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Mesh Christmas ornament

A honeycomb bauble in two halves that click together, with a hole in the cap for the string.

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3D render of a red honeycomb mesh Christmas ball ornament with a cap and hanging hole, in front of the orange and blue press halves that form it
Print only ~105 g

A Christmas ornament you print flat: two honeycomb nets that you warm and press into half balls, then push together on the pins round the rim. It comes out 85 mm across and about 68 mm deep, with a solid cap on top and a 3 mm hole through it for a thread, a ribbon or an ornament hook.

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Made with our mesh former. Each net prints in about 70 minutes, with no supports, and weighs under 8 g, so a tree full of them is cheap. The press, a plug and a cavity, is printed once and forms every half: the ball is symmetric, so the front and the back come out of the same press.

Print the nets in red, gold, white or silk PLA and PETG and the honeycomb catches the tree lights. The zip has both nets, the plug, the cavity, a print sheet and the outline as an SVG you can drop on the mesh former to change the size or the net pattern.

Shown as a 3D render of the closed ornament in front of the two press halves, not a photo.

Mesh Christmas ornament at a glance: every printed part with its size, print time, filament, print settings and the three steps to use it
How it is made

What you need

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  • About 16 g of PETG or PLA per ornament, and 90 g of PLA once for the press
  • A heat gun, or a hair dryer on its hottest setting
  • Thread, ribbon or an ornament hook, and a drop of glue if you want it closed for good

How to make it

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  1. Print the front net, the back net, the plug and the cavity, all flat on the bed.

  2. Lay the front net in the cavity's pocket, flat face down, so the small pins go through the holes in its rim.

  3. Warm it with the heat gun kept moving 15 to 20 cm away until it goes limp. Turn the plug over side to side, like the page of a book (its left edge goes to the right, its top stays at the top), push it straight down and hold it for a minute while it cools.

  4. Do the same with the back net in the same press.

  5. Put the halves rim to rim and press the pins of the front into the holes of the back. Thread the string through the hole in the cap.

Print details

3 h 10 minPrint time
~105 gFilament
4Printed parts
85 × 79 × 96 mmSize (W x D x H)
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Print details
TypePrint only
Printed parts4
Size (W x D x H)85 x 79 x 96 mm
Print bed needed104 x 94 mm, 39 mm tall
Filament~105 g
Layer height0.2 mm
Infill10%
SupportsNot needed
DownloadZIP: front and back nets + press plug + press cavity (STL) + outline (SVG) + print sheet
Added2026-09-24
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Questions about this design

How does the mesh Christmas ornament stay closed?

The front half has small pins standing on its rim and the back half has matching holes, so the two halves press together and hold. It is a snug fit, and a drop of glue on each pin makes it permanent if the ornament is going to be handled a lot.

Can I put something inside the mesh ornament?

Yes, that is half the fun: close it round a small battery fairy light, a bell, a sprig of dried lavender or a note. Leave the pins unglued and it opens again.

Which filament looks best for a mesh ornament?

Silk PLA or a glossy PETG. The honeycomb has hundreds of small faces that catch the tree lights, and a shiny filament makes the most of that. Red, gold and white read as ornaments from across the room; a translucent PETG glows with a light inside.

Can I make the ornament smaller?

Yes. Drop the outline from the zip on the mesh former and lower the size. The depth has to come down with it, and the tool warns you if the net would stretch too thin. The hanging hole stays 3 mm and needs the cap, so do not make the cap narrower.

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