The Best Christmas Cricut Ideas | Free Christmas SVGs

The Best Christmas Cricut Ideas

Never be stuck for Christmas Cricut ideas again with this bumper collection of festive craft projects and free Christmas SVGs!

I LOVE crafting for Christmas – it’s my favourite time of the year to make craft projects. Here is a collection of my favorite Christmas Cricut ideas, all together in one helpful resource for you to find all the links to read the tutorials and download the free Christmas SVGs.

I’ll keep this list updated as I release new projects, so bookmark the page and check back closer to Christmas for even more Cricut craft ideas!

Cricut craft ideas & free SVGs for Christmas

Here are some of my favourite Christmas crafts that I’ve made over the years. I hope you like them too!

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Fold-Out Christmas Cards

Make DIY Christmas Cards that REALLY stand out with these free Christmas card SVGs.

A snowflake and a poinsettia flower design are included.

Choose your favorite, or make both!

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Papercraft Christmas Wreath

Make your own papercraft Christmas wreaths!

This giant papercraft wreath is complete with Christmas greenery, some poinsettias and even a perched cardinal.

A matching robin design is included too.

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3D Snowman Papercraft

Make a 3D snowman for Christmas with this papercraft design.

Add a battery-powered candle or fairy lights to make it glow from the inside.

This adorable little snowman (almost) goes together without the need for any glue, using a clever slot-together technique.

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Festive Christmas Truck

Looking for an easy layered Christmas craft project? Look no further than this wonderful Christmas truck SVG, complete with tree and wreath!

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Slot-Together 3D Christmas Ornaments

These cardstock 3D Christmas ornaments are so quick and simple to make.

Cut out the pieces and slot them together for the EASIEST 3D crafts for Christmas.

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DIY Custom-Made Ornaments

This time we're taking things one step further and designing custom ornaments within Cricut Design Space, using my free ornament SVGs.

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Family Photo Ornaments

Make custom family photo ornaments for Christmas!

Christmas baubles with photos are a wonderful way to personalize your Christmas tree.

In this tutorial, I show how to add photos into the side panels of the 3D ornaments AND how to add festive patterns into the edges for even more Christmas cheer!

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Christmas Tree Free Layered SVG

It wouldn't be December without a Christmas tree, right? This is a fun layered design which is fairly simple to stick together. The layers on the design come together beautifully to create a 3D effect.

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3D Lantern Papercraft

Craft this beautiful 3D papercraft lantern with a pretty snow scene on the edges which is built up with different shades of blue to add all the details.

A blank version is included too, so you can create your own luminary designs.

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Negative Punch Art Cards

Make funky Christmas cards using the "Slice" tool in Cricut Design Space. These card designs have been inspired by the "negative punch art" technique which is usually done with metal card punches.... but we have Cricut machines, so we can use those instead!

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HUGE Merry Christmas Layered SVG Wall Art

Looking for a showstopper Christmas sign this December? Look no further than this giant off-the-mat cutting file design! This might look complicated, but it goes together like a jigsaw puzzle - ever part fits together beautifully.

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Nativity Mandala

Make a beautiful Christmas papercraft with this layered mandala Nativity SVG. It's a lovely Christmas Nativity craft idea to make with your Cricut or other digital cutting machine.

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How to Add Vinyl to Round Ornaments

Learn my top tips on how to apply adhesive vinyl to curved surfaces like these plastic Christmas baubles. I’ll show you some easy ways to get bubble-free vinyl application on your Christmas decorations.

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Christmas Penguin Free Layered SVG

This cute little penguin is waving "hello" to you! Download the free cutting file to make a layered penguin filled with snowflake patterns.

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Free Christmas Luminaries SVG Files

Light up your home this Christmas with these three luminary cutting files. Choose from angels, snowflakes and presents - all make all three for a lovely illuminated collection!

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GIANT Snowman Sign

Make an impressive snowman craft with this giant sign that’s FULL of happy little snowpeople.

If you’d like to learn how to design your OWN giant signs, read to the end of the tutorial to find out how!

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Festive Christmas Truck with Tree & Gifts

Make a festive papercraft project with this Christmas truck layered cut file.

There's a lovely big Christmas tree and three Christmas presents in the back of this truck.

I wonder if someone is driving home for Christmas in it? (I love that song!)

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Snowman Poop & Reindeer Poop Printables

A quick and easy chocolate stocking fillers for kids. Free printables are included for both "reindeer poop" and "snowman poop" stocking fillers.

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French Bulldogs Christmas Card

Make a gorgeous Christmas card for dog lovers with this free French Bulldogs card decoupage printable. The design comes in two versions – one for cutting by hand with scissors and the other to print-then-cut with a Cricut machine

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Christmas Countdown Cubes Free SVG

Count down to Christmas with these easy DIY countdown cubes. Simply build the shelf, place the cubes on top and then turn them around each day to count down the days until Christmas.

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Christmas Fairy Craft

This cute little fairy is looking forward to spreading some magic this Christmas!

Make a paper Christmas fairy craft with this free layered SVG.

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Christmas Unicorn Layered Cut File

Do you know someone who’d love a *real* unicorn for Christmas?

Well, I can’t promise that… but hopefully this layered SVG is the next best thing!

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Christmas Penguins Layered SVG

How cute are these two little penguins?

In this free layered penguins SVG, the parent penguin is giving their fluffy chick a little cuddle to warm them up in the snow

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Layered Christmas Cards

In this tutorial, we’re making two layered Christmas cards.

The first is a beautiful cardinal design.

The second design is a Merry Christmas card which has a few less layers but it still looks lovely, especially when made with mirror or glitter cardstock for a little bit of extra festive sparkle!

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