Birthday Sloth SVG

A slow and happy birthday

For the child who takes their time over everything, a sloth is the perfect party animal. This one hangs from a long peach branch with both arms stretched up, cream claws hooked over the top, and its legs dangling below. Small mint leaves sprout from each end of the branch.

A string of four bunting flags hangs under the branch: coral at either end, with a sky flag and a lilac flag in between. The face has the classic sloth look, with a cream mask, peach patches around the eyes and a little cream muzzle with a nose and a smile. A cream patch on the belly finishes it.

Color layers

• Base and lines in cocoa brown: the backing that outlines everything
• Mint in soft mint green: the leaves at both ends of the branch
• Peach in pale peach: the branch and the eye patches
• Lilac in soft lavender: one bunting flag
• Butter in butter yellow: the head, body, arms and legs
• Sky in pale sky blue: one bunting flag
• Cream in warm cream: the claws, face mask, muzzle and belly
• Coral in coral pink: the two outer flags

Pieces and weeding

The solid version has 28 pieces and 5 cut-outs, second only to the giraffe in this set. The flags, leaves, claws and face parts each sit apart from the body, so use transfer tape for vinyl, or glue paper onto a backing card. Weed the small face cut-outs before you lift anything. It passes our cut checks from about 4 inches wide.

Size guide

The wide shape works well as a header across the top of a card or a banner. For tiny tags under 4 inches, use Print Then Cut and skip the layering.

Party uses

1. A banner topper: cut the sloth large and hang it above a real bunting string.
2. Invitations for a pajama or “slow morning” birthday brunch.
3. A shirt for a laid-back birthday kid in layered iron-on.
4. Classroom treat labels in one color of vinyl.
5. A sticker sheet, printed and cut in a batch.

Tips for paper

Cut the branch from a firm card so it stays straight once the sloth is glued on. Add the flags before the sloth’s legs, since the legs overlap the middle of the bunting. The cream mask and muzzle go on after the butter head, then the peach patches.

Recolor it

Gray fur and white mask make a more realistic sloth, and swapping the flags to the party’s own colors ties it into the rest of the decorations. Our guide on changing SVG colors has the steps.

Pairs well with

The Birthday Koala is another climber, and the Birthday Monkey keeps the jungle theme going.