Gingerbread Star Cookie SVG

About this design

Star cookies are a staple of every Christmas cookie tray, and this one is iced with care. The star is plump, with gently rounded points like a real baked cookie. A thin line of icing traces the shape just inside the edge, and each point holds small round dots of icing, one at the top point and a pair in each of the others. The result is neat, symmetrical and very festive.

The star is one connected piece with fourteen cut-outs for the icing lines and dots. In the layered version, every line and dot shows the cream backing, so it looks like piped royal icing. The design passes our cut checks from about 3 inches wide.

Color layers

• Backing in cream, which becomes the icing lines and dots
• Design in gingerbread brown

Projects

• Tree toppers in felt or wood for a small tree.
• Cookie tin labels.
• Gift tags for star bakers.
• Party favors for a cookie decorating party.
• Kids’ shirts with a big star cookie.
• Garlands in a row with heart and tree cookies.

Size and cutting tips

It passes our cut checks from about 3 inches wide. The inset icing line is thin, so cut slowly on glitter cardstock. For felt, choose 5 inches or more so the line stays strong. For a garland, 3 to 4 inches per star works well.

Step by step: star cookie garland

1. Set the star to 3.5 inches wide and download the color SVG.
2. Cut eight brown layers from kraft cardstock and eight backings from white.
3. Glue each brown layer onto its backing.
4. Punch a small hole in the top point and one side point of each star.
5. Thread red-and-white baker’s twine through the holes and hang them across a window.

Color ideas

• Brown with cream icing, the classic
• Brown with gold icing for a star of Bethlehem look
• Gold glitter with white for a tree topper
• Blue with white for a winter wonderland

Design notes

The inset icing line follows the shape of the star just inside the edge. That makes the line a good cutting test: if your machine cuts it cleanly, it will handle almost every other design in the gingerbread collection.

Variations to try

• Rotate the star slightly in your software for a playful, tossed look in a garland.
• Use the editor’s “cut the design out of the shape” option with a circle for a star coaster.

Pairs well with

The Gingerbread Heart Cookie and the Gingerbread Snowflake Cookie round out a cookie tray.