Christmas Truck with Lights SVG

About this design

The tree is already lit. Two strings of bulbs swag across the Christmas tree in the bed of this vintage pickup, one wide string lower down and a shorter one near the top, with a star crowning the tree.

Lights add sparkle to the classic truck, and they look especially good cut in metallic or glitter vinyl.

Pieces and weeding

The solid file has 12 pieces and 8 cut-outs. The light strings are cut into the tree as gold accents, and the window, door and tailgate lines are cut-outs in the truck. Keep everything on one sheet of transfer tape so the parts stay lined up. It passes our cut checks from about 4 inches wide.

Color layers

• Tires and outline in charcoal: the whole design, cut as the base layer; it shows as the tires and the fine lines between parts
• Truck in red: the truck
• Tree in green: the tree
• Accents in gold: the light strings, the star and the headlight

Projects

• Light-up signs with a string of real fairy lights.
• Sweatshirts in glitter vinyl.
• Mugs.
• Cards.
• Window decals.

Step by step: a sign with real lights

1. Set the design to 16 inches wide and download the color file.
2. Apply the layers to a painted board.
3. Drill small holes along the light strings.
4. Push a string of battery fairy lights through from the back.
5. Switch them on in the evening.

Size guide

Color ideas

• Multicolored bulbs
• Gold lights on a white tree
• Red, green and gold, as shown

Cutting the lights

The bulbs are small, so this design needs at least 4 inches. Weed the light strings before the rest of the tree, while the vinyl is flat on the mat.

Good to know

For multicolored lights, cut the accents layer in several colors and swap bulbs between copies.

Cutting tips

Burnish well over the light strings before lifting the transfer tape, because each bulb is a small piece. If you use glitter vinyl for the lights, cut it with a little more pressure than plain vinyl. On a sweatshirt, press the bulbs last with a cover sheet so they stay flat and shiny. On wood, a dot of gloss varnish on each bulb makes it look lit. The color file has 4 layers, and every layer can be changed in the editor on this page before you download.

Pairs well with

The Christmas Lights Border adds more lights, and the Vintage Christmas Truck is the plain version.