It's the spookiest time of the year and your 3D printer is ready to get your house decorated for Halloween!
3D printers are really handy around holidays and let you print absolutely PERFECT decorations, toys and knick-knacks to suit your mood. As for me, I hate super gory decorations, so my Bambu Lab A1 Mini and Prusa CORE One are busy cranking out happy ghosts, silly skellys and joyful pumpkins. If you have a ton of filament and a bit of time, you can print something really big like my buddy Skelly!
So Much Halloween to 3D Print!
But you're here for QUICK AND EASY, so I got ya' covered. I've looked through my favorite file sharing sites and hand-picked the best, the CUTEST, Halloween prints that will print quick and easy.
Remember, you can print any STL file from ANY file sharing site! So take your Bambu to Prusa's Printables or your Ender to MakerWorld: 3D printers all speak the same language! It's your SLICER that set up the gcode to your own printer specs.
Speed Tips for Faster Printing
Is Halloween lurking just around the corner like a dude with a clown mask and chainsaw? Then pick your prints carefully! Think MINI pumpkins, table top decorations and smaller props. Remember, you need minimal infill for decorations, and shrinking prints by even 25% can greatly reduce time on the machine.
You can also ramp up your speed, use larger layer heights and swap out your nozzle for a bigger size. Point 6 is the new Point 4, don't cha know. 😏
For example, this Om Nom pumpkin by Bugman_140 would take 13+ hours to print full size and Super Quality on my Ender 3 Pro. But knock it down to 5% infill and a "low quality" .28 layer heights? He'll zoom off your printer in 3 hours!