8th Birthday Wishes: Birthday Messages for 8 Year Olds (2024)

When you just have great 8th birthday wishes to choose from, finding the perfect one is a sure thing.You're sure to find perfect 8th birthday messages here.

What makes a birthday greeting perfect for an 8 year old?Obviously, an 8th birthday greeting has to be interesting enough to get his or her attention.

But what makes a birthday message interesting and the right one to choose? Read Message Guy's Tip #90 below to find out.

How to pick 8th birthday wishes

All great 8th birthday messages have one thing in common: they're interesting enough to capture the attention of a typical, often impatient 8 year old. What's interesting to these birthday boys and girls?

This list includes money, friends and, more than anything else, Mom, to name just a few of the things that interest your average 8 year old.

The full list is anybody's guess but the best indicators of what's going on inside their 8-year-old minds (and what would be the best birthday messages for them) are the social and emotional milestones they share at this age.

According to an article called Developmental milestones: Your 8-year-old child, 8 year olds share these social and emotional milestones...

• "has strong need for love and understanding, especially from mother," so a special heartfelt (what I call "sentimental" on this site) birthday greeting overflowing with love from Mom is one of the best choices for the birthday boy or girl
• "may be quite sensitive and overly dramatic (emotions change quickly)," so a funny birthday wish that ridicules the birthday boy or girl (even a little) is not the best idea (a sentimental birthday message full of compliments is a much better option)
• "favors group play, clubs and team sports (wants to feel part of a group, makes friends easily and is more influenced by peer pressure)," so sentimental, cool, inspirational or generic (what I call "happy" on this site) birthday greetings that focus on some aspect of friendship should greatly interest the birthday boy or girl
• "can be obsessed with, and motivated by, money," so birthday wishes that have a Richie Rich feel will be popular with the 8-year-old crowd
• "can be helpful, cheerful and pleasant as well as rude, bossy and selfish," so sentimental or inspirational birthday wishes with an upbeat (even overly optimistic) message are the way to go

All in all, the 8th birthday wishes you decide to give should primarily be sentimental or happy in style with cheerful, optimistic messages to appeal to 8-year-old birthday girls and boys, making them feel incredible on their most special day of the year.

Message Guy Pick

When I read the birthday message below, I try to imagine how I would react if I had received it as an 8 year old. I probably would have had this big, goofy smile on my face.

There's probably nothing nicer than hearing someone (like your mother, father, grandmother, grandfather, uncle or aunt) express these wonderful sentiments about you on your birthday.

Who wouldn't want to hear these words? Nobody. These are words of love that any 8 year old would eat up.

Need to look at more examples?
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