Happy New Year in cursive
This is how Happy New Year looks in school cursive: 12 letters, and the parts to watch are that p goes below the line and y goes below the line. Print the sheet below to practise it.
Happy New Year 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, e, w, e, a and r.
- Let the p and y drop below the baseline and loop back up through it.
- Leave a gap about the width of a small o between words.
All 12 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.
- N
- Adding a third hump. Capital N has two humps; M has three.
- e
- Making the loop too big, so e looks like l. The loop stays below the midline.
- w
- Ending at the baseline. Cursive w ends high, like b, o and v.
- Y
- Leaving the bottom loop open. Bring the tail up so it crosses at the baseline.
- 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.
All lowercase
happy new year
Write it yourself
Questions parents ask
How do you write Happy New Year 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, e, w, e, a and r. Let the p and y drop below the baseline and loop back up through it. Leave a gap about the width of a small o between words.
How many letters are in Happy New Year?
Happy New Year has 12 letters: H, a, p, p, y, N, e, w, Y, e, a, r.
Is Happy New Year hard to write in cursive?
Most of it joins smoothly. The parts that need care: p goes below the line and y goes below the line. Trace it a few times on the sheet and it soon feels natural.