Sample Club: Santa Claus Decoration

Materials:

• 1/4" thick sheet of 24" x 14" Pressboard (1 sheets)
• 1/8" thick sheet of 20" x 5" Pressboard (1 sheets)
• 1/4" thick sheet of 12" x 12" Pressboard (2 sheets)
• 1/8" thick sheet of 12" x 12" Pressboard (1 sheets)
• 1/4" thick sheet of 5" x 5" Pressboard (1 sheets)
• wood glue
• 3/4" cup hook

Files: Right click the file below and choose "Save target as." Open the file in CorelDraw 8 or later.

Let's start by opening the santa.cdr file. Place the 1/4" 24" X 14" piece of wood into your machine. This is a combined file of both vector and raster. To print, send the project to the laser in combined mode.

Using a 45 watt machine:
Set Vector at: 10% speed and 100% power
Set Raster at: 45% speed and 100% power

When finished, take out your pieces and replace it with the next set of wood used in Step 2 and continue to do so until you are done with Step 6.

Next, open the santas_things.cdr file and place the 1/8" 20" X 5" piece of wood into the machine. The file is also in combined printing mode.

Using a 45 watt machine:
Set Vector at: 35% speed and 100% power
Set Raster at: 45% speed and 100% power

Now, open the santas_snowman.cdr file and take one sheet of the 1/4" 12" x 12" sized wood and place it inside the machine. To print, this file should be sent to the machine in combined mode.

Using a 45 watt machine:
Set Vector at: 10% speed and 100% power
Set Raster at: 45% speed and 100% power

Then open the santas_christmastree.cdr file and take the other sheet of the 1/4" 12" x 12" sized wood and place it inside the machine. To print, send the project to the machine in combined mode.

Using a 45 watt machine:
Set Vector at: 10% speed and 100% power
Set Raster at: 45% speed and 100% power

Take the 1/8" 12" X 12" sized wood and place this inside the machine. Open the santas_signs.cdr file. The file should be sent to the machine using the combined printing mode.

Using a 45 watt machine:
Set Vector at: 35% speed and 100% power
Set Raster at: 45% speed and 100% power

Take the 1/4" thick sheet of 5" x 5" sized wood and place this inside the machine. Open the santas_stands.cdr file. The file should be sent to the machine using the Vector printing mode.

Using a 45 watt machine:
Set Vector at: 10% speed and 100% power

Now, we will put it all together. If you want to paint your pieces, you should do so before gluing all of your pieces together. This way you can get a nice, even paint job done and paint both sides of each piece without any hassle.

Take your wood glue, we used Elmer's ProBond, and start gluing your pieces to Santa Claus (Figure A). Let your project dry for a couple of hours.

Let's start by gluing the beard from Step 2. Place it on Santa's face as seen in Figure F Step 1.

When it is all dry you can place your piece in Santa's stands from Step 6 (see Figure G - stands circled in red).

And there you have it, your very own standing Santa Claus for this year's festivities!