Snowman Border SVG

About this design

Four little snowmen line up along one long snowbank, each dressed for the cold in its own way. From left to right: a three-ball snowman in a top hat with one arm raised, a short two-ball snowman in a bobble beanie and scarf, a taller one in earmuffs and a scarf, and a little one in a floppy stocking cap with a pom-pom, waving goodbye at the end of the row.

Their heights rise and fall like a skyline, which makes the border lively without being busy. The design is wide and short, ready to run along the bottom of a card, across a shirt or along a window sill.

Pieces and weeding

The solid file has 17 pieces and 11 cut-outs. The snowmen stand in the snowbank, so their bodies and the bank cut as one long piece. The hats, scarves and earmuffs are outlined by thin cut lines and come away separately, and the faces are small, so weed with a fine hook and use one long strip of transfer tape. It passes our cut checks from about 3.5 inches wide.

Color layers

• Backing in navy: the faces, seams and the fine outlines around the hats and scarves
• Design in pale ice blue: the four snowmen and the snowbank

Projects

• Card borders along the bottom of a winter card.
• Shirts with the row across the chest.
• Window and mirror decals in white.
• Shelf and mantel edges in removable vinyl.
• Mug wraps around the lower edge.

Step by step: a classroom window border

1. Set the design to 12 inches wide and download the solid file.
2. Cut three or four copies from white static-cling vinyl.
3. Weed the faces and seams and keep each copy on its own strip of transfer tape.
4. Line the copies up along the bottom of the window so the snowbanks meet.
5. Peel the cling off in spring and store it on its backing for next winter.

Size guide

Color ideas

• White on a navy shirt
• Silver glitter snowmen on blue cardstock
• Ice blue on navy, as shown

Four hats, one row

Each snowman wears a different hat, so the border shows off the whole snowman wardrobe at once. That makes it a good choice for classrooms and families: let each child pick “their” snowman, and add names under the snowbank.

Pairs well with

The Snowman Row Border is a tidier row of five matching snowmen, and the Christmas Lights Border can run along the top edge.