Sun Earth Moon Craft Model for Kids - Craft Cutter SVG

My kids have recently got interested in the moon. So I thought it was time to make a craft cutter model of the sun, earth and moon. It's a classic kids science craft and using the craft cutter meant I didn't have two cut out two sets of shapes (and I certainly wouldn't want to manually cut out enough sets for a school class or club to use!)

The model is not to scale! It's just intended to be used to show how the moon orbits the earth and the earth orbits the sun.

I've also put together a page to show how to make the model and with lots of educational ideas for using the model to teach kids some facts about the earth, moon and sun: Sun Earth Moon Craft Model and Activities.


You can download to SVG files here. It's a bit fiddly because ideally you need to use four different colors of cardstock, but it doesn't take long. Kids can assemble the model themselves using paper fasterners. The templates include the pieces to create two complete models (because I have two kids). You could edit them (in Inkscape) to fit more of the smaller shapes onto each sheet if you are doing the craft with a group of kids. Or you could combine then and print them on white card and let the kids paint  it.

Sun SVG - use yellow cardstock
Earth SVG - use green or blue cardstock
Moon SVG - use white cardstock
Connectors SVG - use black cardstock


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Human Heart SVG Craft Cutter File

Valentine's Day is coming up so that got me thinking about hearts. I might do some pretty heart designs, but for some reason I liked the idea of a human heart craft design!

Download Human Heart SVG File for Craft Cutters

You could make a Valentine's card for a science geek perhaps? Not your usual slushy Valentine, something a bit quirky.

The design is based off this public domain human heart diagram. I removed the internal detail and made some modifications to make it better suited as a craft cutter template.





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Cute Owls Craft Cutter Template

I love cute owls! I had fun creating this cute owl template for my craft cutter. I've made it available free for non-commercial use. 

This cute owl design makes a fun activity for a kids owl party. You can cut the pieces out in advance in lots of different colors or shades and then the kids can each create their own unique owl to take home. 

I used thick cardstock for these owls so they are sturdy enough to be used as a bookmark. They look cool on birthday cards and gift boxes. And you can also stick them onto paper bags to make a gift bag or party favor bag.

I'm sure you can think of lots of other things to do with them too.

I created a single template for these owls which includes all the layers. This allows you to make 6 contrasting owls from one template - just cut it in three different colors of cardstock.

I cut these owls on my new Silhouette Cameo machine. I'm impressed with how precisely it cuts the small details in this design.

SVG Template: Cute Owl SVG File.


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Welcome to Craft Cutter Designs

Welcome to Craft Cutter Designs. I'm enjoying designing SVG files for my craft cutter and I'll be sharing some of them here.


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This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License.