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DIY Halloween Cake Topper with Cricut

Tara — Fri, 21 Oct 2022 04:34:00 +0000

Dress up your Halloween party with these fun spooky bat paper crafts. This two layered design is easily cut with any Cricut cutting machine. These fun DIY Halloween cake topper decorations work well as cake toppers or extra decorations for the candy bowl. My 5 yr old loves the pink bats and added them to her kindergarten class goodie bags.

I used foil cardstock to give my DIY party decoration bats extra shine. Along with an acrylic cake pop stick, these DIY Halloween cake Toppers would be the perfect addition to cupcakes.

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Grab the design here

The DIY Halloween cake topper Bats cut file free in my resource library. Sign up here to unlock the resource library and grab the free SVG cut file. You will find this in the Fall & Halloween section of the resource library.

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Here's what you'll need to make DIY Halloween cake toppers with Cricut

How to make DIY Halloween cake toppers with Cricut

To get started making the DIY Halloween cake toppers with Cricut, upload the free SVG cut file into Cricut Design Space and adjust the size as needed. I cut my toppers at 4 inches wide. You can adjust the colors of each layer so it is easy to know which color of cardstock to use for each Cricut mat.

Once you have the design sized and colors set, click Make It to send the DIY Halloween cake toppers to Cricut. Select the material you are using. If you can’t find the type of cardstock you need, select browse materials on the Cricut Maker or switch the dial to custom for Cricut Explore Air models, and search for the type of cardstock you are using.

I love using the spatula from the Cricut Basic tools to help remove cardstock from the Cricut mat. If the cardstock is difficult to come off the mat, flip the mat over and peel the mat away from the cardstock instead of peeling the cardstock off the mat.

Reverse tweezers are super helpful with paper crafts because they do not need constant pressure to stay secure. Reverse tweezers are part of the Cricut Basic Tool set.

Use a paper craft glue with a precision tip to add small dabs of glue on the back of the top layer for your DIY Halloween cake topper bat.

Layer the top design onto the solid bottom layer.

Use hot glue to secure a clear acrylic lollipop stick to the back of your DIY Halloween cake toppers.

More Halloween and Autumn Crafts

Looking for my Halloween crafts to do with your Cricut? Check out these awesome ideas from my crafty friends:

Momster | Abbi Kirsten Collections

Frankenstein | Persia Lou

Three Eyed Monster | Crafting Overload

Witch Lollipop Holder | Gina C. Creates

Mommies Little Monster | Color Me Crafty

Spooky Vibes | The Denver Housewife

Monster Suckers | The Quiet Grove

Witches Hat Box | Dinosaur Mama

Set of Four Trick or Treat Bags | Kiy's Craftroom

Candy Monster | Crafty Life Mom

Monster Mash | Artsy-Fartsy Mama

Candy's for Kids | Liz on Call

Hey Boo Pumpkin Monster | Simple Made Pretty

Little Monster Side Edge Card | The Bearded Housewife

Let's Go Ghouls | The Walnut Street House

Mom of Monsters & Mom's Monster | Sunshine & Munchkins

You Can't Scare Me | Tried & True Creative

Jack o'Lantern Handle Box | Dinosaur Mama

Boo Crew | The Denver Housewife

Kiy’s Craftroom: Pumpkin and Sunflower Iron-On Design

Craft with Sarah: Layered paper craft Pumpkin and Flowers

The CraftPrint: Boo Ghosts cake topper

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Happy Candy Spider

Tara — Mon, 12 Oct 2020 01:24:00 +0000

My two girls are too cute to spook. In the place of a spooky Halloween, I’m seeking a light and happy mood this season. These colorful happy candy spiders are a fun and simple way to add color to Halloween. Somehow I already had all the necessary supplies on hand for this little project.

Supplies

Time to make: 15 mins

Supplies:

Plastic easter eggs
Googly eyes
Pipe cleaners
Black vinyl
Cutting machine (I used the Cricut Maker)
Thumb tack (or small sharp tool)
Glue
AND Candy!

Make leg holes

Use a small sharp tool, like a thumb tack, to make additional holes in the plastic for the pipe cleaner legs. I used a thumb tack to create the hole and a Cricut weeding tool to make the hole larger. Please be careful not to stab your finger.

How to make a happy candy spider

Feed the pipe cleaners through the holes. Be sure to feed the pipe cleaner through two holes. *NOTE: For shorter legs, cut one pipe cleaner in half.

Give your spider a personality

Use a cutting machine, like a Cricut, to cut out circles and a mouth from permanent black matte vinyl. Also, add googly eyes with glue dots, hot glue or your preferred adhesive.

Candy Spider with a surprise inside

Lastly, but most importantly, add some treats to your happy candy spider to make your trick-or-treaters smile.

Happy Candy Long Leg Spider

Happy Candy Short Leg Spider

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Foil Halloween Card with Cricut

Tara — Mon, 12 Oct 2020 00:18:38 +0000

Single line art can be difficult to find as most Cricut designs will draw as an outline. Single line designs are used with for drawing, engraving and the new foil transfer tool. ⁠

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A special thank you to my crafty friend and talented artist paths.points.pens⁠ who shared these fun single line ghost designs. I used the ghost designs for a special spooky birthday foil Halloween card with Cricut.
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You can grab these spooky ghosts to practice with the foil transfer tool below.

Ghosts - single line SVG

1 file(s) 1.31 MB

Download

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Halloween Ghost Banner Free SVG

Tara — Sun, 20 Sep 2020 01:23:08 +0000

Apply vinyl with low tack transfer tape

This cute little ‘Hey Boo Hey’ banner is super simple and easy. Adding a banner to a fall wreath would be a quick way to update the decor for halloween. The Halloween Ghost Banner Free SVG cutting file is below and is all ready to upload to your preferred cutting machine software (for example, Design Space).

For the black pieces and words, I used black matte vinyl instead of cardstock. TIP: When applying vinyl to cardstock or any paper, use press’n seal as the transfer tape. The press’n seal is gentle enough not to damage the paper.

I love working with this double sided glitter paper for the Halloween ghost banner. It is very sturdy and works well for the base of cardstock projects. The cutting settings I used on the Cricut Maker are: Glitter Cardstock, more pressure with the fine point blade.

Double Sided Banner Optional

Optional, but fun, I added fancy floral ghost to the back because – why not? To create the ghost pieces, I used the contour feature in design space to contour out the words. Not sure about contouring in design space? Check out this very quick video tutorial.

Halloween Ghost Banner Free SVG

Time to make: 10 mins

Supplies:

Variety of cardstock
- White
- double-sided glitter cardstock
Black vinyl
Cutting machine (I used the Cricut Maker)
Bakers twine or thin string
Press’n seal as transfer tape
Glue

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Halloween Ghost Banner – Hey Boo Hey
Halloween Ghost Banner – fancy floral ghosts

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