you all your heart desires as you celebrate this day
- young at heart, old in other places

herbs -

- it makes good 'scents' to wish you a happy BD
- may the good times grow even better

Hill

- Once over the Hill, you pick up speed
- over the hill

Hip Hip Hooray, it's my.your birthday today
Hippie - hippie BD
Hippo - hip-hippo-ray

Honey

- have a beary sweet BD
- have a honey of a BD

Hope today finds you feeling as loved as your really are!
House - May your home be filled with good wishes & good times

How old?

I don't have hot flashes, I have power surges
If aging is all in the head, what the hell's going on with my body?
I'm too sexy for my hair, that's why it isn't there
It's My Birthday

Jar

- a BD wish for a day full of contentment
- each BD is a new beginning, full of promise & opportunity & the chance to make dreams come true
- holding close many memories of other times, & wishing you today, a special BD, filled with love
- hope your BD is filled with down-home fun
- may happiness fill your day & may sunshine fill all your tomorrows
- May your BD be blessed by God's goodness, filled with His joy, warmed by His love. Ps 65:11
- may your life be filled with love & happiness on your BD & always
- sending warmest wished to you on your BD & hoping that the year ahead is filled with the joys of the very nicest kind
- there are joys which long to be ours, wishing you a day filled with joys just waiting to happen
- wishing you a BD filled with God's gifts of love & laughter. Ps 188:24
- wishing you a BD filled with all the things you treasure most
- wishing you a day full of beauty, a life full of love
Jeans - as we grow older, it's wise to avoid excessively strenuous activities...like trying on our old jeans!
Jungle - my research confirms ... it's a jungle out there

Kangaroo -

- hoppy BD
- just hopping by

Knight - BD wishes, joust for you; hope it's happy.
Lampshade - just a shade late
Light bulb - I thought & thought, & then I forgot
love - wishing you all the love you bring to others
May small things bring you great pleasures
Mint - I mint to wish you a happy BD

Mirror

- Here's to you. No matter how old you are, you don't look it!
- listen, if you simply must go on having birthdays, the least you could do is look your age!
- on your BD, it's time to reflect: have I always looked this good?
- you don't look your age. you don't even look the age you claim you are

Months

- April: April girls show they care, with gentle souls they are rare
- August: August girls are wise & fair, their big hearts show they care.
- December: December girls know how to live, with kindness & charm they always give
- February: February girls are so sincere, kind hearted, sweet & dear.
- January: January girls are a treasure, their warmth & kindness are beyond measure
- July: July girls embrace each day, celebrating life in every way.
- June: June girls follow their heart, dreaming big sets them apart.
- March: March girls are filled with courage, strong & wise they don't discourage.
- may: May girls inspire us everyday, speaking joy in their special way.
- November: November girls will go very far, they reach for each & every star.
- October: October girls won't hear no, they dream & imagine as they go.
- September: September girls are very smart, they live by following their heart.

Moose - may all your moose be chocolate
My get up and go has got up and went/gone
Nine is fine
Now I am 6, I'm clever as clever so I think that I'll be 6 now & forever
Ocean .. wishing you waves of BD fun - that splash & sparkle till your day is done
Oh Dear, Another Year

Old

- middle age is when your age starts to show around your middle
- old age isn't so bad when you consider the alternative
- you're not as old as you used to be
- you're only young once, but you can be immature forever
- you're so old your blood type has been discontinued

Older & wiser One

- Fun to be one
- isn't it fun, being one?
- it's wonderful to be one
- 'One'derful
- One year older and cuter too, Happy Birthday to you

Party

- it's my party & I'll cry if I want to
- it's party time
- let's party
- Parties are wonderful
- Party animal
- Party Down
- Party Girl
- Party Hardy
- party on
- Party 'til the cows come home
- Party time
- We should do this more often.
- We're havin' some fun now
- where's the party?

party horn

- let's hear it
- make some noise on your big day
- so you can toot your own horn
- throw the streamers & blow the party horns. it's time to celebrate

Pasta - have a pasta-tively great BD
Paw - it's your BD - time to 'paws' & reflect
Pencil - hope your BD is something to write home about

Phone

- picture of hunky men: make a wish
- remember phone with cords? boy, you are old!

photo - have a great BD: get the picture?

Picture frams

- A picture perfect Birthday (camera and film die cuts)
- have a memory-making, picture-taking, BD-caking happy kind of day

Pig - go hog wild!
Pills - there is still no cure for the common birthday

Plants -

- it makes good 'scents' to wish you a happy BD
- may the good times grow even better

Pocket full of birthday wishes

Potpourri

- have a 'scent'sational BD
- it makes good 'scents' to wish you a happy BD
- may the good times grow even better

Purse - make it 'purse'sonal
Rock - at least you're not as old as this rock
Roller skates - it's always a balancing act between being your age & acting your age
Rootbeer - we're are rootin' for you to have a happy BD
Royal birthday
Rubber stamp - it's worth repeating: happy BD
Ruler - and a pinch to grow an inch
Scenery - the wonders of life are for you to enjoy

Seven

- Seven is heaven
- Seven is heaven but eight is great
- Simply seven

Seventy - as you are at seven, so you are at 70
Sheep - herd it was your BD
Six - Silly sixes
Sixteen - sweet little 16

Sixty - ____ is so sexy at 60
- if you're pushing 60 that's exercise enough

Smiles - wrinkles merely indicate where the smiles have been
smily face - wishing you a beautiful day filled with happy moments

Soda pop

- rootbeer: we're rootin' for you to have a happy BD
- we're ‘soda'lighted to wish you a happy BD

Somebody spiked the punch

Star

- I have touched this BD card. Once you touch it, we will have a cosmic connection that enables me to see your past, present & future. the past was fine. The future looks good. the bad news is no present.
- just swinging by to wish you a happy birthday
- wish upon a star & believe that all your wishes will come true

Stuffed animal - party animal

Sun

- hope your day in simply lovely
- it's your day to shine
- may you always remember this day with warm feelings & a sense of contentment
- today leads you to the hilltops, that are kissed by the radiant sun. may your BD lead you to one golden moment after another.
- wishing you sunshine, love & laughter. not just today, but all the day after
Sunflower - today is your day to shine!
Surprise!

Ten
- Perfect Ten

There's no time like the Presents!
They grow up so fast

Thirty

- never trust anyone over 30
- women over 30 are at their best, but men over 30 are too old to recognize it

Thirty-nine

- forever 39
- reuse, reduce, recycle - happy 39th BD - again
- 39 & still holding

Three

- look at me, I'm 3
- Thrilling threes
- it's thrilling to be 3

Today Is Your Day
Top - turning ____ (age) can be fun

Treasure - hoping this year is one you'll always treasure
Trophy - it's your BD! sure hope it's a winner

Truck, old

- driving by with a BD Hi!
- have a classic day, a memorable year
- lives have changed, but you're still the greatest
- wishing you a day filled with fond memories of the past & bright dreams for the future

Twenty - 20 again?
Twenty-nine - 29 AGAIN? talk about recycling!

Two

- Two-riffic
- Terrific twos

Under Wraps
Watering can - hope your BD is sprinkled with lots of laughter & love We morn the passing of your youth
Whoppers - hope you have a ‘whopper' of a BD

Wine

- aged like fine wine, complex & fruity
- aged to perfection
- age is important only if you're cheese or wine
- age is like fine wine - it gets better with time!
- I'm, you're aging like a fine wine - complex & full-bodied

Wishing well

- a BD wish for a day full of contentment
- I know I wished you this before but every year I wish it more: happy BD
- it's always nice to wish the best to someone who really is
- I wish for ....
- make a wish
- on your BD, I'm wishing you something you've always given me - happiness, laughter & lots of love
- sending the warmest wishes to you on your BD & hoping that the year ahead is filled with the joys of the very nicest kind
- wishing life's best to a man who deserves nothing less
- wishing that you'll find pleasure & beauty surrounding you today & always
- wishing you a BD as special as you are
- wishing you a BD filled with all the things you treasure most
- wishing you a day filled with joys just waiting to happen
- wishing you a day full of beauty, a life full of love
- wishing you a day made just for you
- wishing you all the love you bring to others
- wishing you all your heart desires as you celebrate this day
- wishing you another year of blessings
- wishing you quiet moments of beauty
- wishing you special times to share with those you love
- wishing you sunshine, love & laughter. not just today, but all the days after
- wishing you wide open spaces & exciting new places to discover
- a wish that your day is just like you -- the best Woods
- the woods were made for the hunter of dreams

Worms - worm wishes
wrapping paper - hope your BD is wrapped in fun, surprises
A year older (put X over "older" and then write "BETTER" in the top)
You're not getting older, you're getting better
you weren't born yesterday. obviously.

Zoo

...animals - use your wild imagination to make your BD celebration a roaring good time check for dupes:

20 again?
And a pinch to grow an inch
Bearly One years old
Birthday Bash
but now I'm 6, I'm clever as clever, I'll think I'll stay six forever and ever.

Cheers
Choo choo!_________ turns 2

Classified antique
Fantastic four
For me?
God made some of us perfect - the rest of us He gave hair.
Happy Birthday to You- Use words to song as the border
I don't believe in aging. I believe in forever altering ones aspect to the sun. (Virginia Woolf) (birthday page for older adult)
I was just me, when I was 4, I was not much more, when I was 5, I was just alive,
I wish for?
Isn't it GREAT to be EIGHT!
Isn't it fun . . . _____ is one!
Isn't that special
It's my party and I'll cry if I want to!
It's my party and I'll cry if I want to
It's wonderful being one
Just what I've always wanted
Look at me! I'm three
M'm! m'm? Good
Nine is fine
One year older and cuter too, Happy Birthday to you
One-derful
Over the Hill
Parties are wonderful
Party Friends
Party Hearty
Present Time
Ready, set, blow
Retired but not tired!
Seven is heaven but eight is great
Seven was heaven but eight is great
Silly sixes
Simply seven
So many candles? so little cake
Somebody spiked the punch
Terrific twos
The celebration is on..
The more candles the bigger the wish
The splendor of old men. ...their gray head. (Prov 20:29)
There's no time like Presents!
They grow up so fast
Thrilling threes
Time for Cake
Today Is Your Day
Two-rrific
We Morn the Passing of Your Youth
We need more candles
When I was 1, I was just begun, when I was 2, I was barely new when I was 3,
Where's the party
You're not getting older, you're getting better
You're not old...you're chronologically gifted

- A birthday brings such fun and cheer too bad we have but one each year
- A cause for celebration
- A picture perfect birthday
- A pinch to grow an inch
- A royal birthday
- A simple celebration, a gathering of friends; here is wishing you great happiness, a joy that never ends.
- Age is a very high price to pay for maturity.
- Age is merely the number of years the world has been enjoying you.
- All mine?
- All these presents are for me?
- Another year older and another year cuter
- Birthday Bash
- Birthday Blitz
- Birthday Blow-Out
- Birthdays are good for you. The more you have, the longer you live.
- Birthdays are nature's way of telling us to eat more cake.
- Born to party
- Classified Antique
- Clowning Around
- Count your life by smiles, not tears. Count your age by friends, not years.
- Eating my cake and wearing it too!
- Eight is great
- For me?
- Forever young
- Four is fantastic
- Fun to be one
- Growing old is mandatory; growing up is optional.
- Happy birthday blues
- Happy Birthday, Sweet Sixteen
- Having fun being one
- He's nifty at 50
- Hip hip hooray, it's my birthday today
- I'm aging like a fine wine - i'm getting complex and full-bodied.
- I'm having a senior moment -- i'll be back soon.
- I'm sixty years of age. That's 16 celsius.
- Inside every older person is a younger person wondering what happened.
- It takes about ten years to get used to how old you are.
- It's my party and i'll cry if i want to
- It's thrilling to be three
- It's wonderful being one
- Just what i always wanted
- Let them eat cake
- Look at me...i'm three!
- Lordy, lordy look who's 40!
- May you live all the days of your life.
- My get up and go has got up and went
- Nine is fine
- Now i'm (age) i'm as clever as clever so i think i'll be (age) now for ever & ever
- Oh dear, another year
- Once over the hill, you pick up speed
- Our birthdays are feathers in the broad wing of time.
- Party Animal
- Ready, set, blow!
- Seven is heaven
- Seven is heaven, but eight is great
- Silly sixes
- Simply seven
- So many candles ... So little cake
- Terrific twos
- The celebration is on
- The more candles the bigger the cake.
- The party's here
- The present is wrapped, the ribbon is tied… sure hope you like what you find inside!
- The secret of staying young is to live honestly, eat slowly, and lie about your age.
- There is still no cure for the common birthday.
- There's no time like presents
- Thrilling threes
- Throw the streamers and blow the horns! It's time to celebrate!
- To me, old age is always fifteen years older than i am.
- Two-rific
- We morn the passing of your youth
- We need more candles
- You know you are getting old when the candles cost more than the cake.
- You may not be able to turn back the clock, but you can wind it up again!
- You're not getting older, you're getting better
- You're not old . . . You're chronologically gifted
- Youth is a disease from which we all recover.