Snap-Together Gingerbread Garland

🎄 Gingerbread Man Garland – Snap-Fit, Multicolor Without AMS

Build a Christmas garland as long as you like! These little gingerbread men hold hands thanks to a hidden snap-fit link, and you can keep adding more. The icing is a separate inlay piece, so you get a clean two-color look without an AMS or multi-material printer. Print the cookies in brown and the icing in white, then glue the icing in.

✨ Features

No supports needed: every part prints flat on the bed

Two colors, no AMS: the icing is a separate inlay

Snap-fit link: push it in from the back until it clicks

Endless: add as many cookies as you like

📦 Files Included

File Description

gingerbread_cookie.stl Cookie (61 × 74 × 5 mm) with icing pockets and hand holes

icing_set.stl 10 icing pieces: eyes, smile, buttons, wrist & ankle squiggles

link_connector.stl Snap-fit link that joins two cookies

🧮 What You Need

For a garland of N cookies:

N × cookie

N × icing set

N − 1 × link

Ribbon or string for the two end holes

🖨️ Print Settings (suggested)

Setting Value

Material PLA

Layer height 0.2 mm (0.12–0.16 mm for the icing gives a smoother finish)

Nozzle 0.4 mm

Infill 15–20% cookies · 100% links

Supports None

Orientation As provided (the link prints with its pins pointing up)

🔧 Assembly

Glue the icing pieces into their pockets. They have 0.15 mm of clearance.

Lay two cookies face down, side by side.

Push a link into the back of the hands until the pins click.