Gingerbread Mitten Cookie SVG

About this design

Mittens are one of the coziest cookie shapes, and this one is ready for a snowy day. The mitten has a rounded hand and a short thumb, with a thick cuff at the wrist covered in cream icing and marked with little lines to look like fluffy knit or fur. Across the lower part of the hand, a large icing snowflake spreads out and runs right off the edge, as if the baker piped it with a flourish.

Because the snowflake runs off the edge, its arms break the outline into small sections, which is why the design has thirteen pieces and only one cut-out. In the layered version, the cuff and snowflake show the cream backing. It passes our cut checks from about 4.5 inches tall.

Color layers

• Backing in cream, which becomes the cuff and snowflake
• Design in gingerbread brown, the mitten

Winter projects

• Gift card holders. Cut two mittens and glue the edges for a pocket.
• Hot cocoa kit tags.
• Winter shirts for kids.
• Mitten garland on a mantel, in pairs.
• Ornaments in felt with a real yarn cuff.
• Snow day party invitations.

Size and cutting tips

It passes our cut checks from about 4.5 inches tall. The snowflake tips along the edge are small separate pieces, so weed carefully and keep them on the transfer tape. For felt, cut at 6 inches or more.

Step by step: mitten gift card pocket

1. Set the mitten to 5 inches tall and download the solid style.
2. Cut one copy from brown cardstock and a second plain mitten from the backing layer in cream.
3. Glue the two together along the sides and bottom only, leaving the cuff open.
4. Slide a gift card in through the cuff.
5. Tie a ribbon through a punched hole in the cuff to hang it on the tree.

Color ideas

• Brown with cream icing, the classic
• Red mitten with a white cuff and snowflake
• Blue mitten with white for a frosty look
• Green mitten with gold for a festive pair

Good to know

Mittens look best in pairs. Mirror one copy in the editor so the thumbs face each other, then join them with a short piece of twine at the cuffs, just like children’s mittens on a string. A pair also makes a sweet matching set for siblings’ shirts.

Variations to try

• Mirror it in the editor for the other hand.
• Use the editor’s offset border for a die-cut sticker that keeps the snowflake tips together.

Pairs well with

The Gingerbread Snowflake Cookie shares the snowflake, and the Gingerbread Man with Scarf is dressed for the same weather.