Santa Beard and Glasses SVG

About this design

This is a wise, grandfatherly Santa, the one who checks his list twice. He wears round reading glasses perched on a round nose, a fluffy mustache and a big, wavy beard, and his hat sits low with a pom-pom on the left. The details are cut-outs, so in the layered version the glasses, beard curls and fur trim appear in cream.

The whole face is one connected piece with sixteen cut-outs for the details. It passes our cut checks from about 5 inches wide, where the smallest beard curls are still easy to weed.

Color layers

• Backing in cream, a solid silhouette
• Design in red, with the glasses, beard, mustache and fur trim cut out

Project ideas

• Santa’s letter box or mailbox for letters to the North Pole.
• Kids’ shirts and pajamas.
• Book bag for a Christmas Eve story.
• Teacher gift tote with “Have you been good?” below.
• Wood door hanger cut and engraved on a laser.
• Card fronts in layered cardstock.

Size and cutting tips

It passes our cut checks from about 5 inches wide. For shirts, 8 to 10 inches works well. Weed the glasses and the small beard cut-outs first, in good light, then remove the background.

Step by step: Santa letter box

1. Find a wooden or cardboard box with a slot cut in the lid.
2. Set the design to 5.5 inches wide and download the color SVG.
3. Cut the cream backing from white vinyl and the red design from red vinyl.
4. Apply the backing to the front of the box, then layer the red on top.
5. Add “Letters to Santa” above the face in a script font.

Color ideas

• Red and cream, the classic
• Black and white for a vintage ink look
• Green and gold for a woodland Santa

Variations to try

• Use the editor’s offset border for a sticker.
• Place it on a scalloped circle background in the editor for a badge.

Good to know

This is one of the most detailed Santa faces in the collection, so it rewards a slow, careful weed and a sharp blade.

The glasses are what make this Santa special, so make sure the round lenses weed cleanly. If they tear, the blade may need replacing or the design may need to be cut larger.

Pairs well with

The Santa with List suits the same “checking the list” theme, and the Dear Santa, I Can Explain saying adds humor.