Free ghost SVG files

Cutting ghosts in vinyl, card and wood

A ghost is one of the kindest shapes to cut: a big smooth outline and two or three holes for the face. Every file here is 100 mm on its longer side. The eyes and mouth are holes, so whatever is behind the ghost becomes its face. White vinyl on a dark window or a black door gives the classic look with no second colour.

The notches between the lobes of each hem are rounded a little, so a blade can turn in them without lifting the corner. The smallest parts in the set are the lashes on the girl ghost and the faces of the three ghosts holding hands, so cut those two at 80 mm or more. The classic, cute, chubby and baby ghosts have nothing fine in them and work down to sticker size.

For hanging decorations, white card and stiff felt both cut well. In 3 mm plywood the sheet ghosts are sturdier than the floating ones, whose tails end in a point.

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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