Gingerbread Couple SVG

About this design

Two cookies, one sweet pair. The gingerbread man stands on the left with one arm raised in a wave, a closed-eye smile and three buttons down his chest. Beside him, the gingerbread girl has curly hair tied with little bows, a big cream heart on the front of her dress, a wavy icing hem and boots trimmed with tiny icing hearts. They stand close, as if posing for a holiday photo.

The design is two pieces, one for each figure, with fifteen cut-outs between them. In the layered version, the cream backing shows through as icing: the heart, the buttons, the smiles and all the little trim details. It passes our cut checks from about 4 inches tall.

Color layers

• Backing in cream, which becomes the icing, heart and buttons
• Design in gingerbread brown, with the details cut out

Projects for couples

• First Christmas together ornaments with the year below.
• Matching couple shirts, one figure on each.
• Wedding or engagement cards for a December celebration.
• Mugs as a pair for a couple’s gift.
• Kitchen towels for newlyweds.
• Grandparents’ gifts with both names added.
• Cookie exchange labels from “the two of us”.

Size and cutting tips

The design passes our cut checks from about 4 inches tall. The girl’s hair bows and boot hearts are the finest parts, so for felt or glitter cardstock, cut at 6 inches or larger. For a couple’s mug, 3.5 to 4 inches tall fits most standard mugs.

Step by step: first Christmas ornament

1. Set the design to 4 inches tall and download the color SVG.
2. Cut the brown layer from brown cardstock and the backing from cream or white cardstock.
3. Glue the brown layer onto the backing, lining up the edges.
4. Write or cut “Our First Christmas” and the year to place underneath.
5. Glue the whole piece onto a wooden round or a cardstock circle and add a ribbon loop.

Color ideas

• Brown with cream icing, the classic pair
• Brown with pink icing for a sweet, romantic look
• Red with white for a candy-cane couple
• Gold with white for a wedding or anniversary

Good to know

Because the figures are two separate pieces, you can split them up. In the editor, or in your cutting software after you ungroup, place one figure on one shirt and the other on a second shirt for a matching set. You can also move them a little farther apart and add a heart or a name between them.

Variations to try

• Mirror the design in the editor so she stands on the left.
• Add the editor’s offset border for a single die-cut sticker of the couple.

Pairs well with

The Gingerbread Family adds the kids, and the Gingerbread Girl with Bow works on her own too.