Short New Year's card messages for relatives! Example phrases that even elementary school kids can write

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Graduated from Kunitachi College of Music, Faculty of Music (now: Department of Music Culture and Education, Early Childhood Music Education major). In elementary school, my homeroom teacher was Jun Kusaba, a game researcher. After graduating from university, I worked as a kindergarten teacher for 10 years and as an after-school childcare instructor for 7 years, then took a position as a music teacher at an international school in Singapore. In addition to music education, I engaged in activities that introduced Japanese culture, traditional games, and recreational activities, working with many children. Later, through freelance writing, planning, and editing at Shogakukan, I met many delightful adults and experienced the joy of communicating and sharing. Drawing on the perspective cultivated in the field of education and my experience as an editor, I provide practical information with an emphasis on both input and output, mainly in areas related to music and children. My hobbies include instruments, singing, handicrafts, toys, drawing, traditional games, the outdoors, and books. My special skill is spinning-top tricks.

When sending New Year’s cards to relatives, it’s natural to want to add a short message—especially if it’s been a while since you last reached out.

But when it comes to having an elementary school child write it, they might wonder, “What should I say?” In this article, we’ve gathered ideas for short messages to relatives that even grade-schoolers can write with ease.

From words that express gratitude to cheerful phrases that share recent updates, we’ll introduce a wide range of examples.

Try creating heartfelt New Year’s cards together as a parent and child!

A one-line message to include with New Year’s cards for relatives! Example phrases that even elementary school kids can write (11–20)

Wishing you a healthy and joyful year.

A gentle, heartwarming message perfect for New Year’s cards that wishes for a year of good health.

Adding a single line about a happy memory from last year—like “I had so much fun spending time playing together,” or “I was so happy when we all shared delicious food and laughed together”—will help your feelings come across even more.

Your hope that they enjoy healthy, happy days again this year will be conveyed naturally, bringing a warm smile to your relatives’ faces.

It’s a positive, comforting one-liner wishing for a year full of health and smiles.

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May it be a fulfilling year for both of us.

So that we can say at year’s end that it was a good year, we all want to spend fulfilling days again this year.

Will you throw yourself into your work, savor your hobbies, or make lots of memories with your family? Fulfillment looks different for everyone, but it’s always filled with plenty of joyful moments.

Why not add this short message to your New Year’s card, wishing for days that make the year feel short because they’re so rich? Since it says “for both of us,” make sure you, too, don’t fall behind—have a wonderful year yourself.

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Wishing you peaceful and happy days in the new year as well.

If you’re sending a New Year’s card to an older relative, how about adding this short message wishing them peaceful days? When we’re young, a busy life is the norm, but as we grow older, many of us come to appreciate the quiet moments—time spent in calm or immersed in hobbies.

It’s often the small joys we can notice precisely because there are no big changes.

With the hope that such happy, tranquil times will continue to accumulate, share these words with someone dear to you.

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Let’s make it a year where smiles spread in a chain!

Happiness circulates: when you smile, a joyful feeling wells up, and that feeling brings out even more smiles.

This message carries the hope that such happiness will lead to even greater happiness throughout the year.

Smiles ripple within ourselves, but our own smile can also spark someone else’s, reflecting a spirit of mutual support.

It conveys a grand kindness—smiles that begin with you spreading to others, and from there widening until an even broader circle is filled with smiles.

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