Candle-Puff Birthday
Hold up your fingers, take a big breath and puff, puff! A brand-new birthday song with no fire, just a gentle whoosh.
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What this song is about
Candle-Puff Birthday is a party song for the moment everyone gathers round the cake. Children hold up fingers to show how old they are, shout their age back in a counting game from one to six, and practise the big breath and two short puffs that blow candles out. The chorus pats knees and claps hands, so even the youngest guests can join in without knowing the words.
The Dragon arrives with a present as big as a whale and nearly makes a mistake: "Wait, little dragon! No fire on the cake!" Instead of a flame, everyone counts to three and blows one gentle whoosh. It is a light-hearted way to show that a grown-up lights the candles and the birthday child blows them out. Because the song is completely original, you can sing it at parties, in nursery and on video calls with grandparents as a cheerful extra to the traditional birthday song, with a counting game built in.
Sung and danced with the Dragon, our mascot who learns new things alongside children.
Learn the moves
Each step shows when it first comes up in the song. Every move works standing or sitting down.
Knees, knees, clap, clap: the chorus pattern. (0:08 in the video) Step 1: Pat, pat, clap, clap
First at 0:08
On "Candle-puff, candle-puff" pat your knees twice, then on "birthday day" clap twice.
Somebody's bigger! Arms up for hooray. (0:12 in the video) Step 2: Hip, hip, hooray
First at 0:11
The birthday child stretches up tall on tiptoe. Everyone else punches the air on each "hip" and throws both arms up for "hooray".
Hold up your fingers: how many today? (0:15 in the video) Step 3: Show your age
First at 0:14
Hold up your fingers next to your face: how many are you today?
Take a big breath and puff, puff away! (0:17 in the video) Step 4: Big breath, puff, puff
First at 0:17
Breathe in so your shoulders lift, then blow two short puffs towards the cake.
Step 5: The counting game
First at 0:47
A grown-up asks "Are you one?" and the children shout the answer back, all the way to six. Then hold up your own number.
No fire on the cake: the Dragon blows a gentle whoosh. (1:24 in the video) Step 6: No fire, just a whoosh
First at 1:24
Shake your head on "Not a flame, not a spark", breathe in, count to three on your fingers and blow one gentle whoosh together.
Lyrics
The words as sung. The bits in brackets are the echoes to shout back.
Chorus
Candle-puff, candle-puff, birthday day!Somebody's bigger, hip, hip, hooray!Hold up your fingers, how many today?Take a big breath and puff, puff away!(Puff, puff!)
Verse 1
The cake is ready, the hats are on,Friends at the door with a ding-ding-dong,Here comes the dragon, a bow on his tail,Carrying a present as big as a whale!
Chorus
Candle-puff, candle-puff, birthday day!Somebody's bigger, hip, hip, hooray!Hold up your fingers, how many today?Take a big breath and puff, puff away!(Puff, puff!)
Verse 2
Are you one? (One!) Are you two? (Two!)Are you three? (Three!) Or four? (Four!)Are you five? (Five!) Are you six? (Six!)Hold up your number and shout it once more!(Hooray!)
Chorus
Candle-puff, candle-puff, birthday day!Somebody's bigger, hip, hip, hooray!Hold up your fingers, how many today?Take a big breath and puff, puff away!(Puff, puff!)
Bridge
Wait, little dragon! No fire on the cake!Not a flame, not a spark,Just a big breath in... (Mmm...)One... two... three...(Whoosh!)
Final Chorus
Candle-puff, candle-puff, birthday day!Somebody's bigger, hip, hip, hooray!Hold up your fingers, how many today?Take a big breath and puff, puff away!(Puff, puff, puff, puff, puff, puff, puff, puff!)(Puff, puff, puff, puff!)
Outro
Candle-puff, candle-puff, birthday day!Candle-puff, candle-puff... birthday day!(Hooray!)
For grown-ups
A grown-up lights the candles and stays close; the child blows them out. In the video, the Dragon never uses fire near the cake or the children.
- Keep lit candles out of reach and tie back long hair and loose sleeves.
- Let the birthday child blow on their own; younger guests can puff at pretend candles on their fingers.
Questions parents ask
Is this a replacement for the traditional birthday song?
No, it is an extra one. Candle-Puff Birthday is completely original, with its own words and tune, so you can sing both: ours for the counting game and the candle puff, the traditional one for the cake.
What age is Candle-Puff Birthday for?
Ages 2 to 6. The counting verse goes from one to six so most party guests can shout their own age.
Is it suitable for a classroom birthday?
Yes. The actions are simple pats, claps and a big breath, and there is no need for real candles: children can puff at pretend candles on their fingers.
Music and vocals made with AI. Lyrics, moves and animation by our team, with AI tools. Words and moves are original to Dragon Kids Land.
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