Celebrate your baby’s first Christmas with cards for holiday birth announcements. These are two joyful moments: your growing family and the magical holiday season. If you’re already planning on sending loved ones a family holiday card, you can take the opportunity to introduce your newest family member with a baby arrival announcement. Custom postcards are the best way to share simple holiday greetings. It also provides a space to share all the adorable images from your baby’s first Christmas photo shoot. With a variety of postcard sizes and high-quality paper options, GotPrint will help you send well-crafted baby Christmas cards to your friends and family. Printing baby Christmas cards creates a sentimental holiday keepsake that commemorates a special time in your life.
Newborn Christmas Photo Ideas
Whether you lean into classic Christmas imagery or stick to trendy winter styles, your photos should match a holiday card theme. Simple props and festive outfits make it easy to put together a quick newborn Christmas photo shoot. A baby Santa hat is an easy Christmas accessory for your baby to wear. You could also use mittens, knitted blankets, or festive stuffed animals. Alternatively, you keep it simple with a themed holiday onesie. If you want minimalist photos, a white background creates the appearance of a white Christmas. Lean into the festivities with red and green backdrops. You can also use string lights for a soft lighting effect. If you want something more elaborate, then you can set up a backdrop. Use your Christmas tree, wrapped gifts, or bright Christmas lights in the background. Your baby should be the focus of the photo composition, so make sure the background doesn’t distract from the baby and that your child’s face is visible. Our high-end, full-color printing methods ensure that all the important details and vibrant colors print clearly on your postcards.
What to Write on Birth Announcement Cards
Your personalized holiday cards are meant to introduce your child to the world. The content of your cards should focus on the important details that people often ask about. Write your baby’s name, birthday, and measurements on birth announcement cards. Design the text to highlight these details. Print your baby’s name in a large, bold font; use a slightly smaller text for the extra information, like birth weight, length, and birth time.
Since it’s a holiday card, you can also include a personalized message related to the season. Write a funny joke, like “Look what Santa brought,” or include a more formal note, like “Season’s greetings from our growing family.” Other options for holiday newborn announcements include “Our best Christmas gift,” “Just in time for the holidays,” “Our best Christmas gift,” and “The more the merrier.”
When to Send Holiday Baby Announcement Cards
Send your Christmas birth announcements in the first two weeks of December. This ensures your cards will arrive before the holidays. But parenthood can be hectic. If you’re worried that your cards won’t arrive before Christmas, you can always send New Year’s cards to announce your new addition. Mail your New Year’s birth announcement cards towards the end of December—it’s okay if they arrive a little bit into the next year. If your baby was born in the fall, then the timing lines up perfectly. If your baby is already a few months old, you can still use holiday cards to share your exciting news. No one will be mad about receiving more cute baby photos.
Free Templates
You’re busy with your newborn, so GotPrint can handle the baby holiday card designs. Browse our baby Christmas card ideas to find customizable postcard templates that you can easily personalize with our straightforward holiday card maker.
Sweet and simple, this template uses illustrated snowflakes, stars, and ornaments to create a subtle holiday vibe. Use customizable text areas to personalize the card with your baby’s details. Choose a blue, yellow, or peach color palette.
This elegant birth announcement card places your cute baby photo in the center. A festive garland borders your photo, which you can upload using GotPrint’s online designer. On the back, there is more space for a holiday greeting from your expanding family.
Upload a photo to the background of this holiday birth announcement template, then edit the text on the front to share your baby’s name, birthday, and other exciting details. The other side, which is available in red, green, and black, features a Santa hat and a Christmas present.
Cute polka dots pair well with the thin white text on this template, which comes in blue, green, and purple. Two Santa mittens add a festive touch to your photo. The back features more Christmas imagery, including a star, a Santa hat, and mistletoe.
This festive holiday postcard template features a knit sweater pattern. The cute design will make your winter baby look extremely cozy. The back of the template has text that mimics knit wording, as well as two reindeer.
This template is perfect if you’re looking for a modern baby announcement. Just place your new baby photo inside a garland border on this template. The white background ensures your baby stands out. A festive wreath on the back encircles a Christmas greeting from your family.
If your baby hasn’t arrived yet, you can send a pregnancy announcement Christmas card or a New Year’s pregnancy announcement. Add your pregnancy photos to the template, which has a simple snowflake pattern.
A New Year’s or Christmas card pregnancy announcement lets you show off a pregnancy photo shoot and announce your exciting news to loved ones. Add your expected due date or birth month on the back of the card.
If you can’t choose between the cute baby photos, then this template lets you add several to a collage. The front has a simple striped pattern, and it provides plenty of space to introduce people to your newest addition. The back has four spots to upload photos.
If you’re not into traditional Christmas visuals, use this fun tropical pattern instead. The vibrant colors are available in green, orange, and purple color palettes. The back features a fun wreath made of tropical flowers.
Extra Holiday Card Stationery
Once your Christmas baby announcement is prepared, you can get all your other stationery in one spot. Design custom envelopes to mail your holiday cards—and use our guide to pair your postcards with the right envelope size. Print custom address labels to simplify the process of adding a return address to the envelopes and design matching envelope seals. Check out GotPrint’s holiday shop for all your Christmas gifts, stationery, and decorations.