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Printable 40th Birthday Templates
Forty is the birthday where people either want a proper party or want it not mentioned at all, and the invitation is where you signal which one it is. These templates run from black-and-gold formal to openly making a joke of it, and everything is editable in Canva.
What's in this collection
- 40th birthday invitations, formal and funny
- Birthday cards with space for a proper message
- Welcome signs, bar signs and banners
- Four decades photo displays — a handful of photos per decade
- Games — 1980s or 1990s trivia depending on the birth year, guess the baby photo
- Menus and table signs
The decade photo wall
Rather than one photo per year, group them: childhood, teens, twenties, thirties. It is less work, it reads better on a wall, and the gaps in your photo archive stop being obvious.
40th birthday questions
How far ahead should invitations go out?
Six weeks. Fortieths are often the first birthday where guests need childcare arranged, and that takes notice.
What if the person does not want a fuss?
A dinner invitation rather than a party invitation changes the whole feel, and the same templates work with the wording adjusted.
What trivia should I use?
Events from the birth year, and music and films from when they were sixteen to twenty. The second set gets far better engagement than the first.
What do you write in a 40th birthday card?
Skip the over-the-hill jokes unless you know they will land. A specific memory from the last decade works better.
Can I match all the pieces?
Yes. Build everything from one design in Canva so the invitation, signs and menus share fonts and colours.