Santa Face Badge SVG

About this design

This design puts Santa in a frame. A thick round ring surrounds a smiling Santa face: friendly eyes, a round nose, a mustache that curls up into a grin and a full beard. His hat sits on top and its pom-pom pokes out past the ring on the left, which gives the badge a playful, three-dimensional feel.

The badge is made of six pieces with seven cut-outs for the face details. In the layered version, the cream backing fills the face details and the space inside the ring, so Santa appears to be looking out of a round window.

Color layers

• Backing in cream, a solid circle with the hat and pom-pom
• Design in red, with the face, beard and trim cut out

Round projects

• Coasters. Engraved on wood or slate, or in vinyl on ceramic tiles.
• Ornaments. Flat round ornaments in wood or acrylic.
• Pin-back badges for a holiday party, printed with Print Then Cut.
• Cookie tin lids. A decal on the top of a round tin.
• Wall clock face for a festive kitchen clock.
• Gift tags for Santa’s own presents.
• Cake topper in layered cardstock on a stick.

Size and cutting tips

It passes our cut checks from about 4.5 inches across. For coasters, 3.5 to 4 inches is a standard size, so engraving or Print Then Cut works better than vinyl at that size. For vinyl ornaments and tins, cut at 4.5 inches or more.

When weeding, start with the eyes and nose, then the beard details, and finish with the large space inside the ring.

Step by step: laser-engraved coasters

1. Set the design to 3.8 inches across in the editor and download the SVG.
2. Import it into your laser software and set the outer edge to cut and the rest to engrave.
3. Run a test on a scrap of the same wood.
4. Engrave and cut a set of four on 3 mm birch or 4 mm cork-backed wood.
5. Seal the tops with a food-safe finish if they will touch damp glasses.

Color ideas

• Red and cream, the classic
• Black and gold for an elegant engraved look
• Green ring with a red Santa for a two-tone badge

Good to know

The pom-pom breaks out of the circle on purpose. When you fit the badge on a round item, measure from the left edge of the pom-pom to the right edge of the ring so nothing hangs off the edge.

Pairs well with

The Jolly Santa Face is the unframed version, and the Santa Hat Circle Frame gives you a round frame for a monogram instead.