In 2020, I created Santa’s Workshop using Tinkercad. This year, 2025, I decorated one of the trees. Maybe next year, I will decorate the other tree. This is how the Santa’s Workshop looks 5 years later.
This year, 2025, after much thought I created Reindeer Stables. Every reindeer needs a place to rest. It has been a busy year for Tinkercad, they introduce the Extrude Sketch shape. Several of the objects you will see in the design was created using this feature.
The Stables are designed for the reindeer to freely come and go. Above the stables, is where some of the elves, who take care of the reindeer rest. The loft has large windows to so the elves can watch the reindeer play their games.
This design, Reindeer Stables, is available to the public to copy and tinker with.
Don’t forget while are in Tiwww.tinkercad.comnkercad to check out my other Christmas related designs.
It is that time of the year again. Children all over the world are putting pencil, pen, or crayon to paper and writing a letter to Santa. This year I envisioned what Santa’s North Pole Post Office would look like. Looking at pictures of old-fashioned post offices I decided on the design and used Tinkercad to create a Post Office.
You can get a 3D view of the North Pole Post Office at this link: North Pole Post Office.
First, I needed a mail truck to deliver mail to the North Pole. A truck with wheels would have trouble delivering mail in the snow. I needed some reindeer and a converted sled to deliver the mail. One the side of the mail carrier, you will see signs from different countries. If you create a sign for your country, just make your sign design public/copyable and tag #sarahcath. I will put the sign on the mail carrier and give you credit. You can get a 3D view of the mail carrier at this link: North Pole Mail Carrier
For the design of the post office I decided on a corner building, with two entrances/exits and a clock tower. Plus, I wanted the post office to have a basement, where the elves would place the sacks of mail.
After the mail is delivered, a sack is sent upstairs for sorting by country. Santa typically delivers mail by country. The first floor also allows the elves to ship letters and packages.
After the mail is sorted, it is sent to the second floor to be opened and read by Santa. The second floor also has mailboxes for the elves. Yes, elves do get mail.
Santa’s Elves are collecting stamps. If you create a stamp, using Tinkercad, and I will paste it into the Stamp Collecting Book and give you credit for your stamp. You can either create the stamp from scratch or use my stamp template. Just make the stamp design copyable/public and tag #sarahcath when you are done. The scribble shape in Tinkercad maybe great for making a stamp.
When I am designing in Tinkercad, I mainly design using millimeters (mm), because most of the time I am using a .04 mm nozzle on my 3D Printer. If I want to make a cover for something, like my Alexa Device, I will measure it in millimeters.
I made this ruler in Tinkercad so it would be easier to measure items in millimeters.
First, I can place the ruler on top of an object and see the object through the ruler.
Second, I can place an object on top of the ruler and against the left side and get a measurement.
I printed three rulers in different colors, because every time I changed the filament in the printer for another project, I used the ruler to make sure the printer was calibrated correctly. If I got a good print on the ruler, there was a high chance that the next print would come out good.
The ruler is available for copying and tinkering in Tinkercad.
This tutorial, Creating a Snowflake Using Tinkercad, focuses on using a Star shape to create a snowflake and using other shapes to put holes in the star.
I got the inspiration seeing an office that was decorated with paper snowflakes. Each one was unique because they were created by hand. If you are interested in learning how to create a paper snowflake, check out CYNICALifornia’s Paper Snowflake instructions. The first thing I did was create a paper snowflake.
The next step was creating one in Tinkercad. But I did not stop at one, I created seven snowflakes.
Below is the first one I created. It uses the only the Star shape and the Roof Shape. Even the back looks good.
This is the link (Snowflakes) to the seven snowflakes I created in Tinkercad. I encourage you to copy the design and deconstruct the snowflakes to see how they were designed. Then create your own snowflake using the tutorial and information you learned by viewing my design.
This year, for Christmas, I decided to design a North Pole Christmas Tree Farm in Tinkercad, with a barrel train to take visitors around the farm. I placed the shop inside the barn, I guess some of the reindeer gave up their lodging for the season. The shop sells tree decorations. You can copy this design and add your own objects to Tree Farms.
The barrel train was created in a different design. One train set has skids for use on snow, and another train set has wheels for use on the ground. You can copy the train, but you will have to design your own form of propulsion.
My Tinkercad design’s Santa Workshop can now be copied through Christmas. The 2023 changes to the design include a sled, a present, and elves pulling and riding the sled. Because the design is detailed, I decided to keep the changes minimal.
The sled can be seen in 3d or copied from this link: Red Sled
For the present, I wanted to give the ribbon and bow a candy cane pattern. I created a gradient Candy Cane gradient block. I can copy and used to give almost any design a candy cane coloring. Link: Candy Cane Gradient.
I turned around and boom it was Thanksgiving time. This year, I decided to make some designs in Tinkercad to celebrate the holiday. I stared with the wheelbarrow to fill with crops from the field. Next, I designed the turkey. It took the longest time. The feathers were not the problem, I couldn’t decide on how I wanted to create the neck and head.
Filling the cart with food was simple. All the food was created in separate design files and entire saved as a shape or copied into the Thanksgiving Harvest design file.
All these designs are available to copy. All I asked, if you use one of my designs, that you give me some type of credit for using the design. A shootout in the Designs Description is acceptable.
After October was spent making Fall and Halloween items in Tinkercad, I wanted to make a few items that had a Thanksgiving theme. So, I decided it was time again to get out that deviled egg platter and start making those delicious eggs again. Why are they called “deviled” eggs? Deviled is a term that means spicy. My deviled eggs are not too spicy, they are delicious. The recipe is below.
Using Tinkercad, I first had to make the deviled egg platter, then I had to make the eggs. The platter, since I wanted a Thanksgiving theme, I made it in the shape of a turkey.
For the eggs, there is an egg shape in the shape’s library. I just cut it in half, made a hole and filled the hole. To create the filling, I used a sphere and set the steps to 3. Then I duplicated the sphere and rotated it by 6 degrees in all three directions and continue to duplicate the sphere until I got the shape I wanted.
The Platter:
The Eggs:
The Deviled Eggs I created in Tinkercad took me hours over a few days to create. If you want real deviled eggs, not virtual deviled eggs here is my recipe.
Hard-Boiled Eggs: Large, Extra Large or Jumbo Eggs
How many deviled eggs do you want to make? Count the number of spots on the platter and divided by two. Add an egg or two to the number, so you can “taste test” before serving.
Salt
Black Pepper
Dry Mustard/Ground Mustard: Not the mustard that comes in the yellow bottle, but the mustard that is on the spice rack.
Mayonnaise: You can use any mayonnaise, but if it is not Blue Plate mayonnaise, I cannot guarantee the quality of the deviled eggs.
Sweet Pickles: Do not use sweet pickle relish. Do not use name brand sweet pickles. The name brand puts added ingredients in their pickles which gives it a weird taste. Buy the store brand sweet pickles. Preferable the minis but the gherkins will work too.
Cayenne Pepper or Paprika:
Instructions:
Hard Boil the Eggs
Place the eggs in a pot and cover the eggs with cold water. Add a dash or two of salt.
Place pot with eggs on the stove over a high heat.
Bring the eggs to a rolling boil and let the eggs boil for 15 minutes.
Peel the shell from the eggs and set the eggs aside.
There are many ways to peel the eggs, but I prefer to drain all the hot water off the eggs and peel the eggs under running cold water. Yes, the eggs are hot to the touch. If you prefer not to handle hot eggs, search the internet for other methods.
Cut the eggs in half lengthwise and remove the egg yolks and place in a mixing bowl. Most of the time, by pressing gently on the back of the egg, the eggs yolk will easily slip out. Lay the egg whites on the egg dish.
Use a fork to break up the egg yolks until there are not any large lumps.
Add a dash of salt, a couple of dashes of black pepper, and 1/4 of a teaspoon of dry mustard for every 6 whole eggs (12 halves) to the egg yolks.
Stir all the ingredients together until they are mixed well.
Finely chopped 2 mini or 6 gherkins sweet pickles (for every 6 whole eggs) and stir into the egg yolk mixture.
Stir in one heaping tablespoon of mayonnaise into the egg yolk mixture. Keep stirring in additional mayonnaise, one tablespoon at a time, until the egg yolk mixture appears creamy.
Spoon a heaping teaspoon of egg yolk mixture into hole of the egg white, attempting to distribute mixture evenly between eggs.
Sprinkle a fine mist of Cayenne Pepper or Paprika over the filled eggs.
Cover and refrigerate. Don’t forget to taste test the extra eggs you made. They are good warm or cold.
If there is a member of you household that does not want sweet pickles in the deviled eggs and would prefer mustard eggs. Leave the sweet pickles out of the recipe and add a couple of squirts of the mustard that comes in that yellow bottle instead.
This year Tinkercad is hosting a #tinktober event to provide design prompts to their tinkers. Here are the designs I have created for days 11 through 20. Not all days have designs.
Day 17: Cemetary – Click the link to read the tombstones.
Day 15: Apples – The Apple Store sells all things apple.
Day 14: Skeleton – The skeleton come up from out of the grave to witness the solar eclipse on October 14. He protected his eye sockets by wearing appropriate black out glasses.
Day 13: Friday the 13th – When I think of Friday the 13th, I do not think of the scary movie, I think of my sister who was born on Friday the 13th.
Day 11: Pet Costume – last year I created a fish in Tinkercad. This year I created a pet costume for the fish.
This year Tinkercad is hosting a #tinktober event to provide design prompts to their tinkers. Here are the designs I have created in the first ten days.
Haunted House – Day 10: Notice the ghosts in the windows. If someone really wanted to, they could fix up the house and rid it of the ghosts. Or, they could make it scarier.
Full Moon – Day 6: Each of the trees are made with at different basic Tinkercad shapes.
Pumpkin Carving – Day 4: Check out Day 2 to see where I got the idea for the carving. I also placed a candle on the inside of the pumpkin.
Candy – Day 3: Don’t forget to dump out the candy so you can see what types are inside.
Black Cat – Day 2: Okay, it is just an outline of a black cat, but I added a loop so it can be used as a keychain or a charm. You can easily print this design. The others would be a little bit tricky.
Costume – Day 1: I decided to design a fairy costume. Since my fairy lives in a forest, the costume was made out of leaves.
I did not participate in all 10 days, because there were some prompts that I wasn’t interested in recreating, like bugs.
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