The Best Free Printable Birthday Invitations for Kids

Finding free printable birthday party invitations online can be hard work. There are the ads and the pop ups to fight against. There are the sites who insist that you join to get a short trial period for downloading a very limited number of cards.

Then there are the sites that are just a pleasure to find.

Take a look at the invites below. If you like them they can be printed by clicking on the smaller images half way down the page. Instructions are provided.

If you don't see anything that you like, skip down to 'free printables from other sites'. There are a lot of good cards and invites for kids that I enjoyed finding and am happy to share.

Ladybug Invitations

These let you write your own invitations. The printing instructions are down the page.

Instructions

To print these invitations, click the thumbnails below for the full-size images. Save to your computer. Open in any image viewer and print. These are optimized for American paper sizes. If you are using A4 (European) paper, you will need to click on 'fit to screen' in the printer window.

If you want to print your address and party date details on the card, try this easy method:

• Open the downloaded images in Windows Paint- the easiest way to do this is to right click on the image, select 'open with' and choose 'Paint'.
• Once you are in Paint, open the text tool (identified by an 'A' in the left-hand tool bar).
• Draw a rectangle with your mouse where you want to type on the page
• Type name, address, date (or anything else).
• Save the images then open in any image viewer and print.

If you need to rotate the images in Paint use the flip/rotate command in the 'image' drop box at the top of the screen. If you make a mistake, open the 'edit' drop box and hit 'undo'.

The invitations will look best on light card with a slight gloss.

The finished images will print as 2 invitations per page and will need to be cut into two separate pieces. If you don't have a paper trimmer you can use a craft knife and a steel ruler or a pair of good quality scissors. This is a job for grown ups!

Cookiemag

For older kids and even adults. Several nice, simple designs that won't drain your printer dry.

cookiemag online-invitations

The Graphic Garden

The graphic garden has a range of free printables for kids- from decorative writing paper to birthday cards and invitations. The emphasis is on sweet designs with cute animals and flowers.

There are no popups and no need to join or sign up for anything.

graphicgarden.com

Activity Village

Activity Village have a birthday party ticket (kids love the 'admit one') which can be folded to produce an envelope for a card or small present.

Coolest Kid Birthday Party

Coolest Kid Birthday Party have some interesting themes including bowling, sports pirates, circus and dinosaurs. There are envelopes and thank you cards with some of the designs and options for changing fonts and messages.