Gingerbread Cottage SVG

About this design

Every gingerbread village needs a cottage like this one. It has a steep pointed roof edged with scalloped icing, a round decorative window under the peak, and an arched door in the middle with a tiny handle. Little icing swirls sit on either side of the door, like candy decorations pressed into the dough.

The cottage is six pieces with four cut-outs, and in the layered version the cream backing shows through as icing: the roof trim, the window and the door all appear in white. It passes our cut checks from about 4.5 inches tall.

Color layers

• Backing in cream, which forms the door, window and icing
• Design in gingerbread brown, the walls and roof

Projects

• Gingerbread party invitations in layered cardstock.
• Kitchen signs for a baking corner.
• Treat box fronts. Turn a small box into a cottage.
• Advent calendar houses. A row of cottages with numbers on the doors.
• Kids’ craft kits to decorate with glitter glue.
• Ornaments cut from wood and painted.

Size and cutting tips

It passes our cut checks from about 4.5 inches tall. The scalloped roof icing is the most detailed part; use a fresh blade on cardstock. For a treat box front, size the cottage to the width of the box.

Step by step: gingerbread treat box

1. Measure the front of a small kraft box, about 4 by 4 inches.
2. Set the cottage to the same width and download the color SVG.
3. Cut the brown design from kraft or brown cardstock and the backing from white cardstock.
4. Glue the brown layer onto the white backing and glue the cottage to the front of the box.
5. Fill the box with cookies and tie it with red-and-white baker’s twine.

Color ideas

• Brown with cream icing, the classic
• Pink cottage with white icing for a candy house
• Red cottage with white trim for a festive village
• Gray cottage with white snow for a winter village

Design notes

The cottage is small and simple compared with the other houses in this collection, which makes it the best choice when you need a house at small sizes or in thick materials.

Variations to try

• Use the editor’s “cut the design out of the shape” option with a rounded square for a coaster.
• Place three cottages side by side in your software for a mini village.

Pairs well with

The Tall Gingerbread House and Snowy Gingerbread House build out a village, and the Iced Gingerbread Man can live inside.