Birthday Monkey SVG

A banana birthday

Who needs cake? This monkey has made its own birthday treat by sticking a candle into a banana. It sits with its knees up and a long coral tail curling around to the right, one arm resting on its tummy and the other raised high to show off the banana.

The banana is half peeled, with three butter-yellow flaps of skin hanging down and the cream fruit standing tall, and a sky-blue candle with a yellow flame planted in the top. The monkey has round ears with peach centers, a big peach face with two eyes, two small nostrils and a wide grin, a peach belly and peach feet.

Pieces and weeding

The solid cut comes to 27 pieces and 5 cut-outs. The candle, flame, fruit, each banana flap, the hand, ears and feet are all separate, so place vinyl with transfer tape or assemble paper on a backing card. The tail is long and curved; cut it slowly. It passes our cut checks from about 3 inches wide.

Color layers

• Base and lines in cocoa brown: the solid backing and outline
• Peach in pale peach: the face, ear centers, belly, feet and the hand holding the banana
• Butter in butter yellow: the banana peel and the candle flame
• Sky in pale sky blue: the candle
• Cream in warm cream: the banana fruit
• Coral in coral pink: the head, ears, body, arms, legs and tail

Size guide

Under 3 inches, print the color art and cut only the outer shape with Print Then Cut.

Ideas for a jungle party

• A funny birthday card for a child who prefers fruit to frosting.
• A shirt for a cheeky birthday kid in layered iron-on.
• Jungle or zoo party invitations.
• Favor tags on bags of banana chips or other snacks.
• A sign for the food table, cut large from card or wood.

The banana here is a picture for paper and vinyl. Keep the cut pieces off any real fruit or food.

Assembly order

Glue the tail and ears to the backing first, then the body and the peach belly. Add the legs and feet, the second arm and then the head. The face piece sits on top of the head. Build the banana from the back forward: candle and flame, fruit, then the peel flaps, and finish with the raised arm and hand so they look like they are holding it.

Recolor ideas

A brown monkey with a cream face is more traditional, and a mint monkey with a coral banana makes a playful pastel card. Try out ideas with changing SVG colors.

Pairs well with

The Birthday Sloth and the Birthday Lion bring more friends from the jungle.