Laser-cut holiday projects / 2026
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Make a personalized Christmas cottage, wooden sweater ornaments or Feather & Find, our birdhouse-themed matching game. This guide brings together our build photographs, project files and separate wood and UV-printing estimates. Our plywood costs about 90¢ per sheet; a flat sweater front adds roughly 12–16¢ in modeled white and color ink.
See how the pieces come together
The Christmas cottage
Ribbon & Sugar
UV printing $5.26Sales priceEstimated range$30–45One finished cottage
USD · before shipping
House + 32 flat-printed tiles
Feather & Find
UV printing $8.05Sales priceEstimated range$35–45House + all 32 tiles
USD · before shipping
The rattlesnake gift tag
Don’t Tread on Me
UV printing $0.11Sales priceEstimated range$4–6One finished tag
USD · before shipping
Digital design previews · drag to turn, or expand for a closer look.
Your cost: estimated materials + UV ink, before labor, assembly extras, packaging and selling fees. Sales price: our suggested USD range to test for a finished piece, before tax and shipping. Based on comparable asking prices; actual sales are unproven.
Making room for more orders
Everyone and their cat owns a laser…
but there’s only one X1.
(Well, technically… ToolDance has an X1 CNC too. Different tool, another day.)
I still love a good laser-cut project. But when making a batch for a craft show, setup time and shop space matter. The X1 brings CO₂ cutting and galvo engraving into one machine, and its riser and positioning system have already saved me time. That’s the appeal for me: more ways to make things and room to grow production without adding a separate laser for every job. UV printing brings the color—and another way to make my work stand out.
Choose the personal detail
A family name on the cottage. A joke on the back of a sweater. Decide what makes the piece yours, then prepare its cut outline, engraving and any print artwork at the same scale.
Let the machine help with setup
The X1’s riser has saved me time. Material detection and automatic measurement have worked well in my shop, and cuts have landed where I expected. Transparent material was harder to read; tape on top helped with measurement.
xTool calls its camera positioning and automatically adjusting base the Automated Creation System.
Why galvo speed matters for fine details
Small lettering and intricate illustrations give the galvo useful work to do. Its mirrors steer the beam rapidly across those details, while the X1’s CO₂ source handles cutting the wooden parts. The optional 20W diode galvo gives us that engraving capability in the same machine.
That’s the principle behind xTool’s Hybrid Motion system(paid link). The engraving below is a concept; our new holiday samples still need their first physical test.
Add color when it suits the piece
Keep the wood visible, or add UV-printed red trim, gold scales and tiny Christmas lights. Print the parts while they’re flat, then assemble. The O1 Omni supports printing on wood; we haven’t printed these holiday designs on it yet.
xTool supplied our X1 for review and our O1 Omni, which we retain. Our editorial decisions are independent. This guide and our machine guides contain affiliate links that may earn us a commission at no extra cost to you.
Planning your own range? Use these projects for inspiration. The linked static downloads have noncommercial licenses and don’t grant permission to sell finished copies. Use your own designs or files licensed for commercial use.
Don’t Tread on My Tinsel
Same shape.
A different kind of detail.
The laser gives this sweater its outline. Engraving can bring out the snake’s scales and tiny lights in the wood; UV printing adds gold, red and deep blue. Try the views below and decide which finish fits your idea.
The X1’s CO₂ laser cuts the sweater shape. The optional 20W diode galvo module handles fine engraving, using mirrors to steer the beam across the design. xTool describes it as suited to detailed graphics on wood. We’re working on a galvo project now; this comparison illustrates the idea.
See the sweater on AtommOur flat-front sweater model gives about 12–16¢ per front, including white ink beneath the color. The estimate changes with the amount of white ink used. That is ink for one flat printed front; wood, a printed back and a raised finish cost extra. We haven’t measured this design on the Omni yet. Choose a project and compare its finishes
xTool supplied our X1 for review and our O1 Omni, which we retain. Our editorial decisions are independent. This guide and our machine guides contain affiliate links that may earn us a commission at no extra cost to you.
Materials + UV printing
Holiday projects,
costs & files.
Choose a project to see its materials, printing options and files together. Open the build notes right here, or compare the costs below.
Materials + ink only. Planning estimates in USD, prepared October 26, 2026. Assembly supplies, labor and business costs are extra. These are not measured Omni costs.
01 Pick a project
02 Finish / printing choice
Sweater ornament
One flat color front
A flat printed front keeps the ink estimate low. The raised version adds texture and a printed back, so these are two different recipes.
Without UV, the materials allowance is $0.15. Engraving time, finishing and other making costs are additional.
What this estimate includes
- Wood
- $0.15
Assumes six usable blanks per sheet. The flat front uses a two-to-three-white-layer model plus color, with three layers in the displayed estimate. Cord and any back print are extra.
Materials and ink only. Add assembly supplies, labor, machine costs, rejects, packaging and selling fees. Ink is modeled from earlier jobs, not measured on the Omni.
Classic R08 kit · cut files, print artwork & assembly guideCC BY-NC 4.0 · personal, noncommercial use
Build the cottagePersonalize the name, prepare the parts and assemble the houseOpen notesClose notes
01Christmas cottage
Ribbon & Sugar
wooden cottage
Now put that process together. Cut the walls, roof and trim from 3 mm plywood, add your finish while the parts are flat, then build the house around a personalized plaque.
You can change the name on the plaque without changing the rest of the house.
The star, red door, mailbox and wrapped present are separate cut pieces. The brickwork and shading are printed.
We cut the walls, roof, base and trim on the X1, then glued the decorative pieces onto the house.
Get the cottage files on AtommFinishing options
For a wood-only cottage, engrave the details, leave the grain visible or finish the pieces by hand. The color version comes with matching print artwork.
If you use the O1 Omni, test the finish on a scrap of the same plywood before printing the parts. We haven’t printed this cottage on it yet.
For flat color instead of raised details, the same cottage with windows comes to about $5.00 in materials and UV ink. These estimates use our current artwork and earlier prototype jobs; we haven’t measured the cottage on the Omni.
Where the cottage estimate comes from
What the wood costs
- Two 12 × 12-inch sheets
- $1.80
- Small parts and test pieces: 204 × 118 mm of the third sheet
- ≈ $0.23
- Plywood used by the layout, priced by area
- ≈ $2.03
- Optional windows, priced by area at $7/sheet*
- ≈ $0.42
- UV ink: raised details + flat window frost, modeled
- ≈ $5.26
- Glue and optional LED
- Additional
At our approximate 90¢ sheet price, buying the three sheets costs $2.70. The R08 layout uses two full sheets and a 204 × 118 mm piece of the third. Pricing those areas gives $2.03, including the test pieces, with the rest of the third sheet left for another project. The wood price was reported October 21.
Both printed cottage budgets use three plywood sheets and an acrylic allowance, plus the modeled ink for the selected flat or raised finish. The materials-only option excludes ink. Glue, lighting, extra test material, machine costs and labor are additional.
*The six windows fit within about 105 × 107 mm of acrylic. At the $7 per 12 × 24-inch sheet price from another workshop project on October 23, that area costs about $0.42. This assumes suitable clear 3 mm acrylic at the same price; we haven’t confirmed the stock matches. Buying a whole sheet would cost $7 at that rate. Cut spacing, tests and waste are extra.
From flat sheets
to a holiday cottage.
Here’s the order of work. Open each step for the file names, dimensions and checks. Get the cottage kit on Atomm and open CLASSIC-R08-ASSEMBLY-AND-REFERENCES.pdf first. It covers 48 wooden pieces, four test pieces and six optional acrylic windows.
For a wood-only cottage, follow steps 1–3, then go to assembly in step 6. Steps 4 and 5 cover printing.
Choose a printed or wood-only finish
Both file sets make the same house. Choose the cut-and-print set for color, or the engrave-and-cut set to keep the wood visible.
Choose the matching files
The printed version uses the three
*-CUT.svgsheets and matching color artwork. The wood-only version uses the three*-ENGRAVE-AND-CUT.svgsheets. Choose one set; both make the same house.START-HERE-AND-FILE-GUIDE.txtexplains which files go together.Add the name to the plaque
Personalize the separate plaque before cutting or printing. Keep the original outline and size.
Plaque dimensions and name files
Open
H-PLAQUE-COLOR-BLANK.svgfor printing orH-PLAQUE-ENGRAVE-BLANK.svgfor engraving, then add your name. Keep the 70 × 24 mm canvas and center the visible letters inside the 52 × 10.5 mm name area. Convert the lettering to paths before exporting, and leave the cut outline unchanged.MANUAL-NAME.txtalso shows where to put the name if you’re editing the full HOUSE-02 sheet. Use either the separate plaque or the sheet version. Keep printed lettering flat.Test the fit, then cut the parts
Check the file scale and your plywood thickness. Cut the two fit-test pieces before the rest; engrave before cutting for the wood-only version.
Scale, fit tests and laser layers
Import at 100% in millimetres. Check that HOUSE-01 and HOUSE-02 each measure 304.8 × 304.8 mm, and ACCESSORIES-01 measures 204 × 118 mm.
Measure your plywood and cut Q-FIT and Q-MATE first. Check how they fit before cutting the remaining parts; the files have no built-in allowance for material removed by the laser. In your laser software, assign red paths to cutting and black artwork to engraving. For the wood-only version, engrave before cutting.
Print while the parts are flat
Test adhesion and alignment on the same plywood. Keep glue contacts bare, and keep cut, color and relief artwork at exactly the same scale.
Print alignment, glue tests and relief maps
Clean off cutting dust and try a small print on the same plywood. Check that the ink adheres, the artwork lines up and the print height is correct. Use Q-GLUE-RAW and Q-GLUE-PRINT to compare the glue bond on bare and printed wood. Leave the marked glue areas unprinted.
Match each sheet’s cut file to its same-named COLOR file, choosing either PNG or SVG. Keep the pieces in the supplied layout and use the dimensions in
START-HERE-AND-FILE-GUIDE.txt. Check that the layout fits your printer. If you print a smaller group of parts, use the same crop and placement for the cut file, color artwork and optional relief map; don’t resize them separately. Line up the artwork with the actual blanks before printing.Relief maps control where raised texture is built; they aren’t color artwork. Keep them aligned with the color files. The supplied relief heights haven’t been tested on the O1 Omni.
Finish the reverse faces and windows
Print the roof undersides flat. The optional window frost is flat white ink, with a clear rim left for glue.
Roof artwork and window instructions
For the roof undersides, turn each blank over and line up its UNDERSIDE artwork again. These are flat prints, and the files already account for the reverse face—don’t mirror them. Keep the marked glue contacts free of ink.
The optional window-frost files use flat white ink only, with no raised texture. Leave the clear rim around each pane free for gluing.
Assemble the cottage
Dry-fit the walls, windows and roof before gluing. Check that your battery LED fits before bonding the roof; use a battery LED, never a candle flame.
Assembly order and access to the light
Fit any acrylic panes to the inside of the walls while they’re still flat. Dry-fit the walls in the base, then follow the assembly PDF for the internal braces, roof locators and decorations.
R08 permanently bonds both roof panels. Before gluing them, check that your chosen battery LED fits. The light rests on the table; lift the whole house to reach its switch or battery. Use a battery LED, never a candle flame.
The photos show our earlier completed cottage. The R08 roof decorations, glue contacts and roof bonds still need a physical trial. We haven’t printed this cottage on the O1 Omni yet. For its supported materials and preparation, see our O1 Omni guide and our wood preparation and adhesion guide.
Four sweater designs · cut files & print artworkCC BY-NC 4.0 · personal, noncommercial use
Make the sweater ornamentsPhotographs, personalization and the raised-print calculatorOpen notesClose notes
02Christmas ornaments
Wooden
ugly sweater ornaments
The same cut-and-finish approach works at a smaller scale. Each sweater is about four inches tall: a simple wooden outline, artwork on the front and room for a message on the back.
Printed stitches and a personalized back
The stitch patterns, stars and illustrations are printed on the wood. Raised ink adds texture to selected parts of the design.
The back shown here reads Christmas ’26. You can use that space for a name, a date or a short message, and choose a different front design for each person.
What the ink costs
The front’s CMYK color ink averages about 4¢ in our prototype estimate. Including white ink and the raised finish brings the front to about 49¢, before wood or the back print.
The O1 Omni supports color and raised printing on wood. We still need to print these ornaments on it to check settings, ink use and cost.
03Materials and ink
Sweater ornament
cost breakdown
This calculator covers a raised front and a printed message on the back. Change the number of usable blanks per sheet to see how the wood cost changes for that two-sided version.
Raised front + printed back. The few cents of CMYK color are only one part of the print. White ink and relief add to that cost. These software-based estimates use an earlier retail ink reference, not measured Omni consumption.
Wood blank
90¢ per sheet ÷ usable blanks
These are examples. The actual number depends on your layout and how many usable blanks you cut.
Complete front print
Includes color, white and gloss/relief
This includes about 4¢ for CMYK color and 45¢ for white and gloss/relief. The 4¢ is already part of the 49¢ front estimate.
Personalized back
All ink colors and finishes · average from five backs
Where these estimates come from
The printing software estimated 6.47 mL for four fronts, including 0.50 mL of CMYK. It estimated 7.53 mL for a separate batch of five backs. Using the $29.99-per-100 mL retail reference recorded on October 14 ($0.2999/mL), that works out to about 49¢ per front and 45¢ per back. This is a price reference, not our ink receipt or an Omni ink price.
These figures come from the software, not a measurement of ink consumed. The batches included different designs, so they give us averages rather than an exact cost for each ornament. The calculator adds those averages to the wood cost and rounds the final total.
For Omni costs, we need its own job estimates and ink prices. Our separate coverage model puts a flat front at about 12–16¢ in white and color ink, or 27–31¢ with a 15¢ wood blank. That is a modeled alternative to the raised print, before a back print, cord and business costs.
We pay about 90¢ for a 12 × 12-inch, nominal 3 mm plywood sheet, as of October 21, 2026. Treat that as an approximate price; we don’t have a separate tax or shipping breakdown. Learn more about UV ink and maintenance costs or use the laser project cost calculator for your own inputs.
46 project files + assembly guideAtomm Exclusive · personal, noncommercial use
Build the haunted housePrinted windows, layered shutters and the materials listOpen notesClose notes
04Halloween project
The wooden
haunted house
Before the cottage, we made this Halloween house with cats, ghosts, bats and pumpkins.
Cats, ghosts and pumpkins
The windows have printed cats, ghosts and bats. Wooden shutters and trim sit over the walls, with pumpkins along the base and a name plaque beside the door.
See the haunted house project on AtommHaunted house materials
Core plywood only. Three 12 × 12-inch sheets × 90¢, using the current cut guide and our October 21 sheet price.
Optional foliage and its test coupon need a 180 × 100 mm offcut. If you buy a fourth sheet for that layout, the plywood purchase becomes $3.60.
- Clear 3 mm acrylic, 160 × 145 mm blank*
- ≈ $0.87
- Wood glue, acrylic glue, five screws and light seals
- Not yet priced
- UV ink, modeled from the current kit
- ≈ $1.20
- Your chosen LED
- Additional
*An area-based allowance using the same $7 per 12 × 24-inch sheet reference as the cottage. The guide requires identified clear PMMA; material compatibility and the price of the actual window stock still need checking. A full new acrylic sheet costs $7 at that rate.
The ink estimate uses the current kit’s 41 wood artworks and 13 color-only window prints, checked against earlier prototype jobs. It is a planning figure, not measured Omni consumption. Extra test stock, power, machine wear and labor remain additional.
Check the listing for current files and license
Explore Feather & FindA birdhouse box with 32 matching-game tilesOpen notesClose notes
A game inside a birdhouse.
The birdhouse holds 32 matching-game tiles. The artwork gives those tiles their character; they don’t need raised texture. Flat printing comes to about 16¢ per two-sided tile in ink, or 22¢ including the wood. The house keeps its raised details.
The complete printed stack and handling still need final physical checks. The model shows the design; it doesn’t establish a finished, tested game.
Explore the birdhouse designTag files aren’t on Atomm yet. This design is a workshop preview.
About the rattlesnake tagA flat-color gift tag with a little attitudeOpen notesClose notes
A gift tag with attitude.
A holiday rattlesnake tag with one flat printed front. We allocate a fifth of a plywood sheet to it from the five-design layout, then add modeled white and color ink.
This design is still a workshop preview. Download files are not available here yet; cord and a printed back are outside the estimate.
03 Compare the recipes
What does the color add?
Each bar shows the estimated materials and ink for one version. Select a row to explore its finish and files above.
What the colors mean
Materials + ink only · USD- Wood
- Plywood for the cut parts
- Acrylic allowance
- Window material, where used
- UV ink estimate
- White, color and the listed finish
Wood + acrylic + UV ink equals the estimated total
Each bar uses the same $0–$12 scale. Materials are wood plus any acrylic allowance. No assembly supplies, labor or business costs. Ink is modeled from earlier jobs, not measured on the Omni; the Feather & Find house uses an app-history allowance that may include maintenance ink.
Feather & Find · 32 two-sided tiles
Flat printing keeps the tiles affordable.
Flat color keeps the game tiles affordable: about 8¢ per printed face, or 16¢ per two-sided tile, including white ink beneath the color. There is no raised texture or gloss in this tile estimate.
- 32 printed fronts
- $2.56
- 32 printed backs
- $2.56
- 2 plywood sheets
- $1.80
about 22¢per tile
The house keeps its raised details. Two more sheets add about $1.80, plus $2.93 for printing. That printing allowance uses the original 9.76 mL app-history entry, which may include maintenance ink. With the modeled flat tiles, the house and game total $11.65 in wood and ink. This is a planning budget, not measured Omni consumption.
The numbers behind the estimate
What we put in the budget.
Wood & windows
- Plywood · 12 × 12-inch sheet
- about 90¢
- Acrylic · 12 × 24-inch sheet
- $7
Wood uses our approximate sheet price, reported October 21, 2026. Acrylic uses the sheet price from another workshop project; suitable matching stock still needs checking.
Acrylic is a used-area allowance. Buying a new full sheet means paying for that sheet, with the remainder kept for later projects.
UV ink
- Historical reference · 100 mL
- $29.99
- Per mL · rounded
- $0.30
This is neither our ink receipt nor an O1 Omni ink quote. We model printed area, white layers and any raised-height maps from earlier prototype work.
These are software estimates, not measured consumption. Actual color mix, white opacity, print settings and the machine can change consumption. Omni estimates and measured costs will follow testing on that machine.
Pricing your own work
What could a finished piece sell for?
These are US dollar ranges we would test for completed pieces, before tax and shipping. We checked comparable finished-product asking prices on and allowed for differences in size, finish and storage. We have no completed-sale evidence for these exact projects.
Ribbon & Sugar cottage
One finished cottageA range to test for the assembled cottage with color, raised details and windows. The larger enclosed design supports trying a higher price than a miniature or a shallow shelf sitter; that premium is our judgment, not an observed sale of this project.
Feather & Find
House + all 32 tilesFor the finished house and all 32 two-sided, flat-printed tiles. The decorated house case is the reason to test a premium over a bagged set or a plain box. We found no identical house-and-game listing.
Rattlesnake gift tag
One finished tagFor one finished color tag with a hanging cord, without custom names. Its larger artwork may support a higher price than a small engraved tag. A set or an add-on order makes more sense online when postage would otherwise dominate.
Allow for your time, assembly supplies, packaging, failed pieces and selling fees before working out profit. The yellow cost figures cover materials and ink only; even the hanging cord is extra. Test a small batch with your audience and adjust the price to the finish and service you offer.
For your original or commercially licensed work. The linked project downloads retain their stated noncommercial licenses.
Calculation details & price sourcesProject notes, ink scenarios and the six asking-price references
What each project estimate includes
- Ribbon & Sugar cottageRaised details + frosted windows
- Three plywood sheets, allocated acrylic for six windows, printed fronts and roof undersides, selective raised details and one flat white window-frost layer. Glue and lighting are extra.
- Cottage, flat color optionFlat color + frosted windows
- Same plywood and windows, with three white layers and one color layer on the wood instead of the raised treatment. Window frost is one white layer.
- Feather & Find, complete gameRaised house + 32 flat-printed, two-sided tiles
- Four plywood sheets: two for the house and two for 32 tiles. Tile fronts and backs are modeled flat with three white layers plus color, no relief or gloss. The house retains raised details; its 9.76 mL app-history figure is the planning allowance and may include maintenance ink. This is a combined planning budget, not measured Omni consumption. Glue is extra.
- Rattlesnake gift tagOne flat color front
- One fifth of a 90¢ sheet, allocated across the five-design tag layout. UV covers one front with three white layers and one color layer. This is an average sheet allowance, not a measured nesting yield. Cord and a printed back are extra.
- Sweater, flat frontOne flat color front
- Assumes six usable blanks per sheet. The flat front uses a two-to-three-white-layer model plus color, with three layers in the displayed estimate. Cord and any back print are extra.
- Sweater, raised front + backTwo-sided raised print
- Assumes six usable blanks per sheet and combines average ink estimates from the earlier four-front and five-back jobs. White, color and the raised finish are included once. Cord is extra.
- Backlit haunted houseFlat wood printing + 13 color windows
- Three core plywood sheets and allocated acrylic for 13 panes. The current kit has 41 printed wood artworks; this estimate assumes two white layers plus color. Windows use color only. Plain base and optional foliage are not counted as printed artwork. Lights, glue, screws and seals are extra.
How we estimated the UV printing
We used the printed area in our actual artwork, the white layers and any raised-height maps. A five-tag flat job estimated 1.77 mL: 1.46 mL white over three layers and 0.31 mL color. That gives us a coverage reference for flat printing, including the white underbase.
For raised details, we used the additional ink in an earlier four-sweater job and the height maps for each project. As a check, the model came within about 1–4% of three earlier cottage job estimates. That supports a planning estimate; it doesn’t make it a measurement of ink consumed.
The flat sweater front is about 12–16¢ in ink with two or three white layers. The tag is about 26–29¢ in wood and ink. The raised cottage is a roughly $8–$9 materials-and-ink budget. For the haunted house, different white-coverage scenarios give about $4.30–$5.20. These are recipe comparisons, not guaranteed ranges. The birdhouse budget combines its recorded house-print allowance with a flat-color estimate for the tiles; the earlier raised tile jobs are not used.
Figures are calculated before rounding. Transparent parts of the artwork are excluded from the coverage calculation.
How we estimated the sales prices
Comparable finished-product asking prices reviewed . These are asking prices, not completed-sale evidence.
Ribbon & Sugar cottage
- Old World Christmas: $27.99 for a small, finished wooden cottage ornament, roughly 2½–3¼ inches across its listed dimensions.
- DeeKatStudio: From $15 for a painted, layered shelf sitter with a light. A simpler, shallow design; variant prices differ.
Feather & Find
- MountainMomStudio: $34 for 32 two-inch birch discs with colorful decals and a fabric bag; US shipping is included in that asking price.
- CuartStudios: $26.05 sale / $28.95 regular for a UV-printed birch memory game and personalized box. Tile count is not specified; shipping is extra.
Rattlesnake gift tag
- Hart Wood Co: $2.50 for one smaller, personalized 2½ × 1.4-inch beech tag with twine; shipping is extra.
- 2Labz Creations: Personalized wooden Christmas tags start at $5 each. Size and print method are not specified.
Before you make it
Tools, questions & project licenses.
More about the machines, preparation and using the files.
X1 + OmniLaser cutting, fine engraving and UV colorOpen notesClose notes
05Tools and process
What I want to make
with the X1 and Omni
The X1 and Omni together give makers a way to create beautiful, distinctive products for their own range: custom shapes, fine engraving and colorful artwork that catches someone’s eye across a craft-show table. That combination is what excites me. I want to make pieces people recognize as mine, with enough variety to keep them coming back.
xTool X1
The xTool X1 has been in our workshop since September 2026 with its 55W CO₂, 20W diode, and 60W MOPA sources installed, and we have spent the weeks since then testing it. xTool supplied this review unit.
We used the CO₂ source to cut the wooden parts. The decoration shown in these photos is printed. We’re also working on a separate galvo project and will share it when it’s ready.
The riser and positioning system have made setup easier in our shop. Our experience with material measurement, including transparent stock, is in the making process above.
Read our X1 workshop guidexTool O1 Omni
The UV + DT edition we own supports color and raised printing on prepared wood, according to xTool’s material guide.
Keep the cut file, color artwork and texture map at the same scale. Test the wood, check print placement and height, and leave the glue joints free of ink. Print the parts before assembly.
Read our O1 Omni guideThese photos show our earlier builds, not Omni test prints. We’ll add Omni settings and costs after testing. See our O1 Omni guide for supported uses and our wood preparation and adhesion guide for surface preparation.
Questions & filesPractical answers, downloads and project licensesOpen notesClose notes
06Before you make it
Holiday project questions
What materials do I need for these laser-cut holiday projects?
The wooden parts use nominal 3 mm plywood. Our planning price is about 90¢ per 12 × 12-inch sheet, reported in October 2026. The cottage uses two full sheets plus a 204 × 118 mm accessory layout, so allow three sheets if you are buying new stock. Windows use separate suitable clear acrylic; glue, an optional battery LED and ornament cord are extra. Measure your actual wood and test the fit before cutting a full kit.
Cottage materials and walkthroughCan I make the Christmas cottage without a UV printer?
Yes. Use the cottage’s ENGRAVE-AND-CUT sheets, engrave the details before cutting, then follow the assembly guide. For the printed version, use the CUT sheets with matching COLOR artwork. Optional height maps add raised texture, but flat printing works for many pieces. The sweater download includes cut and basic score files; the detailed galvo image shown here is an illustrative concept, not a tested engraving recipe.
Choose a printed or wood-only finishWhy is the cottage’s build estimate higher than its plywood cost?
$2.70 buys three sheets at our 90¢ reference price. The parts use about $2.03 of that wood when priced by area, leaving an offcut. Our materials-and-ink model is about $8.38 with raised details and frosted windows, or $5.00 with flat color. Both include an area allowance for acrylic, not a whole new acrylic sheet. Glue, lighting, labor, trials, maintenance and other shop costs are additional. These are planning estimates, not measured Omni costs.
Compare the cottage cost optionsDoes a printed sweater ornament really cost only a few cents?
Only the CMYK color portion is about 4¢ in our earlier job estimates. That is already included in the roughly 49¢ raised front, which also uses white and gloss/relief. At six usable blanks per sheet, 15¢ of wood plus that front and a 45¢ back averages $1.09. A separate flat-front model is 27¢–31¢ including wood, before a back print. Neither estimate includes cord, labor, maintenance, rejects, packaging or selling costs, and neither is measured Omni consumption.
Try your own blanks-per-sheet estimateWhere are the project files, and can I add a name?
The project links lead to the Atomm listings. The cottage is a static kit with cut files, print artwork, a wood-only option and an assembly guide. Edit its blank plaque manually: keep the 70 × 24 mm canvas and fit the name within the 52 × 10.5 mm name area. The sweater files include blank backs for your own message. The rattlesnake gift tag is still a preview—its link opens the matching sweater, not a downloadable tag kit.
Open the project downloadsWhat should I check before UV-printing the cut wooden parts?
Test a scrap of the same wood for adhesion and color. Remove cutting dust, check the actual blank position and print height, and keep glue contacts free of ink. Keep the cut layout, COLOR artwork and optional height map at the same scale and placement; never resize or crop them independently. Print while the parts are flat, then assemble. The cottage roof undersides need a separate turnover and alignment check; do not mirror their supplied reverse-face artwork again.
Wood preparation and adhesion guideAre these real builds or digital previews?
Both are shown and labeled. The cottage, sweater ornaments and haunted-house photographs come from our earlier physical builds. The rotatable models and laser-versus-UV comparison include digital previews. We have not printed these designs on the O1 Omni. The latest R08 cottage details and roof bonds still need a physical trial, and the complete printed birdhouse game still needs final stack and handling checks.
Watch our X1 house filmCan I sell finished pieces made from the linked downloads?
The linked static cottage and sweater kits carry CC BY-NC 4.0, and the haunted-house download is for personal, noncommercial use. They do not grant permission to sell finished copies. Use the workflow to develop your own designs or obtain the appropriate permission for the files you choose. Our sales-price tags are suggested ranges to test, based on comparable asking prices; they are not recorded sales, guaranteed profit or a commercial license.
How we estimated the sales pricesFiles and guides
Project links
Project links and file lists checked October 24, 2026. The cottage download is available now and uses manual name editing. The separate interactive cottage designer was submitted for review on October 21; we haven’t verified a public release, so it isn’t part of this download.
The cottage and sweater listings use CC BY-NC 4.0. The haunted house is an Atomm Exclusive for personal, noncommercial use. Follow the license on each listing; these downloads don’t grant permission to sell finished versions.