Gingerbread Man with Bow Tie SVG

About this design

This gingerbread man dressed up for the holiday party. He wears a neat bow tie piped in cream icing, with a round knot in the middle, and has two dot eyes and a big, friendly smile. Two buttons run down his chest, two round, puffy icing patches decorate his tummy like pockets, and wavy lines of icing trim his feet. He is stout and cheerful, with a classic cookie-cutter shape.

He is a single connected piece with twelve cut-outs. In the layered version, the bow tie, eyes, smile, buttons and icing all show the cream backing. The shapes are bold, so it passes our cut checks from about 2.5 inches tall.

Color layers

• Backing in cream, which becomes the bow tie and icing
• Design in gingerbread brown

Dressed-up projects

• Boys’ holiday shirts for family photos.
• Christmas party invitations for a formal party.
• Place cards for a holiday dinner table.
• Wine bottle tags for a host gift.
• Wedding or office party favors in December.
• Ornaments with a name.

Size and cutting tips

It passes our cut checks from about 2.5 inches tall. For place cards, 2.5 to 3 inches. For a child’s shirt, 6 to 7 inches. The bow tie is a single cut-out with a small round knot inside, so keep the knot on the transfer tape when you weed.

Step by step: dinner table place cards

1. Set the design to 3 inches tall and download the color SVG.
2. Cut one brown layer and one cream backing for each guest.
3. Glue the layers together and color the bow tie red with a marker.
4. Glue each gingerbread man to the front of a folded place card.
5. Write each guest’s name beside him in gold or red pen.

Color ideas

• Brown with a cream bow tie, the classic
• Brown with a red or green bow tie
• Gold with black for a black-tie party
• White on navy for a winter formal

Good to know

Because the bow tie is one of the cut-outs, it is easy to give it its own color. On a layered card, put a small square of red or plaid paper behind the bow tie area before gluing the backing, and he will wear a colored bow tie while the rest of his icing stays cream.

Variations to try

• Add the editor’s offset border for a die-cut sticker.
• Pair him with the Gingerbread Girl with Bow for a matching set.

Pairs well with

The Gingerbread Girl with Bow is his party date, and the Gingerbread Family has a bow-tie dad too.