Crafters who are new to die-cut machines meet Cricut Cuties one day and fall in love with this adorable bug character once and forever. The question is how to get one for your collection? When are they available for sale? What is a Cricut Mystery Box? How and where to buy one for yourself?
Years after playing with Cricut Explore Air 2 and designing cute paper-cutting templates for your one-of-a-kind projects, Digital Art Dreams finally met one of the most amazing Cricut Cuties hidden in the Cupcake Sprinkles Cricut Mystery Box 2024 offered in early December. Let's unbox it together, see what's inside, meet the exclusive bug in chartreuse color (a blend of pale green and yellow), and learn where to buy mystery boxes for enjoyment.
Cricut Mystery Box
What is a mystery box? Overall, it's a random box of stuff that surprises you and makes your imagination go wild with thoughts of what you can potentially create using your die-cut machine and available materials.
A Cricut Box is undoubtedly a surprising one. It is very limited and is available to US and Canadian customers only at $49.99 (sometimes, you can order it in the UK at €54.99 and Ireland at €59.99). Users from most other countries cannot buy a mystery box from Cricut and have it shipped overseas (yet).
To get this super exclusive box, you must be a Cricut Access Member, which usually costs $9.99 monthly or from $96 to $120 per year. Access is currently available to US, Canadian, Australian, U.K., Irish, and 20-eurozone-country customers. This Access lets you use the ever-growing library of artworks, fonts, and projects in Design Space® (an app used by the company's die-cut machines to cut, score, write, and perform other tasks). Besides, it's the easiest and probably most affordable way how to get a Cricut Cutie without overspending by hunting each bug figurine individually on eBay or similar marketplaces, with prices starting at $18 and reaching over $700 per super-rare-retired crafting companion. Once in a while, you can see an infrequent sale of Cuties at $19.99 each ($17.99 with Access) on cricut.com, as it happened during the Christmas Sale in December 2024 (the sale was limited to two per color per customer, and most colors went out of stock within the first hour).
Read also: Make a Cute Pineapple Vinyl Cup Sticker in Five Minutes.
Also, a surprise box is always limited to one per customer.
P.S. Once in a while, during Christmas and other sales, Cricut can repeat Mystery Boxes from the previous years at $39.99.
Cricut Cuties
A cute-looking bug, now iconic among crafters, is a Cricut mascot. Better known as Cricut Cuties, these bugs have been released in so many colors that it's hard to say which one is yet to be unveiled and not to repeat the past color options.
Below, I'll share the images of different Cuties released in 2022, 2023, and 2024 to give you an idea of the colorful universe they can be a part of. These lovely bugs can be candy apple, peacock, concord, periwinkle, canyon, white, beet, platinum blue, navy, sky, pistachio, gold, silver, raspberry, true green, merlot, emerald, lilac, mist, metallic purple, and other interesting shades of standard colors.
The iconic crafting companion can cheer your workspace. Some hobbyists collect Cuties in all possible colors, displaying them in cases, on the shelves, near their Cricut machines, etc.
Each Cricut Cutie bug is 3 inches (7.6 cm) tall. The figurine has a non-posable oversized head with giant eyes and flexible antennae resting on a solid non-posable body with non-movable arms and feet. It stands on its own but also fits perfectly well in your palm or the tool pocket of your paper-cutting machine. The company designs these companions for crafters ages 12 and up.
Cupcake Sprinkles Cricut Box 2024: What's Inside
Digital Art Dreams unboxed the Cricut Mascot in chartreuse color. This Cutie is the first in my collection of toys by this brand. However, I ordered more bugs to join this crafting companion as soon as they were offered during the Christmas 2024 sale, plus a repeated Easter Bunny Mystery Box from March 2024 we unbox here.
The Cupcake Sprinkles is a random box of stuff that contains a Cutie of chartreuse color, some vinyl, insert cards, a t-shirt (size XL), and a cutting mat to use with my Explore Air 2 or Explore 3 (or Maker).
You'll be disappointed like me if you expect to see a fancy box with cute pink hearts on a pale pink background and an adorable ribbon bow (as shown on the product page). The real surprise box arrives in a regular shipping box, just like regular materials and supplies you order from Amazon or Cricut.
Usually, it takes ten regular days to receive your Mystery Box from the moment you place your order till it is delivered to your door (assuming you chose the free shipping option at checkout). All the fun (and sometimes disappointment) begins as you unbox your crafting treasure.
When you unbox the Cupcake Sprinkles surprise box, that's what you find inside, although the contents can be slightly different based on what Cricut has at the particular moment:
- One blue light grip mat 12 x 12 inches (work on all Maker and Explore machines) instead of two as promised on the Cricut Facebook group;
- One brand-new colored Cutie (chartreuse);
- One roll of StrongBond Glitter Iron-On of pink rose color (12 in x 19 in or 30.5 cm x 48 cm);
- One roll of Removable Vinyl of teal color (12 in x 15 ft or 30.5 cm x 4.5 m);
- Princess Sampler Insert Cards R40 (a set of 30 cards of multiple colors, including 8 Tulip, 8 Powder Blue, 7 Whispering Blue, and 7 Lavender - 4.75 in x 6.6 in or 12.1 cm x 16.8 cm, plus 30 Silver Holographic inserts and 30 White Envelopes). These materials work in all Explore and Maker machines with the 2X2 Card Mat and the Joy Xtra with the Joy Xtra card mat;
- One women's V-Neck T-Shirt Blank (size XL) in gray color (compatible with infusible ink).
Price
As noted above, all this was available at $49.99 with free standard shipping. You could apply your $10 off (seasonal discount) and 10% off as an Access subscriber, decreasing the final cost. If you try to repeat and place all these supplies along with a $19.99 Cutie, your price in the cart will be at least $64 or more.
Is the Mystery Box price reasonable? It's a great deal even with one 12 x 12 inches mat instead of two. Besides, contents are subject to change as noted by the company, quantities are limited, and every sale is final.
Cricut Mystery Box 2024
If looking back at 2024, some months brought one Cricut subscription box, and some offered an avalanche of choices.
Rewinding back the time, let's list the names of the surprises you might have gotten or might be able to grab in the future (in case the company rereleases them ever again):
- January 2024 - Love Is In The Air.
- February 2024 - Rose Noir.
- March 2024 - Easter Bunny.
- April 2024 - Spring Pollen.
- May 2024 - Canyon Hues.
- June 2024 - Tropical Fusion Joy.
- July 2024 - Sparkling Gemstones.
- August 2024 - Mystical Twilight.
- September 2024 - It's Fall, Y'all.
- October 2024 - Joy Silver Lining and Regal Radiance.
- November 2024 - Nebula Horizon.
- December 2024 - Cupcake Sprinkles, Aquamarine, Orchard Medley JOY, a rerelease of Nebula Horizon, Easter Bunny, Love Is In The Air, Festival of Lights and Aloha (both from October 2022), Persimmon Permission (from February 2022), Halloween (from March 2022), Thanksgiving (from November 2022), and It's Fall, Y'all Mystery Boxes.
Some were Digital Mystery Boxes by Disney and Harry Potter with stickers and other images you could use in your Cricut projects.
Cricut Mystery Box 2023
In the past, the company has rereleased many Mystery Boxes from previous years. Such was the year of 2023:
- January 2023 - Red Carpet.
- March 2023 - Spring Flowers.
- April 2023 - World of Enchantment.
- May 2023 - Outer Space.
- June 2023 - Happy Camper, rerelease of Getting Festive, Jungle Fun, Fall Into Flamingo, Ray of Sunshine.
- July 2023 - Pink Disco, Game On, rerelease of Easter Egg Hunt, Chocolate Cravings, Periwinkle Dreams, Pure Royalty, Fire & Ice, Glow Sticks and Graffiti, White as Snow.
- August 2023 - Party Ready.
- September 2023 - Sunset Soiree, Sea Glass Treasures.
- November 2023 - All That Glitters; Bargain Blitz.
- December 2023 - Igloo Dreams.
Older Mystery Boxes
The names of some older surprise boxes Cricut users could enjoy were New Resolutions (2022), Berry Blust (2022), Ray of Sunshine (2022), Bohemian (2022), Monochrome Madness (2022), Under the Sea (2022), April Showers (2022), Something Borrowed (2021), Birds of a Feather (2021), Fall Into Flamingo (2021), Sparkle and Shine (2021).
P.S. Some goodies from different years had Cuties, while some lacked the iconic bug figurine.
FAQ
When is the next Cricut Mystery Box?
The company announces every surprise bundle with or without a Cutie inside through emails and on their Facebook group. The next Cricut Mystery Box release date is unknown. However, the most recent ones were offered on December 3, 2024 (Cupcake Sprinkles), December 16, 2024 (Aquamarine), and December 26 (Orchard Medley JOY).
Where to buy Mystery Boxes?
Different brands offer surprise boxes of random stuff to their subscribers. You can search the web and select the company in which product you are most interested. If you are a fan of Cricut die-cut machines and supplies, you can buy a Mystery Box directly from their website (note that you have to have an active Access subscription to order this surprise bundle).
How do you get a Cricut Mystery Box?
To get your random bundle with supplies and hopefully a crafting companion figurine, you should log in to your Cricut account on their official website and add the Mystery Box to your cart (try to do it as soon as it is announced because these surprises sell fast). Check out and wait for your tracking number. Enjoy unboxing all the fun stuff once it is delivered to you!
How to get a Cricut Cutie?
You can find a Cricut mascot figurine inside a Mystery Box sold by Cricut, on eBay and other marketplaces (offered by hobbyists), and sometimes on the official company's website during random holiday sales. It's best to search the box's name to find out what's inside before ordering it because sometimes the Cutie figurine is not included.