Sometimes the best gifts aren’t the ones you click and buy online—they’re the ones you actually make!

My son Cashton came home needing a holiday ornament for a school gift exchange. At first, I almost went the easy route and ordered something online. Then I thought… why not MAKE something truly special?! 

We fired up SOLIDWORKS xDesign for Makers and the 3D printer and decided to create a custom ornament featuring Ozzy, the school mascot.

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I took the original logo of Ozzy and created a few AI images to assist me in my 3D modeling process.

I sculpted Ozzy using the Sub-D tools inside SOLIDWORKS xDesign (lots of tweaking with the robot tool), then I used the wrap tool to create a deboss of 2025.  Then he was off to the 3D printer.  

The result was exactly what we needed. Cashton loved it so much we ended up printing a second one for our own tree.

There’s just something different about giving a gift that someone took the time to design and make! 

Happy Holidays! 🎄✨ See YOU in 2026!

Jason

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