It’s almost Christmas time, and you need to be prepared for whatever food necessities this holiday season brings. Baking sweet treats is a popular tradition, and cookie cutters are a great way to make your sweet confections look just as good as they taste.
Cookie cutter models are very popular across 3D model repositories like Thingiverse, MyMiniFactory, and Cults, so there are many options. Below, we’ll provide 15 Christmas-themed designs that produce amazingly shaped cookies.
One word of caution before we begin, 3D printing has its drawbacks when it comes to food safety. Due to the materials used for printing as well as the possible buildup of bacteria between the layers of a print, it’s important to exercise caution when printing anything that comes into contact with food. For this reason, we recommend that you print with a food-safe material such as PLA and consider using a food-safe filler like food-safe epoxy or Polyurethane to prevent or limit bacteria buildup in prints.
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Santa Claus
First up, this Santa-Claus-themed design is perfect for Christmas cookies. It yields cookies of Santa’s face with hat and mustache details. The Maker is a popular designer for cookie cutters, and you can check out their profile page to find more impressive designs.
According to the Maker, this cookie cutter takes around an hour to print and consumes approximately 20 grams of filament. Since fine detail isn’t the priority, 0.3-mm layer height is recommended.
- Who designed it? OogiMe
- How printable/popular is it? This Santa Claus cookie cutter model has 32 recorded Makes and over 55,000 downloads.
- Where to find it? Thingiverse
Santa Hat
Santa’s hat is another symbol that screams “Christmas”, and this cookie cutter captures an animated version of the hat. Designed in Tinkercad, this model has a pretty simple shape, with some small curves along the brim that make it look like Santa’s hat and not just any other hat.
The designer classified this cookie cutter design as “easy” in terms of complexity and listed that the model took approximately 15 minutes to print. Additionally, as the model has no overhangs, it’s labeled as support-free.
- Who designed it? FlavioDiQuattro
- How printable/popular is it? This Santa hat cookie cutter has 177 downloads as well as over 3,000 views.
- Where to find it? MyMiniFactory
Santa's Boot
Whether you see the cookies in the image above in the shape of Santa’s boot or a Christmas stocking, this cookie cutter is a great choice for the Christmas season. The model is a 2-in-1 mold, so each printed cookie cutter can produce two boot-shaped cookies per impression. For the best results and most detail in the model, the designer recommends rolling your dough as thin as possible.
The design creator listed that they made this cookie cutter with a 0.1-mm layer height and a 20% infill density. They also stated that they used PETG filament and no raft or supports for the print.
- Who designed it? Wilko
- How printable/popular is it? This boot-shaped cookie cutter has over 50 downloads and 120 views.
- Where to find it? PrusaPrinters
Grinch
This cookie cutter design is from Dr. Seuss’ famous children’s book How The Grinch Stole Christmas. If you don’t know, the Grinch is a mean green being who tries to steal Christmas. This cookie cutter of the grinning meano contains a lot of detail, but the cookies made with it look very nice.
For easy pressing, a grip design is included in the project files. The creator notes that you can superglue the grip on the back of the cookie cutter design to attach the piece.
And a final fun fact: This design apparently works great with Play-Doh, too!
- Who designed it? daveposh
- How printable/popular is it? This Grinch-themed cookie cutter design has 3 recorded Makes as well as over 10,000 downloads.
- Where to find it? Thingiverse
Christmas Tree
This cookie cutter is an outline of a simple Christmas tree and should be a quick-and-easy print. This design has a larger base, so you can press down and cut cookies into shape with no hassle.
Because the design is really basic, printing should be speedy. You probably won’t encounter any issues with detail, as it’s practically got none!
- Who designed it? sebastianrosca
- How printable/popular is it? This Christmas tree cookie cutter model has 11 Makes as well as over 10,000 downloads.
- Where to find it? Thingiverse
Ornament
This cookie cutter design is of a Christmas ornament that has fun star shapes to create raised stars on the bauble. And there’s another design if you want variety!
As with other cookie cutters, you don’t need to worry about a high resolution as there are no intricate details to reproduce. These would look even better with some colorful icing to bring out the stars!
- Who designed it? OogiMe
- How printable/popular is it? This Christmas ornament design has over 6,200 views and over 1,400 downloads.
- Where to find it? Cults
Candle
The Christmas season is full of decorations, from Christmas trees to inflatable lawn Santas. Candles are another typical decoration, and this cookie cutter design of a candle with some festive holly at its base has a fair amount of detail and should make some cool-looking cookies.
The designer stated that they printed the cookie cutter with a 0.3-mm layer height.The overall structure of the model isn’t too complex so it shouldn’t be too hard to print. The model also doesn’t have any overhangs, so you don’t need supports.
- Who designed it? Nanou73
- How printable/popular is it? This Christmas candle design has 1 recorded Make and over 3,750 downloads!
- Where to find it? Thingiverse
Jingle Bells
Bells are a common Christmas ornament, and what better way to celebrate the distinctive sounds of Christmas than with bell-shaped cookies. This design is of Christmas bells with a bow, and the cookies produced with this model come out with an impressive amount of detail.
The model includes a flat piece on the back of the cutter, to allow for an even press every time. This should be a quick and easy print that will produce festive treats for years to come!
Jack Skellington
From The Nightmare Before Christmas, Jack Skellington finds himself trying to spread the Christmas spirit. Despite his scary appearance, this Skellington face cookie cutter is a great symbol for Christmas (and Halloween). The face has a fair amount of detail with an intricately designed stitched mouth.
Although the designer provided no printing tips, one recorded Maker posted a great print and listed a few specifics about how they printed the cookie cutter. They used a 100% infill density, a 0.2-mm layer height, no supports, and no raft to print the design at a 50% scale.
- Who designed it? Necroque
- How printable/popular is it? This Jack Skellington design has 8 recorded Makes, 2 Remixes, and almost 11,500 downloads!
- Where to find it? Thingiverse
Reindeer
We all know that reindeer are beloved Christmas animals, and this cookie cutter design makes them even more lovable. The model has a lot of indented detail, making the reindeer cookies look spectacular.
The designer didn’t provide any printing tips, but one Maker posted a great print using a 0.2-mm layer height and a 20% infill.
- Who designed it? gpson
- How printable/popular is it? This reindeer treat maker has 9 recorded Makes and over 17,000 downloads!
- Where to find it? Thingiverse
Sleigh
What’s a more iconic symbol of Santa than his sleigh, packed with presents. This sleigh cookie cutter may not save you from buying presents, but it will make some great Christmas cookies. The Customizer app is enabled for this design, and you can optimize the model for your printer by inputting your preferred print settings (e.g. line thickness).
Due to its customizability, there aren’t really definitive settings that work best for the model. However, the designer states that the provided STL is meant for a 0.2-mm layer height and a 0.4-mm diameter nozzle. Also, this design contains no overhangs, so supports shouldn’t be necessary as long as you orient the model correctly.
- Who designed it? mrkmg
- How printable/popular is it? This sleigh design has close to 1,500 downloads.
- Where to find it? Thingiverse
Snowman
What’s more fun than a snowman? One that you can eat! This cookie cutter design is a snowman with buttons, a face, and a scarf, which are all achieved with 3D indentations.
The designer successfully printed this cookie cutter in PETG, and another Maker had great results with a 0.2-mm layer height and a 20% infill.
- Who designed it? NikodemBartnik
- How printable/popular is it? This snowman cookie cutter design has 2 recorded Makes and over 4,200 downloads.
- Where to find it? Thingiverse
Customizable Snowflake
What comes with Christmas (in some parts of the world)? Snow! You can customize this snowflake cookie cutter’s design using a slider bar in the Customize app on Thingiverse.
Although there were no printing tips from the designer, a Maker had success with a 0.2-mm layer height and a 5% infill.
- Who designed it? mathgrrl
- How printable/popular is it? This snowflake cookie cutter model has 12 recorded Makes, 75 Remixes, and over 21,000 downloads.
- Where to find it? Thingiverse
Gingerbread Man
This gingerbread man cookie cutter isn’t just for cutting sugar cookies: You can make real gingerbread people out of gingerbread, too! Gingerbread is another holiday season classic, and like the others on this list, this model uses 3D indentations to achieve fun details.
A Maker who posted a great print recommends a 0.25-mm layer height and a 30% infill. Get creative with the decorating to give your gingerbread people different outfits and personalities!
- Who designed it? terabrain
- How printable/popular is it? With nearly 11,000 downloads, this gingerbread man cookie cutter design has 6 recorded Makes and 1 Remix.
- Where to find it? Thingiverse
Multiple Design Roller
Want more than one design, but only one print? This cookie cutter is a roller and includes candy cane, Christmas tree, snowman, and gingerbread man designs around the circular frame. You can use each imprint design individually or roll it on a long piece of dough to bake all four!
- Who designed it? alexandereuripidou
- How printable/popular is it? This clever roller cookie cutter model has over 1,800 views as well as 94 downloads.
- Where to find it? MyMiniFactory
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