Download your free Santa Sack SVG File and create these oh-so-cute Santa Sacks for your favorite little one on your Christmas list.
Have you seen all the Christmas Santa Sacks floating around Pinterest? They are just so stinking adorable! I’ve got two little cuties that I love making things for and just knew they needed one of their own.
So today I put together a Free Santa Sack SVG Cut File for you, just in time for Christmas!
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WHAT YOU NEED FOR YOUR SANTA SACK
Scroll to the bottom for a printable list and tutorial
- XL Laundry Bags – I purchase my Santa Sacks from Amazon. They come in a package of two for about $11 and if you have Amazon Prime, you get free 2-day shipping! Dirt cheap, right? Now that’s my kind of deal!
- Heat Transfer Vinyl
- Teflon Sheets
- Heat Press Tape
- Download the Free Santa Sack SVG cut files from our FREE community library. Simply subscribe to our newsletter below and get instant access to it along with all of our other FREE resources. (This file is for personal use only. If you’d like to make products to sell using files from Footprints of Inspiration, you can check out our commercial licenses.)
Cricut users, if you need help ungrouping items in Cricut Design Space, check out How To Make Stickers with Your Cricut. (It’s a print and cut tutorial, however, it demonstrates how to ungroup your designs.)
Tools needed for your santa sack
- Silhouette Cameo or Cricut Cutting Machine
- Heat Press, Cricut Easy Press or household iron
- Cricut Weeding Tools (I prefer these over the Silhouette brand)
- 12 x 24 Cricut Cutting Mat (I, also prefer these over the Silhouette brand)
SILHOUTTE USERS
Silhouette users, let’s take a quick moment to talk about Silhouette Studio.
When you purchase a Silhouette Cameo cutting machine, you get the basic edition of Silhouette Studio which is a great place to start and all you truly need for this tutorial.
However, you will notice in the images below that I have the Business Edition of Silhouette Studio. Even if you don’t own your own business, I highly recommend it.
It’s a one-time upgrade fee and includes everything you get in Designer Edition and Designer Plus Edition, plus it includes additional upgrades like my favorite of being able to export my designs in SVG, PDF, and JPG formats.
Seriously, Business Edition is worth every single penny!
Add a name in silhouette studio
Silhouette users, follow the steps below to add text to your Santa Sack. (Cricut users: skip to press your vinyl below.)
It’s a one-time, minimal charge to upgrade and worth every single penny!
- Add the name to the work area in your favorite font.
- Highlight the text and open the replicate window from the right sidebar menu.
- Select the right or left mirror option.
- Move the original image off the mat and the mirrored image onto the mat
Cutting your Heat Transfer Vinyl
- Open the Santa Sack SVG Cut File in your program. (As I stated above, when you first open your file, the mat will be blank. I made the designs to fit the XL Laundry Bags that I recommend. Simply zoom out to see the entire Christmas file.)
- Group all like-colored images together on the mat and make your cut.
- In the send window, choose which material you will be using (probably smooth vinyl for this project.)
- Slow your cut speed to 4
- Increase to 2 passes. (You may not need a double cut, however, I find it far easier to weed. I highly recommend that perform a test cut first.)
- Hit send and cut out that fun design!
press your heat transfer vinyl
- Weed your Heat Transfer Vinyl.
Helpful Hint: Use wax paper to store your weeded designs until you’re ready to press them. This will keep them from sticking to everything on your work table.
Take some time laying out your design to make sure you have everything where you want it.
Helpful Hint: Fold the sack in half to find the center. (If you look closely in the picture below, you’ll see where I folded it.)
- Preheat heat press to 305°; 15 Seconds. (See below for instructions on using the Cricut Easy Press or your household iron.)
- Press all Heat Transfer Vinyl onto the sack, and don’t forget to use the Teflon sheet. (For more help on this, use the same steps in Applying Heat Transfer Vinyl to a Shirt.)
- Repress everything after removing the carrier sheets, always using your Teflon sheet.
Using the Cricut Easy Press or household iron
- Preheat your Cricut Easy Press to 350° for 30 seconds. (Preheat your household iron to the highest setting possible, making sure the steam setting is turned off.)
- Layout your design on the XL Laundry Bag with the clear carrier sheet facing up, (sticky side down) and secure using the Heat Press Tape.
- Place on a hard, stable surface. Do not use your ironing board.
- Place a Teflon Sheet on top of your XL Landry Bag.
- Begin pressing by applying mild pressure for the Cricut Easy Press or very heavy pressure if using your household iron. Be sure to overlap sections as you press for 30 seconds if using the Cricut Easy Press or 60 seconds if using your household iron.
- Use a cloth to wipe over the carrier sheet with mild pressure. I do this to ensure that the vinyl will not pull up when removing the clear carrier sheet.
- Carefully remove the clear carrier sheet by pulling back, not up.
- Place the Teflon Sheet on top of the XL Laundry Bag again, and repress using the same temperature, pressure, and time from above.
FREE SANTA SACK SVG File WraP Up
And there you have it! An adorable Christmas Santa Sack for your favorite kiddo!
Aren’t they just the cutest?
I’d love to see pictures of your Santa Sacks, so be sure to share them on your favorite social media platform using #footprintsofinspiration.
If you’re looking for more help with your Silhouette Cameo, I highly recommend The Ultimate Silhouette Guide, by Melissa Viscount.
This book cut my learning curve in half when I was learning how to use my Silhouette Cameo and I often refer back to it for DIY projects that I’m not familiar with. As a Footprints of Inspiration reader, you get 10% off by using coupon code: FOOTPRINTS at checkout.
Thanks for stopping by the blog today! If you’d like to see some specific SVG designs from FOI, leave me a comment below and I’ll do my best to create them for you!
Until next time, my friend…
Santa Sacks with Free SVG Cut File
Download our FREE SVG Cut File to make these quick Christmas Santa Sacks for that special someone on your Christmas List.
Materials
Tools
Instructions
- Open the Santa Sack SVG Cut File into your cutting machine software.
- Add the name using your favorite font.
- Move the designs to your 12" x 24" virtual cutting mat by color and mirror the design. (I prefer to save on vinyl, so I put the designs as close to each other as possible.)
- Load your 12" x 24" Cutting Mat with the Heat Transfer Vinyl color of your choice.
- Cut your Heat Transfer Vinyl. I highly recommend performing a test cut first to ensure that your settings are correct.
- Weed your vinyl using the Cricut weeding tools.
- Fold your XL Laundry Sack in half both ways to find the center.
- Lay your entire design out on your laundry sack to ensure that everything lines up the way you want it.
- Press the design using a Heat Press at 350° for 15 seconds. (If using a household iron, be sure to press on a hard, stable surface as you will need to apply a lot of pressure.)
- Remove the carrier sheets and repress.
Notes
I'd love to see your gorgeous designs, so be sure to tag FOI on your favorite social media platform!
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Can you help me to download? Is it a certain browser?
None of the files, instant down load when I click in the link.
I have signed up for access and the newsletter. Its frustrating. 🙁
Hi Robin. I’m sorry you’re having trouble with this. Sometimes your browser will act up and not allow you to download a file. There are a few things you can try. 1) Use a different browser to download it. 2) Use an incognito window. 3)Erase your browsing history. Using one of these options should work for you.
I can’t seem to find the download button. I have joined the mail list and still can’t download it.
Hi Courtney! Thanks for taking the time to stop by the blog. You can find the Santa Sack files at the bottom of the community library. Just click on “Santa Sacks” and it will download immediately as a zipped file.
Thank you so much!!!
I’m not sure why I cannot find where I download the adorable Santa sack SVG, or where to enter the password. Thanks for your help
Hi Tina! Thank you so much for stopping by the blog. This free SVG Cut File is located in our free community library. You’ll get instant access to all of the free resources in our library by signing up for our newsletter above. Happy crafting!
Hi Tammy –
Thanks for the files. After zooming out I was able to see the file.
Can you tell me the name of the font you used for “Kyndell”?
Thanks.
Hi Rene! I’m glad you were able to view the file. I’ve pulled the file on my computer and unfortunately, it’s not showing me what font I used. I made that file quite some time ago on a different computer, so it may be that I didn’t get that font transferred over to my new one. I wish I could offer you more help on this! I’m sure whatever font you choose to use will look great! Thanks so much for stopping by the blog!
Great project! Thank you for sharing your svg file!
You’re welcome, Anne! I’m so glad you like it! Thanks for stopping by the blog and taking the time to reach out.
Thank you so much, I cant wait to make these for Christmas this year!!
Hi Tammy! You’re so welcome! Thanks for stopping by the blog and taking time to reach out!
Your Santa sacks are adorable! I want to make one for my granddaughter for Christmas, but I cant get it to open in my SCAL software. Any help would be appreciated! Thank you!
Never mind, I got it! I right-clicked on the file and changed the name to santa.svg, and it opened.
Outstanding! I’m glad it worked for you! Be sure to post pictures of your completed sack! Thanks so much for taking the time to stop by the blog! I truly appreciate it.
I downloaded the santa sack svg files. However, when I upload them into design space (Cricut) the file is all one cut, it doesn’t allow me to ungroup to change the color for the different sections. Hope that makes sense.
Do you have a file that isn’t group as one cut? if so can you email it to me. TIA
Hi, Kathy! Thank you for taking the time to stop by the blog. Try this link and see if it helps. https://www.footprintsofinspiration.com/make-stickers-with-cricut/
Please let me know how it goes for you!
These are so cute! Approximately much vinyl do you need per bag? I want to make sure I order the appropriate quantities 🙂 Thanks!
Hi, Alyssa! Thank you for stopping by the blog and for reaching out. That is a great question! If you’re like me and want to minimize “vinyl waste,” you can use a 12×36 piece of vinyl for the “black letters” in my example and a 12×24 piece for the colored letters. (red or green – I personally would go with a different shade of green than what I used, as it’s difficult to see the color difference unless you’re right on top of it) You’ll still have some vinyl left over, but this minimizes waste as best as possible.
I love this! I also have a Kale!
How do I get the free santa sack? When I press here nothing comes up. Is it a svg file?
Hi, Carol Ann. Thanks for reaching out. I’m checking into it right now. I should have a solution for you shortly.
Carol Ann, you should be good to go. I’ve got it working on my end. It is a big file, so it does take a bit to download and then upload into Studio. If you continue to have trouble, send me an email at tammy@footprintsofinspiration.com and I’ll send it to you via email. I’ve added another download link in the name itself. In answer to your question, it is an SVG file. Thanks again!