CUSTOM COOKIE STENCIL MAKER

Turn your design into a reusable cookie stencil.

Create printable stencil sheets for airbrushing, royal icing, cocoa, powdered sugar, and repeating decoration. Arrange motifs, retain interior details, and size the sheet in your browser.

Render of a translucent butterfly stencil sheet beside a matching coral butterfly pattern

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  • Single or repeating motifs
  • Bridges for enclosed details
  • STL · 3MF · OBJ

Create a stencil with connected details

Repeat your design across a sheet and keep enclosed shapes, such as letter centers, attached with bridges.

Render of a red repeating strawberry stencil without bridges connecting the enclosed centers to the sheet
Render of a red repeating strawberry stencil with center-bar bridges connecting the enclosed centers to the sheet

Drag the divider or use the arrow keys to compare the images.

Keep enclosed centers attached

Place center-bar bridges where an enclosed part of the stencil needs a connection to the sheet. Adjust each bridge's position, angle and width.

Render of a blue flower stencil with 5 mm motifs and 1 mm grid spacing beside its matching pink flower pattern on a white sheet
Render of a blue flower stencil with 10 mm motifs and 4 mm grid spacing beside its matching pink flower pattern on a white sheet

Drag the divider or use the arrow keys to compare the images.

Set the motif size and layout

Choose the motif size and spacing. Repeat in rows and columns, or fit the pattern within a set width and height.

Close-up render of a purple heart stencil with 1.5 mm backing thickness and a 3 mm border margin
Close-up render of a purple heart stencil with 5 mm backing thickness and a 15 mm border margin

Drag the divider or use the arrow keys to compare the images.

Adjust the border and sheet thickness

Leave a wider blank margin around the pattern or change the backing thickness without resizing its openings.

Reusable patterns for decorating batches.

See repeating fruit and confetti sheets built for dusting, airbrushing, and other surface decoration.

See how it works

ARTWORK IN. PRINT-READY TOOL OUT.

Build a connected sheet around the cutouts

Start with the negative space: the openings are where the decoration will pass through.

No CAD experience needed

  1. 01

    Choose the openings

    Use a bold motif and identify any enclosed centers before arranging repeats.

  2. 02

    Arrange the sheet

    In Designer, set motif size, rows and columns or overall dimensions, and margins.

  3. 03

    Connect enclosed shapes

    Add center bars to keep enclosed details attached to the stencil sheet.

  4. 04

    Review and export

    Check support and backing thickness, then sign in with Premium to export the stencil.

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Custom cookie stencil questions.

Plan connected shapes and practical openings so the printed sheet works with your decorating method.

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What artwork works for a cookie stencil?

Use bold, high-contrast shapes with openings large enough for your printer and decorating medium. Simplify isolated or very thin details.

DECORATE YOUR WAY

Make a stencil that repeats your signature design.

Bring the artwork and build a reusable decorating sheet sized for your cookies.

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