The winter holiday season is upon us, and it’s time to get into the festive spirit with another Holiday Decorations Contest on Printables! Light your inner spark and bring joy to the community by designing 3D-printed holiday ornaments, gifts for loved ones, or cute holiday-themed gadgets.
We’re looking for anything and everything that makes the holidays special! From tree toppers and snowflakes to customizable gift tags or functional holiday decor, we want to see your carefully crafted designs. And this isn’t just about Christmas—this contest embraces all the celebrations of the season, from Hanukkah and Kwanzaa to New Year’s and even winter solstice traditions. You could create a set of decorative LED candle holders for Hanukkah, festive table settings for New Year’s Eve, or even a unique snow-themed centerpiece.
Christmas Lantern by MaxT
Designs that are practical, visually stunning, or simply bring a smile to someone’s face are all welcome. Remember, the holidays are about sharing and spreading joy, so make sure your designs capture that spirit.
If you’ve been channeling your winter holiday spirit since the end of summer, we’ve got good news: designs made anytime from the beginning of September are welcome in this competition!
Need a spark of inspiration? Check out last year’s contest or some of the standout designs we’ve highlighted for you.⬇️ Who knows, they might kickstart your next brilliant creation.
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Prizes
First place
The first-place winner will unwrap a brand new Original Prusa MK4S Kit!
Second place
Second place will be rewarded with 2000 Prusameters – which is enough for grabbing
5 spools of Prusament or choosing from other selected products including Prusa Merch!
Third place
For third place, you’ll get 1200 Prusameters , perfect for picking out 3 spools of Prusament or exploring other options from the rewards section.
Representative images of what you can exchange your Prusameters prize for.
Starring: Mikoláš Zuza & Pepa’s head
Community’s Picks
As always you all have a chance to help award some prizes too. We want to see your makes of these designs and the five entries with the most makes (who are not also main prize winners or honorary mentioned) will each receive 400 Prusameters.
Judging Criteria:
- The overall quality of the model.
- Printability – Whether the model has an optimal orientation, whether it is divided into multiple parts so it can be printed more easily (without supports) etc.
- Originality – If you create something truly unique, it will be rated better than a slightly altered existing model.
- Popularity – Share your model to increase its popularity, and prove that users appreciate such a model.
- Your other works – In case we can’t decide between two favorite designs, we often check your other models to see what you can do.
- Assembly instructions – If your model consists of multiple parts, we check how easy it is to assemble the final product.
- Photo quality – Well-lit, in-focus, and clear photos help show off your work and help us pick the best designs. For tips, check out our Basics of Product Photography course!
How to participate?
It’s easy to participate in this competition. Just follow these simple instructions.
- Design and create a model or improve an already existing one (“remix”) so that the result fits the theme of this contest. The model has to be printable on an FFF/FDM or SLA 3D printer (any manufacturer and model). This also means that you don’t need to own a 3D printer to participate. When creating the model, keep in mind the pros and cons of various types of 3D printing technologies and what can and can’t be actually done.
- Upload the model to Printables.com and make sure it contains:
- Model in .3MF or .STL file format (print files are optional)
- Photo or render of the model (ideally both)
- Model description
- Add the model to the contest. You will find the new competition button just below the download button on the print’s page after you publish your print. Click the Compete medal and select the “Winter Holidays Decorations 2024” contest. After that, your print will be shown on the contest page and you will be in the running.
Of course, you can share your model on social networks (Facebook, Instagram, X, Pinterest,…), and don’t forget to add @printablescom. This can help increase the popularity of the model.
Terms and conditions
- The contest runs from December 01, 2024, to January 01, 2025.
- You can submit up to 5 unique models to the competition and increase your chances of winning.
- Models submitted to the contest must be models that have been uploaded on or after September 01, 2024.
- The model must contain at least one printed part.
- By entering the contest, you agree to keep your model posted to Printables.com for a minimum of one year. The Prusa team reserves the right to repost your design if it is removed before the end of that year.
- You must be the original creator of the model you upload, please do not repost other people’s models from other sites.
- We reserve the right to terminate the competition or change the conditions of the competition at any time. In case of violation of the terms and conditions or attempted fraud, the competitor will be disqualified.
- Submitting entries that do not fit the contest criteria will result in disqualification and repeated offenses may disqualify you from future contests.
- Results are at the judge’s discretion and all results are final.
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