Gingerbread Man Hugging a Heart SVG

About this design

Some cookies are just full of love. This gingerbread man is round and soft, with dot eyes and a small, happy smile, and he holds a big icing heart close to his chest with both arms. One leg kicks out to the side as he steps forward, with a tiny candy cane decorating it, and a little bird sits beside him, as if it came to see what he is carrying.

The design is two pieces: the gingerbread man and the small bird. There are six cut-outs, the largest being the heart. In the layered version, the heart shows the cream backing and looks like a thick layer of white icing. The shapes are big and simple, so it passes our cut checks from about 2.5 inches tall.

Color layers

• Backing in cream, which becomes the heart and face details
• Design in gingerbread brown

Projects with heart

• “Made with love” bakery stickers.
• Grandparent gifts such as mugs and tea towels.
• Valentine’s and Christmas crossover cards.
• Kids’ shirts for a cookie party.
• Teacher gift tags on a bag of cookies.
• Ornaments with a name written across the heart.

Size and cutting tips

It passes our cut checks from about 2.5 inches tall. The bird is a small separate piece, so keep it on the transfer tape when you weed. On a mug, 3 to 3.5 inches tall works well. On a shirt, 7 to 9 inches.

Step by step: name-on-the-heart 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 white.
3. Glue the brown layer onto the backing.
4. Write a name or a year across the white heart with a fine red marker.
5. Punch a hole at the top of the head and add a ribbon loop.

Color ideas

• Brown with a cream heart, the classic
• Brown with a red heart for Valentine’s Day
• Brown with a pink heart for a sweet nursery theme
• Gold with a white heart for an anniversary gift

Good to know

The heart is one large open space, which makes it a perfect place for a short word. Add “Mom”, “Love” or a child’s initial in your software, sized to fit inside the heart, and cut it in a third color to layer on top. If you do not want the bird, simply delete it after ungrouping in your cutting software.

Variations to try

• Mirror it in the editor so he steps the other way.
• Add the editor’s offset border for a die-cut sticker.

Pairs well with

The Gingerbread Heart Cookie keeps the love theme, and the Gingerbread Couple is perfect for two.