How to Make Birthday Invitation Cards on Microsoft Word
Planning a birthday party can often be an expensive task. A cheaper alternative to purchasing your invitations from a party store is to make your own. With access to Microsoft Word and a printer, creating your own personal birthday invitations couldn’t be easier.
What You Will Need
- Microsoft Word
- Color printer
- Card stock
- Clip art
- Open a new file in Microsoft Word.
- Select the “Insert” tab and select “Clip Art” in the illustrations group.
- Do a search for birthday images within the illustrations. When one has been found, click the “Insert” button.
- Right-click the clip art file and select “Format Picture."
- Go into the “Size” tab, lock the aspect ratio and resize the image to the desired height.
- Click “OK” to apply the changes to the image.
- Insert a text box into the document by going into “Insert” and choosing “Text Box."
- Type in the wording for your invitation into the text box.
- Change the color and font of the text to your preferred colors and change the font to one which is easily readable.
- Save your file.
- Go to “File” and select “Print."
- Adjust the print size to the size of your card stock.
- Print out a version of the card for review and make any changes needed. If you are satisfied with the end result, print out the desired number of invitations.
Tips
- For an alternative to clip art, use a picture of the guest of honor or an image which matches the theme of the birthday party.
- You can also print address and return address labels with the same colors and theme of the invitations