Six Year Old Jersey SVG

About this design

A shield is the classic shape of a school crest, and it turns a plain shirt into something that looks like it came from the campus store. This 6th birthday patch is a navy shield with squared shoulders and a rounded point. A fine gold rule follows the edge just inside it, framing the whole patch.

Across the top, Birthday sits in white capitals with wide letter spacing. The middle holds a round, heavy 6 in varsity gold with a red outline, and Six Years finishes the shield near the point in smaller white capitals. The gold number on navy is the brightest thing in the picture, which keeps the age easy to read from across a yard.

Pieces and weeding

The solid file has 16 pieces and 10 cut-outs. The shield, the gold rule, the number layers and each white letter come apart, so use transfer tape, or keep iron-on on its carrier, to hold the words in place. The small letters of Six Years are the fiddliest part, so weed them before anything else. It passes our cut checks from about 5.5 inches wide.

What the layers are

• Base and lines: deep navy, forming the shield itself and the edges of every part
• Varsity red: crimson, the ring around the 6
• Varsity gold: warm golden yellow, the rule around the edge and the number
• White: bright white, for Birthday and Six Years

Widths that work

Six Years is the smallest lettering on the shield, which is why this shield needs 5.5 inches. Go bigger rather than smaller. If you want a tiny version for favor tags, print the color file and let Print Then Cut cut only the outline.

Making it in iron-on

1. Mirror the design for every color, and cut iron-on vinyl shiny side down.
2. Press the navy shield first.
3. Add the gold rule and the gold 6 next.
4. Lay the red ring around the number, then the white lettering.
5. Use the pressing directions that came with your vinyl.

In a single color, the shield cuts as one solid crest with the letters, rule and number showing as open fabric, which looks great on a bright shirt.

Crest ideas

• School colors on the shield and rule for a back-to-school birthday
• A sibling set, each shield with its own number
• A felt version glued to a backpack or a bedroom pennant
• Cupcake box labels, printed and cut at a small size

The editor on this page lets you recolor every layer. Our guide to changing SVG colors walks through it step by step.

Pairs well with

Fine at Nine uses the same shield, and Six Year Old Star is another shirt for turning six.