Make a Paper Christmas Fairy Craft 🧚 Free Christmas Fairy Layered SVG

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

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

This design is a Christmas version of the original free fairy layered SVG that I shared earlier in the year.

For this festive version, I’ve added some stars to her wings, holly patterns to her skirt and of course a nice warm Santa hat!

I’ve also taken on board your feedback from the original design and made this one easier to put together by making the eye shapes “cut out” of the face layers rather than having teeny tiny eyes to stick on top. 😅

Materials list to make a Christmas fairy papercraft project

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

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• Cricut Maker
• Light blue Cricut cutting mat
• Coloured Card (I used 160gsm-240gsm weight of card)
• Patterned paper (mine is from a now-retired scrapbook set) and glitter card
• Collall All Purpose Glue
• Needle Tip Applicator Bottle
• 3D foam pads
• Shadow box (I used a 20x20cm shadow box from Hobbycraft)

Layered Fairy SVG for Christmas: Assembly instructions

Here’s how to make your very own Christmas papercraft project using a Cricut machine!

Step 1) Download the file & unzip the downloaded folder

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

• How to unzip a folder on Windows computer
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Step 2) Upload the SVG file into Design Space

Open up Cricut Design Space and upload the file called SVG_Christmas_Fairy_CraftWithSarah.svg

Make sure you upload the file which starts SVG_ in the filename!!

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

After uploading, the design will show in your “Recently Uploaded Images”. Click on it and then press “Add to Canvas” to put it onto your Project.

Click the design 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.

Get my top tips for sizing layered designs to fit in a frame by watching the video below…

I made my fairy 6.5 inches wide to fit inside the shadow box.

I definitely wouldn’t recommend going much smaller than about 5.5 inches in width as some of the details are quite small (especially the face features) so if you make the design smaller it may be difficult to cut.

When you’re happy with the size of the SVG in Design Space, click “Make It” and follow the instructions on-screen to cut out all the layers.

I also cut a “Merry Christmas” image from Cricut Access to add to the bottom of my frame to fill in some of the space.

Step 3) Stick the layered Christmas SVG 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 the SVG.

My favourite glue to use on papercraft projects is Collall All Purpose Glue.

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!

To make it even easier to apply glue to layered card projects, I highly recommend getting some of these needle tip applicator bottles to put the glue into.

The nozzles are REALLY tiny which makes them perfect for putting glue in the pieces of cardstock that make up this fairy.

Some of the layers will be stuck together with 3D foam pads to give more dimension and create the “3D” appearance.

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

The video below shows the assembly process for the original fairy design.

The process for the Christmas fairy is very similar, but there are a few extra layers to add the Santa hat and to get the star effect in the wings.

Make sure to refer to the assembly guide picture above to make sure you stick everything together in the correct order.

Step 4) Frame your layered papercraft project

The final step is to frame your adorable Christmas fairy!

I cut a piece of Christmas tree patterned scrapbook paper and layered some gold glitter card and white textured card on top.

Then, I glued the fairy to the front and added my “Merry Christmas” sentiment to the bottom.

The gold glitter card I used on the background is the same card that’s used for the stars in the wings and her hair.

Picking out some of the same shades of card for the layered design and the background is a lovely way to tie all the colours together.

And here is the finished result…

I hope that you enjoy this layered Christmas fairy SVG file!

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

Happy crafting,
Sarah x