Have you tried to engrave an acrylic Christmas ornament with your Cricut Maker 3? If not, it’s such a fun and easy project that makes great Christmas gifts.
With this tutorial you’ll learn how to engrave a snowflake on a 2 mm thick acrylic ornament with a free snowflake SVG file.
We also have 3 extra snowflake files available if you’d like to expand your collection.
Let’s get started with this easy step by step tutorial.
Download the Free Snowflake Ornament
You can find this file in my free craft file library. The file number is C1.
Buy the Snowflake SVG Bundle
Get the bundle with 4 snowflake files below and you’ll be able to engrave 4 different snowflake acrylic ornaments.
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How to Engrave an Acrylic Christmas Ornament
Materials
- 1 Acrylic Ornament (You can use any size, in tutorial: 2.75 inch, 2 mm thick)
- Painters Tape
- Red Twine
Instructions
Prepare file & customize settings in Cricut Design Space
- Download the file(s) from our resource library or our shop and upload to Design Space.
- Measure your ornament to decide what size to make your file.
- Resize the file according to the size of your ornament.
- Change the operation to "Engrave".
- Select the file in the layers panel and click "Attach" in the lower right corner.
- Click "Make" in the top right corner.
- Place the snowflake on the middle of the mat. Use the mouse to move it, but to do the final adjustments you can use the arrow buttons on your keyboard.
- Turn on your Cricut machine and click continue. Wait for it to connect.
Get the Ornament Ready & Engrave on Your Cricut
- Remove the protected layer on one side of the ornament.
- Place the ornament in the center of a Strong Grip mat, with the side that you removed the protected layer facing upwards. Remember to adjust for any hole for a string on your ornament.
- Use painters tape to secure the ornament to the mat.
- Select the material by clicking "Browse All Materials" and choosing "Acrylic, Thick (2 mm)". If you use a thinner ornament, you may chose "1 mm".
- Move the white star wheels on the roller bar to the right.
- Change to the engrave tip in Clamp B.
- Load the mat and press the load button on the Cricut machine.
- Let the Cricut engrave your ornament.
- Then click the unload button on the Cricut and done on your computer.
- Pick up one of the painters tape pieces and tap it multiple times the ornament to remove any debris.
- Remove the rest of the painters tape and remove the ornament from the mat.
- Remove the protected layer from the other side of the ornament.
- Attach a twine to the ornament & it's finished.
You've Now Learned To Engrave an Acrylic Christmas Ornament
I hope you enjoyed this detailed step by step tutorial showing you how to use your Cricut Maker 3 to engrave with the engraving tip.
It's such a fun and easy Cricut project, that you can easily impress friends and family with this Christmas.
Happy Crafting!
