How to Make Money with Your Cricut

Your Cricut machine has so many possibilities — including being a source of income! Come learn How to Make Money with a Cricut Machine!

This is a sponsored conversation written by me on behalf of Cricut. The opinions and text are all mine.

Have you ever wondered, “Can I make money with my Cricut?” The answer is YES!! You absolutely can! I know people that have active full time businesses selling products made with their Cricut machine and I know people that just sell holiday crafts made with their Cricut on the side when they need a little extra money! The possibilities are really endless and can be whatever you want or need them to be!

MAKING MONEY WITH CRICUT

I believe there are 4 initial steps in learning How to Make Money with your Cricut by getting prepared to sell products that you make with your Cricut machine!

First, decide what you want to sell! There are so many different types of items and I’ll go through a ton of ideas with you below! BUT, the main thing I want to stress is that you need to make sure that whatever you decide to sell is something that you love making! Something that gets your creative juices flowing and makes you excited to create it over and over again!
Second, make sure you are careful and pay attention to licensing and copyright. You don’t want to steal someones exact design or sell something that has a copyright on it! Without a doubt, this will come to haunt you!
Third, decide where you want to sell the item! There are several different avenues depending on your location. I’ll also share some ideas of places to sell items below!
And lastly, prepare yourself for the ins and the outs of running a business — figuring price points for your products with consideration of your materials and accessories costs and shipping costs. Remember, that not all customers will be nice! Be ready to deal with some unhappy and unreasonable buyers. What’s your return policy? How many days will you need to to make and ship the item? Etc.

Let’s now dive into those 4 areas a bit more!

THINGS TO MAKE AND SELL WITH CRICUT

The different items that you can sell with your Cricut machine are really endless! The following items are just scratching the surface on ideas of things that you can make and sell with either a Cricut Explore Air 2 or a Cricut Maker.

Let’s start by going through some items that could be made with both the Cricut Explore Air 2 and the Cricut Maker! These ideas are just to get you brainstorming and/or inspired to create something similar!

CRICUT T-SHIRTS IDEAS

DIY t-shirts made with Iron-On are probably one of the most popular items I see being sold! Generally, they’re just witty or clever words and sayings! If you’re going to be making any projects from Iron On or Infusible Ink, I would check in the EasyPress 2 or even a Heat Press!

Don’t Sweatshirt – Practical and Pretty | Christmas PJ’s – Pretty Providence | Rainbow Baby Shirt – Tastefully Frugal

Clever T-Shirts Designs are always a good seller! My Living My Best Life Shirt Is hands down a favorite of mine and paired with so many different bottoms! I had a handful of friends ask me to make their kids this shirt and I know it could have sold well in a shop!

Living My Best Life Shirt | Birthday Shirt | St Patrick’s Day Shirt

If you have a passion for highly visited vacation spots, tv shows, or movies, you may have a found a niche! I have seen a lot of shops that focus on just one of these areas that do really well! Especially anything Disney themed like my Disneyland Shirts!

Disneyland Shirts | Not Today Cruella – Pretty Providence | Disney Mickey Shirt – Practical and Pretty

CRICUT MAKER PROJECTS TO SELL

There are some types of projects that can only be made with a Cricut Maker, because they require the use of Maker Tools that the Explore Air 2 can’t support. These projects generally include fabric, leather, aluminum, chipboard, etc.

Here are some examples of projects that can only be made on the Cricut Maker!

Signs can be made using several techniques! If you have the Cricut Maker, you can incorporate materials like basswood, balsa wood, chipboard, and aluminum. If you’re wanting to work with Basswood for your business, I suggest checking out Everyday Jenny! She’s got some great posts making signs with Basswood!

BASSWOOD SIGNS

Signs made using Basswood and the Cricut Maker!

DIY Summer Sign – Everyday Jenny | FarmHouse Sign – Everyday Jenny | DIY Christmas Farmhouse Sign – Everyday Jenny

CHIPBOARD PROJECTS

Elf Bake Sign | 4th of July Sign | Chipboard Cake Topper

CRICUT MAKER JEWELRY

Jewelry made with the Cricut Maker and Leather.

Leather Earrings – Everyday Jenny | Snowflake Earrings – Hey Let’s Make Stuff | Leather Earrings – Sweet Red Poppy

SEWING PROJECTS MADE ON THE CRICUT MAKER

Projects made using the rotary blade on the Cricut Maker.

Knotted Scrunchies – See Kate Sew | Handwarmers | DIY Soft Blocks |

You can also check out my Cricut Gift Guide for a ton of other ideas!

DESIGNING PROJECTS TO SELL

There are several ways to design projects to make and sell!

Cricut Design Space — One of my favorite features about Cricut Design Space is Cricut Access! Cricut Access gives you access to 100,000’s of images, 1000’s of ready-made-projects, and hundreds of fonts! It is a paid membership that you can get for as low as $7.99/month. You can also design projects from scratch within Cricut Design Space too!
Upload SVG, PDF or JPG Files — If you’re comfortable designing in an outside program like Photoshop, Illustrator, etc. Cricut Design Space allows you to upload SVG, PDF or JPG files into Design Space to cut.

Birthday Girl Design Space File from overthebigmoon.com!

THE CRICUT ANGEL POLICY

If you’re new to design, then I highly suggest you start by design items found within Cricut Design Space that fall under the Cricut Angel Policy. For a full understanding of what is included in the policy, click over to the Cricut website and ready it carefully. But, to summarize:

Most Cricut Fonts and Images are included in the Cricut Angel Policy — but not all.
You can sell up to 10,000 completed project annually using Cricut artwork. And this cannot be done under a mass production.
Each finished product that incorporates any Copyright Material must be conspicuously marked with the notice: “Includes Copyright Material of Cricut.” This notice should be placed in a reasonable size and location on the items, or on tags or labels for such items.
Are Cricut fonts in the Cricut Image Library Subscription are included in the Angel Policy.
The Cricut Angel Policy does not include licensed content that is for sale in Design Space. Walt Disney Company (Disney Consumer Products, Inc.), Sesame Workshop, Hello Kitty (Sanrio, Inc.), Warner Bros. (DC Comics, c/o Warner Bros. Consumer Products, Inc.), Martha Stewart, Kirstie Allsopp (BBC Worldwide Limited), Entertainment One UK Limited, Nickelodeon (Viacom International, Inc.), and Boys Scouts of America characters and images MAY NOT be reproduced and sold.

As a reminder, all images that are part of the Cricut Image Library Subscription are covered by the Angel Policy. Other images that are not part of your Cricut Image Library Subscription may be licensed content that is subject to Third Party Rights Restrictions.

Also, make sure that your project is not marked public in Design Space if it is something you don’t want to share. When you’re saving your design and naming it, just make sure the box next to ‘Public’ is NOT marked!

Screenshot saving a design in Cricut Design Space and marking it private.

WHERE CAN YOU SELL CRICUT CRAFTS

The is key to making your business successful is finding buyers! There a lot of avenues to sell your products! Here are some to consider:

Etsy
Facebook Marketplace
Facebook Groups – make sure you have permission from the group moderator.
Local Craft Fair or Farmers Market – If you can’t afford your own booth, team up with other small shops!
Ebay
Instagram – be active on your Instagram and InstaStories! I’ve seen InstaShops be very successful!
Your Own Website – if you have the means, you could set up your own website. I suggest building your business for a while, prior to investing in this.
Sell in local small shops – If you have local boutiques, go in and ask if they’ll allow you to sell items in their shop. They generally ask for a portion of the profit, but can sell at a hire price point than you you could online!

ORDER CRICUT SUPPLIES

Now that you are feeling motivated, are you ready to take on a new business? Do you feel you learned How to Make Money with your Cricut?

Make sure that you’re ready to get going by stocking up on your Cricut Supplies! I share all the details about Cricut Consumables and Accessories in this post ‘What Cricut Supplies Should I Buy?” Head on over and check it out!

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MAKING MONEY WITH CRICUT

THINGS TO MAKE AND SELL WITH CRICUT

CRICUT T-SHIRTS IDEAS

OTHER IRON ON PROJECTS:

PROJECTS MADE WITH CRICUT VINYL

INFUSBILE INK PROJECTS: