Download these 13 Free Sample Birthday Gift Certificate Templates to help you prepare your own Gift Certificate.

A Gift Certificate is also known as gift card and it’s an alternate to paper money. It’s not like a credit card or debit card because you can’t cash it out in most of the cases and you can only use it in a limited premise i.e. a specific store or shop but it still has prepaid money value. If a birthday of your friend, coworker or your child is coming up and you don’t have any idea what kind of gift is suitable for them or you are afraid that no matter how much you consider the gift for them, they might not like it, giving them a Birthday Gift Certificate is kind of a unique and more effective idea. The key factor about this gift certificate to consider is that you will be still giving them money to buy whatever they want in a specific limit i.e. a toy, an item at Staples or a home appliance.

Key elements to include in a Birthday Gift Certificate:

Name of the gift certificate i.e. a SPA day or grocery shopping
Include Name of the person who will receive the certificate
Name of the person who paid for it or will give the certificate to the birthday person
Date on which the certificate was bought
Date on which it will expire
Details of the services or items the birthday person can buy with it
Money value of the gift certificate i.e. $20 or $50

Guidelines for designing a Birthday Gift Certificate:

Choose a unique theme for your gift certificate:
The most important thing about a gift certificate besides its cash value is the design of it. If you just want to get it over with, you can download many themes and designs from internet but if you want to give it a personal touch and show your appreciation and effort to the birthday person, it’s important that you choose proper colors and graphics for the theme.
Decide how much you can spend on the printing:
This is particularly important if you want to use the same design for more than one time. If you are a little tight on the budget, you should choose a simple design with few colors so the printing won’t cost much but when the money is not a serious issue, you can select vibrant colors, textures and graphics for the gift certificate.
Understand the preferences of the birthday person:
The key idea behind the gift certificate is to give some choices to the birthday person about the gift he could get but it’s still limited. You can’t cash a grocery gift certificate in a salon or at Home Depo. For making a perfect gift certificate, first find out what kind of gift the person would like and then include a similar gift on the certificate.
Include the details on the gift certificate:
After finishing the design, it’s time to include written content on the certificate. This will include your name, the name of the birthday person, a shop or retail store where the certificate is valid i.e. a gift shop or a SPA, date on which you are preparing the certificate, date of expiration and the cash value of it.

Free Birthday Gift Certificate Templates

Here is preview of This First Sample Birthday Gift Certificate Template in MS Word format.