• Cricut Joy 2
• Cricut Joy & Joy Xtra

• Cricut Explore 5
• Cricut Explore 4 & prior

Select an image below to learn more about machine tools compatible with Cricut Explore 5.

Note: Tools shown may differ in the box. All machines include a pre-installed cutting blade - either with metal housing or new Cutting Tool. Cricut Explore 5 is also compatible with the Premium Fine-Point Blade + Housing, Deep Point Blade + Housing, and Bonded-Fabric Blade + Housing that are used with Cricut Explore 4 & prior machines. 

 

Premium Fine-Point Cutting Tool	Deep Cutting Tool	Scoring Tool	Foil Transfer Tool

 

Premium Fine-Point Cutting Tool

Premium Fine-Point Cutting Tool is designed to make the most intricate cuts imaginable in a variety of thin to medium-weight materials.  

• Recommended for use with paper, cardstock, poster board, vinyl, iron-on, and other thin to medium weight materials.  
• View a full list of compatible materials here.  
• Premium Fine-Point Cutting Tool simplifies blade & blade housing into a single, unified component. When it’s time for a new blade, simply replace with a new Premium Fine-Point Cutting Tool.  
• Look for this symbol on top of the tool:
• Premium Fine-Point Cutting Tool can be used with all Cricut Maker and Cricut Explore machines.

Important: Cutting tools are sharp. Use extreme caution. Adult use only.

 

Deep Cutting Tool

Another in the series of fine-point cutting tools, the Deep Cutting Tool makes it easy to perform intricate cuts on a wider variety of materials for your projects. The Deep Cutting Tool has a steeper blade angle (60 degrees vs 45 degrees for the other fine point blades) and harder, more durable steel.

• Recommended for intricate cuts on thicker materials, such as magnet, chipboard, stamp material, thick cardstock, stiffened felt, foam sheets, cardboard, and some fabrics.
• Look for this symbol on top of the tool:
• Deep Cutting Tool can be used with all Cricut Maker and Cricut Explore machines.  

Important: Cutting tools are sharp. Use extreme caution. Adult use only.  

 

Scoring Tool

Scoring Tool creates crisp creases in materials to make perfect, effortless folds. Score fold lines for cards and envelopes, boxes, 3D projects, and more.  Learn how to use the Scoring Tool with Cricut Explore 5.

 

Foil Transfer Tool

Cricut Foil Transfer Tool is used with Foil Transfer Sheets to add a foil effect to projects on a variety of materials. It comes with 3 interchangeable tips – fine, medium, and bold – all suitable for projects ranging from simple outlines to intricate designs. Compatible with all Cricut Explore and Cricut Maker machines.

This information is applicable to: Cricut Explore, Cricut Explore One, Cricut Explore Air, Cricut Explore Air 2, Cricut Explore 3, and Cricut Explore 4. 

Select an image below to learn more about blades and tools compatible with Cricut Explore 4 (and prior) machines.

Premium Fine-Point Blade	Deep Point Blade	Bonded-Fabric Blade	Foil Transfer Tool	Scoring Stylus	Roll Holder*

*Cricut Roll Holder is compatible with Cricut Explore 3, Cricut Explore 4, Cricut Maker 3, and Cricut Maker 4 only.

• Fine Point Blades
• Machine Tools

Fine-Point Blades

Cricut fine-point blades are color-coded so you can see at a glance which blade to use for your materials! Select a fine-point blade option to learn more.

Note: Premium Fine-Point, Deep Point, and Bonded-Fabric blades and housings are also compatible with Cricut Explore 5 machines.

• Premium Fine-Point: Gold
• Deep Point: Black
• Bonded-Fabric: Pink

Premium Fine-Point Blade

Made from premium German carbide steel, Premium Fine-Point blades are designed to make the most intricate cuts imaginable in a variety of thin to medium-weight materials. Formerly known as the Premium German Carbide blade.

• Recommended for use with paper, cardstock, poster board, vinyl, iron-on, and other thin to medium weight materials
• Premium Fine-Point blades are gold in color
• Use with gold Premium Fine-Point Housing or silver Fine-Point Housing
• This blade and housing can be used with all Cricut Maker and Cricut Explore machines 

Deep Point Blade

Another blade in the series of fine point blades, the deep-point blade makes it easy to perform intricate cuts on a wider variety of materials for your projects. The Deep point blade has a steeper blade angle (60 degrees vs 45 degrees for the other fine point blades) and harder, more durable steel.

• Recommended for intricate cuts on thicker materials, such as magnet, chipboard, stamp material, thick cardstock, stiffened felt, foam sheets, cardboard, and some fabrics
• Deep-Point blades are black in color
• Must be used with the Deep-Point Blade Housing
• This blade and housing can be used with all Cricut Maker and Cricut Explore machines 

Bonded-Fabric Blade

We all understand that you don't use fabric scissors to cut other materials, right? Reserving fabric cutters for fabric cutting prolongs their fabric-cutting life! This blade gives you all of the functionality of the Premium Fine-Point blade, but in a distinctive pink color to match the FabricGrip mat so you can now know at a glance which fine point blade is dedicated for bonded fabrics, and which should be used for your other materials. 

• Recommended for more intricate cuts on bonded fabrics or fabrics with an iron-on backer
• Bonded-Fabric blades are pink in color
• Use with the Bonded-Fabric Blade Housing. May also be used in Premium Fine-Point Blade Housing
• This blade and housing can be used with all Cricut Maker and Cricut Explore machines 

Important: Blades are sharp. Use extreme caution. Adult use only. 

Note: Deep-Point blades should be used only in Deep-Point blade housings, and Premium Fine-Point blades should be used only in the Premium Fine-Point blade housing.

Tip: To know how to change the fine-point blade in your Cricut machine visit this help article.

 

Machine Tools

Foil Transfer Tool

 

The Foil Transfer Tool is used with Foil Transfer Sheets to add a foil effect to projects on a variety of materials. It comes with 3 interchangeable tips – fine, medium, and bold – all suitable for projects ranging from simple outlines to intricate designs. This tool is compatible with all Cricut Maker and Cricut Explore machines. 

Scoring Stylus

The Scoring Stylus lets you use your Cricut Venture and Cricut Explore 4 & prior machines to score fold lines for cards and envelopes, boxes, 3D projects, and more. Cricut Venture and Cricut Explore 4 & prior machines hold the Scoring Stylus and a cutting blade at the same time, so you can cut and score in one step—without changing mats! Also compatible with Cricut Maker 4 & prior machines. 

Roll Holder

Cricut Roll Holder works with Cricut Explore 3, Cricut Explore 4, Cricut Maker 3, and Cricut Maker 4 to manage rolls of Smart Materials and keep them perfectly aligned during cutting. 

This information is applicable to all Cricut Maker models: Cricut Maker, Cricut Maker 3, and Cricut Maker 4.

Select an image below to learn more about blades and tools compatible with Cricut Maker machines.

Premium Fine-Point Blade	Deep Point Blade	Bonded-Fabric Blade	Rotary Blade	Knife Blade
QuickSwap Tools  (All use the QuickSwap Housing)
Scoring Wheel & Double Scoring Wheel	Debossing Tip	Engraving Tip	Perforation Blade	Wavy Blade
Other Machine Tools
Foil Transfer Tool	Scoring Stylus	Roll Holder*

*Cricut Roll Holder is compatible with Cricut Explore 3, Cricut Explore 4, Cricut Maker 3, and Cricut Maker 4 only.

Important: Blades are sharp. Use extreme caution. Adult use only.

Note: All QuickSwap tips may be used with a single QuickSwap Housing.

Rotary Blade

The rotary blade brings infinitely customizable, precision fabric cutting to the world of home sewing crafts for the first time. With its gliding, rolling action, this unique blade cuts through virtually any fabric quickly and accurately - without the need for a backer material.

• Recommended for use with fabrics and other soft, delicate, or less-dense materials, such as tissue paper and cork
• Recommended image size of 3/4 in (1.9 cm) or larger when using Rotary Blade. Smaller images than this may cause the blade to scrape as it tries to make a small turn, which may leave a gouge in your mat, and may diminish the life of the blade.
• Must be used with the Rotary Blade drive housing (pictured).
• Rotary Blade should be used with the FabricGrip mat which is made of a stronger, more dense material that will withstand the intense pressures of the rotary cutting process
• The drive housing for this blade comes with a plastic cover over the gear at the top of the housing. We recommend that this cover remains in place while cutting to prevent hair or other material from getting caught in the gears.
• Compatible only with Cricut Maker machines

Knife Blade

The extra-deep Knife Blade slices through dense materials up to 3/32 in (2.4mm) thick with unprecedented ease and safety. It’s ideal for cuts of moderate detail in thicker materials.

• Recommended for use with thicker materials such as balsa wood, mat board, and chipboard
• Must be used with the Knife Blade drive housing (pictured)
• Move the star wheels on the roller bar to the side to avoid leaving track marks on your thicker materials
• The drive housing for this blade comes with a plastic cover over the gear at the top of the housing. We recommend that this cover remains in place while cutting to prevent hair or other material from getting caught in the gears
• Compatible only with Cricut Maker machines

Important: Due to longer cut times requiring Bluetooth connection, Knife Blade projects are not compatible with iOS and Android devices.

Tip: To know how to replace Knife Blade, visit this help article.

QuickSwap Tools

Designed especially for Cricut Maker's adaptive tool system, QuickSwap Housing allows you to quickly swap between scoring, debossing, engraving, and more. Simply snap the tip you want into QuickSwap Housing and tell your Cricut Maker to "Go!" You can expand your collection of Cricut Maker tools with a variety of QuickSwap Tips, including Single Scoring Wheel, Double Scoring Wheel, Engraving Tip, Perforation Blade, Debossing Tip, and Wavy Blade.

Tip: To know how to swap tips on QuickSwap Housing visit this help article.

Scoring Wheel & Double Scoring Wheel

With the ability to use up to 10X more pressure than the Scoring Stylus, these two tools — Scoring Wheel and Double Scoring Wheel — create crisp creases in thick and thin materials to make perfect, effortless folds.

• Scoring Wheel makes a deep, single score line — perfect for uncoated, light materials, including crepe paper, light cardstock, and even acetate
• Double Scoring Wheel creates two deep, parallel score lines — exactly what you need for coated or heavier materials like poster board and cardboard
• Uses Cricut QuickSwap Housing. The QuickSwap Housing makes changing tips as easy as pushing a button.
• The drive housing for this blade comes with a plastic cover over the gear at the top of the housing. We recommend that this cover remains in place while cutting to prevent hair or other material from getting caught in the gears
• Compatible only with Cricut Maker machines

Debossing Tip

Add professional polish and elevated elegance to paper crafts with crisp, detailed debossed designs.

• Debossing Tip creates detailed depressions in a variety of materials to add dimension and flair to your projects without the need for a folder
• Uses Cricut QuickSwap Housing. The QuickSwap Housing makes changing tips as easy as pushing a button
• Compatible only with Cricut Maker machines

Engraving Tip

Inscribe decorative flourishes and embellishments, monograms, personalized text, and more on a variety of materials.

• Engraving Tip allows you to add personalized text or create monograms, draw decorative flourishes and embellishments, or inscribe your favorite quotes on a variety of materials
• Uses Cricut QuickSwap Housing. The QuickSwap Housing makes changing tips as easy as pushing a button
• Compatible only with Cricut Maker machines

Perforation Blade

Get the perfect tear quickly and effortlessly with precise perforation cuts for a wide variety of projects.

• Perforation Blade creates evenly space perforation lines allowing for clean, even tearing without the need to fold beforehand - especially great for shapes with curves
• It's perfect for tear-out booklet pages, raffle tickets, homemade journals, or for any project that demands a clean tear
• Uses Cricut QuickSwap Housing. The QuickSwap Housing makes changing tips as easy as pushing a button
• Compatible only with Cricut Maker machines

Wavy Blade

Add a fun wavy decorative edge to any design.

• Wavy Blade adds a whimsical wavy edge to any design in half the time of a drag blade
• This specially sculpted stainless-steel blade is great for original decals, envelopes, cards, gift tags, and collage projects, or any time you need fabulously finished edges and stylish design accents
• Uses Cricut QuickSwap Housing. The QuickSwap Housing makes changing tips as easy as pushing a button
• Compatible only with Cricut Maker machines

Fine-Point Blades

Cricut fine-point blades are color-coded so you can see at a glance which blade to use for your materials!

• Premium Fine-Point: Gold
• Deep Point: Black
• Bonded-Fabric: Pink

Premium Fine-Point Blade

Made from premium German carbide steel, Premium Fine-Point blades are designed to make the most intricate cuts imaginable in a variety of thin to medium-weight materials. Formerly known as the Premium German Carbide blade.

• Recommended for use with paper, cardstock, poster board, vinyl, iron-on, and other thin to medium weight materials
• Premium Fine-Point blades are gold in color
• Use with gold Premium Fine-Point Housing or silver Fine-Point Housing
• This blade and housing can be used with all Cricut Maker and Cricut Explore machines

Deep Point Blade

Another blade in the series of fine point blades, the deep-point blade makes it easy to perform intricate cuts on a wider variety of materials for your projects. The Deep point blade has a steeper blade angle (60 degrees vs 45 degrees for the other fine point blades) and harder, more durable steel.

• Recommended for intricate cuts on thicker materials, such as magnet, chipboard, stamp material, thick cardstock, stiffened felt, foam sheets, cardboard, and some fabrics
• Deep-Point blades are black in color
• Must be used with the Deep-Point Blade Housing
• This blade and housing can be used with all Cricut Maker and Cricut Explore machines

Bonded-Fabric Blade

We all understand that you don't use fabric scissors to cut other materials, right? Reserving fabric cutters for fabric cutting prolongs their fabric-cutting life! This blade gives you all of the functionality of the Premium Fine-Point blade, but in a distinctive pink color to match the FabricGrip mat so you can now know at a glance which fine point blade is dedicated for bonded fabrics, and which should be used for your other materials.

• Recommended for more intricate cuts on bonded fabrics or fabrics with an iron-on backer
• Bonded-Fabric blades are pink in color
• Use with the Bonded-Fabric Blade Housing. May also be used in Premium Fine-Point Blade Housing
• This blade and housing can be used with all Cricut Maker and Cricut Explore machines

Note: Deep-Point blades should be used only in Deep-Point blade housings, and Premium Fine-Point blades should be used only in the Premium Fine-Point blade housing.

Tip: To know how to change the fine-point blade in your Cricut machine visit this help article.

Foil Transfer Tool

The Foil Transfer Tool is used with Foil Transfer Sheets to add a foil effect to projects on a variety of materials. It comes with 3 interchangeable tips – fine, medium, and bold – all suitable for projects ranging from simple outlines to intricate designs. This tool is compatible with all Cricut Maker and Cricut Explore machines.

Scoring Stylus

The Scoring Stylus is compatible with Cricut Maker 4 & prior, Cricut Explore 4 & prior, and Cricut Venture machines. To use Scoring Stylus instead of Cricut Scoring Wheels with Cricut Maker choose Edit Tools on the cut screen in Design Space.

Roll Holder

Cricut Roll Holder works with Cricut Explore 3, Cricut Explore 4, Cricut Maker 3, and Cricut Maker 4 to manage rolls of Smart Materials and keep them perfectly aligned during cutting.

Select an image below to learn more about blades and tools compatible with Cricut Venture machines.

Performance Fine-Point Blade	Deep Point Blade	Bonded-Fabric Blade	Foil Transfer Tool	Scoring Stylus	Auto Cutoff Blade

• Fine Point Blades
• Machine Tools

Fine-Point Blades

Cricut fine-point blades are color-coded so you can see at a glance which blade to use for your materials!

• Performance Fine-Point: White
• Deep Point: Black
• Bonded-Fabric: Pink

Performance Fine-Point Blade

Made from premium German carbide steel, Performance Fine-Point blades are engineered to handle the speed, forces, and pressures generated by Cricut Venture.

• Recommended for use with paper, cardstock, poster board, vinyl, iron-on, and other medium weight materials
• Performance Fine-Point blades are white in color
• Use with gold Premium Fine-Point Housing or silver Fine-Point Housing
• Comes in a silver housing, but can also be used in the gold Premium Fine-Point housing, or the pink Bonded Fabric Blade housing

Deep Point Blade

Another blade in the series of fine point blades, the deep-point blade makes it easy to perform intricate cuts on a wider variety of materials for your projects. The Deep point blade has a steeper blade angle (60 degrees vs 45 degrees for the other fine point blades) and harder, more durable steel.

• Recommended for intricate cuts on thicker materials, such as magnet, chipboard, stamp material, thick cardstock, stiffened felt, foam sheets, cardboard, and some fabrics
• Deep-Point blades are black in color
• Must be used with the Deep-Point Blade Housing
• This blade and housing can be used with all Cricut Venture, Cricut Explore, and Cricut Maker machines

Bonded-Fabric Blade

We all understand that you don't use fabric scissors to cut other materials, right? Reserving fabric cutters for fabric cutting prolongs their fabric-cutting life! This blade gives you all of the functionality of a Premium Fine-Point blade, but in a distinctive pink color so you can now know at a glance which fine point blade is dedicated for bonded fabrics, and which should be used for your other materials.

• Recommended for more intricate cuts on bonded fabrics or fabrics with an iron-on backer
• Bonded-Fabric blades are pink in color
• Use with the Bonded-Fabric Blade Housing. May also be used in Premium Fine-Point Blade Housing
• This blade and housing can be used with all Cricut Venture, Cricut Explore, and Cricut Maker machines

Important: Blades are sharp. Use extreme caution. Adult use only.

Note: Deep-Point blades should be used only in Deep-Point blade housings, and Premium Fine-Point blades should be used only in the Premium Fine-Point blade housing. However, the Performance Fine-Point blade may be used in a Bonded Fabric Blade housing with Cricut Venture.

Tip: To know how to change the fine-point blade in your Cricut machine visit this help article.

Machine Tools

Foil Transfer Tool

The Foil Transfer Tool is used with Foil Transfer Sheets to add a foil effect to projects on a variety of materials. It comes with 3 interchangeable tips – fine, medium, and bold – all suitable for projects ranging from simple outlines to intricate designs. This tool is compatible with all Cricut Maker and Cricut Explore machines.

Scoring Stylus

The Scoring Stylus lets you use your Cricut Venture and Cricut Explore 4 & prior machines to score fold lines for cards and envelopes, boxes, 3D projects, and more. Cricut Venture and Cricut Explore 4 & prior machines hold the Scoring Stylus and a cutting blade at the same time, so you can cut and score in one step—without changing mats! Also compatible with Cricut Maker 4 & prior.

Auto Cutoff Blade

Auto Cut-off Blade makes batching projects with Smart Materials a cinch. Simply insert* in Clamp A, select the Auto Cutoff toggle in Design Space, and Cricut Venture will automatically cut off your material once the job is complete.

Note: *To insert Auto Cutoff Blade, first remove the Accessory Adapter from Clamp A. Learn how in this help article: How do I remove/replace the accessory adapter for my machine?

This information is for reference only; the machines and tools mentioned below have been discontinued.

Machine	Standard Blade	Deep Cut Blade	Scoring Tip	Cake Blade
Personal/V1	✔	✔	✔
Create	✔	✔	✔
Expression	✔	✔	✔
Expression 2	✔	✔	✔
Imagine	✔	✔	✔
Mini	✔	✔	✔
Cake				✔
Cake Mini				✔

Fine-Point Blade

• This is also known as Standard Replacement Blades.
• These blades are sold with both green or grey protective caps.
• Standard Blade Housing: Whether plastic or metal, this housing is green.

Deep-Point Blade

• This Deep-Cut blade housing is blue and accepts Deep-Point replacement blades, which are easily identified by the blue protective caps.
• The Deep-Point blade has a steeper blade angle (60-degrees) and the housing is shorter to allow clearance for thicker materials, up to 1.5mm thick.
• The Deep Point blade is best for cutting magnet, chipboard, stamp material, thick cardstock, stiffened felt, foam sheets, cardboard, fabric, and other thicker materials.

Scoring Tip with Housing

• The Cricut Scoring Tip with Housing can be used to create score lines rather than cutting. 

Cake Blade

• Blade and blade housings for the Cricut Cake and Cricut Cake Mini machines were manufactured to be safe for use with food items.
• Cricut Cake blades were sold with silicone blade housing protectors which protected the blade housing from food particles that might otherwise work their way up inside the blade housing.
• Cricut Cake Blade Housing is food-safe and designed for use with the Cake and Cake Mini machines.

Important: Blades and blade housings for the Cricut Cake machine have been discontinued.