Free Birthday Party Decoration SVG files

Birthday party SVG files for balloons, cards, boxes and favors

A birthday party is made of small things: the invitation, a banner over the table, a card with something tucked inside, a box of treats for every guest and a few props for the photos. A cutting machine can make all of them, and this collection is built for exactly that. Some designs are pictures for cards, shirts and signs. Others are paper templates that fold up into boxes, holders and cards that stand on their own.

Every design here is an original drawing. The style is flat and modern, with bright red, blue, yellow and green separated by clean white gaps, and no dark outline around anything. Each comes as a solid version for single-color cuts, an outline version and a layered color file, and every color can be changed in the editor on the design page.

Styles in this collection

Balloons

Balloon designs are the heart of any party set. The Star Balloon is split into red and blue facets like a foil balloon, and the Heart Balloon has a bright shine and a curly string. The Hot Air Balloon floats between two clouds, the Balloon Arch curves two rows of balloons over the word Hooray!, and the Balloon Silhouette Trio is a single blue piece for mugs, stencils and one-color vinyl.

Cupcakes, hats, candles and sparkle

The Sprinkle Cupcake has a striped wrapper and a cherry on top, and the Cupcake Silhouette is a one-color version with sprinkles cut right through it. The Party Hat Trio puts three patterned hats side by side. The Candle Set lines up five striped candles, and the Sparkler throws out a burst of rays and tiny stars.

Signs and banners

The Confetti Frame says Let’s Party! inside a square frame, the Bunting Corner fans three strings of flags out from a corner, and the Number Banner has ten pennant flags with the numbers 1 to 9 and 0, so any age can be spelled out on a string. The Photo Booth Props give you a mustache, glasses, a crown and a PARTY! speech bubble on sticks.

Paper-craft templates

These fold up into real objects. There is a Pop-Up Cake Card, a Box Card with windows and a scene inside, a one-piece Lace Cutaway Card, a Gift Card Holder with a pocket and A GIFT FOR YOU on the cover, a Gable Favor Box with a handle, a Pillow Favor Box with a THANK YOU label, two lace Cupcake Wrappers, a Cupcake Pick Set, four Place Cards with shapes that stand up above the fold, a Treat Bag Topper and a wearable Paper Party Crown.

Project ideas

• Invitations, printed and cut in a batch.
• Pop-up and box cards for the birthday person.
• Favor boxes and bag toppers for every guest to take home.
• A gift card holder to make a gift card feel like a present.
• Cupcake wrappers and picks to dress up a tray of store-bought cupcakes.
• A number banner over the cake table with the guest’s age.
• Photo booth props and a Let’s Party! sign for the photo corner.
• Place cards for a sit-down party or a kids’ table.
• Party shirts in layered iron-on vinyl.
• Window decals in removable vinyl to welcome guests.

Choosing materials

Sizes that work

Each design page lists the smallest size at which every part can be cut and weeded cleanly. The Cupcake Silhouette and Lace Cutaway Card go down to 2 inches. The Star Balloon, Heart Balloon, Sprinkle Cupcake, Paper Party Crown and Place Cards need 2.5, and the Hot Air Balloon, Balloon Silhouette Trio, Photo Booth Props, Gable Favor Box and Cupcake Wrapper need 3. The Party Hat Trio, Sparkler, Candle Set and Pillow Favor Box need 3.5, and the Number Banner 4. The Confetti Frame, Bunting Corner, Pop-Up Cake Card and Cupcake Pick Set need 4.5, the Balloon Arch, Box Card and Treat Bag Topper 5, and the Gift Card Holder 5.5.

Those are minimums for a clean cut, not the size a template needs to be useful. A favor box, a crown or a card holder usually wants most of the width of the mat, and each design page suggests where to start.

How the color layers work

There is no backing layer in this set. Each color is its own layer, red, blue, yellow, green and, where a design needs it, charcoal, and the parts are separated by white gaps, so they sit side by side on the card or shirt rather than on a dark base. Words are a separate Lettering layer in deep navy blue, usually sitting on a yellow panel. The Balloon Silhouette Trio, Cupcake Silhouette and Lace Cutaway Card have just one layer each. Because the white gaps show whatever is underneath, a white or pale background gives the look closest to the preview. Our guide to changing SVG colors shows how to recolor anything before you download.

Making a favor box

1. Pick a template and set the size. For a gable box, start near the full width of the mat.
2. Do a test cut on scrap card and fold it, to check the size and the folds.
3. Cut the final net from 80 to 110 lb card, and the decorations from their colors.
4. Glue on the decorations while the net is still flat.
5. Fold every dashed line, glue the side tab, then close the base and fill the box.

For a stack of invitations or small tags, print the color file on cardstock and let your machine cut only the outer shape. Our Print Then Cut guide explains the steps. New to uploading files? See how to upload an SVG.

Folding without a scoring tool

Every fold in these templates is a row of short dashed cuts, with solid paper left between the dashes. The paper bends along the row without any scoring, and the fold lands exactly where it should. The trade-off is strength: a dashed fold is a little weaker than a scored one, so crease it gently, use a bone folder or a ruler edge to flatten it, and don’t pull on glued tabs. The templates have not been folded and tested by us, which is one more reason to cut a first copy from scrap card.

Keeping decorations away from food

Cupcake wrappers, cupcake picks, treat bags and favor boxes all sit near food. The files are not food-safe, and neither is card. Slip each wrapper around a paper baking cup rather than the cake itself. Tape each pick to a food-safe skewer or wrap the stake, so the cut piece never touches the cupcake, and take it out before serving. Keep sweets wrapped inside boxes and bags.

Cutting tips

• Use a fresh blade for lace, fold dashes and small stars.
• Use a strong grip mat for card, and roll the mat away from the paper to lift it.
• Check every opening has dropped out before you unload a template.
• Use transfer tape for vinyl designs with many loose parts, such as the confetti and candles.
• Mirror the design for iron-on vinyl, and cut it shiny side down.

Free to use

Every birthday party design here is an original drawing, with no brands, characters or logos, and free for personal projects and for up to 500 finished items per design that you sell. There is no sign-up and no email gate. Please share a link to the design page rather than the file itself. For greetings to go with these decorations, see the Happy Birthday collection, and for the guest of honor’s age and favorite animal, the Milestone Birthday and Birthday Animal collections.