Cricut’s hottest chopping machine now takes up much less area in your crafting room

Cricut has introduced new variations of two of its chopping machines that would attraction to crafters battling restricted area for his or her interest. The new Cricut Explore 5 is 30 % “more compact” than the Explore 4 that launched a 12 months in the past, with out decreasing the dimensions or sorts of supplies the machine can deal with. The new Cricut Joy 2 is a good smaller various to the Explore 5 and provides the flexibility to exactly slice pre-printed supplies so you’ll be able to lastly open that Etsy sticker store.

The Cricut Explore 5 might be accessible beginning on February twenty seventh for $199 and comes with sufficient supplies to make as much as 30 tasks. It can be bought as a part of dearer bundles that embody further instruments and supplies. Despite being as much as an inch smaller in some dimensions in comparison with final 12 months’s mannequin, the Explore 5 can nonetheless minimize over 100 completely different supplies, together with cardstock and vinyl, as much as 12 inches broad. It’s appropriate with six instruments, together with numerous chopping blades, and consists of an upgraded snap-in pen holder to enhance the machine’s writing and drawing capabilities. You can get it in taupe or teal, which is unique to Michaels.

The Cricut Joy 2 can even be accessible on February twenty seventh however is less expensive at $99 with sufficient supplies for 35 tasks, or you’ll be able to spring for pricier bundles that embody much more. It can slice over 75 completely different supplies as much as 4.25 inches broad, and features a new “Print Then Cut” sensor that may exactly minimize round photos printed by one other gadget. It’s launching in three colour choices together with blue, coral, and the Michaels-exclusive jade inexperienced.

Correction, February twenty sixth: An earlier model of this text misstated the machines might be accessible on February twenty sixth, 2026. They might be accessible beginning on February twenty seventh, 2026.