Sleepy Polar Bear Cub SVG

About this design

Shh, the cub is sleeping. This little polar bear lies stretched out on its tummy with its front paws tucked forward and its back leg curled under, fast asleep with both eyes closed. A soft muzzle shows around its nose, a round cheek adds a touch of blush, and a little tail pokes out at the back.

On its head sits a floppy nightcap with a thick cuff. The cap rises over one ear and flops backward so that its pom-pom rests on the cub’s back. The whole design is long and low, like the cub itself, which makes it easy to fit along a pillow, a pajama top or the bottom of a card.

Pieces and weeding

The solid file has 10 pieces and 4 cut-outs: the muzzle, the cheek and the two closed eyes. The nose sits inside the muzzle as a small separate piece, and the paws, back leg, nightcap, cuff and pom-pom are outlined by thin cut lines, so keep the whole cub on one sheet of transfer tape. It passes our cut checks from about 3 inches wide.

Color layers

• Backing in cream: the muzzle, cheek and eyes, and the fine outlines around the paws and nightcap
• Design in raspberry pink: the cub, its nose and the nightcap

Projects

• Christmas Eve pajamas for babies and children.
• Baby bodysuits for a first winter.
• Nursery decor such as pillows and wall decals.
• Christmas Eve boxes with a sleepy cub on the lid.
• Bedtime story bags and blanket tags.

Step by step: a Christmas Eve pajama top

1. Set the design to 7 inches wide for a child’s top and download the solid file.
2. Mirror the design and cut it from white iron-on vinyl.
3. Weed the muzzle, cheek and eyes, keeping the little nose in place.
4. Press it across the chest of a red or navy top.
5. Add the child’s name or “Do not disturb until Christmas” underneath if you like.

Size guide

Color ideas

• White cub with a red nightcap, layered, on navy
• Soft blue cub on cream for a nursery
• Raspberry and cream, as shown

A bedtime design

Sleepy animals are a natural fit for anything to do with bedtime: Christmas Eve pajamas, a blanket for a new baby or a cozy reading corner. Polar bears also stay seasonal right through the winter, so a sleepy cub on a pillow can stay on the bed until spring.

Pairs well with

The Polar Bear with Scarf is a wide-awake friend, the Sleepy Cat in a Santa Hat is napping too, and ’Tis the Season to Nap adds a funny saying.