Free animated ecard ideas for every occasion
Cardiboo is an animated card machine: pick the occasion, type a name, pull the lever, and a little animated scene plays with that name right in the middle of the gag. You can even put a real face, cut out from a photo, on a character in costume.
Here are the cards people make most often, each with step-by-step instructions, message ideas and an example you can open as if someone had sent it to you.
Pick your occasion
- Animated birthday ecardTheir name, their age in gold balloons and their face on a costume.
- Online group card everyone signsShare one link: everyone signs, then the whole crew shows up.
- Gender reveal scratch-off cardThey scratch the screen and the answer appears under confetti.
- Scratch-off pregnancy announcement“You're going to be a grandmother!” appears as they scratch.
- Bridesmaid proposal cardThey scratch the question, and the “No” button runs away.
- Animated wedding save the dateA date to scratch, a countdown and add to calendar.
- Surprise party invitationA date to scratch, and “don't tell Jake!” front and center.
- Group farewell cardEvery coworker adds a message and their face, then the whole team shows up.
- Animated Halloween ecardTheir face on a vampire or a ghost, for laughs, not frights.
- Animated Christmas ecardTheir face on the Santa costume, and the magic goes out by text.
- Animated New Year ecardYour 2027 wishes with a rocket, a disco or a confetti cannon.
- Animated ecard with your photoThe face cut out from a photo, placed on an animated costume.
Three ways to surprise someone
- The scratch-off card. The news stays hidden until they scratch the screen with a finger: boy or girl, “You're going to be a grandmother!”, or the date on a save the date.
- The question where “No” runs away. Perfect for a bridesmaid or best man proposal: they scratch, the question appears, and the “No” button dodges every attempt to tap it.
- The card everyone signs. Coworkers' favorite: the online group card, for a farewell or an office birthday. Everyone adds a message and their face, then the whole crew bursts into the card.
- The secret save the date. For a surprise party: guests scratch to reveal the date and read “don't tell Jake!”.
The card calendar
| When | Which card |
|---|---|
| October 31 | Halloween ecard: vampire, ghost or Martian |
| December | Christmas ecard, with your face on Santa |
| Late December to early January | Happy New Year 2027 ecard |
| All year | Birthdays, new babies, weddings, farewells, thank-yous |
The machine knows the season: Halloween comes first in October, Christmas in November and December, New Year in January.
Free, no account, and no snooping
There's no sign-up and nothing to pay. When you add a photo, the face is cut out on your own phone: only the small cut-out head is uploaded, and only if you send the card. Cards and heads delete themselves after 90 days. Learn more on the animated card with your photo page.