Birthday speech template and toast builder

Quick guide

How to use the birthday speech template

1. Choose who is giving the speech, such as Parent or Family Member or Best Friend.
2. Pick a tone: Funny & Light, Heartfelt or Short & Simple.
3. Press Build my template, and Try another version if you want a different take.
4. Fill in the bold prompts, then use Copy this template or Print / Save as PDF.

What it does

• Four speaker types, including guest of honour
• Funny, heartfelt or short and simple
• Bold prompts for your own stories
• Try another version in the same tone
• Copy, print or save as PDF

Use it with

• Speech Teleprompter – paste your speech and read it from a phone or tablet in big words that scroll at your own speaking pace. A full wedding version, with a tablet link, voice-following, presenter clickers, cue notes, Word and PDF import and printable cue cards, is included when you book Tinsel Tim
• Speech Template Builder – pick best man, father of the bride or the couple, fill in a few blanks, and see a wedding speech draft build as you type
• Speech Timer – paste a wedding speech to see its word count and estimated speaking time, then plan the order of speeches against your party start time
• Retro Decade Playlist Builder – choose one or more decades from the 1950s to the 1990s and a track count to get an instant playlist of classic party hits

Planning tips

Making a toast work on the night

Keep it short

Two to four minutes is plenty for a birthday or anniversary toast. At a comfortable pace that is roughly 250 to 500 words. Paste your finished words into the speech timer to check the length before the day.

Plan the moment

Agree with the host and the DJ when the toast will happen, ideally when everyone is seated or just before the cake. Ask for the music to come down and a microphone, so the back of the room hears every word.

Practise out loud

Read it aloud two or three times, and mark where to pause for laughs and where to raise a glass. If you would rather not hold paper, the speech teleprompter scrolls your words on a phone or tablet at your pace.

Tim’s tip

Read the finished speech out loud and time it before the day. Keep it short enough that guests are still listening at the end, and agree with your DJ who will hand you the microphone.

Made by Tim Daymond (Tinsel Tim). Tim has been a DJ since 1976 and has run Mobile Disco Network since 2013. He plays weddings and parties across Norfolk, Suffolk, Cambridgeshire and Lincolnshire. He is a Norfolk County Council Trading Standards Trusted Trader (ID 0000457), a member of the NADJ and the winner of 23 independent awards.

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Free to use, no sign-up. Last reviewed 11 October 2026.