Birthday Team Captain SVG

About this design

On a sports team, the captain wears a C on the jersey. On a birthday, that C belongs to the birthday child. This design puts a big white C with a red outline in the middle of a rounded navy square, framed by a thin gold rule, just like a captain’s patch. Birthday arches over the top in heavy navy capitals, and Team Captain is set underneath in tall, condensed navy letters.

There is no age on the shirt, so it works for any year, and it pairs naturally with a party where the guests are the team: matching shirts for everyone, and the captain’s shirt for the guest of honor.

Pieces and weeding

The solid file has 24 pieces and 7 cut-outs. The arched letters and the line of Team Captain are long rows of separate letters, so lift them with transfer tape, or leave iron-on on its carrier, to keep their spacing. Weed the bottom line slowly; it is the narrowest lettering in the design. It passes our cut checks from about 5.5 inches wide.

Color layers

• Base and lines: deep navy, the square panel and the outline around every shape
• Varsity red: crimson, the ring around the C
• Varsity gold: warm golden yellow, the frame inside the panel
• White: bright white, the letter C
• Lettering: deep navy, the words Birthday and Team Captain

Widths

Team Captain is the reason for the 5.5-inch minimum. For smaller pieces, such as party favor stickers, print the color file and use Print Then Cut.

Pressing in iron-on

Mirror the design, place the iron-on shiny side down and cut each color. Press the navy base and panel, then the gold frame, then the red ring and the white C. Finish with the arched Birthday and the Team Captain line in navy. Check your vinyl’s directions for each pressing step.

The solid file also cuts as one color for a fast, clean shirt with the panel and C clearly outlined.

Planning a team party

• One captain shirt for the birthday child and simple shirts with numbers for the guests
• A team photo with everyone lined up behind a big cardstock C
• Captain’s armbands cut from felt in red and gold
• Party favors labeled with a small printed patch

Not just for sports fans

The C patch reads as a sign of leadership as much as sport. It suits a scout leader, an oldest cousin at a family party, or a child who simply loves being in charge for the day.

To change the C or the panel to a favorite color, see our guide to changing SVG colors.

Pairs well with

Birthday All Star is another shirt for any age, and Big Kid Now also leaves the number off.