Let this gnome hide away your Christmas candy and nuts; he keeps them under his hat.
Made using a single color printing Ender 3 Pro, this candy holder is created from 5 different colored pieces that are hot glued together to form a cute gnome to keep holiday snacks safe.
Materials Used
- Protopasta Fleck 'n Forest Green for the torso
- Protopasta Candy Apple Red for the hat
- Polymaker PolyLite White for the beard (not matte like PolyTerra)
- Polymaker PolyTerra Charcoal Black for the shoes
- Polymaker PolyTerra Army Beige for the nose
- hot glue to glue pieces together
Slicer Settings (Cura)
Hat:
- Orientation - Sitting on flat base
- Layer height - 0.2
- Wall line count - 4
- Top layers - 3
- Bottom layers - 4
- Infill density - 20%
- Infill pattern - lightning
- Support - Yes
- Support placement - Everywhere
- Build plate adhesion - None
Torso:
- Orientation - Opening at the top
- Layer height - 0.2
- Wall line count - 2
- Top layers - 3
- Bottom layers - 4
- Infill density - 10%
- Infill pattern - Cubic subdivision
- Support - Yes
- Support placement - Touching build plate
- Build plate adhesion - None
Shoes:
- Orientation - peg at the top
- Layer height - 0.2
- Wall line count - 2
- Top layers - 3
- Bottom layers - 4
- Infill density - 10%
- Infill pattern - lines
- Support - No
- Build plate adhesion - None
Beard:
- Orientation - Standing vertical upside down (looks like flames)
- Layer height - 0.2
- Wall line count - 2
- Top layers - 3
- Bottom layers - 4
- Infill density - 10%
- Infill pattern - lines
- Support - Yes
- Support placement - Everywhere
- Build plate adhesion - Brim
Nose:
- Orientation - vertical
- Layer height - 0.2
- Wall line count - 2
- Top layers - 3
- Bottom layers - 4
- Infill density - 5%
- Infill pattern - lines
- Support - Yes
- Support placement - Touching build plate
- Build plate adhesion - None
Assembly Tips:
- Hot glue beard to torso first.
- Align shoes to beard and hot glue to torso
- The nose may need a little sanding for best fit depending on your 3d printer accuracy.
- Hot glue nose in place BEFORE putting the hat on but test fit hat before gluing nose.
- When gluing nose, use glue only on torso/nose contact point to avoid creating a line of glue that can interfere with hat position
- After glue is set, fill with candy or nuts and put the hat on your Christmas gnome.
Jesster
