Place Cards SVG

Four cards for the table

Place cards make a party table feel planned, and these have a little trick. Each card is a square with a dashed fold across the middle. On the top half, a shape is cut free along its upper edge, and the fold stops short on both sides of it. Fold the card into a tent and the shape stays upright, rising above the fold line like a small sign.

There are four designs: a red card with a balloon carrying a yellow star, a blue card with a star and a yellow dot at its center, a green card with a two-tier cake banded in yellow, and a red card with a crown wearing a yellow band and a blue diamond. Each has a yellow strip on the lower half, left blank for a name.

About the folds

The fold is a row of short dashed cuts, so it bends neatly with no scoring tool, though it is not as firm as a scored line. We have not folded and tested these cards, so do a test cut on scrap card and see how the shape stands before cutting the whole guest list.

Pieces and weeding

The solid file has 17 pieces and 18 cut-outs. The four cards are the large pieces, and the name strips and the details on the shapes are the small ones. The cut-outs include the fold dashes and the thin cuts that free each shape. It passes our cut checks from about 2.5 inches wide.

Color layers

• Red in cherry red: the balloon card and the crown card
• Blue in cobalt blue: the star card and the diamond on the crown
• Green in grass green: the cake card
• Yellow in golden yellow: the four name strips, the star on the balloon, the dot on the star, the bands on the cake and the band on the crown

Writing the names

Write the names on the yellow strips before you glue them down, so a slip of the pen costs only a strip. A fine marker works, or you can type names in your design software and draw or cut them as a separate layer.

Size guide

At 10 inches across, each card is just under 5 inches square before folding. Under 2.5 inches the thin cuts around the shapes close up.

Ways to use them

• Place cards for a sit-down party or a kids’ table
• Food labels for a buffet, kept on the table rather than in the dishes
• Favor tags, standing in front of each favor box
• Game table markers for a party with activities

Make the set your own

Mix the four designs at a long table, or give each table a different shape. Match the cards to the napkins with our guide to changing SVG colors, or print them and use Print Then Cut.

Pairs well with

The Gable Favor Box sits beside each card, and the Cupcake Pick Set uses matching shapes.