Cricut is an electric craft-cutting machine that cuts project designs in a wide variety of shapes and sizes. You can think of it as an ultra-smart "printer"; you can create pictures or designs on your desktop computer or phone and send them to your cutting machine. Instead of printing designs, the Cricut machine cuts whatever material you want. To start making your projects with the Cricut machine, you must download and install the Design Space app from cricut.com/setup on your operating system.