Cartoon birthday invitation: your child invites their friends in a video
A photo, a Pixar or Disney style, the party theme — and the AI makes a short animated video in which the child is the star. To send to the parents in a WhatsApp or iMessage message.
Free account · video from €1.99, no subscription
The invitation the kids show everyone
Birthday invitations all look alike: a template with balloons, a photo pasted in the middle. Here, the child becomes an animated-film character who turns to the camera and smiles, in the setting of their own party. Five seconds that go from phone to phone — and that the child watches on repeat.
Two ways in. From the photo: the animate a photo tool produces 5 to 10 seconds, with ambient sound (Seedance) or without (Kling Turbo). From text: Gemini Omni invents the character and the scene you describe, with a short spoken line, in 8 seconds. That was the route taken by the person whose invitation inspired this page — in Pixar style, with “Hi friends!”.
Three steps, three minutes
1. The child's photo, or a description
A sharp, front-facing, well-lit portrait. Or, without a photo, describe the character ("a 7-year-old girl, curly hair, yellow dress") and the party theme: pirates, unicorns, dinosaurs, football.
2. The style and the party setting
Pixar 3D for the animated-film look, Disney for the sweetness, comics for the superheroes. In the description, add balloons, a cake, confetti — and what moves: a wave, a jump for joy.
3. Generate, add the details, send
One to two minutes later the clip is ready. Put the date, time and address in your phone's video editor (or in the message that goes with the video) and send it to the parents on WhatsApp or iMessage.
A real video, made with ToonZap
No editing, no effects added afterwards: a photo, a description of the motion, and the result exactly as the tool delivers it. The party setting is yours to describe.
Four ideas that work
The child who invites in person
The use that inspired this page: the character, in Pixar style, turning to the camera and smiling as if to say "come to my party". With text → video and Gemini Omni, they can even say the line.
Twins, siblings, the whole gang
A group photo redrawn: everyone stays recognisable, all in cartoon form. For a joint party, or to say the whole class is invited.
The party theme as the setting
Pirate ship, castle, football pitch, enchanted forest: the setting takes one sentence to describe and the AI draws it around the child. The theme of the invitation announces the theme of the party.
Invitations for grown-ups too
A 40th, a leaving do, a hen party: the same mechanics with a photo of the birthday person in comics or Simpsons style. More fun than a card, and forwarded in one tap.
What it costs, no surprises
- The account is free and comes with 40 credits: three photo → cartoon conversions (12 credits each) — an image invitation, without paying.
- A 5-second video costs 55 credits: the Pack Start (€1.99, 55 credits, no subscription) pays for exactly one.
- The Pack Mini (€4.99, 150 credits): one cartoon and two 5-second videos, or one 8-second Gemini Omni clip with sound and speech (77 credits) plus a cartoon.
- A refused or failed generation is refunded automatically. Pack credits never expire.
Frequently asked questions
How much does a video invitation cost?
The account is free and comes with 40 credits: enough to turn the photo into a cartoon three times (12 credits each) — an image invitation, right away. The 5-second video costs 55 credits: the Pack Start (€1.99, 55 credits, no subscription) pays for exactly one. The Pack Mini (€4.99, 150 credits) covers one cartoon and two videos, or one 8-second clip with sound and speech (77 credits) plus a cartoon.
Can I write the date and time in the video?
Not inside ToonZap: the tool generates the animation, not the layout. Add the text in your phone's video editor (CapCut, InShot, iMovie…) or, simpler still, in the message that goes with the video. That way the invitation stays editable if the date changes.
Can the AI refuse my child's photo?
It can happen: image models apply their own rules to children's faces, without always saying which, and ToonZap never works around a refusal. The credits of a refused generation are refunded automatically. If the photo is refused, describe the character as text instead of uploading the photo: the video is invented, without the real face, and goes through.
Can the character speak or sing "Happy Birthday"?
From a photo, Seedance 1.5 Pro generates ambient sound and, at most, a short spoken line. For a line said by the character, use text → video with Gemini Omni (8 seconds, sound and speech generated): you describe the character, the AI invents it. To make the real photo speak with your own voice, that is the talking avatar (at least 60 credits, up to 28 seconds).
Which format for WhatsApp or iMessage?
Choose the 9:16 portrait format before generating: it fills the screen on the parents' phones. 5 or 10 seconds from a photo, 8 seconds as text → video (Gemini Omni, in 720p). MP4 export, to forward like any other video.
The invitation everyone remembers
Create your account, redraw the photo with your welcome credits, then animate it with a pack — the video costs €1.99.
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