Custom Easter Cards

What Easter Cards Are

Easter cards are 5x7 folded photo cards sent in the week leading up to Easter Sunday. The category is smaller than Christmas or Hanukkah cards — most US households don't send Easter cards at all — but for the demographics that do, the cards work especially well as gestures from grandparents to grandchildren, from extended family to households with young children, and as church-community greeting cards.

As of May 11, 2026, Easter 2026 has passed. Easter 2027 falls on Sunday, March 28. The dates shift each year because Easter is calculated by the Western Christian liturgical calendar (the first Sunday after the first full moon after the spring equinox). Plan Easter card mailings around the specific date; the PhotoCardMagic order-by date moves accordingly.

When to Order Easter Cards

For Easter 2027 (Sunday, March 28):

• Sunday, March 21, 2027 — Standard US shipping for orders up to 50 cards. The recommended default.
• Sunday, March 14, 2027 — Standard shipping for bulk orders of 50+ cards.
• Wednesday, March 24, 2027 — Expedited shipping for orders up to 25 cards.
• Friday, March 26, 2027 — Overnight for last-minute orders under 25 cards.

The Easter card calendar is tighter than Christmas because the holiday falls on a different date each year — there's less room for "I'll get to it after the holiday rush." Plan early.

Who Sends Easter Cards

Easter cards have a specific sender-recipient profile:

Grandparents to grandkids' households. The most-common Easter card pattern. Grandparents send Easter cards to households with young grandchildren as a "thinking of you" gesture in the pre-Easter week. Often paired with small Easter gifts (candy, small toys) sent in a separate package.

Extended family to households with young kids. Aunts, uncles, godparents, and family-friends sending to households with children. The Easter card lands particularly well with kids 3–10 who recognize the card-arrival ritual and remember which relatives sent cards across the year.

Church-community senders. Members of religious communities sending Easter cards to fellow parishioners, pastoral families, or community members in a transitional life moment (recent loss, illness, recent move). The cards function as community-care gestures during the Easter season specifically.

Spring-themed family senders. A small subset of households send Easter cards as their primary spring seasonal card, treating it as the spring equivalent of Christmas cards. The mailing list is typically smaller (15–30 cards) than Christmas card lists.

Picking the Style

Three styles work for Easter cards:

Floral Watercolor — the spring editorial style. Hand-painted spring florals (peonies, ranunculus, tulips, soft eucalyptus) around the family or kids' photo. Editorial Easter finish.

Watercolor — soft pastel watercolor wash. Pink, cream, soft yellow, lavender Easter palette. Right for traditional Easter card recipients.

Photorealistic — the literal kids' or family photo, color-corrected and full-bleed. Right when the source photo is great and you don't want a restyle interpretation. Common for grandparent-targeted Easter cards where literal photos of the grandkids land hardest.

Avoid: Pop Art (too saturated for Easter aesthetic), Comic Book Hero (off-tone for spring), and Oil Painting (too formal for the spring-pastel Easter aesthetic).

What Photo Works Best

The Easter card photo decision varies by sender:

• From parents to grandparents. Recent kids photo or family group photo — preferably outdoors in spring lighting. The grandparents want to see the grandkids; lead with that.
• From grandparents to grandkids. Photo of the grandparents (themselves) with maybe a recent shot of the family. Less common but works for warm grandparent-grandchild relationships where the kid wants to see grandma and grandpa.
• Spring-themed photo. A family photo in spring clothing, outdoors, with floral or pastel backgrounds. Restyles especially well into Watercolor because the source aesthetic already matches the card aesthetic.
• Easter-egg-hunt photos. Kids in Easter-egg-hunt context (Sunday best, basket in hand, outdoor lighting). Right for Easter cards from one set of grandparents to another — the photo is what the recipient wants to see.

Avoid Easter-bunny costume photos and overly-staged Easter setups. The PhotoCardMagic restyle works best with authentic family photos rather than themed promotional setups.

What to Write Inside

Up to 250 characters of typeset text on the right inside panel.

The pattern that works for Easter cards:

1. Lead with Easter explicitly. "Happy Easter from [Family Name]" is the universal-safe baseline.
2. Reference the recipient kid by name when sending to households with young children. "Happy Easter to Sarah, James, and Lily — can't wait to see you bunny!" lands harder than generic family-addressed Easter messages.
3. Religious vs secular framing. For religious households: "Wishing you a blessed Easter — celebrating renewal with your family." For secular households or interfaith mailing lists: "Happy Easter — wishing you a sunny weekend." Match the recipient's religious orientation.
4. Hand-sign on the left inside panel. Especially important for grandparent-to-grandchild cards; the kid recognizes the handwriting.

Bulk Order Logistics

Easter card mailing lists are typically smaller than Christmas card lists — 10–30 cards is the most-common range. Cost example for a 25-card Easter mailing: 25 × $3.99 = $99.75 for cards. 25 × $0.50 = $12.50 for pre-addressed envelopes. Total: ~$112. Standard US shipping is free for orders over $40.

For grandparent senders specifically, the most-common configuration is 15–25 cards across the grandkid network — kids, kids-in-law, and a few close-family Easter contacts. Per-card cost at the 5+ tier: $4.99. At the 25+ tier: $3.99.

For households where Easter cards are not currently a tradition but the household wants to start, begin with a smaller list (10–15 cards) targeting grandparents, grandchildren, and one or two close-family households. The Easter card tradition is easier to start than Christmas card traditions because the recipient list is smaller and the timing is more relaxed.