Birthday wishes for a little princess who climbs everything

She's the one who wore her birthday crown to the sabzi market and then climbed the neighbour's gate in it. Most families call her a princess. She'd be cross if you stopped.

But the birthday wishes for a little princess that get kept in a drawer also say she's brave, funny, stubborn or clever. They're sorted by age and by sender, so nani gets the soppy ones.

For the girl in the crown and muddy shoes

One princess line is plenty. Then talk about the girl who comes home with mud on both shoes and a bruise she's proud of.

Happy birthday, princess. Your crown is shedding glitter on the sofa again.
To the girl who climbs everything, even the kitchen shelf when she thinks we're asleep. We weren't.
You asked why the sky is blue. I still don't know. Ask me again tomorrow.
Tutu over jeans, cricket bat in hand. Happy sixth, sequinned batter.
Gudiya, you still sleep with that football. Nobody's taking it off you.
Mummy's dupatta became a cape, and the bathroom cockroach never stood a chance.
Every doll in your hospital has a bandage and a bedtime. Happy birthday, Doctor.
May the cake be chocolate and your knees stay unscraped till dinner.
Stubborn as anything, kind to every dog in the lane. Happy birthday, chhoti.
One more year of cartwheels on the bed. The bed's still standing, just about.

In the HeartCraft birthday card editor you can pick the Princess Double Storey or Strawberry Princess cake, and she blows out its candles on mummy's phone.

Her first birthday, from mummy and papa

At one, she won't read a word of this. Write it anyway. At sixteen she'll find it and pretend to hate it.

A year ago you were a furious little bundle. Now you hide my hair clips.
You learned to clap before you learned to sleep. Papa has the dark circles.
In one year you've eaten a sock and a corner of every board book.
Your first word was "no". We're calling that strong opinions, princess.
Happy first birthday to our drummer on the steel katoris.
Papa's finger was the first thing you held. He still shows strangers the photo.
One candle and a cake you'll mostly wear. Happy first birthday, gudiya.
Papa here. You slept on my chest most nights, and I missed every match. Worth it.

There's more for later birthdays in birthday wishes for a daughter.

Touching birthday wishes for a little princess

Somewhere between the candles and the photos, the room goes quiet and someone reaches for a paper napkin. These are for that minute.

Your hand fit around my thumb the day you came home. Still does, if I ask nicely.
Every night, after lights out, one more question about ants. Don't ever run out.
Being your mummy pays in sticky kisses and crayon on the walls. Best job I've had.
You fell off the society slide and climbed straight back up. Do that with everything, princess.
This morning you said I'm your best friend, then asked for my bangles. Keeping the first part.
Some days you're a princess, some days a tiger who growls at the doorbell. Happy birthday to both.
Dear chhoti, you came home in the yellow blanket nani knitted, and you still won't sleep without its frayed corner. I keep meaning to wash it properly. Maybe next year.
A bedsheet over two chairs is a palace, you taught me. I'd like the bedsheet back.
You notice when someone's sad and go and sit beside them. Nobody taught you that.
Keep the snort in your laugh, sweetheart. Don't let school talk you out of it.
Sick last winter, you tucked your doll in so she wouldn't feel left out. My kind girl.
Papa says your temper comes from my side. Rude, and true. Keep arguing when something's unfair.

Ages 3 to 7, the cartwheels-on-the-bed years

Little kids don't want poetry. Birthday wishes for a little girl of three or six work best read aloud, in a silly voice.

Five candles and zero naps. Happy birthday, princess.
You ring your pink cycle's bell at every pigeon. Happy birthday, speedy.
Four stickers on the chart this week. Today you get a whole cake.
The fridge magnets spell your name wrong, and we're leaving them.
You drew our whole family purple, the dog too, and papa framed it.
Red ribbons in both pigtails and a voice the next building can hear.
Six means you choose the cake song. Choose fast, everyone's hungry.
A cartwheel, and almost a split. Big hug, birthday girl.
Roar all you like today, birthday dinosaur. Nani has her earplugs in.
Three today, and the fastest runner from the gate to the lift.
Seven candles, one big breath. Go.

For a girl who'd pick a rocket over a crown, the birthday wishes for kids page has lines for any kid, girl or boy.

When she's 8 to 12 and the crown lives in a drawer

Nine-year-olds can spot a baby line from across the room.

Bas itna yaad rakhna. Anything written for a five-year-old gets read out at the next sleepover.

Happy birthday to the only one who beats papa at chess without gloating. Much.
Yellow belt at eight. I've seen you kick, so this message is very polite.
That torch under your blanket after lights out isn't a secret. Happy birthday, bookworm.
Ten is double digits. Your opinions got there years ago.
One shoe came untied at your recital. You finished the routine anyway, laces flapping.
You say "whatever" to me now. I'll still sing at your cake, badly.
Your friends have gone home, so I'm allowed to say it. Happy birthday, princess.
The volcano you built in March is technically still on the dining table.
Your class teacher says you ask too many questions. Good. Ask more.

If she's done with pink, try the Fruit Ninja design on the birthday cards for kids page, where the card turns into a game she plays.

Silly lines she'll make you read twice

By the time the third balloon pops, nobody wants a speech. They want the saucer joke.

Your tea set lost a cup, so papa drinks from the saucer and calls it fancy.
You told the watchman you're almost a teenager. Beta, you're six.
Princess by day, lawyer at bedtime. Today you win the five-more-minutes case.
No vegetables in this cake. Mummy checked twice, because you asked twice.
Every night since you learned to talk, you've been "not tired".
Dear birthday girl, the dog would like his ribbon back.
Happy birthday to our tiny boss, who runs the house from the top bunk.
Apparently I owe you ten rupees in "hug tax". Here's the birthday instalment.
Winking's still a work in progress. You blink both eyes, and now so do we.
At seven you already bargain like nani at the fruit cart.

From nani, dadi, nana and dada

Let nani finish her blessing, however long it runs. Grandparents get to be soppy.

Jeeti raho, meri gudiya. Nani's lap is still yours, crown and all.
Dada's walking stick was your horse and your microphone this year. Happy birthday, beta.
You ring the puja bell so hard the neighbours know we're praying. Dadi says keep going.
Nana taught you to whistle, and now he says sorry to the downstairs flat without meaning it.
When you visit, dadi skips her nap and doesn't mind. Come more often, princess.
Sada khush raho, pari. Ask nana about the old days. He loves telling them.
Happy birthday from Indore, where nani has shown your dance video to the whole colony twice.

Bua, mausi, chacha and everyone with a gift bag

Your bua turns up last, with the biggest gift bag and glitter already on her kurta. Let her be extra. It's her niece.

From your bua, who brought the crown and the glitter. Sorry about the sofa, bhabhi.
Mausi's birthday rule is simple. You pick the cake, I pick the most embarrassing song.
To my favourite niece, who invented a board game mid-match and still won.
Chacha will lift you to the balloons all day. His back has filed a complaint.
Calls me mama, then asks for ice cream money. Happy birthday, businesswoman.
You call me didi, and you made me a bracelet with my name spelled wrong. Wearing it today.
On your side since you were a kick in mummy's tummy. Love, mausi.
Every visit there's a new trick. This year, walking backwards with your eyes shut. Please stop.

Hinglish lines for the gudiya of the house

Plenty of homes skip princess altogether. She's gudiya at breakfast and chhoti when the milk spills. Plain Hindi works best.

Happy birthday, meri gudiya. Aaj crown bhi tumhara aur cake bhi tumhara.
Chhoti si pari, itna bada dil. Happy birthday, beta.
Gudiya, bed pe kood-kood ke tumne gadda thaka diya. Ab cake pe dhyan do.
Hamari pari aaj saat saal ki ho gayi. Itni jaldi kisne permission di?
Pari, tum gir ke bina roye uth jaati ho. Wahi sabse achha lagta hai.
Crown tedha hai, ek joota gayab hai, par party abhi baaki hai.
Nani ki taraf se dher saara pyaar, aur ek laddoo jo mummy ko nahi pata.
Meri pari ab akele jhoole pe chadhti hai. Bina dar ke, aise hi.
Aaj ziddi hone ki poori chhoot hai, gudiya. Kal ki kal dekhenge.
Chhoti, tumse ghar mein shor bhi hai aur hansi bhi. Janamdin mubarak.

Tiny lines for the cake or under her photo

The cake shop uncle asks what to write, and suddenly nobody can spell. Most birthday wishes for a little princess won't fit. The birthday cake wishes page has more for the icing, and mummy's post can borrow from birthday captions for Instagram.

Five and fearless
Crown first, cake second
Happy birthday, chief cartwheel officer
One whole year of you, gudiya
Crown on, knees scraped. Happy 6th.
Pari ka pehla birthday
Stubborn since the delivery room
Ten, and still in the same crown
Happy 8th to the boss of the society park
Our loudest princess turns 4
She asked for a unicorn cake, and of course she got one.
Turning 3 and climbing the cake table

Frequently asked questions

Is "princess" fine for a girl who hates pink?

Yes, if she likes the word. Princess has nothing to do with colour, so try "football princess" for a girl who lives in shorts, or just use her name.

What should I write for a niece I don't see often?

Open with one thing from her year, like the swimming lessons, so she knows you've kept up. Sign off with the name she calls you.

What's a good line for her first day of school?

Try "Your bag is bigger than you, and you're carrying it anyway. Go on, big girl." It's short enough to say at the school gate.

How long should the letter in her birthday card be?

Four or five lines under seven, because she'll wander off while it's read out. By eight, go longer and add a private joke.

She's the one who wore her birthday crown to the sabzi market and then climbed the neighbour's gate in it. Most families call her a princess. She'd be cross if you stopped.

But the birthday wishes for a little princess that get kept in a drawer also say she's brave, funny, stubborn or clever. They're sorted by age and by sender, so nani gets the soppy ones.

For the girl in the crown and muddy shoes

One princess line is plenty. Then talk about the girl who comes home with mud on both shoes and a bruise she's proud of.

Happy birthday, princess. Your crown is shedding glitter on the sofa again.
To the girl who climbs everything, even the kitchen shelf when she thinks we're asleep. We weren't.
You asked why the sky is blue. I still don't know. Ask me again tomorrow.
Tutu over jeans, cricket bat in hand. Happy sixth, sequinned batter.
Gudiya, you still sleep with that football. Nobody's taking it off you.
Mummy's dupatta became a cape, and the bathroom cockroach never stood a chance.
Every doll in your hospital has a bandage and a bedtime. Happy birthday, Doctor.
May the cake be chocolate and your knees stay unscraped till dinner.
Stubborn as anything, kind to every dog in the lane. Happy birthday, chhoti.
One more year of cartwheels on the bed. The bed's still standing, just about.

In the HeartCraft birthday card editor you can pick the Princess Double Storey or Strawberry Princess cake, and she blows out its candles on mummy's phone.

Her first birthday, from mummy and papa

At one, she won't read a word of this. Write it anyway. At sixteen she'll find it and pretend to hate it.

A year ago you were a furious little bundle. Now you hide my hair clips.
You learned to clap before you learned to sleep. Papa has the dark circles.
In one year you've eaten a sock and a corner of every board book.
Your first word was "no". We're calling that strong opinions, princess.
Happy first birthday to our drummer on the steel katoris.
Papa's finger was the first thing you held. He still shows strangers the photo.
One candle and a cake you'll mostly wear. Happy first birthday, gudiya.
Papa here. You slept on my chest most nights, and I missed every match. Worth it.

There's more for later birthdays in birthday wishes for a daughter.

Touching birthday wishes for a little princess

Somewhere between the candles and the photos, the room goes quiet and someone reaches for a paper napkin. These are for that minute.

Your hand fit around my thumb the day you came home. Still does, if I ask nicely.
Every night, after lights out, one more question about ants. Don't ever run out.
Being your mummy pays in sticky kisses and crayon on the walls. Best job I've had.
You fell off the society slide and climbed straight back up. Do that with everything, princess.
This morning you said I'm your best friend, then asked for my bangles. Keeping the first part.
Some days you're a princess, some days a tiger who growls at the doorbell. Happy birthday to both.
Dear chhoti, you came home in the yellow blanket nani knitted, and you still won't sleep without its frayed corner. I keep meaning to wash it properly. Maybe next year.
A bedsheet over two chairs is a palace, you taught me. I'd like the bedsheet back.
You notice when someone's sad and go and sit beside them. Nobody taught you that.
Keep the snort in your laugh, sweetheart. Don't let school talk you out of it.
Sick last winter, you tucked your doll in so she wouldn't feel left out. My kind girl.
Papa says your temper comes from my side. Rude, and true. Keep arguing when something's unfair.

Ages 3 to 7, the cartwheels-on-the-bed years

Little kids don't want poetry. Birthday wishes for a little girl of three or six work best read aloud, in a silly voice.

Five candles and zero naps. Happy birthday, princess.
You ring your pink cycle's bell at every pigeon. Happy birthday, speedy.
Four stickers on the chart this week. Today you get a whole cake.
The fridge magnets spell your name wrong, and we're leaving them.
You drew our whole family purple, the dog too, and papa framed it.
Red ribbons in both pigtails and a voice the next building can hear.
Six means you choose the cake song. Choose fast, everyone's hungry.
A cartwheel, and almost a split. Big hug, birthday girl.
Roar all you like today, birthday dinosaur. Nani has her earplugs in.
Three today, and the fastest runner from the gate to the lift.
Seven candles, one big breath. Go.

For a girl who'd pick a rocket over a crown, the birthday wishes for kids page has lines for any kid, girl or boy.

When she's 8 to 12 and the crown lives in a drawer

Nine-year-olds can spot a baby line from across the room.

Bas itna yaad rakhna. Anything written for a five-year-old gets read out at the next sleepover.

Happy birthday to the only one who beats papa at chess without gloating. Much.
Yellow belt at eight. I've seen you kick, so this message is very polite.
That torch under your blanket after lights out isn't a secret. Happy birthday, bookworm.
Ten is double digits. Your opinions got there years ago.
One shoe came untied at your recital. You finished the routine anyway, laces flapping.
You say "whatever" to me now. I'll still sing at your cake, badly.
Your friends have gone home, so I'm allowed to say it. Happy birthday, princess.
The volcano you built in March is technically still on the dining table.
Your class teacher says you ask too many questions. Good. Ask more.

If she's done with pink, try the Fruit Ninja design on the birthday cards for kids page, where the card turns into a game she plays.

Silly lines she'll make you read twice

By the time the third balloon pops, nobody wants a speech. They want the saucer joke.

Your tea set lost a cup, so papa drinks from the saucer and calls it fancy.
You told the watchman you're almost a teenager. Beta, you're six.
Princess by day, lawyer at bedtime. Today you win the five-more-minutes case.
No vegetables in this cake. Mummy checked twice, because you asked twice.
Every night since you learned to talk, you've been "not tired".
Dear birthday girl, the dog would like his ribbon back.
Happy birthday to our tiny boss, who runs the house from the top bunk.
Apparently I owe you ten rupees in "hug tax". Here's the birthday instalment.
Winking's still a work in progress. You blink both eyes, and now so do we.
At seven you already bargain like nani at the fruit cart.

From nani, dadi, nana and dada

Let nani finish her blessing, however long it runs. Grandparents get to be soppy.

Jeeti raho, meri gudiya. Nani's lap is still yours, crown and all.
Dada's walking stick was your horse and your microphone this year. Happy birthday, beta.
You ring the puja bell so hard the neighbours know we're praying. Dadi says keep going.
Nana taught you to whistle, and now he says sorry to the downstairs flat without meaning it.
When you visit, dadi skips her nap and doesn't mind. Come more often, princess.
Sada khush raho, pari. Ask nana about the old days. He loves telling them.
Happy birthday from Indore, where nani has shown your dance video to the whole colony twice.

Bua, mausi, chacha and everyone with a gift bag

Your bua turns up last, with the biggest gift bag and glitter already on her kurta. Let her be extra. It's her niece.

From your bua, who brought the crown and the glitter. Sorry about the sofa, bhabhi.
Mausi's birthday rule is simple. You pick the cake, I pick the most embarrassing song.
To my favourite niece, who invented a board game mid-match and still won.
Chacha will lift you to the balloons all day. His back has filed a complaint.
Calls me mama, then asks for ice cream money. Happy birthday, businesswoman.
You call me didi, and you made me a bracelet with my name spelled wrong. Wearing it today.
On your side since you were a kick in mummy's tummy. Love, mausi.
Every visit there's a new trick. This year, walking backwards with your eyes shut. Please stop.

Hinglish lines for the gudiya of the house

Plenty of homes skip princess altogether. She's gudiya at breakfast and chhoti when the milk spills. Plain Hindi works best.

Happy birthday, meri gudiya. Aaj crown bhi tumhara aur cake bhi tumhara.
Chhoti si pari, itna bada dil. Happy birthday, beta.
Gudiya, bed pe kood-kood ke tumne gadda thaka diya. Ab cake pe dhyan do.
Hamari pari aaj saat saal ki ho gayi. Itni jaldi kisne permission di?
Pari, tum gir ke bina roye uth jaati ho. Wahi sabse achha lagta hai.
Crown tedha hai, ek joota gayab hai, par party abhi baaki hai.
Nani ki taraf se dher saara pyaar, aur ek laddoo jo mummy ko nahi pata.
Meri pari ab akele jhoole pe chadhti hai. Bina dar ke, aise hi.
Aaj ziddi hone ki poori chhoot hai, gudiya. Kal ki kal dekhenge.
Chhoti, tumse ghar mein shor bhi hai aur hansi bhi. Janamdin mubarak.

Tiny lines for the cake or under her photo

Five and fearless
Crown first, cake second
Happy birthday, chief cartwheel officer
One whole year of you, gudiya
Crown on, knees scraped. Happy 6th.
Pari ka pehla birthday
Stubborn since the delivery room
Ten, and still in the same crown
Happy 8th to the boss of the society park
Our loudest princess turns 4
She asked for a unicorn cake, and of course she got one.
Turning 3 and climbing the cake table

Frequently asked questions

Is "princess" fine for a girl who hates pink?

Yes, if she likes the word. Princess has nothing to do with colour, so try "football princess" for a girl who lives in shorts, or just use her name.

What should I write for a niece I don't see often?

Open with one thing from her year, like the swimming lessons, so she knows you've kept up. Sign off with the name she calls you.

What's a good line for her first day of school?

Try "Your bag is bigger than you, and you're carrying it anyway. Go on, big girl." It's short enough to say at the school gate.

How long should the letter in her birthday card be?

Four or five lines under seven, because she'll wander off while it's read out. By eight, go longer and add a private joke.