Everyone has something to say. The videos end up scattered across texts, email and a dozen different phones.
A welcome party they’ll watch in twenty years.
A new person just arrived, and everyone wants to say hello. One link collects welcome messages from grandparents, aunts, uncles, and friends. The family gets a film for right now, and the kid inherits a time capsule: the voices that were waiting for them, saved from day one.
“Say hello and introduce yourself to the newest arrival.”
“What do you want them to know when they watch this at eighteen?”
“Any words of encouragement for mom and dad this first year?”
“Make one prediction about who this kid is going to be.”
How to make a new baby video
Send one link. Everyone records their message in their browser, on any phone or computer, and videos.me compiles the clips into one film you can watch, share or download. Contributors install no app and make no account. You tick the clips you want, drag them into the order you want, and the film is made for you. Free to start, then $0.35 per video you receive, or a bundle.
- One link, no app, no account for the people recording
- Records in any browser, phone or computer
- Free to start, then $0.35 per video received, or a bundle
- You get one film back: watch it, share it, or download it
A new baby video works twice. Today it is a gift for exhausted parents, proof of the crowd that showed up in spirit when visits were impossible. In twenty years it is something else entirely: the great-grandmother saying hello, the family friend predicting whose nose they got, the voices of a welcome the kid was too new to remember. One link reaches everyone; each person records a short hello in their browser, no app for them and no editor for you; and the film is the family’s to download and keep.
What you get back
A preview cut from the prompts on this page. Yours will be the clips your people record.
How it works
Three steps and a few minutes, and never an editor.
Create a link
Add a prompt like “Say hello and introduce yourself to the newest arrival” and get one shareable link in seconds.
Everyone records
Anyone with the link opens it and records a short clip in their browser. They never install an app or make an account.
We make the film
We stitch the clips into one film that’s yours to watch, download, and share.
How to make a new baby video
Start with the announcement
Create the collection when the news goes out, and include the link right in the announcement message.
Point half the messages at the future
Ask people to speak to the kid at eighteen as well as the newborn. That’s the half that becomes a treasure.
Gather the whole village
Grandparents, godparents, neighbors, the friend group: one link works for all of them.
Compile and hand it over
Arrange the clips, compile in minutes, and deliver the film to the parents, with a reminder to download it for the long haul.
Prompt ideas for your video
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Pick one. One clear question gets more replies than four. People answer a question; they stall at a brief.
Make it theirs. Swap in the name and the detail only your group knows. “Share a memory of Dad” beats “share a memory.”
Say the length. Naming thirty seconds gives permission to stop, which is usually what someone is waiting for.
Say when you need it. A date does more for replies than any wording.
Give contributors a great question, or write your own.
“Say hello and introduce yourself to the newest arrival.”
“What do you want them to know when they watch this at eighteen?”
“Any words of encouragement for mom and dad this first year?”
“Make one prediction about who this kid is going to be.”
Tips for the best results
Tell people to introduce themselves
“I’m your aunt Priya” matters enormously to the viewer who hasn’t met anyone yet.
Capture the elders
The oldest voices in the film are the ones the family will treasure most in twenty years.
Download day one
This film’s real audience is two decades out. Put a copy on your own storage the day it compiles.
Works for these, too
One link, the same effortless flow, whatever you’re collecting for.
Mother’s Day videos
Every kid, grandkid, and in-law in one film for Mum.
Mother’s Day →Birthday videos
A montage of messages from everyone who loves them.
Birthday gifts →Anniversary videos
Celebrate the years with voices from across their life.
Anniversary videos →Engagement videos
Everyone’s excitement for the newly engaged, in one film.
Engagement videos →Frequently asked questions
When should we collect the messages?
The first few weeks are perfect: the excitement is fresh and faraway family wants a way to show up. A free collection gathers for up to 60 days, so start when the birth announcement goes out.
Who is this a gift for, the parents or the baby?
Both, on different schedules. The parents watch it now; the kid inherits it later. Prompting people to speak to the future adult is what makes the second viewing extraordinary.
How many people can say hello?
As many as you like on pay as you go, from close family to the whole village. Bundles cover up to 10, 25, or 50 people.
Do contributors need an app or account?
No. They open the link and record in their browser on any phone or laptop. You get your link the moment you create the collection.
Can the family keep the film for the long term?
Download it and it is theirs, on their own storage, for as long as they keep it. For a film meant to be watched in twenty years, downloading is the point.
What about family who hear the news late?
Late clips land at the end, and you can re-compile any time to include them.
Capture every angle of the moments you’ll never get back.
Two minutes to set up, free to create, and nothing to pay until you unlock your videos.
Will people actually record something?
They open the link and record in their browser. Nothing to install, and no account to make.
What if I set it up and nobody sends anything?
Creating a collection is free, and you pay when you unlock your videos. An empty collection costs you nothing.
What do I even ask people to say?
Every occasion page here comes with prompt ideas you can send as they are, or write your own.