Educational Resource Center of Santa Cruz
Educational Resource Center of Santa Cruz
224 Walnut Ave., Suite C, Santa Cruz, CA
Telephone: 831-818-8178
Hours: Wednesday through Saturday, 11 a.m. to 4 p.m.

Die Cut Machine

We are pleased to offer the use of our die cut machine free to members and to non-members on a pay as you go basis. The die cut machine will cut any type of paper, tag board, mat board, cardstock, flexible magnet sheets, lightweight plastic, pop up sponge, and fabric. Thin materials can usually be cut in multiple layers. Please bring your own materials to cut. We do not provide paper, cardstock, etc.

Below is a table listing all of our current die shapes.

Four inch high Block Alphabet (uppercase and punctuation)

Calendar mini shapes-- each shape is less than two inches

flower die can be cut from felt and used to string in necklaces

puzzle dies are approximately seven inches on the narrow side
Pattern Blocks-- sides of hexagon are once inch
Fraction circles, about four inches in diameter
Game board-- sized to fit in an open file folder
Game pices to go with board-- spinner is three inches across, die about an inch to a side, game pieces are about one inch across
Woven basket-- cut seven inch in diameter base and slats from poster board and weave with yarn or raffia
Bingo card- about eight inches across
Bingo markers-- about one and 3/8 inch across, also good for mosiac tile pieces
Apple book-- this two die set cuts the inner pages slightly smaller than the outer pages
Child die-- approximately eight inches tall
Clock-- attach hands with brad, approximately eight inches tall
Flash card spinner-- about seven inches across, write question in opening and answer under flap
Flip flaps-- about twelve inches long
Hand-- adult sized
Mask-- sized for child, use eight inches of elastic
Puppet-- cut from felt and decorate
Puzzle piece-- about six inches across
Slider-- the long slider is about ten inches
Tangram-- assembled tangram square is four inches
Visor-- sized for child head
Small album-- pages 3 in. by 5 in.
Large Album with split cover-- 8 in. by 8 in. pages
Tabbed album-- 6 in. by 6 in. pages

Artist Trading Card set (also great for making your own card deck)-- card die is 2.5 in. by 3.5 in., box will hold cards, folded envelope will hold a single card

Small folio circles can also be cut from felt to use for stringing in necklaces

Scallop circle-- 5.25 inches, can be used to make string art or fits on tabbed or large album above