Xmas Scene Designer (PC)

Overview

Xmas Scene Designer is a simple program that lets you design and decorate your own Xmas scene! It is great for individual children, classrooms, childcare settings or just a festive bit of fun for the family.

Xmas Tree Designer...

• is safe (developed by a Primary School teacher and Childcare Setting manager)
• runs on *your* computer (no annoying ads, no sign-ups, no in-app purchases, no tracking, no internet connection required)
• is free (although a donation will support further development of this and other tools!)
• has been tested on large interactive touch screens, Chromebooks, large tablets, etc.

A version that runs in a web browser is available here...

Features

Xmas Scene Designer features the following:

• 4 background scenes to choose from
• 15 'stamps' to decorate the scene
• Unlimited 'Undo' 
• Audio cues for main program actions
• Save the design as an image to share with family and friends
• Print the scene design

Requirements

Xmas Scene Designer should work on pretty much any computer running a 64-bit version of Windows.

It requires no installation, but the 'data' folder MUST be in the same location as the main program for it to work correctly. Deleting or changing the contents of this folder may cause incorrect operation.

A screen mode of at least 1024x768 is recommended.

Xmas Scene Designer may run under Linux with Wine, but this is untested.

Instructions

When Xmas Scene Designer opens, you’ll first see a small window that lets you choose one of four backgrounds. Once one is selected, the main window becomes active. It consists of:

• program control icons on the left
• the main design window in the centre
• a selection of stamps on the right

The control icons allow you to:

• start a new design (white paper icon)
• undo the last stamp placed on the tree (green arrow icon)
• print the design (printer icon)
• save the design as a JPG image file (red disk icon)
• turn sounds off and on (speaker icon)
• open mini help (question mark icon)
• view program information (speech bubble icon)

To 'decorate' the scene, simply click or tap one of the stamps on the right, then click or tap on the background. Simple!

File Download Information

The download contains:

• XmasSceneDesigner.exe (the main program)
• Data (folder containing the program graphics and sounds)
• ReadMe.txt (the text of this page in document form)
• Changelog.txt (history of updates)
• Examples (example images created by children)

Support

Basic support is available through the Itch.io community forum for Xmas Scene Designer. Please see the bottom of this page.

Freeware License

Copyright (c) 2025 Andrew Vaisey. All rights reserved.

This software is provided free of charge. No warranty is expressed or implied. Use at your own risk. Commercial use requires written permission from the author.

Credits

Programming by Andrew 'aNdy' Vaisey.

Testing by Ryley, Zachary and Cariad

Thanks to the children and staff of Little Chums Day Nursery!

Have fun and Merry Christmas!