How to Make Custom Cookie Cutters

A complete beginner workflow for making custom cookie cutters from an idea, image, drawing, or logo, including design cleanup, STL export, slicing, printing, testing, and seller notes.

Published Mar 18, 2026 Updated May 23, 2026

Quick answer

To make a custom cookie cutter, start with a simple shape, convert it into a clean outline, set cutter dimensions and wall thickness, export an STL, slice it for your FDM printer, print a test, and try it with chilled dough. BakePress makes this easier by turning images, drawings, logos, or prompts into cutter ready files in the browser.

Step 1: Choose the right design

The best cookie cutter designs read clearly as silhouettes. Avoid tiny lettering, hairline details, or shapes that depend on color or shading. If you are working from a logo or drawing, simplify it before expecting a good physical cutter.

Step 2: Convert the design

Use BakePress Image to Cutter for an image, logo, or sketch. Use Dream Board when you only have an idea and want text to design concepts. Both workflows lead into 3D Print Ready settings for cutter geometry.

Step 3: Set cutter size, wall thickness, and depth

• Choose final size before exporting
• Use practical wall thickness for your nozzle and slicer
• Set enough cutter height for grip and dough depth
• Check interior channels for trapped dough
• For polymer clay, use the same cutter workflow and tune wall thickness, size, and detail level for clay release

Step 4: Slice and print

Open the STL in your slicer, use enough walls/perimeters for strength, print a test, and inspect the cutting edge. Cookie cutters usually do not need supports, but thin footprints can benefit from good bed adhesion.

Step 5: Test and sell carefully

Test with chilled dough, photograph the result, and document size and care instructions if selling. If food contact is involved, use conservative food safety language and clear washing guidance.

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