55+ Easy Cricut Water Bottle Ideas for Beginners

If you’re looking for an easy DIY project, start with personalized water bottles. 

It’s simple enough to do on your Cricut Maker, and you’ll end up with a unique piece of personalized drinking ware. 

The process won’t take a long time, just a few minutes. They also make great gifts for any occasion.

Tools and Optional Supplies

• Cricut machine
• Blank water bottles
• Svg file (make your own in Canva or get them from the Cricut library)
• adhesive vinyl
• Cutting mat
• Weeding tool
• scraper tool
• Transfer paper
• Cricut Design Space (with or without Cricut Access)

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List of Ways to Make Custom Water Bottles in Cricut

In the list below, you’ll find over 50 ways to decorate and personalize a reusable water bottle in a variety of different styles. Customizable drinkware is a fun way to get started making Cricut crafts.

1. Motivational quotes on glass bottles
2. Marble design
3. Soccer water bottle
4. Neckerchief for 12 oz. bottle
5. Football water bottle
6. Smiley face emoji
7. Gym bottle
8. His and her thermoses
9. Race for the Cure breast cancer awareness
10. Pool party water bottle template
11. family reunion
12. Cub scout waterproof labels
13. Monogram water cups
14. Seashell water bottle
15. Name labels with the font of your choice
16. Christmas nutcracker design
17. Sports team logo
18. Baby shower water bottle hanger
19. Horoscope sign design
20. Retro style tumbler
21. Cheetah tumbler
22. XOXO Valentine drink label
23. Birthday beer labels
24. Banner design
25. Halloween potion bottles
26. Negative space text bottle design
27. Father’s day bottle wraps
28. Picnic party label
29. Calligraphy font name design
30. Metallic name on frosted glass bottle
31. Daily reminder water intake label
32. Unicorn bottle
33. Butterflies design
34. Iridescent dragon
35. Tri-color flamingo
36. Gold glitter spaceship
37. Travel bottle with maps
38. Pirate theme bottle
39. Superhero mask design
40. Road trip water bottle
41. Vacation memories
42. Mom and dad vinyl design set
43. Bachelorette weekend getaway tumblers
44. Cat water bottle
45. Holographic vinyl graphic design

Choose a Color Scheme

Making your own water bottles for your kid’s sports team? You can choose a color scheme for your drinkware based on the team’s colors. 

Instead of candy, put something different in the goodie bags at your kid’s birthday party. If you want a custom bottle for each kid at the party, you might want to go with different colors of vinyl.

46. Homecoming class colors

47. Back-to-school bottle

48. Patriotic flag design

Select an Embossing Pattern

It’s not only about stickers, but you can also etch glass tumblers and engrave custom stainless steel water bottles.

Choose a pattern that will complement your design. 

It’s a good idea to select a pattern that matches your skill level. 

49. Glass plant water bottle

50. Salt water etched metal bottle

51.These instructions for an etched glass bottle from the Museum of Craft and Design are perfect for school projects.

Custom Bottles for Special Occasions

Personalize your drinkware for a special occasion.

For example, if you’re planning a wedding and making water bottles for the bridal party, you might want to choose a pretty monogram font to make your cut files.

52. Make custom bottles for a girls’ night craft party

53. Bridal party bottles

54. school gift for a teacher

55. Pick a Design Theme

You can choose any design theme you like, but keep in mind that the more detailed the design, the more difficult it will be to read.  Then you’ll end up having to remove the vinyl from the bottle.

Choose something simple, such as a geometric pattern, or something more complex, such as a flower or animal motif.

Facts and Common Questions 

Can you put permanent vinyl on plastic water bottles?

Permanent vinyl is better for aluminum bottles instead of plastic water bottles.

Can I make water bottle stickers with a Cricut?

You can make water bottle stickers with a Cricut machine. Cricut Joy is a small model machine that you can use to print and cut a vinyl decal.

Want to save this for later?

Feel free to add this blog post to your Cricut ideas board on Pinterest for later. After all, you’re not going to remember them all.

Conclusion

Which one of these do you like the most? Leave a comment to let me know which one you’re going to use to make your new project.

If you’re ready to get started on it today, check out my list of supplies for glass etching crafts.