Birthday Mouse SVG

A cheesy celebration

For a mouse, the best birthday cake is a big wedge of cheese. This little sky-blue mouse peeks over the top of one, its two paws resting on the edge. The cheese is butter yellow with four round peach holes on the front, and a coral candle with a yellow flame stands up out of the top on the right.

The mouse has two large round ears lined in peach, two eyes, a coral nose, whiskers on both sides and a small smile. Its coral tail curls out from behind the cheese on the right. With so much of the picture taken up by the cheese, it makes a good wide shape for card fronts and banners.

Color layers

• Base and lines in cocoa brown: the solid backing and outline
• Peach in pale peach: the inner ears and the holes in the cheese
• Butter in butter yellow: the cheese and the candle flame
• Sky in pale sky blue: the head, ears and paws
• Coral in coral pink: the nose, the tail and the candle

It is a five-color build with no cream, so it is one of the quicker designs in the collection to layer.

Pieces and weeding

The solid cut is 19 pieces with 8 cut-outs. The ear linings, cheese holes, paws, nose, candle and flame are separate pieces, so carry vinyl across on transfer tape or glue paper onto a backing card. The whiskers and the face details make up the fine work here, so weed the face first. It passes our cut checks from about 2.5 inches wide.

Size guide

To go smaller than 2.5 inches, print the color design and cut around it with Print Then Cut.

Small and sweet projects

• Tiny favor tags at 2.5 to 3 inches, cut in one color.
• A first birthday card, since the cheese holds one candle.
• A shirt for a little one who loves mice.
• Invitations for a storybook party.
• A “say cheese” photo booth sign, cut large from card.

The cheese is a picture for paper, vinyl and fabric only; keep the cut pieces away from any party food.

Building the card

1. Glue the sky ears to the backing, then the peach linings.
2. Add the tail, then the head and the coral nose.
3. Lay the cheese over the bottom half, then its four peach holes.
4. Add the two paws on the top edge of the cheese.
5. Finish with the candle and its flame.

Color ideas

A gray mouse with pink ears is the classic look, and a white mouse on orange cheese makes a bold card. Our guide to changing SVG colors shows how.

Pairs well with

The Birthday Hedgehog has candles too, and the Birthday Bunny is another small friend for a first party.