Birthday Dog SVG

Meet the party pup

A puppy in a party hat is hard to beat for a young child’s birthday. This one sits with its tail curled out behind, one front leg straight and a round back haunch tucked under. The coat is butter yellow, the long floppy ears are peach, and a cream patch covers the muzzle and the chest.

Around the neck is a coral collar with a small rounded tag at the front. On top of the head, tipped slightly to the right, sits a sky-blue party hat with two cream stripes and a coral pompom. The face has two round eyes, a nose and a wide happy smile.

Color layers

• Base and lines in cocoa brown: the backing outline
• Peach in pale peach: both ears
• Butter in butter yellow: the head, body, haunch, front leg and tail
• Sky in pale sky blue: the party hat
• Cream in warm cream: the muzzle, the chest and the stripes on the hat
• Coral in coral pink: the collar, its tag and the pompom

Pieces and weeding

The solid cut has 18 pieces and just 1 cut-out, so weeding is quick: most of the work is the cut lines between parts. Because those parts are separate, use transfer tape to move vinyl in one go, or glue paper pieces to a backing card. It passes our cut checks from about 4 inches wide.

Size guide

If you need it smaller than 4 inches, print the color file and let the machine cut around the outline only. Our Print Then Cut guide shows how.

A puppy party

• Invitations for a “pawty” with the pup on the front.
• A matching shirt for the birthday child, in layered iron-on.
• Treat bags for guests, with a one-color dog on each.
• A sign for the dog’s own birthday, if the family pet is the guest of honor.
• A pet bandana cut from iron-on vinyl on cotton.

Layering notes

The ear on the far side sits behind the head, and the ear on the near side sits in front of it, which is what gives the pup its tilted look. Glue the far ear first, then the head, then the muzzle and collar, then the near ear and the hat. Keeping the collar and tag together on the mat saves fiddling later.

Color ideas

A chocolate pup with cream ears suits a brown family dog, while a gray coat with a lilac hat makes a softer card. Try them out with our guide to changing SVG colors.

Pairs well with

The Birthday Cat completes a pets pair, and the Birthday Bunny adds one more soft, cuddly friend.