3D Print Christmas: 15 Last-Minute Cookie Cutters You Can Make Now
Christmas is almost here! Make sure your baked goods are in shape for the season with these great Christmas-themed 3D printed cookie cutters.
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.
And if these designs are just right for you or you want to gift them to a loved one, but a 3D printer’s not at hand, you don’t need to go to the North Pole and use Santa’s workshop. You can rely on Craftcloud for quality and the best prices!
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 65,000 downloads.
- Where to find it? Thingiverse
Set of Christmas Themed Shapes
Can’t decide on just one shape? Why not print an entire set of Christmas themed cookie cutters? This set includes a snowman, gingerbread man, reindeer, candy cane, snowflake, mitten, and Christmas tree shapes. Designed in Printables, the designer recommends that for some printers, the models may need to be scaled up slightly to avoid issues with stringing.
Other makers have chimed in to say how easy these are to print, sturdy, and only took about 50 minutes. The files are very clean, are easy to size, and great for using up leftover filament.
- Who designed it? Best_codes
- How printable/popular is it? This set of Christmas themed cookie cutters has over 7,600 downloads as well as 63 Makes.
- Where to find it? Printables
Christmas Alpaca
These adorable Christmas alpacas are sure to give Rudolph a run for his money. Whether you are traditionalist or not, these alpacas dressed in a Santa hat and scarf are a cute addition to your plate of Christmas cookies. The designer didn’t share much about the print, other than they designed it using Tinkercad that printed it using PLA. Some makers have reported issues with stringing or that it was too small for the amount of detail it has, but most say that it was a fun, easy print.
One recorded maker listed that they made this cookie cutter with a 0.2-mm layer height and that they used PETG filament and that it turned out great!
- Who designed it? Theodor
- How printable/popular is it? This Christmas alpaca shaped cookie cutter currently has 2,275 downloads and 47 Makes.
- Where to find it? Printables
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 6 recorded Makes as well as over 12,000 downloads.
- Where to find it? Thingiverse
Simple 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 13,000 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!
Snowflake Mittens
The Christmas season is full of decorations, from Christmas trees to inflatable lawn Santas. These snowflake imprinted mittens are a great addition to any cookie platter.
The designer has created two versions of this. One where the snowflake is raised by 4-5 mm, and another with a slight incread of the snowflake from the rest of the mitten. Most makers agree this is an easy print in both PLA and PETG, and all the cookies they used it for turned out delicious!
- Who designed it? Many24
- How printable/popular is it? This snowflake mitten design has 37 recorded Makes and over 2,450 downloads!
- Where to find it? Printables
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 9 recorded Makes, 2 Remixes, and almost 14,500 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 12 recorded Makes and over 21,700 downloads!
- Where to find it? Thingiverse
Bluey Christmas Cookie
The kids in your life will love this cookie cutter featuring Bluey in a Santa hat. If they aren’t into Bluey, the designer, Coarse, has plenty of others to choose from, including Olaf, Peppa Pig, Hello Kitty, and more. The model was designed to be easy to use and have clear edges – perfect for little hands to help when stamping out the cookies.
The designer suggests using a 0.2mm layer height, and 20% infill, and even includes two cookie dough recipes to try the finished project out with!
- Who designed it? Coarse
- How printable/popular is it? This design has almost 650 downloads and 9 Makes.
- Where to find it? Printables
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 6,400 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 11 recorded Makes, 126 Remixes, and over 24,000 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 15,650 downloads, this gingerbread man cookie cutter design has 7 recorded Makes and 2 Remix.
- Where to find it? Thingiverse
Decorative Christmas Tree
If you want a Christmas Tree cookie with a little more pizzazz, look no further. Check out this decorative Christmas Tree cookie cutter by Raven Craft. Several other makers agree that this model is easy to print and a great model to work with.
Specifications weren’t given by the original designer, but maker tikycaj printed this model in PLA using a 0.6mm nozzle, 0.3mm layer height, and it came out great.
- Who designed it? Raven Craft
- How printable/popular is it? This decorative cookie cutter model has over 1,700 downloads and 26 Makes.
- Where to find it? Printables
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