Striped Birthday Party Hat SVG

About this design

Some pictures just announce that fun is scheduled. This pointed hat does it with bold diagonal bands of teal across a pink cone, a chunky gold rim along the bottom and a fat cream pompom on the tip. Six short rods of confetti fly out on either side in pink, teal and gold, adding motion without crowding the hat.

One thing to know: it is a flat picture of a hat. It will not fold into a wearable cone, but it decorates nearly anything that does hold still.

Party favors

Goody bags go together quickly when the art has only a handful of shapes. Cut the hat from any solid vinyl at around 3 inches, press one onto each plain bag, then scatter a few spare confetti rods around it so no two bags look quite the same. Label the top with a name tag and line them up by the door. Small notebooks, pencil cases and treat boxes all take the same small decal.

Pieces and weeding

• 13 pieces in total, with 0 cut-outs
• The cone is split into alternating sections of stripe and background
• The pompom, the gold band and the loose confetti rods each stand alone

Since every section is parted by cut lines and the confetti floats free, transfer tape is a must on vinyl, and paper builds need a backing card. Weeding comes down to clearing those narrow lines and the open space around the rods, and nothing here has an enclosed center to pick out. It passes our cut checks from about 2 inches wide.

Color layers

Working upward from the table, the layers are:

• Base and lines in blue-black indigo: a complete underlay that becomes every outline plus a fine border
• Cream in off-white cream: the pompom
• Pink in hot bubblegum: three sections of the cone and two confetti rods
• Teal in clear aqua teal: the two diagonal stripes and two confetti rods
• Gold in bright marigold: the band at the base and two confetti rods

Sleepover invitations

Stack the design on a square invitation and it looks right for a slumber party: base layer first, then the pink, teal stripes and gold rim, with the pompom added last. Mix the confetti onto the envelope flap as a little surprise. Printing several? Run the color version through your printer on heavy paper and have Print Then Cut handle the outer edge.

Other projects

• Birthday tees in layered iron-on for the person of the hour.
• Table number cards and seat tags.
• A photo-booth sign on foam board.

Sizes that work

Cut no smaller than 2 inches, or the rods become scraps too small to place.

Color ideas

• Black cone with silver stripes for a thirtieth
• Navy cone, white bands and a red pompom
• Pastel rainbow, one tint per band

Try each one using our guide to recoloring an SVG.

Pairs well with

It’s My Birthday carries a smaller party hat of its own, and the Birthday Cupcake rounds out a sheet of favor stickers.