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AI Birthday Video Maker

AI birthday video maker: one photo becomes a 5-second clip of blowing out candles, a confetti toast or a surprise party. 63 credits. No song included.

  • From 63 credits per clip
  • From your photos
  • 5s / 10s / 15s
  • 480P
  • Audio available
Three candles, one breath.Made from this photo (AI-made, fictional)
  • The birthday personThe birthday person
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One clear, well-lit photo of the birthday person with the face visible, alone in the picture: you, an adult who agreed to appear, or your own child. No photos of other people's children. JPG, PNG or WebP, up to 10 MB each.

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Actual output: 5s, 9:16, 480P. Writing “4K” in the prompt does not change this resolution. Faces and details may change; successful results still cost credits if you dislike them.

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Estimated cost: 63 credits
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Sample result

5s · MP4
Three candles, one breath.Made on Cicadas · MiniMax H3 Max · 5s
Made from these photos (AI-made, fictional)
  • The birthday personThe birthday person
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About AI birthday video on Cicadas

The AI birthday video maker turns one photo into a short birthday clip of that person: blowing out the candles, raising a glass under falling confetti, or standing in a surprise party as the lights come on. Cicadas makes it with MiniMax H3 Max: vertical, 5, 10 or 15 seconds, with party sounds and no song. Use your own photo, the photo of an adult who agreed to appear, or a photo of your own child if you are the parent or legal guardian. The page runs only its own three scenes and the prompt cannot be edited. The clip has no "Happy Birthday" song, no name and no age written in it: add those in your editor. A 5-second clip is 63 credits.

AI birthday video examples made on Cicadas

From your photos5s · 480P

Three candles, one breath.

MiniMax H3 Max, 5 seconds with sound, vertical, from one photo of a woman; back in 22 seconds. She sits at a kitchen table in front of a small cake with three lit candles, takes a breath, blows them out and looks up laughing as the smoke rises, in one continuous shot with a still camera. Her curls and yellow jumper follow the photo. The sound is a long breath and a giggle, with no music or singing.

Made from these photos (AI-made, fictional)
  • The birthday personThe birthday person
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From your photos5s · 480P

A toast under falling confetti.

MiniMax H3 Max, 5 seconds with sound, vertical, from one photo of a man; back in 35 seconds. He stands in a living room hung with balloons, lifts a glass toward the camera with a wide smile and holds it up while confetti drifts down, in one continuous shot with a still camera. His beard and green jacket follow the photo. The sound is a cheering, applauding crowd, with no music or singing.

Made from these photos (AI-made, fictional)
  • The birthday personThe birthday person
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From your photos5s · 480P

The lights come on: surprise.

MiniMax H3 Max, 5 seconds with sound, vertical, from one photo of a man; back in 32 seconds. A door opens on him standing in a dark room; the lights come on over balloons and streamers, he covers his mouth, party poppers fire from both sides and he laughs. It is one shot, but the camera moves in through the doorway although the prompt asked for a still camera. His short hair and denim jacket follow the photo. The sound is a loud pop and a laugh, with no music or singing.

Made from these photos (AI-made, fictional)
  • The birthday personThe birthday person
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Why use Cicadas for AI birthday video

A birthday clip from one photo

In our three recorded clips the person kept the face, hair and clothes of the photo: a woman in a yellow jumper blows out three candles and laughs, a man in a green jacket raises a glass as confetti falls, and a man in a denim jacket covers his mouth as party poppers go off around him.

Party sounds, no song

The candle clip has a breath and a giggle, the toast a cheering crowd, and the surprise a loud pop and a laugh. None of the three has music or singing (two automated listeners). The prompts ask for no text and no numbers, so the cake and the balloons carry no name and no age.

See the price of every clip first

At 480P, 5 seconds is 63 credits, 10 seconds is 125 and 15 seconds is 188; at 768P they are 100, 200 and 300. A failed generation returns its credits.

How to use AI birthday video

  1. 01

    Sign in and add one clear photo of the birthday person, face visible, alone in the picture: you, an adult who agreed, or your own child.

  2. 02

    Pick a scene, keep 5 seconds, and check the quote.

  3. 03

    Tick the photo confirmation and generate. Save the MP4, then add your message or music in your editor.

AI birthday video prompt ideas

Choose a fixed scene above; this page does not accept custom or edited prompts.

  • “A kitchen table in warm evening light, vertical. The adult from Image 1 sits in front of a small birthday cake with lit candles, smiles, takes a breath and blows the candles out, then looks up at the camera and laughs. Keep the face, hair and clothes as in the photo. The camera stays still, one continuous shot, no cuts. Sound: a soft puff of breath and quiet room tone, no music, no singing. No text, no numbers on the cake.”

  • “A living room decorated with balloons, vertical. The adult from Image 1 stands in the middle holding a glass, raises it toward the camera with a big smile as confetti falls slowly from above. Keep the face, hair and clothes as in the photo. The camera stays still, one continuous shot, no cuts. Sound: soft cheering and a light clink of glasses, no music, no singing. No text, no numbers on the balloons.”

  • “A dark hallway that opens into a living room, vertical. The adult from Image 1 steps through the doorway, the lights come on to reveal balloons and streamers, and they stop, cover their mouth in surprise and then laugh as confetti pops around them. Keep the face, hair and clothes as in the photo. The camera stays still, one continuous shot, no cuts. Sound: a confetti pop and soft cheering, no music, no singing. No text, no numbers.”

AI birthday video FAQ

Tested on Cicadas · reviewed 2026-10-12

Recorded on 2026-10-12 with MiniMax H3 Max reference-to-video through fal.ai, each request sent once with the exact scene prompt of this page: 5 seconds, 9:16, 480P with sound, each from one photo. The candles scene (a woman) came back in 22 seconds, the confetti toast (a man) in 35 seconds and the surprise party (another man) in 32 seconds. Faces, hair and clothes followed the photos. Candles: three candles, blown out in one breath, then a laugh. Toast: a raised glass under balloons while confetti falls. Surprise: the door opens on him in a dark room, the lights come on, party poppers fire from both sides; the camera moves in through the doorway although the prompt asked for a still camera. Sound (two automated listeners): a breath and a giggle; a cheering, applauding crowd; a loud pop and a laugh; no music or singing in any of them. The photos are AI-made and fictional. Real photos, 10 and 15 seconds and 768P were not run, and nothing was written on the cake or the balloons because the prompts ask for no text. Later the same day the page began to accept a photo of the visitor's own child and to run only its three scenes; the three clips above were recorded from photos of adults, and no child's photo has been run on these scenes.

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