Rae Dunn Inspired Ornaments DIY – Cricut Tutorial

These DIY Rae Dunn inspired ornaments make a lovely Christmas gift, and they’re surprisingly easy to make when you use our Cricut tutorial!

The holidays are the perfect time for Cricut crafts, especially handmade ornaments!

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I have a friend who’s a huge, huge Rae Dunn fan. She goes “Rae Dunning” at TJ Maxx and Homegoods at least once a week. Her collection of cream-colored ceramic goods with tall, black letters is artfully displayed throughout her home.

But one thing about this friend – she’s not a snob. She loves the look of Rae Dunn items because she thinks they’re cute and sweet. Not because of the brand behind them.

So this friend also really, really likes homemade Rae Dunn inspired projects. And she loves when I make them for her as gifts!

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Rae Dunn inspired ornaments

This project assumes you have a Cricut or another vinyl cutting machine.

The Cricut Design Space software usage for these Christmas ornaments is very simple, so you can easily translate them to other cutting machine software.

If you don’t have a cutting machine and you’re determined to make these DIY Rae Dunn ornaments, you can always cut the text out by hand.

Suggested words for DIY Rae Dunn Christmas ornaments

I used the following words for our Rae Dunn ornaments:

• Joy
• Faith
• Love
• Peace

But don’t let my list limit you! Here are plenty of other suggestions for perfect holiday words to put on Christmas ornaments.

• Believe
• Bright
• Blessed
• Cheer
• Fa La La
• Holly
• Hope
• Jolly
• Merry
• Naughty
• Nice
• Noel
• Santa
• Snow
• Wish
• Dasher
• Dancer
• Prancer
• Vixen
• Comet
• Cupid
• Donner
• Blitzen
• Rudolph

Another great way to express your crafty holiday spirit is with this Scrabble tile Christmas tree ornament idea!

How to make Rae Dunn Ornaments

As far as DIY projects go, these homemade Christmas ornaments are very easy to make. You need just few tools and materials, and the tutorial is super easy to follow.

You’ll find a printable card at the very end of this article with the instructions and pictures for each step. You can use this to help guide you through the ornament-making process.

Want more homemade Christmas ideas? Take a look at these Homemade Milk Cap Snowman Ornaments.

Rae Dunn font

You need the free Rae Dunn font to make this project. Its a serif font that makes tall, narrow letters in straight but slightly unsteady lines.

The Rae Dunn font is called The Skinny and it’s available for free from DaFont.

Download the Rae Dunn font here

Installing a new font on your computer is easy, I promise! If you need help installing the it, get directions from one of these two sources:

• How to install a font on a Windows PC
• How to install a font on a Mac

Materials for Rae Dunn inspired ornaments

These are the items you’ll need to make your own ornaments:

• Flat white ornaments
• Black permanent vinyl (buy Cricut vinyl or get Orcal vinyl)
• Weeding tool (from Cricut or generic set)
• Transfer tape (from Cricut | from Amazon)
• Red and green ribbon
• Scissors
• Optional Poinsettia embellishments (or other Christmas dimensional stickers with about a 1″ diameter)

Rae Dunn Ornament Directions

1. In a new Cricut Design Studio project, insert a text box and type your desired word. Highlight the word and select The Skinny font from your system fonts.

2. Measure your ornament and adjust the size of your text to fit with at least a 1/4 inch margin around all sides.

3. Send the file to your Cricut and cut the letters from black permanent vinyl.

4. Weed the extra vinyl away from the backing so you’re left with just the letters. Cut out transfer tape to fit and press over the top, non-sticky side of the letters, then lift the letters off the backing.

5. Align the vinyl to your ornament, then press the transfer tape firmly to the surface. Swipe slowly over the letters with a vinyl scraper or a credit card to make sure the vinyl is stuck to the ornament, then pull the transfer tape away.

5. Attach a decorative embellishment with hot glue, if desired.

6. Cut a 6-inch length of ribbon, knot it in a loop and feed the looped end partially through the hole in the ornament. Take the knotted end and push it through the ribbon loop. Pull the knot so the loop tightens around the ornament.