Christmas Lights Heart SVG

About this design

A string of lights bent into a heart, with every bulb pointing away from the center like rays. The wire forms a clean heart outline and the twelve bulbs are spaced evenly around it, so the shape reads clearly from a distance. The middle is open, which leaves room for initials, a year or a photo.

The heart cuts as one piece. Inside the outline there is a single large opening, the space in the middle, and nothing else to weed.

In the color file

Dark green wire as the base layer, silver sockets, and three bulb colors: red, gold and blue. Try all red bulbs for a Valentine’s crossover, or pink and red for a softer look.

Project ideas

• Couple’s ornament. Cut it small for a clear ornament and add both names in the middle.
• First Christmas shirt. Put a baby’s name or the year inside the heart.
• Window decal. Large, in removable vinyl, in a front window.
• Card front. Glitter cardstock heart on a kraft card.
• Wood slice. A heart of lights on a round wood slice with a ribbon loop.
• Pillow cover. Iron-on vinyl with a family name in the center.

Size and cutting tips

The design passes our cut checks from about 4 inches wide. For an ornament, 3.5 to 4 inches is a good size on a large flat ornament; for a window, 12 inches or more. At small sizes, cut the solid style in a single color rather than layering the bulbs, because the bulb pieces become very small.

Adding a name inside

1. Set the heart’s width in the editor and download the SVG.
2. In your cutting software, type the name in a bold script font.
3. Size the name to about half the heart’s width and center it inside.
4. Attach the name to the heart so they cut in position.
5. Cut, weed and apply with one sheet of transfer tape.

Good to know

Hearts look best slightly taller than they are wide. If you resize by height in your software, keep the proportions locked so the curve of the heart stays smooth.

Variations to try

• Use the editor’s offset border for a sticker with a white edge.
• Cut it out of a circle background in the editor for a round ornament.

Pairs well with

The Our First Christmas lettering fits underneath, and the Christmas Lights Wreath is its round companion.