47 Cricut Projects for Beginners | Hobbycraft UK (2024)

Cricut: How to Make Storage Jar Labels

Transform your kitchen with adhesive jar labels that will help you organise your storage for cooking and baking convenience! We've used clip-top jars to show you how to make these labels, but you can add them to any jar or box with a smooth surface.

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How to Personalise a Happy Birthday Acrylic Sign

Every birthday party deserves a personalised sign celebrating the event, so why not create a custom handmade sign that can be re-used year after year? Simply update the sign or remove the vinyl once the parties over.

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Cricut: How to Cut Chipboard Daisy Napkin Rings

If you've got a Cricut Maker and always wanted to know how to cut chipboard, this is the project for you to learn how! Perfect for beginners, this project takes you through how to make a beautiful set of daisy napkin rings!

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Cricut: How to Make Embroidery Hoop Storage with Iron-On Vinyl Scraps

Create the perfect sewing storage to accompany a craft room or sewing area! Coordinate your fabrics to suit your décor or make a bold statement with vibrant pops of colour, all while using up scraps of iron-on vinyl.

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How to Make a Personalised Acrylic Place Setting Acrylic

Why not create a personalised place setting for all the party attendees that they can then take away with them at the end of the day?

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How to Make Celebration Bunting

Create a beautiful string of bold and colourful bunting using Hobbycraft's range of vinyls! Suitable for all celebrations, this project is ideal for beginners.

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Cricut: How to Make Ribbon Bookmarks with Iron-On Vinyl Scraps

Create personalised bookmarks that are ready for any adventures! You can add iron-on vinyl phrases to ribbon bookmarks using up scraps from previous projects. Get lost in another world, knowing your bookmarks will always hold your place when you are away.

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How to Make an Acrylic Cake Sign

There are lots of ways in which the acrylic signs can be personalised for a birthday party, why not create a menu board detailing the sweet treats available?

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Cricut: How to Make a Scrapbook Welcome Frame

Say hello to your guests in style and add a touch of colour to your hallway with this welcoming scrapbook frame. Collate memories that remind you of happy times and places, glass frames are the perfect way to display your precious keepsakes.

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Cricut: How to Make Sprinkle Cups Using Vinyl Scraps

Personalise your mugs and teacups with dainty details that add a pop of colour! This is a great way to add a little fun to your hot chocolate mugs as you use up scrap pieces of vinyl you've got lying around from other projects.

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How to Make a Personalised Party Sign

Create the perfect welcome sign to guide your guests to the party! Decorate with text and icons of your choice to create your own personalised party sign.

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Cricut: How to Make a 'Yay' Party Sign

This 'yay' party sign is perfect for any celebration! You can personalise it by making it in whatever colours suit your theme.

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Cricut: How to Create Adhesive Vinyl Labels with your Cricut Machine

Creating labels for your home storage has never been easier thanks to the Cricut Joy and the Cricut Design Space app.

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Cricut: How to Make Best Friend Mugs

Create matching mugs for you and your BFF using the Cricut Mug Press and the Infusible Ink collection.

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Cricut: How to Make an Acrylic Table Number Sign

Add a handmade touch to your wedding day with this quick-to-make acrylic table number.

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Cricut: How to Make an Infusible Ink Bottle Bag

Put a personalised spin on your gift wrap by designing a custom bottle bag with Cricut.

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Cricut: How to Make a Love is Love Pride Banner

Share a message of love with a pride rainbow banner that'll brighten up your home! It'll be a great way to honour Pride Month, adding a welcoming, inclusive message to any space.

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Cricut: How to Make Reusable Fruit and Veg Bags

Plain cotton drawstring bags make the perfect carrier for fruit and vegetables on your weekly shop.

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Cricut: How to Make Cute Pots with Vinyl Scraps

Create a mischievous crew of decorative pots while using up your scrap Cricut vinyl pieces. Bring a little personality to any room, picking and choosing which face your pots will pull.

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Cricut: How to Make Coordinating Iron-On Vinyl Clothing

Personalise outfits for all the family and transform your little one into a bear cub with this Cricut iron-on vinyl project!

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Cricut: How to Make a Foiled Card

Creating professional foiled projects has never been easier thanks to the Cricut Foil Transfer System!

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Cricut: How to Make a Personalised Pet Treat Jar

Make sure your furry family members aren't left out of the Christmas festivities with this quick and easy personalised pet treat jar project!

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Cricut: How to Make a Personalised Mug

The Design Space apphas hundreds of designs ready and waiting to be used that can be cut and applied to all manner of base items, the possibilities are endless!

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Cricut Joy: How to Make a Birthday Banner Flag

Designed in the style of a flag pennant, this iron-on project is easy to personalise thanks to Cricut's Smart Materials!

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Cricut: How to Make Smart Labelled Magazine Files

Get organised with personalised magazine files, set to sort your important paperwork. Great for office spaces or even school, college and university learning resources.

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Cricut: How to Make Cupcake Toppers

Top off your celebration cupcakes with some extra-special toppers created using your Cricut machine!

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Cricut: How to Make a Personalised Letter Mug

For this gold initial mug, we've used a super-simple vinyl layering technique that creates an eye-catching design in under 15 minutes.

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Cricut Joy: How to Make a Lion Aperture Card

With the amazing Cricut Joy Card Mat, you can whip up quick cards that look stunning in no time and spread a little Joy!

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Cricut: How to Make a Personalised Make Up Bag

Create your own unique accessories pouch by layering two types of iron-on vinyl. This project is ideal for beginner Cricut users and can be made in under half an hour!

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Cricut: How to Make a "Bee Kind" Iron-On Vinyl T-Shirt

Master iron-on vinyls with this Bee Kind T-Shirt project - perfect for making a style statement!

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Cricut: How to Make Ceramic Coasters with Infusible Ink Pens

Add a touch of monochrome elegance to your coffee table with these Cricut Infusible Ink Ceramic Coasters - perfect for personalising your table décor.

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Cricut: How to Make Milestone Baby Grows

When someone is expecting a new baby, finding the right gift that is both thoughtful and practical can be hard; these milestone baby grows are ideal and you can make as many as you like.

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Cricut: How to Make a Pocket Pal Using Iron-On Vinyl Scraps

Create your own little pocket full of sunshine with this Cricut vinyl project!

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Cricut: How to Personalise a Scrapbook with Adhesive Vinyl

Make your next scrapbook even more personalised, using your Cricut machine and adhesive vinyl to create a cover like no other!

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Cricut: How to Create a Personalised Vase with Adhesive Vinyl

Brighten up your kitchen windowsill or perhaps a loved one's mantelpiece with this personalised vase, quick and easy to make at home with your Cricut machine.

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Which Cricut machine is best for small business? ›

Best Cricut machine for small businesses

Thinking about starting your own business or trying to grow an already established one? The Cricut Maker 3is ideal for small businesses and professionals. Similar to the first product on our list, it features 13 different tools and cuts through 300 materials.

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What Cricut can do the most? ›

Cricut Maker 3 is the most versatile Cricut machine, with additional tools and blades. It can cut 300+ materials. Cricut Maker 3 can cut Smart Materials. These clever crafting materials work without a cutting mat, so you can just load the material directly into your machine and go.

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How do I get free Cricut projects? ›

Sign in to Design Space. Select New Project. From your Canvas, select Images on the design panel to the left. Select Free under Highlighted Categories.

What is the easiest Cricut to use? ›

Cricut Joy

This machine is the easiest to use Cricut machine ever. In fact, it is perfect for quick, everyday projects, and it can make beautiful intricate cuts and crafty creations. You can create your designs and projects in the easy-to-use Design Space software, then send them to the machine.

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Which Cricut is best for everything? ›

Cricut Maker 3 is the latest, most powerful of the brand's digital crafting machines. It can use over 300 materials, and is capable of cutting, engraving and scoring. It also makes use of the new Cricut Smart Materials for longer, mat-free cutting.

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Do you need a computer to use a Cricut? ›

Yes. Cricut Joy machines are used with the free Design Space software on Android and iOS. They will also work with Design Space for Desktop on Bluetooth-enabled Windows or Mac computers. Design Space is installed on your mobile device or computer when you set up your new machine.

Is Cricut a good side hustle? ›

If you're a dedicated Cricut maker, you can earn money selling crafts locally, on an online marketplace, or through your own ecommerce website. If you're excited by the thought of turning your hobby into a source of income, you might be ready to start your own Cricut business.

Is owning a Cricut profitable? ›

Yes. It is possible to make money selling Cricut crafts. Buying a Cricut machine costs upward of $179, and you have to purchase the materials you need to use, but the startup expenses are relatively low.

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Is Cricut Maker being discontinued? ›

According to Cricut, no, they are not discontinuing the original Cricut Maker at this time. I would assume that some time in the future, older models would be discontinued to make room for additional machines.

Which is better, Cricut Explore or Maker? ›

The difference between the Maker models and the Explore models is that the Maker can cut 300+ material options (that's 200 more material options than the Explore Air 2 or Explore 3) and comes with the ability to use Quick Swap Tools such as the engraving tool, deboss tool, scoring wheel, and more.

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Which Cricut cuts the fastest? ›

Cricut Venture is the largest cutting machine offered by Cricut, able to cut up to 75 feet of repeated images. It is also the company's fastest machine with a cutting speed of up to 25 inches per second, allowing users to get more done in less time.

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How do I start a Cricut project? ›

New - Click the New icon at any time to create a new project from scratch. Templates - Use a template to help you visualize your finished product (Learn More). Projects - Browse, select, and cut projects from the Projects Tab. This includes your projects.

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Is Cricut easy to use for beginners? ›

Cricut Design Space walks you through the process, and you're ready to start creating in just a few minutes. Similarly, the machine proved very easy to use, making it accessible for all skill levels. All you really have to do is load the mat into the machine, which entails pressing one button, and you're ready to cut.

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What image is best for Cricut? ›

To create output for cutting with Cricut, you'll want your images and shapes to be in a vector file format such as SVG. SVG is an obscure format that you may not have previously encountered, but it is extremely useful for certain types of work.

What image type is best for Cricut design space? ›

SVG Images are the easiest type of images to upload into Design Space. If you buy or download a free 'Cut file', this is typically what you would be buying (like my SVG mini bundles here). SVG stands for Scalable Vector Graphic and that means that you can size it (way) up or down without losing quality.

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