Birthday shirts
The shirt a child wears on the day, and the one they keep wearing afterwards.
A birthday character shirt has one requirement everything else follows from: the child has to have chosen the character. At three or four that choice is absolute and usually singular — one character, all the time, and no interest in a second-favourite. The practical question is therefore not which shirt is good but which character they are currently committed to.
Practical advice
- Buy the size they are now. A birthday shirt is usually worn that day, and an oversized one photographs badly and hangs wrong.
- Order at least a week ahead. Licensed apparel goes out of stock in individual sizes constantly, and the size you need is the one that goes first.
- Check whether the listing is a novelty age shirt — many are printed with a specific number, which makes them unwearable eleven months later.
- If it is a party, other children will be there. A plain character tee outlasts a personalised one.
By age
Size, buyer and failure mode all change year to year. Each page covers what to buy at that age and which characters a child of that age is likely to recognise.
Characters to consider
All characters →Price and availability are taken from Amazon at the time shown and can change. The price on Amazon at the time of purchase applies. Prices shown are amazon.com in US dollars. Links redirect international readers to their local Amazon, where pricing, sizing and availability are shown in local terms.