Birthday Cat SVG

The best present in the pile

Some gifts arrive with a surprise inside, and this one comes with a kitten. A peach cat pops up out of a sky-blue box, both front paws hooked over the mint lid. A coral ribbon runs down the middle of the box and across the lid, and the cat’s tail curls up the right-hand side, ending in a round coral bobble.

The kitten has tall pointed ears lined in coral, three coral stripes on the forehead, round eyes, a small nose and whiskers on both cheeks. It is a simple, cheerful picture that reads well from across the room.

Pieces and weeding

Cut solid, this file is 20 pieces with 5 cut-outs. The box, lid, ribbon, stripes, ears and paws are all separate parts, so place vinyl with transfer tape, or build paper on a backing card. The whiskers and eyes are the fine details here, so give them a sharp blade. It passes our cut checks from about 3.5 inches wide.

Color layers

• Base and lines in cocoa brown: the backing and the outline around each part
• Mint in soft mint green: the lid of the box
• Peach in pale peach: the head, ears, paws and tail
• Sky in pale sky blue: the box
• Coral in coral pink: the ribbon, inner ears, forehead stripes and the bobble on the tail

There is no cream in this one, which makes it a five-color cut and one of the quicker layered builds in the set.

Project ideas

• A gift tag or gift card holder front for a child who loves cats.
• Birthday invitations with a “surprise inside” theme.
• A kid’s shirt in iron-on, perhaps with a name above the box.
• Party bags with a single-color cat on each.
• A card for a cat lover of any age.

Size guide

Smaller than 3.5 inches, the whiskers get hard to cut. Print the color version and cut around it with Print Then Cut for stickers and mini tags.

Assembling a card

1. Glue the brown backing to the card front.
2. Add the tail, then the ears with their coral linings.
3. Place the head, then the box and lid over the bottom of it.
4. Add both ribbon pieces, the forehead stripes and the paws.

Change the colors

A gray tabby in a butter box, or a black cat with a lilac lid, both work well. Learn how in changing SVG colors.

Pairs well with

The Birthday Dog is the obvious partner for a pets party, and the Birthday Panda has a present of its own.