Free Christmas tree SVG files

Picking a tree for your material

Every file is 100 mm on its longer side, which is the height for all of them except the row of three trees. The classic, simple and three-triangle trees have no part narrower than 6 mm at that size, so they cut cleanly in vinyl, card, felt and 3 mm plywood, and still work at 25 mm tall for gift tags and earrings.

The line trees (ribbon, zigzag, spiral and swirl) are a single band between 2 and 5 mm wide at 100 mm. Keep them at 80 mm or taller in card and wood so the band does not get fragile, and use strong transfer tape for vinyl so the turns stay in place when you lift them.

Trees with cut-outs

On the bauble, star, garland and lights trees the decorations are holes. In vinyl you weed them out and the surface shows through; in card you can glue a second colour behind. At 100 mm the round and star holes are 4 mm or more across and the garland slots are a little over 2 mm wide, so do not cut those designs much below 60 mm tall.

How to open the files

• Cricut Design Space: choose Upload, pick the SVG, and add it to the canvas. Set the width you want; the shape is already welded.
• Silhouette Studio: Designer Edition and above open the SVG. The free Basic Edition does not, so open the DXF instead.
• LightBurn, xTool Creative Space and Glowforge: import the SVG, then set the layer to cut, score or engrave.
• Inkscape, Illustrator and Affinity: open the SVG. It is a plain filled path, so you can recolour it, add a stroke or combine it with your own work.
• Printing or sublimation: use the PNG, which has a transparent background.

Each design page lists the file’s narrowest part at seven sizes, so you can tell whether it will survive at the size you plan to cut.

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