Free ice cream SVG files

Waffle cones that stay in one piece

The usual way to draw a waffle cone is with crossing lines, and if you cut those lines the cone falls into dozens of loose diamonds. These cones are cut the other way round: the diamonds are small holes and the waffle between them is solid. The bars between the holes are about 3 mm wide when the cone is 100 mm tall, which holds in card, vinyl and 3 mm plywood. Below about 60 mm the diamonds are fiddly to weed, so pick the ice cream cone silhouette.

Each scoop sits on the one below with a cut line about 2 mm wide between them. The line stops about 3 mm short of the outside on both sides, and those two bridges are what join the scoops. Weed the line out gently, from the middle.

Lollies and sticks

The ice lollies are the sturdiest shapes here: a solid block on a stick nearly 10 mm wide at full size. They suit felt, craft foam and thick card, and they work as gift tags if you punch a hole in the stick. Cut the block in a bright colour and the stick in kraft card for a two-colour lolly, joining them behind the block.

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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