Free Día de los Muertos SVG

Layered Día de los Muertos sugar skull SVG

Which one? SVG for Cricut and lasers, DXF for the free Silhouette Studio, PNG to print.

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Layered Día de los Muertos sugar skull, in layered colours
Layered Día de los Muertos sugar skull. The preview is the SVG file itself.

Four layers to stack: a cream skull, black for the eyes, the nose and the teeth, marigold orange for the petals round the eyes and the flower on the brow, and pink for the leaves, curls and dots.

What is in the file

Size84 × 100 mm (3.31 × 3.94 in), scales to any size
Pieces48 separate pieces
Outlines to cut48 outlines
Cut length1,191 mm at this size
Narrowest partNothing narrower than 6 mm at this size
Nodes356 curve and line segments
Layers4: skull, eyes, nose and teeth, petals and leaves and curls

Measured from the file. PNG: 1,694 × 2,000 pixels, transparent. About the three file types.

Will it cut at your size?

Scaling a design scales its thinnest part too. Here is this one at seven sizes, from 1 to 12 inches on its longer side, with how many copies fit a 12 × 12 inch sheet or mat.

Size, width × heightNarrowest partCut lengthFit on a 12 in sheetRule of thumb
0.84 × 1 in (21 × 25 mm)Over 1.5 mm303 mm110Vinyl, card and thin sheet
1.68 × 2 in (43 × 51 mm)Over 3 mm605 mm30Any material, including 3 mm wood and acrylic
2.52 × 3 in (64 × 76 mm)Over 4.6 mm908 mm12Any material, including 3 mm wood and acrylic
3.36 × 4 in (85 × 102 mm)Over 6.1 mm1,210 mm6Any material, including 3 mm wood and acrylic
5.05 × 6 in (128 × 152 mm)Over 9.1 mm1,815 mm2Any material, including 3 mm wood and acrylic
6.73 × 8 in (171 × 203 mm)Over 12 mm2,420 mm1Any material, including 3 mm wood and acrylic
10.09 × 12 in (256 × 305 mm)Over 18 mm3,630 mm1Any material, including 3 mm wood and acrylic

The narrowest part is the thinnest neck that holds the design together; sharp tips are not counted. For wood and acrylic, keep it at least as wide as the sheet is thick. How to open the file in Cricut, Silhouette and laser software.

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