Birthday Shark SVG

Splash party

Pool parties and beach birthdays need a mascot, and this shark is ready for the job. It leaps across the picture from left to right, tail fin at the back, a tall dorsal fin on top and a small side fin dipping down. Below it runs a wide band of mint waves with a scalloped top edge.

The shark is pale sky blue with a long cream belly that sweeps up to the mouth. Its grin is a wide half-moon of rounded teeth, more cheeky than scary, with a coral cheek just behind it, one round eye and two gill lines. A butter-yellow party hat with coral stripes and a mint pompom perches on its head at an angle.

Pieces and weeding

With just 12 pieces and 3 cut-outs in the solid cut, this is the simplest file in the set. The hat, cheek and wave band are separate from the shark, so place vinyl with transfer tape or paper on a backing card. Take your time weeding the teeth so none of them lift away with the waste. It passes our cut checks from about 3 inches wide.

Color layers

• Base and lines in cocoa brown: the solid backing, showing through the eye, gills and mouth
• Mint in soft mint green: the waves and the pompom
• Butter in butter yellow: the party hat
• Sky in pale sky blue: the body, tail and fins
• Cream in warm cream: the belly
• Coral in coral pink: the cheek and the stripes on the hat

Size guide

Need it under 3 inches? Print the color version and use Print Then Cut to cut the outline.

Beach and pool party ideas

• Pool party invitations, with the waves as a border.
• A beach towel or tote with the shark in iron-on vinyl.
• A birthday shirt for a shark-mad kid.
• Water bottle labels in permanent vinyl.
• A banner for the fence beside the pool.

Quick build

1. Glue the wave band along the bottom of the backing.
2. Add the tail and both fins.
3. Lay the blue body over them, then the cream belly.
4. Add the coral cheek and finally the party hat.

Because it has so few parts, this design is a good one for a child to help assemble at the party table, with the pieces cut out ahead of time.

Recolor ideas

A gray shark with a white belly looks more like the real thing, while a coral shark on sky waves makes a bright summer card. See changing SVG colors.

Pairs well with

The Birthday Narwhal is another sea creature for an ocean party, and the Birthday T-Rex shares the same toothy grin.