Dad of the Birthday Girl SVG

About this design

Dads tend to want something simple and a little bit funny, and this has both. DAD fills the top in tall, square-footed slab capitals. Below it sits a wide handlebar moustache in burnt orange, thick in the middle with a small notch under the nose and ends that curl up and back. Of the Birthday Girl curves along the bottom in a smooth, joined script, like a smile under the moustache.

It is a playful counterpart to the heart on mom’s shirt, and it suits a dad who likes a joke more than a flourish. Because the moustache is the only picture, it also reads well from the far side of a busy backyard, which is handy when the kids are looking for the grown-up in charge of the games.

Layer guide

• Base and lines: a cocoa brown backing, edging the moustache
• Burnt orange: the moustache
• Lettering: rust red, DAD and of the Birthday Girl

With just three layers it is one of the quickest layered shirts in this set. Leave out the base on a light shirt and you have a two-color print.

Pieces and weeding

The solid file comes to 20 pieces with 8 cut-outs. The moustache and the two lines of lettering are separate, and the script line has many small letters on a curve, so keep everything together with the carrier sheet on iron-on, transfer tape on adhesive vinyl, or a backing card in paper. Weed the script slowly. It passes our cut checks from about 5.5 inches wide.

Size guide

Smaller than 5.5 inches, the script line starts to close up. For stickers, print the color version and trim with Print Then Cut.

Iron-on in three steps

1. Mirror the layers and cut the iron-on with its shiny side on the mat.
2. Press the cocoa base, then the moustache on top of it.
3. Add the rust lettering, using the pressing directions from your vinyl maker.

When dad wears it

• At the party, behind the grill or the camera
• In the family photo next to mom and siblings
• On a matching apron for cake duty, with the cake itself kept clear of any vinyl

Changing it up

A black moustache on a gray shirt looks classic, and gold on navy looks smart. Try the colors in the editor before you download; the guide to changing SVG colors shows where to click.

Pairs well with

Mom of the Birthday Girl is the matching saying for mom, and Sister of the Birthday Girl brings in a sibling.