Recipe cards by size · 4 × 6
4×6 Recipe Cards
The most common modern recipe-card size — 4″ × 6″, the same footprint as a postcard. Roomier than 3×5 for longer ingredient lists, photo-friendly, and matches every standard 4×6 photo album / page protector. Eighteen pre-designed themes plus the in-browser builder.
Build your own
Make a custom 4×6 in 2 minutes.
Fourteen designer themes, photo upload, your fields. Updates live as you type, downloads as a print-ready 4×6 PDF. The builder defaults to 4×6 — most people pick this size.
Pre-designed PDFs
Eighteen 4×6 themes ready to download.
Every theme ships in 4×6 — open the PDF, type or write your recipe, and print on photo paper or cardstock.
Common questions
People also ask.
Quick answers to the most-searched 4×6 recipe-card questions — and a guide to printing them at home.
Are 4×6 recipe cards the same size as a postcard?
Yes — 4 inches × 6 inches is the standard US postcard size. A 4×6 recipe card mails as a postcard with regular postcard postage, slides into postcard sleeves, and fits any 4×6 photo album page.
Can I print 4×6 recipe cards directly on a home printer?
Yes — most home inkjet and laser printers accept 4×6 cardstock or 4×6 inkjet-printable postcards. Set Paper Size to 4×6 Postcard / Index Card, set Scaling to Actual Size (not Fit to Page), and feed cards one at a time through the rear / manual tray.
How many 4×6 recipe cards fit on one sheet of letter paper?
Two — two 4×6 cards fit side-by-side on 8.5×11 portrait at Actual Size. Use 'Multiple pages per sheet' / '2-up' in your printer dialog, then trim down the page midline with a paper trimmer.
Will 4×6 recipe cards fit photo album sleeves?
Yes — any 4×6 photo sleeve, page protector, or album fits a 4×6 recipe card. This is one of the main reasons 4×6 has become the default modern recipe-card size.
Why 4 × 6
The modern default.
- Photo-album friendly. Every 4 × 6 photo sleeve, page protector, and album fits a 4 × 6 recipe card. Drop the printed card right into your existing photo binder.
- Postcard size. 4 × 6 is the standard US postcard size, so the card mails as a postcard with regular postcard postage if you want to share a recipe by mail.
- Room for a real photo. The bigger canvas leaves room for a meaningful photo of the dish while still keeping the card small enough to flip through stacked recipes.
- Fits the photo recipe-card workflow. If you print your finished cards on photo paper at any drug-store kiosk, 4 × 6 is the cheapest size — usually ~30¢ a card.