Free animated save the date: your guests scratch to reveal the date

How to make it, step by step

1. Open the machine on “Save the date”: the button below already picks “Wedding”.
2. Type your names (“Emma & Jack”): the wording switches to plural on its own.
3. Pick the date, and the town if you like (“Napa, CA”).
4. Add your two faces if you want: bride + groom, two grooms or two brides.
5. Pull the lever for the animation, then write your message (“formal invitation to follow”).
6. Send the link to your guests, one by one or in a group chat: the same link works for everyone.

Make my save the date

What your guests see

1. An envelope: “Emma & Jack have big news for you…”
2. The animation, with your names in big letters.
3. A ticket: “Scratch to reveal the date ✨”.
4. The full date, the town, and a countdown (“Only 247 days to go!”) worked out on the day they open it.
5. “📅 Add to my calendar” (iPhone, Outlook or Google Calendar) and “🙌 I'll be there!”, which sends you a cheerful reply.

See who is coming, no spreadsheet needed

The “📋 Ask “Will you be there?”” option is on by default. Each guest answers in one tap: “✅ I'll be there!”, “🤔 Maybe” or “❌ I can't make it”, then adds their name, “How many people in total?” and, if they like, “A little message?”. They can change their answer later from the same phone.

On your side, the “📋 See who's coming” button opens your private “Who's coming? 📋” page: yes / maybe / no totals, the head count, the list, and “📋 Copy the list” to paste into your spreadsheet or group chat. The list is closed by default (only you see it); you can open it with “👀 Guests can see the list”: guests then see names and answers, never the little messages. No account and no email address, for you or for them.

When to send a save the date

The most common advice is six to eight months before the wedding, and closer to a year ahead for a destination wedding or a holiday weekend, when guests need to book flights and time off. The formal invitation, with times, venues and RSVP details, usually follows six to eight weeks before.

What to include: your names, the date, the town, and a note that the invitation will follow. No need for the full schedule yet.

Not just for weddings

Planning a party behind someone's back? Tick “🤫 It's a surprise”: see the surprise birthday party invitation.

The same save the date works for an engagement party, a civil partnership, a birthday (with the age in gold balloons), a christening, a first communion, a housewarming, a farewell or retirement party, a bachelor or bachelorette party, a baby shower, a family reunion, a party, or any event you name yourself. For a big birthday, see also the animated birthday ecard; for someone leaving work, the card the whole team signs.

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• 🤫Surprise party invitationA date to scratch, and “don't tell Jake!” front and center.
• 💌Bridesmaid proposal cardThey scratch the question, and the “No” button runs away.
• 🎂Animated birthday ecardTheir name, their age in gold balloons and their face on a costume.