Birthday Hedgehog SVG

Candles where the spines are

A hedgehog’s spiky back looks a lot like a cake full of candles, so this one has gone ahead and added three. A mint candle leans out to the left, a coral one stands straight in the middle and a sky-blue one leans out to the right, each with a yellow flame.

The hedgehog itself is peach, shown side on with a pointed face to the right. Its spines are a zigzag band in deep cocoa brown, dotted with short butter-yellow dashes. It has a round coral ear with a cream center, one eye, a smile, a rosy coral cheek, a coral nose on the tip of its snout and two small peach feet underneath.

Color layers

• Base and lines in cocoa brown: the backing, which also forms the spines
• Mint in soft mint green: the left-hand candle
• Peach in pale peach: the body, face and feet
• Butter in butter yellow: the three flames and the dashes in the spines
• Sky in pale sky blue: the right-hand candle
• Cream in warm cream: the center of the ear
• Coral in coral pink: the middle candle, the ear, the cheek and the nose

Pieces and weeding

Cut solid, the hedgehog has 20 pieces and 7 cut-outs. The candles and flames are separate from the body, as are the spine dashes, so lift vinyl with transfer tape or glue paper onto a backing card. The dashes are short, so weed them with a sharp hook. It passes our cut checks from about 3 inches wide.

Size guide

For favor stickers under 3 inches, print the color design and cut only the outline. See our Print Then Cut guide.

Woodland birthday uses

• A third birthday shirt, since there are exactly three candles.
• Invitations for a garden or woodland party.
• A card for a hedgehog fan, of any age.
• Treat bag labels in a single color.
• A tablecloth or napkin print in iron-on on cotton.

Making the candles count

Because each candle is its own piece, you can leave one off for a second birthday, or duplicate one in the editor for a fourth birthday. Space them along the spines so the flames do not touch.

These candles are only pictures. Keep any cut paper or vinyl well away from real flames.

Build order

Glue the backing down first, then the three candles in their places along the spines. Add the flames, then the yellow dashes on the spines. The peach body goes on next, followed by the feet, the ear and its cream center, the cheek and the nose.

Color ideas

Swap the peach for a sandy beige and the candles for the party colors. See changing SVG colors to try it.

Pairs well with

The Birthday Fox completes a woodland pair, and the Birthday Mouse is another tiny creature with a candle.