Birthday Koala SVG

Holding on tight

Koalas spend their days hugging tree trunks, so this one has found the next best thing: a giant birthday candle. The candle is tall and cream with diagonal sky-blue stripes, sitting on a coral base, with a coral top and a big butter-yellow flame.

The koala clings to the left side of it, one arm wrapped across the front and one leg curled around below. Its fur is soft lilac, and its round ears are made of several fluffy bumps with cream centers. The face has two eyes set wide apart, a small smile and a large oval nose in deep cocoa brown, the way koalas look in picture books. A cream patch marks its tummy.

Color layers

• Base and lines in cocoa brown: the backing outline and the koala’s nose
• Lilac in soft lavender: the head, ears, body, arm and leg
• Butter in butter yellow: the flame
• Sky in pale sky blue: the stripes on the candle
• Cream in warm cream: the candle, the ear centers and the tummy
• Coral in coral pink: the top of the candle and its base

Pieces and weeding

The solid file has 24 pieces and 3 cut-outs. The candle stripes are cut as separate bands, and the flame, base and ear centers are their own pieces too, so place vinyl with transfer tape or glue paper onto a backing card. Keep the stripes in order on the mat so they line up again. It passes our cut checks from about 3 inches wide.

Size guide

The design is taller than it is wide, so check the height when you size it for a shirt. For anything under 3 inches, print it and use Print Then Cut.

Party ideas

• Invitations with the candle standing in for the party date.
• A birthday shirt for a koala-loving kid.
• A tall door sign where the candle runs the full height.
• Bookmarks for classroom favors, printed and cut.
• A card with the child’s age added beside the candle.

Building the candle

Glue the cream candle to the backing first, then lay the sky stripes across it from top to bottom. Add the coral base and top, then the flame. The koala’s body, leg and arm go on over the candle, and the head and ears finish it. Building it in that order keeps the arm looking like it wraps around the front.

Swapping colors

Gray fur is the realistic option, and a rainbow of stripes on the candle makes it more festive. See our guide on changing SVG colors.

The candle is only a picture. Keep paper and vinyl pieces well away from real flames.

Pairs well with

The Birthday Sloth is another hanger-on, and the Birthday Hedgehog carries three candles of its own.