Birthday Balloon Bunch SVG

About this design

Five balloons crowd together here the way they do when somebody carries them in from the car. A tall teal one takes the top spot with a pink on its left and a purple on its right, while a gold and a second pink sit lower and in front. Each has a small curved shine, and all the strings pull down to a single knot at the bottom.

That narrow point below a wide, round cluster gives you an easy shape to tuck into the corner of a page. It leaves plenty of open room for a name, an age or a party date.

Pieces and weeding

Five balloons and one set of strings make 6 pieces in the solid file, along with 5 cut-outs. The balloons sit close together with thin channels between them, so let transfer tape carry them across in vinyl, or mount paper versions on a backing card. The strings are the slimmest part of the design and they join only at the tie, so peel the waste away from that end first. It passes our cut checks from about 3 inches wide.

What each layer holds

• Base and lines in near-black indigo: a single backing shape, visible only as the thin outlines, shine marks and edging
• Pink in cheerful rose pink: the upper left balloon and the lower right balloon
• Teal in vivid turquoise teal: the tallest balloon in the middle
• Purple in cool violet: the upper right balloon and all of the strings
• Gold in honey yellow: the lower left balloon

Photo props

Blow the bunch up past a foot wide, cut it from heavy card, and glue a dowel behind the tie. Guests can hold it up next to their faces in pictures, and because it is light it works for small hands too. A few of these in different color mixes, kept in a basket by the backdrop, will keep kids busy for longer than you might expect.

Good places for it

• Greeting cards with the bunch rising from the bottom corner.
• Invitations printed at home with details alongside.
• A party shirt for the birthday kid, in layered heat-transfer vinyl.
• Window decals that announce the party to the street.
• Favor bags finished in one shade of vinyl.

Width guide

Beneath 3 inches the strings get too thin to survive the weed. For something tiny, put the color version through your printer and switch to Print Then Cut, which only has to follow the outside.

Color ideas

• All gold and silver for a landmark age
• A soft ombre from blush to plum
• Team colors, alternating balloon by balloon

Test a palette ahead of time with our notes on editing SVG colors. The two pink balloons share a layer, so cut them from separate sheets if you want them to differ.

Pairs well with

Float it over the Birthday Crew on a family shirt, or set it next to the Happy Birthday Pennant Banner on a party wall.