Cricut Explore Air
From Annapolis Makerspace Wiki
Useful links
- Cricut DESIGN SPACE for BEGINNERS 2021 | Learning The Basics Of Cricut Design Space | Tips & Tricks
- Overview of Cricut machines, anatomy and terms
- 25 Best Cricut Tips, Tricks, Shortcuts, Hacks, & Hidden Features
Project Ideas
Wall art – You can easily make trendy wall art at a low cost. Take farmhouse wall decor for example. There are over half a million searches on Pinterest alone for farmhouse wall decor. Make your own, make for gifts, or make to sell!
Tiered tray signs – You can make seasonal signs and people are always updating their tiered tray decor so they tend to sell very well.
Custom decals – Create personalized decals and apply to anything you like.
Personalized stickers and labels – Use custom stickers and labels for children’s belongings, customize pantry organization, etc. The sky is the limit here!
Children’s birthday party decor – Create custom party supplies that are personalized and tailored to your needs. Ever had a child choose an off-the-wall party theme and have trouble finding any decor for the party? You can make it so!
Planner stickers – Planners are a hot trend right now and you have the ability to create custom planner stickers at a low cost and a low shipping rate.
Wedding decor and favors – Weddings are expensive and more and more people are turning to small businesses to add a personal touch to their event and make their Pinterest dreams come true.
Cricut cake toppers – Make custom cake toppers for birthdays, weddings and parties of every kind.
Custom etched glasses – Create custom etched drinking glasses, wine glasses, personalized glass bakeware and more using Cricut vinyl as a stencil.
Leather earrings and bows – these are super easy to make with your Cricut and are lightweight for shipping. Create all different style and even branch into doing custom holiday earrings!
Tea towels – customize inexpensive tea towels or flour sack towels with iron-on vinyl. You can create themed towels like farmhouse kitchen themes or even make personalized and monogrammed towels. These make great gifts and people readily purchase them.
T-shirts – Custom t-shirts are very popular and easy to make using iron on vinyl. You can mother/baby sets, witty sayings and personalized shirts.
Birth Stat Stuffed Animal – Create custom birth stat stuffed animals which are very popular baby gifts!
Personalized blankets – Create personalized baby blankets and even adult blankets with clever sayings like “this is my Christmas movie watching blanket” on them.
Custom drink coasters – You can create custom drink coasters using vinyl or infusible ink. Match decor, monogram or personalize them.
Custom drink tumblers – People love stainless steel drink tumblers and personalizing them is popular. Use permanent vinyl on inexpensive Ozark tumblers from Walmart.
Personalized Coffee Mugs – Use permanent vinyl to create custom coffee mugs. Inexpensive blanks are available at Dollar Tree.
Personalized lanyards – Create custom lanyards for groups, reunions, parties
Holiday buckets – Create personalized holiday buckets for Easter, Halloween and more using inexpensive dollar store buckets and applying children’s names to them.
Personalized book bags – Use iron on vinyl or infusible ink to create personalized book bags and totes. Custom back to school supplies are always a big hit.
Monogrammed throw pillows – Using infusible ink or iron on vinyl you can create custom monogrammed throw pillows that make excellent housewarming gifts or wedding gifts.
Baby Onesies – Custom baby onesies are a great baby gift and a low cost item to make and sell.