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Short New Year’s card messages for elementary school kids! Ideas for words that bring a smile

Have you ever struggled with what to write as a short message when sending New Year’s greetings on a postcard? Especially when sending a New Year’s card to an elementary school friend, you want to add a warm message that will make them smile.

In this article, we’ve gathered perfect one-line ideas—from messages kids exchange with each other to notes from teachers to students.

We’ll introduce a wide range, from friendly messages for classmates to words that convey your feelings to friends you haven’t seen in a while.

We’ll also share tips on how to write them, so please use them as a reference and create a heartfelt New Year’s card!

Short New Year’s messages for elementary school kids! Ideas for smile-bringing words (41–50)

Let’s find lots of chuckle-worthy bits again this year.

Let's find lots of chuckle-worthy bits again this year.

It’s the perfect line for a message to friends and companions who love fun.

There are so many little things in everyday life that make you chuckle.

Finding each one with care and sharing the joy—that makes for such wonderful days.

Each time, you’ll both smile, and unforgettable memories will pile up.

If you send this message while remembering the time you’ve spent together so far, you’ll both smile, and there’s no doubt the coming year will be a fantastic one!

One-line New Year’s card messages for elementary school kids! Smile-bringing phrase ideas (51–60)

Let’s have a wonderful time this year too.

Let's have a wonderful time this year too.

With friends you made lots of fun memories with last year, you naturally want to make many more in the new year too.

How about sending this message with that feeling in mind? If you include a few things you’d like to do together in the new year, it will boost the excitement even more! You don’t have to go anywhere special or do anything out of the ordinary—time spent with your favorite friends is irreplaceable.

It’s also a great idea to use this message to say, “Let’s stay close this year too!”

Let’s share lots of laughter together this year, too!

Let's share lots of laughter together this year, too!

It’s important to share joy with others; by layering positive feelings, the excitement only grows.

This message conveys the wish to share that happiness and spend time together with smiles.

It also carries the lesson that smiles are essential for living each day positively, as well as the desire to support one another.

These are words that call on us to keep sharing fun memories over the coming year, and that evoke a sense of connection between people.

Let’s dash through this year with energy!

Let's dash through this year with energy!

It’s a phrase that really captures a lively, childlike energy.

The word “dash,” inspired by the zodiac horse, conveys a sense of dynamism and strength, making it perfect for a New Year’s resolution.

It’s also striking that it invites the listener with “let’s dash,” as if saying, “let’s move forward together.” Add this phrase alongside a horse illustration, and you’re sure to have a stylish New Year’s card! Writing it in brush calligraphy could help express a sense of speed, too.

I’ll try not to play too hard again this year! Probably.

I'll try not to play too hard again this year! Probably.

That final “maybe” makes it sound like, yep, we’re going to go all out having fun again this year—and that’s what makes it such a funny message.

And why declare that on a New Year’s card? Everything about it is amusing, but it’s the kind of thing you can send precisely because you’re close.

Also, going all out to have fun is something that happens because it’s so enjoyable.

The kind of friend you’d want to send this to is probably someone you’d want to hang out with every day.

It’s a message that makes you laugh and gets you excited for the start of another fun year.

Straight to the fun again this year!

Straight to the fun again this year!

These are lively little messages that are perfect for New Year’s cards—just reading them makes you excited.

For example, “I had so much fun going around together on the field trip the other day,” or “I always get excited when we make plans to hang out.” If you add a small memory like that, your feelings will come across much more clearly.

It conveys a positive feeling of “Let’s keep finding fun things this year and move straight toward smiling,” so the friend who receives it will surely think, “I want to have fun together again!”

Let’s make lots of happy memories this year, too.

Let's make lots of happy memories this year, too.

When you look back on your memories and a fun moment comes to mind, the feelings from that time return and you can feel happy, right? This is a positive message about continuing to create enjoyable memories this year as well—memories that will make you feel happy whenever you recall them.

It calls on us to spend the year savoring the fun and to turn those experiences into lasting memories.

It also emphasizes leaving behind many memories, conveying a sense of supporting one another along the way.