Discover 10 fun Cricut Maker projects for beginners! Easy ideas with step-by-step tips for home decor, gifts, vinyl crafts, and more.
Having the Cricut Maker™ opens up a lot of options for unique, easy crafts. While sewing or woodworking projects are fun, sometimes it’s nice to be able to just sit down and quickly complete a project in under an hour. Honestly, for many moms, an hour is often all we have to work with. Here are ten fun projects to make with your Cricut Maker!
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10 Projects to Make with the Cricut Maker
DIY Balloon Covers
These easy balloon covers were even easier to make when my Cricut cut the fabric for me. I got to finally try out the rotary blade on the Maker™ and BOY am I impressed. It’s a great tool for cutting out small details on small projects.
If you sew a lot, you know that knit fabric can be difficult to cut, particularly when you’re working with small pieces. The edges curl which makes it difficult to get the cuts just the right size.
With the Maker, the knit is adhered to the fabric mat, preventing curling, so you get the EXACT right size for your project.
Custom Christmas Invitations
The free projects on Cricut Design Space’s Access membership made these Christmas invitations a breeze!
Customize Boxer Briefs for Valentines’ Day
When you can’t find the design you want on Cricut Design Space, you can usually find awesome ‘ready to print’ designs for free or to buy on other sites.
These POPULAR customized boxer briefs will make your honey blush!
Kitchen Organizer Labels
These kitchen organizers for the inside of a kitchen cabinet are a great way to organize your measuring spoons and measuring cups!
Personalized Christmas Sacks
These personalized Christmas sacks are easy to make with big blank canvas laundry bags.
Quick tote bags. Aren’t the results stunning?
The DIY Horse Themed Tote Bag uses regular iron-on vinyl. The DIY Hair Stylist Bag uses patterned iron on.
Patterned Iron-On Vinyl Shirts
It’s fun to experiment with different types of iron-on vinyl. Foil iron on looks great in person, but photographs don’t do it justice.
Everyday Iron On is perfect for most uses and easy to work with.
But the patterned iron on is FUN… these two shirts, “Yeti for a Snow Day” and this Valentine’s shirt both incorporated the patterned vinyl.
Customize Cricut Access Designs for Unique Apparel
One of the most helpful skills to learn is how to use Cricut Access files as a starting point, then tweak them to create custom designs. It’s fun to see how far an original design can be adjusted to make something unique.
Learn to use the following tools—Contour, Slice, and Weld—and it becomes much easier to create a wide variety of projects in Design Space.
The Yeti shirt was a great example of how useful Contour can be. The design could be adjusted and customized to fit the exact project needs.
Slice and Weld were especially helpful for the Valentine’s truck shirt.
The Father’s Day shirt was made by combining a few designs that worked well together—nothing too complicated, just a simple layout with elements that looked great as a set.
When you’re starting out with your Cricut and trying to learn everything, make sure you take it one project at a time. But diversify- try different types of vinyl, different types of projects, and don’t get intimidated.
Thinking about buying a Cricut Maker™ and not quite sure what to get? Make sure to check out our basic guide for what to buy with the Cricut Maker.
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My co-worker Matthew has one of these. He says it looks gigantic.
My co-worker Ali has one of these. He says it looks towering.