Printable Birthday Banners and Cake Toppers (Chinese, Korean, English)
Normally, I’m pretty lazy about decorating for my kids’ birthdays, but this year we tried to make our home a tiny bit more festive! Since my children and I have been learning Chinese together, I made printable Chinese birthday banners and cake toppers! I also translated the birthday banners to Korean and English, my kids’ other languages. The birthday decorations are perfect for home or school!
Since fun printables in Chinese and Korean are not readily available in the US, I hope they can help save time and cost for your celebration.
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I created a few different birthday banner and cake topper designs so that we can change up the decorations from year to year! I’ll share some examples below.
Multilingual Happy Birthday activities
- Happy Birthday Song Lyrics in Chinese + Pinyin (Printable + Video)
- DIY Birthday Cupcake Cards
- Handmade Cards for Reading and Writing Practice (English, Chinese, Korean)
How to say Happy Birthday in Chinese and Korean
For families who are learning Chinese and Korean with their children, here are the translations for “Happy Birthday to you”:
- Chinese
- Simplified Chinese: 祝你生日快乐
- Traditional Chinese: 祝你生日快樂
- Hanyu Pinyin: Zhù nǐ shēng rì kuài lè
- Korean
- Formal: 생신을 축하드립니다
- Standard: 생일 축하해요 or 생일 축하합니다
- Informal: 생일 축하해
What you need for birthday banners in Chinese, Korean, and English
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- Birthday bunting banner templates:
- Black and white
- Simplified Chinese – Version 1
- Simplified Chinese – Version 2
- Traditional Chinese – Version 1
- Traditional Chinese – Version 2
- Korean
- English
- Rainbow words
- Pastel words
- Black and white
- Printer (color printer or monochrome laser printer)
- 3 sheets of card stock paper (color, pastel, or white)
- Ribbon and/or cotton twine
- Hole punch
- Scissors
- Paper trimmer
- Painter’s tape
- Optional: gold paint pen
How to set up the printable birthday banners
- Print out banners. For smaller banners, set printer to print “multiple per page” as shown in the above below in red circles. I printed 2 banners per page.
- Trim shape with paper trimmer and scissors
- Optional: Trace each number with gold paint pen
- Punch 2 holes at the top of each banner
- Thread ribbon or string in each hole
- Tape on wall or shelf with painter’s tape (test small area first to make sure that it does not damage your wall)
- Add ribbons for extra decoration!
Here’s another example of how the birthday banners can look! Thanks to the mom who shared this beautiful photo with us!
What you need for Chinese birthday cake toppers
- Cake topper templates (black and white)
- Printer (color printer or monochrome laser printer)
- Card stock paper (color, pastel, or white)
- Toothpicks
- Tape
- Scissors
How to set up the cake toppers
- Print and cut out desired shapes
- Tape to toothpicks
- Stick into cupcake!
- Optional: Tie bows to the toothpicks and embellish in other ways!
Amazing vegan chocolate zucchini birthday cake recipe!
We’re so grateful that we can celebrate birthdays in a safe and inclusive way despite my son’s many food allergies!
If you’re looking for yummy cake ideas:
- We made Vegan Chocolate Zucchini cupcakes from Jean Wang’s Extra Petite blog, and it was soooooo delicious. As someone who is not a great cook, I thought it was pretty easy to make! She has clear directions on substitution ideas, and here are the changes we made:
- In lieu of eggs, we subbed 1 whole ripe mashed banana and baked it 10 minutes longer.
- For the toppings, we used Simple Mills vegan chocolate frosting (available at Target and Walmart) plus sprinkles.
- To minimize waste, we use this set of pretty pastel silicone cupcake liners. If you’re looking for a brighter color, this rainbow set of baking cups has thousands of 5 star reviews!
- If you don’t have time to bake from scratch, Simple Mills has this tasty vegan chocolate cake mix.
Were you able to use our printable birthday decorations in Chinese, Korean, or English?
We would love to see how your decorations turn out! Please leave a comment below or email me with your pretty photos. 😀
Thank you for this!
I printed it out for my sister’s birthday. It looks beautiful. I love languages. What a beautiful world full of beautiful people.
God bless you
Traci