Striped Hat Gnome SVG

About this design

A tall, skinny gnome with a candy-striped hat. Diagonal stripes run across the hat, which is taller and narrower than the classic gnome’s and leans to one side.

The stripes recall candy canes and Christmas stockings, so it fits right in with sweets, treats and kids’ parties.

Pieces and weeding

The solid file has 11 pieces and 6 cut-outs. The stripes are cut out of the hat, and the beard strands are cut out too. Keep everything on one sheet of transfer tape so the parts stay lined up. It passes our cut checks from about 2.5 inches tall.

Color layers

• Hat and coat in red: the whole gnome, cut as the base layer
• Beard in silver gray
• Nose in peach
• Accents in gold: the pompom

Projects

• Kids’ shirts.
• Treat bags.
• Stockings.
• Party decorations.
• Mugs.

Step by step: candy-stripe shirts

1. Set the design to 7 inches tall for a child and download the color file.
2. Mirror and cut the gnome from red iron-on.
3. Weed the stripes.
4. Press it onto a white shirt so the stripes show white.
5. Add the beard and nose.

Size guide

Color ideas

• Red on white for candy stripes
• Green on white
• Red, silver and peach, as shown

A taller gnome

This gnome is slimmer with a taller hat, so it fits narrow items such as stockings and bookmarks better than the wider gnomes.

Good to know

The diagonal stripes run across the hat in parallel bands, so the hat looks like a candy cane or a knitted stocking. For a classic look, cut the gnome in red and place it on white, so the stripes show white. On stockings, the slim shape fits neatly above a name on the cuff. Weed the stripes one at a time from the narrow end, so each band lifts out in one piece. For a set, cut this gnome alongside the Polka Dot Gnome and the Plaid Hat Gnome: the three patterns look good together on a shelf of stockings or a row of mugs, and each child can pick a favorite.

A striped bookmark

The narrow shape fits a bookmark well. Set it to about 2.5 inches tall, the smallest size that passes our cut checks, and cut it from red cardstock. Glue it near the top of a white card strip so the stripes show white, then punch a hole above the pompom and add a short tassel.

Pairs well with

The Gnome with Candy Cane carries the candy theme on, and the Polka Dot Gnome wears dots.