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Print Plastic Playing Cards
- Plastic playing cards are the perfect choice for family games night or card games with friends
- Customize your cards with your own personalized designs on the front and back
- Choose to print as many different plastic playing cards as your heart desires
When it comes to family games night, plastic playing cards are a must to help keep your custom playing cards looking awesome for as long as possible. Our plastic Nevertear material is durable, waterproof and also stain-resistant, with an easy-to-wipe-clean surface. We've provided you with the option to print as many cards as you require, from as little as 1 card to upwards of 100 unique cards, too!
A completely plastic deck of playing cards is ideal for all ages. From creating a fun alphabet pack for school to making your own wedding trading cards, the uses for plastic playing cards are practically endless. All our custom decks of cards are printed using your custom designs so you can decide exactly what the front and back of your plastic cards look like. Need a little help with design? Our team can send you over a bespoke card template to assist you along the way, just get in touch.
Print Plastic Playing Cards Online With Aura Print
The first step to printing plastic playing cards online is to decide on the size of your cards. We've given you the option to choose from our most popular sizes or to input your own custom card size. Then, it's time to pick out your material. Our plastic playing cards are printed onto our Nevertear plastic, a strong, water-resistant material that can be found in our paper section on the following page.
Add the finishing touches with a choice of 3 different laminates. Matte, gloss, and soft touch lamination are all available at your disposal to add that extra layer of protection to your water-resistant playing cards. Want to see examples of our Nevertear plastic and lamination types? Then head over to our paper sample pack page to view our complete printing range.
We Can Design Your Waterproof Playing Cards For You
Creating your own custom plastic playing cards is an enjoyable task to undertake. But we understand that sometimes, handling the design for all these cards can be a little overwhelming. Not to worry! With our team of expert designers, we can take care of all things design for you. From checking over the files you've already made, and ensuring everything is print-ready, to taking the reigns and creating custom designs just for you. We can do it all at Aura Print.
Begin your plastic playing card printing journey today by clicking on the button below. Making an order is easy, all you need to do is select the right print options and proceed to check out. Finding yourself in need of assistance? Give us a call today!
Are Plastic Playing Cards More Durable Than Standard Playing Cards?
Yes. Our plastic playing cards are printed onto durable synthetic material designed to resist water, spills, moisture, and heavy handling far better than traditional paper-based cards. We print our plastic playing cards are printed on 270mic Nevertear, which is made from polyester making it tear resistant and waterproof. It is 270 microns thick with a material thickness of 10.8pt.
Because the material itself is waterproof rather than simply coated, the cards hold up particularly well in environments where standard playing cards would quickly soften, warp, or become damaged. This makes them especially popular for poolside games, boating trips, camping, bars, outdoor events, travel games, and hospitality environments where drinks and weather are part of the experience.
Many customers also choose plastic cards for situations where the deck needs to be wiped clean regularly between uses.
Are Plastic Playing Cards Good for Outdoor Games and Travel?
Absolutely. Plastic playing cards are especially popular for travel and outdoor environments because they’re far more resilient than standard paper decks.
We regularly print custom plastic cards for RV trips, camping, boating, beach games, festivals, tailgates, poolside bars, and outdoor hospitality venues where traditional cards would quickly become damaged through moisture, dirt, humidity, or repeated handling.
Because they wipe clean easily and resist spills well, they’re also a popular option for vacation rentals, cruise entertainment, and reusable family game decks.
What Makes Plastic Playing Cards Different From Standard Playing Cards?
The biggest difference is durability.
Traditional paper playing cards are designed primarily for smooth gameplay and shuffle feel, while plastic cards are built to handle environments where standard cards would wear out much more quickly. Plastic playing cards are far more resistant to moisture, tearing, creasing, edge wear, and surface damage during repeated use.
The feel is also slightly different in-hand. Plastic cards tend to feel smoother, more flexible, and more resistant to softening over time, especially during longer game sessions or outdoor use.
Can Plastic Playing Cards Be Used for Educational or Children’s Games?
Definitely. Plastic cards are extremely popular for schools, daycare centers, speech therapy programs, SEN resources, homeschooling, and early learning activities because they’re much easier to clean and significantly more durable than paper cards.
Many educators choose plastic flashcards and learning decks specifically because they can withstand repeated classroom handling, accidental spills, sticky hands, and frequent sanitizing without becoming damaged quickly.
This makes them especially useful for younger age groups and high-use educational environments where durability matters just as much as print quality.
What Size Works Best for Plastic Playing Cards?
Most plastic playing cards are produced at standard poker size dimensions of 2.5" x 3.5" (64mm x 89mm), particularly for traditional card games and casino-style decks.
This size works well because it’s comfortable to shuffle, easy to store, and compatible with standard sleeves, deck boxes, and gameplay accessories. Some customers also choose larger custom sizes for educational cards, travel games, oversized promotional products, or highly visual gameplay formats.
If you’re comparing card formats before preparing your artwork, our playing card dimensions guide explores some of the most commonly used card sizes across different types of custom decks.
Can Plastic Playing Cards Be Customized Like Regular Playing Cards?
Absolutely. Plastic cards can be fully customized with your own artwork, logos, branding, colors, illustrations, rules, photography, or promotional messaging.
We regularly print plastic playing cards for branded giveaways, breweries, hospitality businesses, educational products, travel games, promotional campaigns, party games, and custom retail decks. Every card within the deck can feature completely different artwork if needed, making them just as flexible creatively as standard paper playing cards.
Many businesses choose plastic cards specifically because they combine long-term durability with strong brand visibility.
Are Plastic Playing Cards Good for Poker Games?
Plastic playing cards can work very well for casual poker games, travel poker sets, bars, pool halls, and social gameplay environments where durability is more important than traditional casino-grade handling.
That said, professional casino poker cards are typically manufactured using specialized gaming stocks and finishes specifically engineered for tournament-level gameplay. Customers looking to recreate that exact casino-style feel often prefer premium paper-based poker stocks instead.
Plastic poker decks are usually best suited to situations where resistance to spills, humidity, and repeated handling matters more than replicating the exact feel of casino cards.
If you’re exploring ideas for custom poker decks, our guide on DIY poker cards looks at some popular approaches to creating personalized poker sets and custom gameplay decks.
Can You Print Plastic Promotional Playing Cards?
Definitely. Plastic playing cards are extremely popular for promotional products because they tend to stay in circulation much longer than traditional paper giveaways.
We regularly print plastic decks for hotels, resorts, bars, breweries, casinos, cruise companies, tourism brands, corporate events, and hospitality businesses looking for branded merchandise people will actually keep and reuse. Because the cards are more durable and water-resistant, they often continue being used long after temporary promotional items would normally be discarded.
This long-term usability makes them especially effective for businesses looking to create practical branded products rather than one-time marketing materials.
If you’re exploring promotional ideas for custom decks, our article on branded playing cards and the benefits of promotional items looks at how businesses use custom cards as long-term marketing products.
Can Plastic Playing Cards Be Printed Double-Sided?
Absolutely. Both sides of the cards can be fully customized with different artwork, gameplay mechanics, branding, photography, educational content, or promotional messaging.
Many customers use double-sided layouts for flashcards, memory games, language learning systems, travel games, educational resources, and custom promotional products where additional information needs to appear on the reverse side.
Because the cards are waterproof and highly durable, double-sided designs tend to hold up especially well during repeated handling and long-term use.
What Makes Playing Cards Last Longer?
Plastic cards last longer primarily because the synthetic material itself resists many of the issues that normally damage paper decks over time.
Unlike standard paper cards, plastic cards are far less likely to absorb moisture, soften around the edges, crease during shuffling, or become permanently damaged through spills and repeated handling. This makes them especially useful for environments where the cards may be exposed to humidity, liquids, dirt, or constant gameplay.
After working on thousands of custom card projects, we’ve found that customers usually choose plastic cards when reliability and longevity matter more than replicating traditional paper-card handling exactly.
Yes. Our plastic playing cards are printed onto durable synthetic material designed to resist water, spills, moisture, and heavy handling far better than traditional paper-based cards. We print our plastic playing cards are printed on 270mic Nevertear, which is made from polyester making it tear resistant and waterproof. It is 270 microns thick with a material thickness of 10.8pt.
Because the material itself is waterproof rather than simply coated, the cards hold up particularly well in environments where standard playing cards would quickly soften, warp, or become damaged. This makes them especially popular for poolside games, boating trips, camping, bars, outdoor events, travel games, and hospitality environments where drinks and weather are part of the experience.
Many customers also choose plastic cards for situations where the deck needs to be wiped clean regularly between uses.
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