School Truck Free SVG 🍎 Back to School Cricut Project

Back to School Cricut Project

Cruise back to school in style with this retro truck layered SVG, perfect for welcoming children to the classroom after the long summer break.

Whether you’re decorating the classroom, making personalized cards for your children, sending your favourite teacher good wishes for the year ahead, or creating scrapbook pages with photos of your kids in their brand new school uniforms, this design is sure to get “top marks”. 😁

This school project has been designed for you to cut from cardstock using your Cricut machine and it is the 18th truck in my collection of themed vintage truck SVGs.

I cut my truck in yellow to mimic the traditional school bus colour, but you can change it to match a particular theme, for example to match your school, college or university’s colours.

See how to stick all the layers together (and the order they go in!) in this tutorial.

Back to school layered truck

Video tutorial for back to school truck SVG

Watch the video below to see how to make this craft project for school celebrations. Keep scrolling for a written tutorial.

Materials list for school craft project

Here is a list of the materials that I used to make this project.

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Layered back to school truck SVG assembly instructions

Here’s how to make your very own school supplies truck using a Cricut machine!

Step 1) Download the free file & unzip the downloaded folder

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Before you upload the SVG to Design Space, you need to unzip the download folder that it comes in.

Step 2) Upload the SVG file into Design Space

Open up Cricut Design Space and upload the file called svg-truck-school-craftwithsarah.svg

Make sure you upload the file which starts svg- in the filename!!

This is how it should look after you have selected the file:

Don’t worry if the image preview appears blurry – it’s a bug/glitch in Design Space at the moment.

Press “Upload” on the next screen.

After uploading, the truck design should be automatically inserted onto your Canvas.

If not, it will show under “Uploads” in your “Recently Uploaded Images”. Click on it and then press “Add to Canvas” to put it onto your Project.

Click the truck on your canvas and use the width/height boxes near the top of the screen to make it the size that you want to cut it.

I made mine 9.5 inches wide to fit inside a A4 photo frame.

I don’t recommend going smaller than about 5 inches wide as some of the pieces are quite delicate, such as the gaps in the pencil that show the lighter colour through. If you make the design much smaller than that, it may be difficult to cut.

Step 3) Cut the design

When you’re happy how the truck SVG is looking in Design Space, click “Make” and follow the instructions on-screen to cut out all the layers.

Change the paper size with the dropdowns on the left of the screen. You need to change it for every colour.

You can drag-and-drop the pieces on the screen to move them about to take up less space on your cardstock.

Step 4) Stick the layered truck together

Use 3D foam pads and glue to stick the layers together.

Use this guide to see the order to stick the layers together in. A high quality printable version of this assembly guide is included in the folder when you download this SVG.

I used Bearly Art Glue to stick the project together.

It’s SO good because it doesn’t “warp” or bend the cardstock like some glues do. You can use as much of it as you want and the card stays perfect – and it dries perfectly clear too!

Collall All-Purpose Glue is another great one to use for cardstock, which is more readily available in the UK.

I like these foam pads from “Dot & Dab”, but any will do. If yours are large then you might need to cut them smaller with a pair of scissors.

When adding the foam pads to larger pieces, make sure you add some in the middle of the pieces of card so it gives some stability to the middles. If you don’t add any foam pads in the middles then it can dip/sag down under the weight of the other layers which doesn’t look as good.

Once you have finished sticking all the pieces together, your truck is ready to be framed, added to a greetings card or scrapbook page – or, however else you are planning on displaying it!

School library SVG

Free layered truck SVGs

If you like this design, you may want to check out the matching truck designs for other seasons and Holidays:

Love layered SVGs? Check out my other free layered SVG files

Happy crafting,
Sarah x