Gingerbread Girl with Bow SVG

About this design

The gingerbread girl has her own style. She wears a big bow on top of her head, and her dress is outlined in wavy icing that flares out at the hem. Two buttons run down the front, her face has dot eyes and a smile, and icing trims her wrists and shoes. It is a sweet companion to the classic gingerbread man.

She is a single connected piece with thirteen cut-outs for the bow, face, buttons and icing details. In the layered version, those details appear in cream, like piped royal icing. The design passes our cut checks from about 3.5 inches tall.

Color layers

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

Projects

• Matching sibling shirts with the gingerbread man.
• Girls’ Christmas pajamas.
• Baking aprons for kids.
• Cookie exchange tags.
• Ornaments with a name added below.
• Bakery and café decorations for the holidays.

Size and cutting tips

It passes our cut checks from about 3.5 inches tall. The icing lines around the dress are thin, so on felt or flocked vinyl, cut her at 5 inches or more. For children’s shirts, 6 to 7 inches tall is a good size.

Step by step: matching sibling shirts

1. Use this design for one shirt and the Iced Gingerbread Man for the other.
2. Set both to the same height in the editor so they match.
3. Mirror and cut the brown design layers from iron-on vinyl.
4. Press each one on a cream or white shirt; the shirt fabric shows through as the icing.
5. Add each child’s name underneath in a playful font.

Color ideas

• Brown with cream icing, the classic cookie
• Brown with pink icing for a softer look
• Red with white icing for a candy-cane style
• Gold with white icing for a festive party

Design notes

On light fabrics, you can skip the cream backing completely and cut only the brown design layer. The shirt shows through the cut-outs as the icing, which keeps the print light and soft. Because she is a single connected piece, she also weeds quickly: there are no loose parts to place, only the small cut-outs to pick out.

Variations to try

• Recolor the bow in your software by cutting it separately in red or pink.
• Use the editor’s offset border for a die-cut sticker.

Pairs well with

The Iced Gingerbread Man is her natural partner, and the Gingerbread Couple shows the two together.