Christmas Tree Sugar Cookie SVG

About this design

This is the cookie that always disappears first from the tray. A three-tier tree sits on a golden baked edge, flooded in green icing and finished the way a patient baker would do it: three swags of cream garland, five round red ornaments, a chocolate trunk and a gold star on top.

The golden rim all the way around is what makes it read as a cookie and not just a tree. It stays visible in the color file, and in a single-color cut it becomes a clean outer border around the icing.

Pieces and weeding

The solid file has 19 pieces and 3 cut-outs. The pieces are the baked edge, the green sections of the tree divided by the garland, the garland swags, the ornaments, the trunk and the star. The cut-outs are small openings around the garland. Cut lines separate every part, so all of those pieces need something to hold them in place: transfer tape for vinyl, or a backing card for paper. It passes our cut checks from about 4 inches wide.

Color layers

• Base and lines in dark cocoa brown: a solid backing that shows as the lines and a thin edge
• Cookie in golden tan: the baked edge
• Cream icing in warm cream: the garland
• Red icing in bright red: the ornaments
• Green icing in holly green: the tree
• Gold icing in golden yellow: the star
• Chocolate in milk chocolate brown: the trunk

Building it from cardstock

1. Set the width to 5 inches or more, so the ornaments are easy to pick up.
2. Cut the base layer from dark brown card and the cookie layer from tan.
3. Cut the green, cream, red, gold and brown parts from their own colors.
4. Glue the cookie to the base, then add the green sections and the trunk.
5. Finish with the garland, the ornaments and the star.

Short on time? Print the color file on cardstock and use Print Then Cut, so the machine only has to follow the outer shape.

Bakers’ projects

• Cookie exchange invitations with the cookie as a layered front.
• Bakery box labels and stickers for holiday orders.
• Tea towels and aprons in layered iron-on vinyl.
• Recipe cards for the family’s favorite dough.
• Treat bag toppers folded over a bag and stapled.

Size guide

Below 4 inches the garland becomes too narrow to cut well. For smaller labels, stay with Print Then Cut.

Color ideas

• White icing with silver ornaments for a frosted look
• Pale mint icing with pink ornaments for a retro bakery feel
• All kraft and cream, with only the star in gold foil

To try these before you download, see our guide to changing SVG colors.

Pairs well with

The Star Sugar Cookie and the Snowman Sugar Cookie fill out a plate, and the Christmas Cookie Crew is ready for the people doing the baking.