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Beer buddy can holder, full colour

A grinning, bearded cartoon head in full colour that holds a 12 oz can. The drinking buddy that never goes home.

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3D render of a 3D-printed beer buddy can holder, a cartoon head made with the head generator
Print only ~235 g

A happy, bearded cartoon head printed in five colours, hollowed out to hold a standard 12 oz can, with a chunky round handle in blue. It is the one that gets picked up at every barbecue and asked about by every guest.

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Made with our head generator, not sculpted by hand: the full-colour example head as a can holder for a standard 12 oz can, with a round blue handle. The head is one of the generator's own example heads, a cartoon made by its AI from a photo, and the can holder around it is built by the page itself. The zip holds exactly what the page exports: a 3MF painted in 5 colours for a multi-colour printer, and a one-colour STL for any slicer. It comes out 138 by 137 by 140 mm as laid out for printing. Like every free download from the tool, it carries a small MESHCAST mark.

Make your own: upload a photo of a friend, your dog or yourself to the head generator and turn it into the same thing with their face.

Shown as a 3D render of the printed object, not a photo.

What you need

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  • About 235 g of PLA or PETG, in 5 colours for the painted version
  • A standard 12 oz (355 ml) can

How to make it

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  1. Print the 3MF on a multi-colour printer, or the STL in one colour as laid out, with tree (organic) supports where the slicer asks for them.

  2. Remove the supports and clean up the underside.

  3. Slide a standard 12 oz can into the head; the handle takes your grip.

  4. Wash by hand in lukewarm water, never the dishwasher.

Print details

7 h 50 minPrint time
~235 gFilament
1Printed parts
138 × 137 × 140 mmSize (W x D x H)
All print details
Print details
TypePrint only
Printed parts1
Size (W x D x H)138 x 137 x 140 mm
Print bed needed138 x 137 mm, 141 mm tall
Filament~235 g
Layer height0.2 mm
Infill15%
SupportsYes
DownloadZIP: painted 3MF in 5 colours + one-colour STL + README
Added2026-10-05
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Questions about this design

How many colours does the beer buddy can holder print in?

Five for the head (skin, hair, lips, beard and shirt) and one for the handle, all set in the 3MF for a multi-colour printer such as a Bambu AMS. On a single-nozzle printer use the STL in one colour; it still looks good in a skin tone or plain white.

How long does the Beer buddy can holder take to print?

About 7 h 50 min and 235 g of filament at 0.2 mm layers, estimated from the file for a current printer (Bambu, Prusa MK4 class) rather than sliced. The painted 3MF adds the colour changes your printer makes on top of that.

Can I make the Beer buddy can holder with my own face?

Yes, that is what the head generator is for: upload a photo of a face (yours, a friend's or a pet's), it turns it into a 3D cartoon head, and you pick the can holder to get the same object with that face.

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