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Jolly Santa Face SVG

A cheerful Santa face with closed, smiling eyes, round cheeks, a curling mustache and a full beard, with his hat tip curling above. Warm, friendly and full of character.

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Smiling Santa Claus face with closed happy eyes, round cheeks, a curly mustache and full beard, in red with cream showing through the beard and face details

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Both change the real cut lines, not just the look, so the file stays ready to cut. The offset border makes a sticker edge or a backing layer.

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Mirror the design before cutting iron-on (HTV) vinyl.

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About this design

This Santa is mid-laugh. His eyes are closed in two happy curves, his cheeks are round and full, and a big curling mustache sits over a smile. The beard spreads out below in soft curls, and the tip of his hat curls up and over the top of his head. It is a face that makes people smile back.

The face is built from six pieces, and the details are cut-outs: the eyes, the smile lines and the curls of the beard. That is where the second color shows through in the layered version.

How the color layers work

The color file has two layers:

  • Backing in cream, a solid silhouette of the whole face
  • Design in red, with all the details cut out

Stack the red layer on the cream backing and the eyes, smile and beard curls appear in cream. It is a simple two-layer project with a lot of detail.

Projects

  • Kids’ Christmas shirts. A big Santa face in the middle of the chest.
  • Door hangers. Cut from wood with a laser and paint the backing.
  • Treat buckets. On the side of a Santa candy pail.
  • Throw pillows in iron-on vinyl.
  • Cookie plates. A decorative plate for Santa’s cookies.
  • Card fronts with layered cardstock.

Size and cutting tips

This design passes our cut checks from about 5 inches wide, because the beard curls and eye cut-outs are small. For shirts, 8 to 10 inches works best. Weed the small cut-outs first, with good light, before lifting the background.

Step by step: layered cardstock card

  1. Set the design to 5.5 inches wide in the editor and download the color SVG.
  2. Cut the cream backing from white or ivory cardstock.
  3. Cut the red design from red cardstock.
  4. Glue the red layer onto the backing, lining up the edges.
  5. Mount the face on a folded green card and add “Ho Ho Ho” underneath.

Color ideas

  • Red with a white backing, the classic look
  • Red with a gold glitter backing for extra sparkle
  • Black design on white for a minimal ink-drawing look
  • Green and cream for a vintage feel

Good to know

Smiling faces depend on their small details. If you shrink the design below its smallest size, the eye curves can merge, so stay at 5 inches or larger for cutting.

Pairs well with

The Ho Ho Ho lettering fits underneath, and the Santa Face Badge offers a framed version.

How to use this SVG

Cricut Design Space

Choose Upload, then Upload Image and Browse, pick the SVG and click Add to Canvas. Set the width on the canvas, then click Make It. For iron-on vinyl, turn on Mirror.

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Silhouette Studio

Designer Edition and up open SVG with File › Open. The free Basic Edition cannot open SVG, so choose DXF in the editor above and open that instead.

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Print, Canva and web

Download a PNG at the pixel size you need, or upload the SVG to Canva, Cricut Print Then Cut or any web page. The SVG stays sharp at any size.

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Free for personal use and for small businesses making finished items (up to 500 per design). Do not resell or share the files.