Santa Hat Sugar Cookie SVG

Three shapes, nothing fussy

A big red dome slumps over to the right and ends in a fat cream pompom, with a wide cream band running along the bottom. That is the entire drawing, and it is why this hat works so well for anyone new to layering. The large flat areas of icing leave plenty of open surface, and every part is big enough to pick up with your fingers.

Look closely at the rim and you will see the tan follows the bumps of the pompom and band, giving the silhouette the slightly puffy look of dough that spread in the oven.

Pieces and weeding

Just 4 pieces and 1 cut-out here, which makes it one of the quickest cookies in the collection to weed. You get a baked edge, the red hat, the band and the pompom. Separate parts mean separate handling: hold vinyl in register with transfer tape, or mount paper on a card so the pompom stays put. It passes our cut checks from about 2 inches wide.

Color layers

• Base and lines in dark cocoa brown: the solid layer that reads as outlines and a thin border
• Cookie in golden tan: the baked outer strip
• Cream icing in warm cream: the band and the pompom
• Red icing in true Christmas red: the body of the hat

Packaging for a home bakery

If you sell holiday boxes from your kitchen, a simple shape is a gift. This one can be cut dozens of times from scrap card without wearing anyone out.

1. Choose a width of 3 inches for lids or 2 inches for bag seals.
2. Cut the backing from dark brown and the tan rim from kraft card.
3. Add red for the hat, then cream for the band and pompom.
4. Glue the finished hat over the fold of a bag or the corner of a lid.

The band is wide enough to hold a handwritten flavor or a price, so one design can do the work of both a decoration and a label.

Other ways to use it

• Cookie exchange invitations with the hat glued to the front.
• Aprons in iron-on vinyl, with the hat across the bib.
• Kitchen signs on a painted board.
• Gift tags with a name across the cream band.

Size guide

Going below 2 inches? Print the color version and follow our Print Then Cut guide instead of cutting each layer.

Color ideas

• Forest green hat with a cream band for an elf look
• Plum icing and a pale pink band for a modern bakery palette
• Burgundy with a white band on a dark kraft rim

Curious how those look? Our page on recoloring SVG files shows how to preview them first.

Pairs well with

The Snowman Sugar Cookie has a hat of his own, and Cookies for Santa Sign adds lettering to a set. For matching paper goods, browse our Christmas gift tag SVGs.