Gifts
Christmas Ornament Maker (MakerLab)
Bambu Lab's seasonal tool for multicolour spinning 2D Christmas ornaments
23 generators · 12 free
Gifts & Keepsakes
Personal gifts are where these generators shine. Turn a voice message into a soundwave sculpture, put a name on a Christmas ornament, or frame a photo in something only you could have made.
Most of these finish in a single evening, so they work well as last-minute presents.
Gifts
Customizable Christmas Tree Family Names
Tree-shaped ornament that stacks family names in auto-scaled rows
Gifts
Infinite Unique Snowflake Generator
Random snowflake ornament generator: change the seed, get a new design
Made by us
Gifts
OmArTronics 3D Kollektion
Free browser studio for soundwave art, lithophane lamps, vases and planters
Gifts
Personal Memory Card (MakerLab)
Keepsake plaque for births, weddings and anniversaries with names and dates
Gifts
Polaroid Frame Generator (MakerLab)
Personalised display frames for Instax Mini, Square and Wide photos
Gifts
Song Card Generator (MakerLab)
Printable music card with song details, a lyric passage and your photo
Made by us
Keychains
Image to Keychain (MakerLab)
Bambu Lab tool that turns a picture into a layered multicolour keychain
AI to 3D
MakerLab PrintU
Turn a photo into a stylised multicolor figurine: bobblehead, chibi, cartoon and more
Image to 3D
MakerLab Relief Sculpture Maker
AI tool that turns photos or 3D models into printable bas-relief plaques
Signs & Text
Sweeping 2-Line Name Plate
Hugely popular curved desk name plate you customize in MakerWorld's browser editor
Signs & Text
Ambigram Generator
Dual-text illusion block that shows one name from one side and another from the other
Signs & Text
Customizable Name Sign Generator
Layered name sign: a script name set into a big first letter
Codes
Customizable Spotify Keychain / Tag
Scannable Spotify code keychain or desk tag with an optional cover art slot
Boxes
Designer Bee Box Generator
Free browser box generator with hinged or sliding lids, dividers and gift-box styles
Lithophanes
Lithophane Folding Fan (MakerLab)
Turns an image into a printable folding hand fan with lithophane blades
Maps & Terrain
Star Map Generator (MakerLab)
Printable two colour star map of the real sky for any place and date
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Printing gifts: what to buy
The generator does the design. These materials make the print look as good as the preview.
Silk PLA for vases and ornaments
Silk PLA's glossy, metallic sheen turns simple vase-mode prints and ornaments into gift-worthy pieces with no painting or post-processing.
- Bambu Lab PLA Silk+Stronger layer adhesion than typical silk blends, so thin-walled ornaments are less brittle.
- Polymaker Panchroma Silk PLASuccessor to PolyLite Silk, reformulated to print faster and more reliably.
- eSUN PLA-SilkLong-running, affordable silk with a strong shine in many colours.
Multicolour PLA for keychains and HueForge
Dual- and tri-colour silks give a single-nozzle printer colour shifts with no extra hardware, and a matched colour set is what lets HueForge and colour lithophanes blend thin layers into a full image.
- Bambu Lab PLA Silk Multi-ColorCo-extruded dual and tri colours that shift with the viewing angle; great for keychains and name tags.
- SUNLU Multi-Color Silk PLA (dual/tri/four-colour)Budget dual-, tri- and four-colour silk for colourful prints without an AMS.
- Bambu Lab PLA CMYK Lithophane BundleFour 1 kg spools (cyan, magenta, yellow, white) made for colour lithophanes and handy for HueForge-style layering.
Glow-in-the-dark filament
Glow filament charges under daylight or UV and keeps signs, house numbers and keychains visible after dark. The glowing particles are abrasive, so pair it with a hardened-steel nozzle.
- Bambu Lab PLA GlowBright glow with RFID presets. Bambu requires a hardened-steel nozzle and lists it as not compatible with 0.2 mm nozzles or the AMS lite.
- Polymaker Panchroma Glow PLAFormerly PolyLite Glow; looks natural-coloured in daylight and glows at night.
- eSUN PLA-LuminousAffordable glow PLA, good value for larger signs.
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