Bethlehem Skyline with Star SVG

A town instead of a stable

Rooftops rise and fall across the full width of this piece, broken by two round domes with slender spires. A palm stands at each end like a pair of bookends, and a single large star hangs in the empty sky over the middle of town. Nobody appears in the picture. The place itself carries the story, which leaves plenty of room to add a verse, a family name or a service date underneath.

Pieces and weeding

In the solid file you will find 2 pieces and 8 cut-outs. The larger piece is the entire town, welded to its ground bar along with both palms, and the smaller one is the star. Six cut-outs are arched windows. The leftmost window sits partly behind a palm trunk, so it comes out narrower than its neighbors. The remaining two are small gaps where the left palm’s fronds meet the rooftops. Peel away the waste, pick out those eight shapes and you are finished; the whole thing is quick to weed. It passes our cut checks from about 4.5 inches wide.

Color layers

Only two sheets are involved:

• Base and lines, a deep navy: this layer is the skyline itself, plus a slim border that peeks out around the gold
• Star and gold, a warm golden yellow: the star on top of that border

An Advent window decal

Permanent or removable vinyl applied inside a glass door suits this skyline nicely, because daylight comes through every arched window and makes the houses look occupied. Run the ground bar along the bottom of the pane so the town appears to stand on the frame. Cut the star separately and place it higher than the file shows if the glass is tall. After dark, a lamp indoors reverses the effect for anyone passing on the sidewalk.

Projects for a long, low shape

• Church banners, with the town stretched low across felt and a service theme above it
• Bulletin covers, printed in one ink as a clean header
• Wide Christmas cards, the navy cut from card stock and glued to a pale front
• Shirts in plain vinyl, since the town stays a single sheet to place
• Shadow boxes, with vellum behind the windows and a small light at the back

Size guide

The smaller windows and frond gaps close up under 4.5 inches. For a tiny version on a tag, send the color artwork to your printer and follow Print Then Cut rather than cutting each opening.

Other palettes

Swapping shades takes a minute using the steps in how to change SVG colors:

• Charcoal town on kraft, with a white star
• Sandy terracotta rooftops at dusk against a plum card
• Black glitter vinyl paired with a silver star

Pairs well with

Place Journey to Bethlehem beside this town so the travelers appear to be arriving, or find more night-sky shapes in the Christmas star SVG collection.