Funny cards

Funny card messages for Mum

Mum knows you are joking and keeps the card anyway. Lines about coats, voicemails and packed lunches, each with the thank-you underneath.

Quick answer

Happy birthday, Mum. Thank you for a lifetime of ‘are you wearing a coat?’ I am now. Love you.

Funny birthday card messages for Mum

Happy birthday, Mum. Thank you for a lifetime of ‘are you wearing a coat?’ I am now. Love you.

Happy birthday to the woman who was right about every single one of them. I know. I know. Love you.

Happy birthday, Mum. You still fold my laundry when you visit and I’m 38. Please never stop.

Happy birthday to my first home and my loudest fan. Thank you for both. Love you.

Happy birthday, Mum. You know everyone’s business and use it only for good. Mostly. Love you.

Happy birthday. Thank you for pretending every drawing was good. They were not good. You are.

Happy birthday to the one person who still thinks I’m ‘too thin’. Love you. Pass the potatoes.

Thanks, Mum, for the voicemails that start with ‘it’s just me’ as if I don’t know. Keep leaving them.

Thank you for every packed lunch I complained about. I would give anything for one now.

Just a card to say: I did eat something, I am sleeping, and I love you. Pre-empting the call.

How funny can a card for Mum be?

As funny as the two of you are in person, then one line warmer. The dig is the hook; the turn at the end is what makes them keep it.

What should a funny card never do?

Joke about looks, weight, money or health, or about anything they are privately worried about. Tease the shared story, not the person.

Put it on a card and send it free in a minute. No account, no watermark, and they keep it.