Waiting animations

Hourglass waiting animation

A tall hourglass drains on a cosy desk while a ginger cat naps beside a cooling cup of tea. When the last grain drops, the glass lifts, winds up and flips itself over, and the cat opens one eye to check on the noise. You set how long each flip takes, so it works as a slow, calm countdown or a quick, busy one.

Choose an animation

Hourglass The sand runs out, the glass flips, and the cat sleeps through it.
Fetch A scruffy terrier plays fetch with itself, overshooting every single time.
Muralist A tiny painter prints a sunset mural row by row, then rolls it white again.
Duckling Queue Five ducklings wait behind a velvet rope for their turn to jump in.
Woolly Scarf A sheep knits a scarf from its own fleece, until there is no fleece left.
Hamster Launch One hamster powers the whole space program. Launching soon. Very soon.
Latte Art A rosetta blooms in every cup, and someone small sneaks a look.
Paper Plane Post A paper plane loops a cloud and posts your invite. The mailbox gulps it down.
Lighthouse The lamp sweeps the sea, the sail glows, and a sleepy seal looks up every time.
Balloon Ride A fox flies a hot-air balloon over the hills, with a bird hitching a ride.
Ice Fishing A patient polar bear keeps reeling in the same old boot.
Night Owl Library An owl stacks a wobbly book tower that topples neatly onto the shelf.
Popcorn Night A raccoon in a blanket catches every kernel and eats the lot.
Proofing Dough A field mouse naps on the tea towel and rides the rising dough.
Snail Sprint A snail sprints flat out, at snail speed, while a ladybug referee times it.
Sprout A seed grows into a flower, and its one lucky seed finds its way home.
Tower Crane A beaver crane operator adds one more floor, and then another.
Toy Train One block per lap, one tower per wait, and one cat who can't resist.

Hourglass animation by waitlists.org

Join the waitlist

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This is a preview. Press the button to see what happens when someone joins.

Hourglass

The sand runs out, the glass flips, and the cat sleeps through it.

When someone joins: Sparkles burst around the glass and the cat wakes up and hops.

Already have a signup form? Get just the animation

Paste this where the animation should appear. The credit link is part of it: it is the one condition of use.

<!-- Waiting animation: https://waitlists.org/waiting-animations/hourglass -->
<div class="wlo-waiting" data-wlo-animation="hourglass">
  <a class="wlo-credit" href="https://waitlists.org/waiting-animations/hourglass">Hourglass animation by waitlists.org</a>
</div>
<script src="https://waitlists.org/embed/waiting-animations/hourglass" async></script>

How it works

Pick a scene and tune it

Choose an animation, set its speed and give it your brand colour. The preview is the real thing, running exactly as it will on your site.

Point it at your website

Enter your address and we create a signup form for it on WaitlistApp.org. It collects names and emails from the moment you paste it.

Paste one snippet

One block of HTML holds the animation and the form. When someone joins, the animation celebrates with them.

Using these animations

Put any animation on any website, commercial or not. The one condition is the credit link that comes with the snippet: keep it next to the animation. If it goes missing, the script puts it back.

The animations stay hosted here, so fixes and improvements reach your page without you re-pasting anything.
They load after your page, draw only when scrolled into view, pause when off screen, and set no cookies.
Visitors who ask their device for less motion see a still frame; everyone else gets a pause button.
Please do not re-host, resell or repackage the artwork.

Questions

Will it slow my page down?

The script loads asynchronously, so it never blocks your page, and the scene is only drawn once it scrolls near the screen. Each animation is a single small file of vector art and CSS, with no images, fonts or video.

Where do the signups go?

Into a waitlist on WaitlistApp.org, a tool we build We build this . Your private link shows how many people have joined and lets you keep the list in a WaitlistApp account.

Can I change the speed and colour later?

Yes. They are plain attributes on the snippet (data-wlo-duration and data-wlo-accent); edit them on your page and the animation follows.

Can I use an animation with a form I already have?

Yes. Open "Get just the animation" under the configurator and paste that code above your own form.

What about people who find motion distracting?

If a visitor's device asks for reduced motion, they see a single still frame instead. Everyone else can pause the animation with the button in its corner.

Can I suggest an animation?

Please do. Tell us the scene you have in mind; the best ideas are a small story with a character in it.