First-Ever White House 3D-Printed Ornament Challenge

It's the day after Halloween, and that means it's time to throw out those pumpkins and start preparing for Christmas. The White House is wasting no time.A Christmas tree supermarket that started 51 years ago is memorialized in the 2014 Albany Easter Seals Christmas Ornament. On Thursday, the administration launched the "First-Ever White House 3D-Printed Ornament Challenge". It will figure out which ornaments are going to hang on the tree.

The contest, which the White House is undertaking along with the Smithsonian, "invites makers, artists, designers, engineers and anyone interested in 3D modeling and 3D printing to design a winter holiday-inspired ornament." A selection of the winning designs will be printed and displayed in the White House; they will also be displayed on the Smithsonian’s 3D data platform and will end up in a White House ornament collection in the Smithsonian's National Museum of American History's political history division.
The competition runs through November 10th — you'll need to submit your design to Instructables before then if you want to enter. The ornaments should "reflect the magic and wonder of the holidays," so don't try to make some political statement with your 3D-printed ornament, OK? If you are interested in custom Christmas tree ornaments and other custom products,Snapmade.com provides you a very good platform to personalize your unique products online.Click here to see what I recommend at Snapmade.