Turn a shadow box into a Christmas wonderland with your trusty Cricut! Let me show you how to make a Christmas Shadow Box with some layered cardstock, hot glue, and pipe cleaners!

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Turn a shadow box into a Christmas wonderland with your trusty Cricut! Let me show you how to make a Christmas Shadow Box with some layered cardstock, hot glue, and pipe cleaners!

If this is your first time here – welcome! Feel free to browse my collection of original SVG designs! Today, we’ll be putting together this Christmas Window Shadow Box, so that you can add a touch of whimsical décor to your home this holiday season.

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What is a Shadow Box?

Traditionally, a shadow box is a display case for showcasing and protecting personal items like photos or memorabilia. Our Shadow Box layered crafts fit perfectly into shadow boxes – making for a beautiful 3D-like design.

This Cricut Shadow Box is the perfect touch to your holiday home decor. Learn how to make it today!

Our Shadow Box SVG files are designed so that layers are cut onto different colored cardstock sheets, and then stacked to create a gorgeous masterpiece. You can take a look at some of our Shadow Box designs here (psst: our Eiffel Tower Shadow Box is one of our most popular ones!)

You can take a look at all of our Shadow Box designs here!

Materials List

Be sure to gather the following materials to complete this beautiful Christmas Shadow Box project:

Turn a shadow box into a Christmas wonderland with your trusty Cricut! Let me show you how to make a Christmas Shadow Box with some layered cardstock, hot glue, and pipe cleaners!

Instructions

Begin with assembling your shadow box frame so that it has some LED lighting. To do this, open the back of the frame and using a scraper, remove the canvas covered pad that is attached to the backing material. Feel free to discard or save for later use.

Add your light strip on the inside of the frame, all the way around the edges.

Upload your Christmas Shadow Box SVG into Cricut Design Space. The size of the design is already set if you are using a 9×9 shadow box, otherwise you’ll have to adjust accordingly.

This Christmas Window Shadow Box was put together with the help of a trusty Cricut cutting machine and a few sheets of cardstock! Let us show you how!
This Cricut Shadow Box is the perfect touch to your holiday home decor. Learn how to make it today!
Turn a shadow box into a Christmas wonderland with your trusty Cricut! Let me show you how to make a Christmas Shadow Box with some layered cardstock, hot glue, and pipe cleaners!
This Christmas Window Shadow Box was put together with the help of a trusty Cricut cutting machine and a few sheets of cardstock! Let us show you how!
This Cricut Shadow Box is the perfect touch to your holiday home decor. Learn how to make it today!

Select the “Make It” button and cut each design according to the color cardstock indicated.

This Christmas Window Shadow Box was put together with the help of a trusty Cricut cutting machine and a few sheets of cardstock! Let us show you how!
This Cricut Shadow Box is the perfect touch to your holiday home decor. Learn how to make it today!
Turn a shadow box into a Christmas wonderland with your trusty Cricut! Let me show you how to make a Christmas Shadow Box with some layered cardstock, hot glue, and pipe cleaners!
This Christmas Window Shadow Box was put together with the help of a trusty Cricut cutting machine and a few sheets of cardstock! Let us show you how!

Once all of your cardstock pieces are cut out, weed to remove the unnecessary pieces.

Layer each one, according to the order you see on the design (we like to refer to the PNG file that comes with our file!). When you look at it from left to right, the most left image is the top layer and it works its way down.

This Cricut Shadow Box is the perfect touch to your holiday home decor. Learn how to make it today!
Turn a shadow box into a Christmas wonderland with your trusty Cricut! Let me show you how to make a Christmas Shadow Box with some layered cardstock, hot glue, and pipe cleaners!

To layer: glue a pipe cleaner (about 4 – 5 inches long) along the edges of each cardstock layer. Then add glue to the top of the attached pipe cleaner, then add the next cardstock layer on top. This gives spacing between each layer.

This Christmas Window Shadow Box was put together with the help of a trusty Cricut cutting machine and a few sheets of cardstock! Let us show you how!

Place your 3-D stack into your frame and light it up!

This Christmas Window Shadow Box was put together with the help of a trusty Cricut cutting machine and a few sheets of cardstock! Let us show you how!
This Cricut Shadow Box is the perfect touch to your holiday home decor. Learn how to make it today!
Turn a shadow box into a Christmas wonderland with your trusty Cricut! Let me show you how to make a Christmas Shadow Box with some layered cardstock, hot glue, and pipe cleaners!
This Christmas Window Shadow Box was put together with the help of a trusty Cricut cutting machine and a few sheets of cardstock! Let us show you how!
Turn a shadow box into a Christmas wonderland with your trusty Cricut! Let me show you how to make a Christmas Shadow Box with some layered cardstock, hot glue, and pipe cleaners!
This Christmas Window Shadow Box was put together with the help of a trusty Cricut cutting machine and a few sheets of cardstock! Let us show you how!
This Cricut Shadow Box is the perfect touch to your holiday home decor. Learn how to make it today!

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