Sleepy Cat in a Santa Hat SVG

About this design

Every cat knows the best part of Christmas is the nap. This one has curled up into a soft round ball, with its long tail wrapped around the front of its body and its chin resting at the front. Its eyes are closed in two sleepy curves, and it has a little nose, a small mouth and two round cheeks.

A Santa hat with a fluffy cuff and a pom-pom is pulled down over one ear. Two stripes mark its back and two more cross its tail, which is all the detail a tabby needs at this size.

Pieces and weeding

The solid file has 6 pieces and 9 cut-outs: the two closed eyes, the nose and mouth, the two cheeks, the two stripes on the back and the two on the tail. The head, the tail and the three parts of the Santa hat are separate pieces, outlined by thin cut lines. The shapes are large and rounded, so it cuts and weeds easily and passes our cut checks from about 2 inches wide.

Color layers

• Backing in cream: the face details, the stripes and the outlines around the head, tail and hat
• Design in raspberry pink: the cat and its Santa hat

Projects

• Mugs for cat lovers.
• Pet stockings with the cat’s name.
• Cards from the cat, signed with a paw print.
• Pajama shirts for lazy holiday mornings.
• Stickers at 2 to 3 inches with Print Then Cut.

Step by step: a mug for a cat lover

1. Set the design to 3.5 inches wide and download the color file.
2. Cut the backing from cream permanent vinyl and the design layer from your cat’s color.
3. Weed the eyes, nose, cheeks and stripes out of the design layer.
4. Apply the cream backing to the mug, then the cat on top, lined up with transfer tape.
5. Add the cat’s name underneath and wait three days before hand washing.

Size guide

Color ideas

• Orange cat with a red hat for a ginger tabby
• Gray cat with a red hat on white
• Raspberry and cream, as shown

Match it to your own cat

Because the cat is one main color with cream details, it is easy to recolor: orange for a ginger, gray for a tabby, black with white details for a tuxedo cat. Cut the Santa hat separately in red and white for a classic touch.

Pairs well with

The Cat in a Santa Hat sits up wide awake, the Cat with Scarf is dressed for the cold, and the Sleepy Polar Bear Cub is napping too.