How to Write Happy Birthday in Cursive: Free Worksheet

Watch it written, one stroke at a time

7 strokes 6 pen lifts 13 letters

H: curl in at the top and pull the left stem down.
H: pull the right stem down, go back up it, loop left for the crossbar and swing out to the right.
appy in one stroke: start at the top of the a, close its oval, and join p, p and y.
B in one stroke: curl in, pull the stem down and back up, then the top bowl, a small loop and the bottom bowl.
irthday in one stroke: start at the top of the i and join r, t, h, d, a and y.
Dot the i.
Cross the t.

Each green number is where you put the pencil down. You lift it only when the next number comes. Why the start point matters is in stroke order and start dots.

Print the Happy Birthday worksheet

One page: a model row, a row of bold dots and a row of fine dots to trace along the pen path, a row with only the numbered start points, and two blank lines. It prints in the capitals or lowercase you picked above.

Happy Birthday in cursive: a script model above rows of dots along the pen path, numbered start points, and blank ruled lines

Letter by letter

Happy Birthday uses nine different letters. Each card opens that letter’s own page, with its capital and lowercase forms.

Letter H Capital H is two strokes and does not join the a. Lowercase h loops up, comes straight down, then humps over. Letter A Starts at the top right of its oval, circles left and closes, then goes back down the stem and swings up. Letter P Swings up to the midline, drops straight through the baseline into a loop, then rounds its bowl and swings out. Letter Y Curves over and down, back up to the midline, then straight down into a loop below the baseline. Letter B Capital B is one stroke with two bowls and does not join the i. Lowercase b loops up and ends in a small loop at the midline. Letter I A short slant down from the midline and a swing up. The dot waits until the word is finished. Letter R Rises to a small peak just above the midline, runs across, then comes straight down. Letter T Goes up past the midline, comes straight back down the same line, and is crossed at the end. Letter D An oval like the a, then a tall stem up to the top line and straight back down.

How tall each letter goes

Letters	Height
H, B, h, b, d	Up to the top line
t	Past the midline
a, i, r	Baseline to midline
p, y	Below the baseline

Happy Birthday in cursive for cards and banners

Trace the model row inside a card, or download the PNG and set it as the headline on the front. Scaled up it works as a banner. Scaled down, it becomes a cake topper or a gift tag.

For the birthday person’s name, print it from the cursive name worksheet in the same script. Learning the letters one at a time is the cursive alphabet. For copy-paste cursive in a caption, use the cursive text generator.

Happy Birthday in Cursive: FAQ

Seven with capitals: two for the H, one each for appy, the B and irthday, then the i dot and the t cross. In lowercase it is four: happy, birthday, the dot and the cross.

Only where the letters stop joining. With capitals that is six lifts: inside the H, after the H, between the words, after the B, and for the dot and the cross. In lowercase it is three.

After the whole word. Write birthday in one stroke first, then go back to dot the i and cross the t, so the joins stay smooth.

Capitals suit a card front or a banner, and lowercase suits a message line inside a card. Pick either one above the demo and the worksheet switches to match.

Yes. Download the PNG and use it as a card headline, print it large for a wall banner, or scale it down for a cake topper or gift tag. For the birthday person’s name, use the cursive name worksheet and print the two side by side.

This page prints Happy Birthday only, so the sheet is ready the moment it opens. For a name, the cursive name worksheet takes any name and prints one sheet per child for a class. The other ready-made sheets are Mom, Dad, Love, Family and Best Friend in cursive.