Vintage Christmas Truck SVG

About this design

The little red truck bringing home the Christmas tree is one of the best-loved holiday images of all. This version is a vintage pickup with a rounded cab and hood, a bed with a tailgate, a door with a handle, wheels with hubcaps and a round headlight. A tiered tree with a gold star stands up in the bed, ready to be carried into the house.

The look is nostalgic and farmhouse at heart, which makes it a favorite for porch signs, mugs, sweatshirts and cards. It is our own drawing of a generic old pickup, with no make or badge.

Pieces and weeding

The solid file has 10 pieces and 6 cut-outs. The tree, the wheels and the headlight are separated from the truck by thin cut lines; the window, the door and tailgate lines and the door handle are the cut-outs. Keep everything on one sheet of transfer tape so the parts stay lined up. It passes our cut checks from about 2.5 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 star and the headlight

Projects

• Farmhouse porch signs on painted wood.
• Sweatshirts in red and green iron-on.
• Mugs and tumblers in permanent vinyl.
• Christmas cards with a layered truck.
• Pillow covers for the couch.

Step by step: a farmhouse porch sign

1. Paint a 24 by 10 inch board white or cream.
2. Set the design to 20 inches wide and download the color file.
3. Cut the base from charcoal vinyl, the truck from red, the tree from green and the accents from gold.
4. Apply the charcoal layer first, then the red, green and gold layers on top.
5. Seal the board and stand it by the front door.

Size guide

Color ideas

• Red truck with a white tree on black
• Turquoise truck for a retro look
• Red, green and gold, as shown

Why the red truck

The old red pickup stands for coming home: fetching the tree, driving to grandparents, and Christmas on the farm. That is why it works for so many projects, from family signs to teacher gifts.

Good to know

The design is wide and fairly low, so it fits horizontal spaces best: the front of a sweatshirt, a long sign or the side of a mug. Leave a little room above the tree for a word such as Merry or a family name if you want to add one.

Cutting tips

Start with the charcoal base: it is the whole truck in one piece, so it sets the position for everything else. The red truck layer goes on next and leaves a thin charcoal line around the tree, the wheels and the headlight. On a mug, wrap the design so the tree sits on the side facing the drinker. On wood, a light sanding after painting gives the truck a worn, vintage look that suits it well. 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 Buffalo Plaid Christmas Truck adds a plaid pattern, and the Merry Christmas Truck adds a greeting.