3 Free Christmas Shirt SVG Files for Cricut

Cricut Christmas shirts are quick holiday projects. One shirt takes a plain tee, a sheet of iron-on vinyl and under an hour. These three free SVG files each come with a tutorial, and each tutorial covers a different skill, so you can work through them in order.

Start with Merry & Bright. It is two words and an ampersand, with little to weed, and its post explains the basics: washing the shirt first, mirroring the design, placing it below the collar and pressing with a household iron. Move on to Oh What Fun to try glitter heat transfer vinyl, which is thicker, harder to see when weeding and uses its own material setting. Santa’s Favorite is for kids. Its post gives design widths for baby, toddler and youth sizes and shows how to press around snaps and seams on small garments.

All three use heat transfer vinyl, which is always mirrored before cutting and placed on the mat with the shiny carrier side down. For heat and time, follow the guide from your vinyl’s maker. Different vinyls need different settings, and that guide is the reliable source.

For a whole family of shirts, measure each one across the chest and size every copy separately. The posts below give starting widths for each size.