Cookie cutters, printed
- Pick a shape, type letters or drop a picture.
- Set the size — add a stamp if you like.
- Print flange-down, turn over, cut.
This free tool makes a 3D-printable cookie cutter in your browser. Pick one of twelve shapes (gingerbread person, tree, star, snowman, mitten, candy cane…), type letters for one cutter each, or upload a silhouette. The cutter's inside matches the cookie exactly, the wall thins to a sharp edge, and a flange makes it comfortable to press. Add a stamp to press a name, a border or the lines of your drawing into the cookie.
New — 7 November 2026: first version, in time for holiday baking. Written by Ned Walsch.
| Setting | Value | Why |
|---|---|---|
| Orientation | As exported: cutter flange-down, stamp pattern-up, handle flat-top down | No supports, crisp edge and pattern. |
| Layer height | 0.2 mm (0.16 for small stamps) | Finer layers leave fewer ridges to hold crumbs. |
| Walls | 3 | The 1.2 mm wall is all perimeters. |
| Filament | Plain PLA or PETG | Avoid glitter, wood, metal and carbon fills for food contact. |
Upload a dark silhouette on a light background (or tick "light is the shape" for the opposite). The tool keeps the largest shape, smooths anything narrower than 2 mm (it would tear the dough), and builds a cutter whose inside is exactly the cookie's outline. A line drawing works too: its outline becomes the cutter and, with "lines from the picture", its inside lines become a stamp.
Because it is printed flange-down and turned over to cut — turning it over mirrors it. The tool mirrors every part for printing so the cookie comes out the right way round, which matters for letters and anything facing left or right. Press AS IT CUTS to see it from the dough's side.
For occasional home baking, a clean PLA or PETG cutter is widely used: dough touches it for seconds. The concerns are layer lines that hold crumbs and bacteria, and additives in some filaments. Print with a clean nozzle in a plain (not glitter or wood-fill) PLA or PETG, wash by hand in warm soapy water right after use, dry it, and replace it when it looks worn. Not for the dishwasher — PLA softens around 55 °C.
Holes of 6 × 6 mm or more get their own cutting wall, tied to the flange by a thin bridge across the cutter. The bridge sits at the flange — the top when you are cutting — so it stays above the dough. Turn "cut holes" off for solid letters.
Flange down, no supports, 0.2 mm layers, 3 walls (the cutter wall is 1.2 mm — two or three perimeters). Infill does not matter much; the flange is solid. The cutting edge thins to 0.6 mm in the top 4 mm, so print the last millimetres slowly if your printer strings. Stamps print pattern-up; the handle prints with its flat top on the bed and the peg pointing up.
From 25 to 250 mm. Most cookies are 60–90 mm; a 150 mm+ cutter fits large printers and is best with a 1.6–2 mm wall so it does not flex. Letters use the size as the height of a capital H, so a word lines up.