Free Christmas cookie SVG files

Christmas cookie SVG files for cards, kitchens and bake sales

Christmas baking starts early and spreads everywhere: flour on the counter, racks on every surface and tins stacked by the door for the neighbors. A plate of decorated cookies is one of the most familiar pictures of the season, which makes it a natural fit for cards, labels, aprons and anything else that comes out of the kitchen in December.

Every design in this collection is an original drawing, made for cutting. The iced cookies share one simple idea: a golden baked edge runs around a colored shape, so each one reads as a cookie straight away, even in a single color. Each design comes as a solid version for single-color cuts, an outline version and a layered color file.

Styles in this collection

Iced sugar cookies

Twelve classic cut-out shapes, each flooded with colored icing and finished with simple details. There is a Star with a piped cream ring, a Christmas Tree with garland and ornaments, a Snowman in a top hat, a Santa Hat, a striped Candy Cane, a Mitten with a heart, a Stocking, a round Ornament, a Bell with a bow, a blue Snowflake, a Holly Heart and a Reindeer with a red nose.

Baked favorites

Not every Christmas cookie gets iced. The Bitten Chocolate Chip cookie has already been sampled, the Christmas Sprinkle cookie has thick dripping icing, the Linzer Heart shows its jam through a scalloped top, and the Jam Thumbprint is as simple and bold as the real thing. The Stack of Christmas Cookies is tied with a ribbon and ready to give away.

Scenes and sets

Milk and Cookies pairs a tall glass with two chocolate chip cookies. The Plate of Cookies for Santa comes with its own small note, and the Christmas Cookie Jar has a label on the front. The Rolling Pin and Cookie Cutters is for bakers themselves, and the Christmas Cookie Set puts six small iced cookies on one sheet.

Baker’s lettering

Christmas Cookie Crew is made for matching shirts and aprons on baking day, Official Cookie Tester is the one for the youngest helper, and the Cookies for Santa Sign belongs on a tray on Christmas Eve.

Project ideas

• Cookie exchange invitations with a layered cookie on the front.
• Bakery box labels and stickers for holiday orders.
• Aprons and oven mitts for the family baker.
• Matching shirts for a baking day with children.
• Treat bag toppers folded over a clear bag.
• Recipe cards and the cover of a family recipe binder.
• A plate for Santa, with a sign or a place mat of its own.
• Mugs and tea towels as small gifts for teachers and neighbors.
• Kitchen signs painted on wood through a vinyl stencil.

Choosing materials

These files are for paper, vinyl, fabric and wood. They are not meant for food contact, so please do not use them to make cutters or stencils for anything you plan to eat.

Sizes that work

Each design page lists the smallest size at which every part can be cut and weeded cleanly. The Bitten Chocolate Chip, the Linzer Heart and the Jam Thumbprint go down to 1.5 inches, and most iced cookies to 2 or 3. The lettered designs need 2.5 to 3.5 inches, the Plate of Cookies for Santa 3.5, the Christmas Tree 4 and the Cookie Jar 4.5.

How the color layers work

The first layer is a solid backing in dark cocoa brown, cut slightly larger than the rest. It shows as a thin edge around the cookie and as the lines between the parts, so pale icing stays crisp on white paper. On top go the golden cookie and the icing colors, one layer for each. The words on the jar label and on Santa’s note sit directly on the cream, with no dark edge around them, so they stay easy to read. In the editor on each design page you can change every color before you download, and our guide to changing SVG colors shows how.

Making a layered paper cookie

1. Pick a cookie and set the size. Check the smallest size listed on its page.
2. Cut the backing from dark brown card and the cookie layer from tan or kraft.
3. Cut each icing color from its own sheet, keeping the small parts together on the mat.
4. Glue from the back forward: backing, cookie, icing, then the details.
5. Add texture if you like, with a little glitter glue on the sprinkles or a dab of glossy accent on the jam.

For very small labels or a big batch, print the color file on sticker paper or cardstock and let your machine cut only the outer shape. There is nothing to weed and no layers to line up. Our Print Then Cut guide explains the steps and the maximum sizes.

Cutting and weeding tips

• Use a fresh blade for the small sprinkles, dots and chips.
• Count your parts before you lift the mat. Sprinkles are the easiest pieces to lose.
• Use transfer tape for vinyl designs with separate parts, so everything stays in place.
• Weed the lettering first on a mixed design, while the sheet is still flat.
• Keep the color order written down if you are making a stack of the same cookie.

Planning a cookie exchange

A cookie exchange is an easy party to organize, and a few cut pieces make it feel special. Send invitations with a layered cookie on the front and ask each guest to bring a batch along with the recipe. Cut a label for every tin so that nobody loses track of whose baking is whose, and print small tags with the name of each cookie for the table. The Christmas Cookie Crew makes a simple shirt or apron for the hosts, the Official Cookie Tester will keep the children busy, and the Stack of Christmas Cookies is a good picture for thank-you notes afterward.

Pairing cookies with other designs

The gingerbread designs are the natural companions on a baking table, and the Christmas gift tags can be cut in matching colors for tins and treat bags. For a laugh in the kitchen, look through the funny Christmas designs, which include a few more jokes about cookies.

Free to use

Every cookie here is an original drawing, with no brands, characters or logos, and free for personal projects and for up to 500 finished items per design that you sell. There is no sign-up and no email gate. Please share a link to the design page rather than the file itself.