Gingerbread Stocking SVG

About this design

This stocking smells like cookies. On the leg, a little gingerbread man is drawn in a fine outline of icing, with a round head, outstretched arms and little legs, as if piped on with a thin tip. The stocking has a hanging tab at the top, a wide cuff and a long leg that angles down to a rounded foot.

The design is four pieces with one cut-out. The gingerbread man’s outline separates his body from the stocking, which is why he and his small details are their own pieces. In the layered version, the outline shows the cream backing, so he looks iced. It passes our cut checks from just 2 inches tall.

Color layers

• Backing in cream, which becomes the icing outline
• Design in red, the stocking and the gingerbread man

Baking projects

• Cookie exchange tags.
• Baking day shirts for kids.
• Stocking name tags.
• Gift card holders for a bakery gift card.
• Felt ornaments.
• Holiday cards.

Size and cutting tips

It cuts cleanly from about 2 inches tall. The icing outline is thin, so for felt choose 4 inches or more. Keep the gingerbread man piece on the transfer tape so he stays inside his outline.

Step by step: brown gingerbread stocking

1. Set the stocking to 5 inches tall and download the color SVG.
2. Cut the red stocking and the backing as usual.
3. Cut the design a second time from brown cardstock and keep only the gingerbread man.
4. Glue the backing, then the red stocking, then place the brown gingerbread man inside his outline.
5. Add white dots for buttons with a gel pen.

Color ideas

• Red with a cream outline, the classic
• Red with a brown gingerbread man
• Green with a brown gingerbread man
• White with a brown gingerbread man for a bakery look

Design notes

The gingerbread man is drawn with a single thin outline rather than cut out as a solid shape. That keeps him light and delicate, like real piped icing, and lets you fill him with any color you like.

Good to know

Because the gingerbread man is a separate piece, he is easy to recolor. Brown makes him a real cookie, gold makes him sparkle, and white makes him look like a sugar cookie. The red stocking around him stays the same.

Variations to try

• Mirror it in the editor to point the toe the other way.
• Add a name across the cuff in your software.

Pairs well with

The Gingerbread SVG collection has more gingerbread men, and the Stocking with Candy Cane is full of treats.