Free Holiday SVG File for Wood Ornaments

Use this Hand Lettered FREE Holiday SVG File to make pretty wood ornaments with your favorite Cricut Machine.

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Last month, I told you some creative ways to make a wood sign for Thanksgiving, and now I’m telling you how to create some pretty wood ornaments with this FREE Holiday SVG File.

As a bonus, I’ve teamed up with some of my favorite bloggers to bring you even MORE free holiday SVG Files. First, let’s get started with some Cricut Basics.

Make the upgrade to the Cricut Maker Works with the knife blade, rotary blade, scoring blade, and double scoring blade. Questions? Check out www.printablecrush.com for dozens of Cricut Maker Tutorials!

If you’re new to the Cricut world, and not sure how to use this Holiday SVG File, make sure you check out some of my Cricut Tutorials.

Cricut Basics

And here are some tips on how to work with this Holiday SVG File in Cricut Design Space:

SVG File Tutorials

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Now, you may be wondering, what is the right holiday ornament project for me?

Really, it depends on what look you’re going for.

Here’s a list of materials you can work with for this Holiday SVG File, and I’ll go into more detail below.

Holiday SVG File Materials you may need:

Free Holiday SVG File (download link at the bottom of this post)
Wood Ornaments
Cricut Maker or Cricut Explore Air 2 (on smaller wood pieces, you can also use the Cricut Joy)
Cricut Vinyl
Cricut Transfer Tape
Cricut Iron-On (Please note that foil iron-on does not work great on wood. I recommend something sturdy like glitter iron-on)
Cricut EasyPress 2 (for iron-on wood ornaments)
Acrylic Paint

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Vinyl Ornament

This Holiday SVG File works AMAZING with Cricut Vinyl and this is what I recommend for beginning Cricut crafters. I say this because this file has layers.

Upload the design to Cricut Design Space, resize the file to fit your ornament, then cut.
Cut around the designs with scissors, then weed the design.
Apply Transfer tape to the front of each design. Hint: If you’re having a hard time getting the design to stick, the Scraper tool will help you out. Scrape as you peel off the vinyl backing.
Place the designs on the front of the ornaments in this order: Good, Cheer, Leaf, then Berries. Carefully remove transfer tape in between each placement (use that Scraper tool!!).

I don’t have a vinyl wood sign tutorial, but I did use these techniques to make my cornhole set.

If you need more instruction, check out my Cornhole game tutorial.

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Iron-On Ornament

I absolutely LOVE using iron-on for wood ornaments. I think it’s easier to use with this Holiday SVG File because you won’t have to use transfer tape…

BUT more can go wrong with an iron-on project, so I’m giving you some tips to help you out.

Check out THIS POST on layering iron-on. I went into much more detail than I can here. It’s for a t-shirt, but the same principles apply.
Choose the right material. For layering, I recommend using Glitter iron-on. It is the easiest material to work with. It’s sturdy enough handle more than one go with the EasyPress, which makes it perfect for layered files.
Don’t use Foil Iron-on. I did a project with it once and it turned out fine, but it was very tedious to get it to stick. Trust me, if you’re creating multiple ornaments, you want to stick with a sturdier iron-on.
Use the right settings. I have a printable EasyPress Heat Guide to keep on hand, but also check out Cricut’s online guide. This is for Cricut materials, so if you’re using another brand, you may get different results.
Use a smaller EasyPress for this project. That will give you more control

Check out a more detailed post on how to make Wood Signs with the EasyPress 2.

If you ever want to take part of an image out of an SVG File, follow this tutorial on how to use the Contour Tool in Cricut Designs Space! — Example of painted ornaments using a vinyl stencil

Painted Ornament with Vinyl Stencil

To use this Holiday SVG File for painted ornaments, you’ll basically follow the vinyl instructions above.

The difference is you’ll paint each layer and let it dry COMPLETELY before you apply a new one.

You can also apply the Good, Cheer and leaf layers, paint, let dry, then stencil in the berries, but you have to be very careful with your brush strokes, otherwise the colors could bleed together.

If you want more tips, check out these tutorials on using vinyl stencils on wood projects: