Top 3D Printed Christmas Gifts

- as Christmas is coming here's our guide to some gift goodies that are either printed or are printable.

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DIY Star Wars Snowflake Ornaments

There’s a pretty big movie event happening this Christmas. JJ Abrams Star Wars: The Force Awakens is set to smash all box office records and designer Anthony Herrera has designed a new set of Star Wars Snowflakes for you to print off and cut out for free. Here’s a quick free guide for 3D printing those designs instead of cutting out.

  1. Download relevant jpeg from Anthony Herrera’s collection
  2. Invert the black and white colours and save as jpeg
  3. Convert jpeg into svg file using free online conversion software
  4. Upload that svg to Tinkercad
  5. Scale to required size and adjust thickness
  6. Save to an STL file and hit print!

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The gift money can’t buy for the person who has everything… sorry that should be ‘the money gift that can’t buy you anything’. Bert De Niel’s design is unique in that it is made from i.materialise’s 19th material, Copper.  Lost-wax cast in the same way the consumer arm of the Belgian 3D printing giant produces its gold, silver, bronze and brass materials, copper conducts heat and electricity and even develops a green patina like that of the Statue of Liberty. 

FreshFiber’s Flex Bands for Apple Watch

The Apple Watch has perhaps not captured everybody’s hearts in the way the iPod and iPhone did but it is sure to be a hit this holiday season and with fashion brands like Hermes entering the strap design fray it was only a matter of time before we saw 3D printed straps. Available exclusively on Cubify.com and engineered to be unusually thin and flexible Freshfiber’s Flex Bands are Designed to look and feel “radically different” than the standard straps. 

Carnivorous Coffee Cup

Shapeways’ first ever material developed in house is Porcelain by name porcelain by nature. The world’s largest 3D printing service prints a mould using SLS printers, casts porcelain into the mould, removes the mould, and glazes each piece by hand, leaving a product that is food, dishwasher and oven safe. This Carnivorous Coffee cup by Norwegian artist Daniel Liljar might not be the most festive of gifts but it evokes memories of the big movie this Christmas, Star Wars. 

World of Tanks

The online multiplayer game, in which users design their own tanks and do battle, holds a Guinness World Record for Most Players Online Simultaneously. There are over 75 million registered users and 3D printing platform, Sandboxr acquired the license to turn your online tanks into full colour, one-off models made using 3D Systems Z-Corp technology. Tanks a plenty are now available to customise on Amazon’s 3D Printing Store.