Free crayon SVG files

Crayons for names

Most crayon files are cut to carry a child’s name, so three of these are built for it. The fat crayon has a plain wrapper about 42 mm long and 30 mm tall when the crayon is 100 mm long. The split crayon opens along its length to leave a band 16 mm tall between the halves. The crayon ring leaves a round opening for one initial. Set the name in a chunky rounded face, which suits the subject and weeds easily.

For a yellow crayon with a darker wrapper, use the layered crayon and change its three colours, or cut a single-colour crayon twice and keep the wrapper from one and the wax from the other.

Cutting notes

A crayon is a solid bar, so it cuts well in every material and at small sizes. The lines on the wrapper are slits about 2 mm wide at 100 mm that stop short of the edges. Under about 40 mm long, they start to close up in vinyl, so use the fat crayon, whose lines are heavier. The crayon pocket is meant for the chest of a shirt: cut it 80 to 90 mm tall for a child’s size and mirror it for heat transfer vinyl.

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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