Happy birthday in cursive
This is how Happy birthday looks in school cursive: 13 letters, and the parts to watch are that bi is a high join, p goes below the line and y goes below the line. Print the sheet below to practise it.
Happy birthday written once as a model, then in grey to trace, then on empty lines to write alone.
Prints on US Letter and A4, in black and white. Free for home and classroom use.
How to write it, step by step
- Write capital H and carry its ending stroke straight into the a.
- Join the rest of the letters without lifting your pencil: a, p, p, y, b, i, r, t, h, d, a and y.
- Watch the high join (bi): after b, o, v or w, the next letter starts at the midline, not the baseline.
- Let the p and y drop below the baseline and loop back up through it.
- When the words are finished, go back to dot the i and cross the t.
- Leave a gap about the width of a small o between words.
All 13 letters, one by one
Tap a letter to see how it is written on its own.
Tips for each letter
- H
- Leaving the crossbar out. The loop across the middle connects both sides.
- a
- Leaving the top open, so a looks like u. Close the circle before you slant down.
- p
- Making a loop on the tail. Cursive p goes down and back up the same line, with no loop below.
- y
- Leaving the loop open below the line. Bring the tail back up so it crosses at the baseline.
- b
- Dropping the ending to the baseline. b ends high, at the midline, so the next letter starts from there.
- i
- Stopping to dot the i in the middle of a word. Finish the word first, then dot.
- r
- Rounding the top so r looks like an i or an n. The small flat step at the top is what makes the r.
- t
- Making t as tall as l, or adding a loop. Cursive t is shorter than the tall letters and has no loop.
- h
- Making the hump too narrow, so h looks like an l and an i. Give the hump some width.
- d
- Making a loop on the tall stick. Cursive d goes up and back down on the same line, with no loop.
All lowercase
happy birthday
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Questions parents ask
How do you write Happy birthday in cursive?
Write capital H and carry its ending stroke straight into the a. Join the rest of the letters without lifting your pencil: a, p, p, y, b, i, r, t, h, d, a and y. Watch the high join (bi): after b, o, v or w, the next letter starts at the midline, not the baseline. Let the p and y drop below the baseline and loop back up through it. When the words are finished, go back to dot the i and cross the t. Leave a gap about the width of a small o between words.
How many letters are in Happy birthday?
Happy birthday has 13 letters: H, a, p, p, y, b, i, r, t, h, d, a, y.
Is Happy birthday hard to write in cursive?
Most of it joins smoothly. The parts that need care: bi is a high join, p goes below the line and y goes below the line. Trace it a few times on the sheet and it soon feels natural.