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Slot-together 3D Christmas ball ornament SVG

Slot-together ball ornament SVG pieces
Size with margin: 164 × 95 mm (6½ × 3¾ in)

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Finished size 78 × 95 × 78 mm (3⅛ × 3¾ × 3⅛ in)

The hole for the thread or ribbon is 4 mm across.

Slide the hanging disc down onto the plain one, slot into slot, until their bottoms are level: the two cross at right angles into a ball 78 mm across each way and 95 mm tall with the loop.

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Two flat discs, each with a cap and six star-shaped windows, that slot together at right angles into a ball that stands out in 3D, 78 mm across each way. The hanging disc is slotted up from its bottom edge and hangs from a 4 mm hole in the loop above its cap; the plain disc is slotted down from the top of its cap.

Cut size
164 × 95 mm (6½ × 3¾ in)
Size with margin
164 × 95 mm (6½ × 3¾ in)
Shapes
2
Layers
2

What you need

  • Cardstock in one or two colors, colored or patterned on both sides (every half shows its back): see paper and card weights for one that holds its shape
  • Thread or narrow ribbon that passes through the 4 mm hole
  • A dot of glue, if the discs sit loose
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How it goes together

  1. 1. Cut the two discs

    Cut both discs from card in one or two colors. The hanging disc is slotted up from its bottom edge and the plain disc down from the top of its cap; each slot is 0.8 mm wide, and its mouth opens out to start the other disc. If you resize, resize both together. The slots change with them (0.4 mm wide at 50%), so cut a test slot in a scrap of your card first and check that a strip of the same card slides in without bending.

  2. 2. Slide them together

    Hold the plain disc upright. Lower the hanging disc onto it from above, slot into slot, until their bottoms are level. Each slot runs to the center of the ball, with 1 mm to spare where they meet, so the discs seat all the way.

  3. 3. Turn the discs square

    Turn the discs until they cross at right angles, so the four halves sit evenly and the two caps make a cross. Tie a thread through the 4 mm hole in the loop to hang it: the hole sits 4.5 mm above the plain disc’s cap, so the thread hangs clear of it. If the discs sit loose, a dot of glue where the slots meet holds them square.

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