Kerf width, pieces not easily dropping in cuts, want wider cut

Christmas ornaments for example, kerf so tight, having to manually push out most small pieces. So I decided to raise laser height off work, thereby making a wider beam thus wider kerf. As I understood the kerf offset, it just moves the cut, not widening it. I am buring through on multiple passes, work looks great, just not seperating like I want. Is this the way to solve that problem? I realize it is not utilizing the laser focus efficently.