Sledding Snowman SVG

About this design

Hold on tight! This snowman is racing down the hill on a wooden sled. The whole design tilts downhill, the snowman leans back with both stick hands gripping the sled, and its scarf streams out behind it in the wind. It looks ahead down the slope, with its eyes and carrot nose turned in the direction of travel.

The sled has a long seat, three struts and a runner that curls up at the front. The snowman wears a knitted beanie with ribs around the cuff and a pom-pom on top.

Pieces and weeding

The solid file has 8 pieces and 12 cut-outs: the face, the beanie ribs, the line along the sled seat and the spaces between the struts. The seat sits over the snowman and is outlined by a thin cut line. The runners are drawn thick, so unlike our Snowman on a Sled this design is cut-ready at small sizes: it passes our cut checks from about 2.5 inches tall.

Color layers

• Backing in navy: the spaces in the sled, the face, beanie ribs and outlines
• Design in pale ice blue: the snowman, beanie, scarf and sled

Projects

• Snow-day sweatshirts for kids.
• Winter birthday party decorations and favors.
• Sledding hill gift bags with cocoa and hand warmers.
• Ski lodge mugs.
• Window clings for the first snow.

Step by step: a snow-day sweatshirt

1. Set the design to 7 inches tall for a child’s sweatshirt and download the solid file.
2. Mirror the design and cut it from white iron-on vinyl.
3. Weed the face, beanie ribs and sled details.
4. Press it slightly to one side of the chest so the sled seems to race across the shirt.
5. Peel the carrier as your vinyl instructions say and press again from the back.

Size guide

Color ideas

• White snowman with a red sled, layered
• White on blue for a crisp winter look
• Ice blue on navy, as shown

Motion in a single shape

Three things give the design its speed: the tilt of the whole picture, the scarf flying straight back and the snowman leaning away from the front of the sled. Keep it tilted when you place it on a shirt or card, rather than straightening it, and leave space in front of the sled so it has somewhere to go.

Pairs well with

The Skiing Snowman and the Skating Snowman complete a winter sports set.