Iced Gingerbread Man SVG

About this design

This is the gingerbread man straight from the cookie sheet. He stands with his arms spread wide and his legs apart, with a round head, two dot eyes and a big smile. Three round buttons run down his middle, and wavy lines of icing decorate his wrists and ankles, just like piped royal icing.

In the layered version, all of those details are cut-outs that show the cream backing, so they look exactly like white icing on a brown cookie. The design has six pieces and five holes, and it passes our cut checks from just 1.5 inches tall, small enough for tiny gift tags.

Color layers

• Backing in cream, which becomes the icing
• Design in gingerbread brown, with the face, buttons and icing lines cut out

Projects

• Baking aprons and tea towels. A classic motif for the kitchen.
• Cookie tins and jars. A gingerbread man label on the lid.
• Kids’ shirts and pajamas. Cute for baking day or a cookie party.
• Gift tags for homemade treats.
• Ornaments in brown felt with white puff paint.
• Garland. Cut a dozen in felt or cardstock and string them up.
• Cookie cutter template. Print it to trace onto rolled dough.

Size and cutting tips

The design passes our cut checks from about 1.5 inches tall. The icing lines are the finest parts, so for felt or glitter cardstock choose 3 inches or larger. On shirts, 7 to 9 inches tall works well for adults and 5 to 6 inches for children.

Step by step: felt garland

1. Set the gingerbread man to 4 inches tall and download the color SVG.
2. Cut the design layer from brown felt and the backing from cream felt, about ten of each.
3. Glue each brown layer onto its cream backing; the icing shows through the cut-outs.
4. Glue tiny red pom-poms over the buttons for extra color.
5. Glue the figures along baker’s twine, hand to hand.

Color ideas

• Brown with cream icing, the classic cookie look
• Red with white for a candy-cane style
• Gold glitter with white for a sparkly party
• Pink gingerbread for a sweet bakery theme

Design notes

The arms point slightly upward, as if he is cheering. That pose makes him a good choice for garlands and borders, because figures placed side by side seem to hold hands.

Variations to try

• Mirror it in the editor; the pose is nearly symmetrical, so it works in pairs.
• Add the editor’s offset border in white for a die-cut sticker.

Pairs well with

The Gingerbread Girl with Bow makes a pair, and the Gingerbread Cottage gives them a home.