Have you ever heard the song “I Want a Hippopotamus for Christmas”?
This layered papercraft project was inspired by that tune! I love the idea of unwrapping a gigantic hippo as a new pet on Christmas morning!
If you too have dreamed of your own hippopotamus for Christmas, now you CAN have one… and he is much easier to take care of than a real one!
I cut my design at 7.5 inches wide (6.726 tall). I don’t recommend going smaller than about 4 inches in width as some of the cuts will get a little bit too tiny and hard to stick.

This product is included in the Christmas Craft Countdown 2022
The Countdown contains 20 detailed tutorials (with videos!) for Christmas themed craft projects to make with your Cricut or cutting machine.
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This is a digital download product. Nothing will be physically sent to you in the post/mail.
After purchase, you will be given a link to download the files. They are all contained in one download link as a zip folder.
You must unzip the downloaded folder before you can use the files.
If you are using a phone/tablet then you may need to install an app/program to allow you to unzip files.
Machine Compatibility
This product is suitable for cutting with: Cricut machines, Silhouette machines and ScanNCut machines.
Hand-cutting versions are not included.
Check the size of the design before cutting. You may need to resize the design when it opens in your software (e.g. Cricut Design Space). All the layers are grouped, so you can easily resize them all at the same time and they will all stay in proportion with each other.
Bonus Live Training
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