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A free crochet gingerbread man pattern for a plump little cookie amigurumi with a white icing smile and a red bow tie. This gingerbread man plushie is cookie brown with white icing zigzags at the wrists and ankles, red and green gumdrop buttons and rosy cheeks. The head and body are one flattened piece worked in the round in single crochet from an oval chain with DK yarn, a 2.5 mm hook and 12 mm safety eyes; the limbs, buttons and bow are sewn on, and he stands about 11.5 cm (4.5 in) tall. Follow it round by round with stitch counts and turn the interactive 3D model to check every piece, a sweet Christmas gift.
How to crochet the Gingerbread Man
Beginner-friendly · 11 cm tall · about 2 h · DK yarn · 2.5 mm hook
- Crochet the 12 pieces in rounds: Body and head, Leg ×2, Arm ×2, Green gumdrop button, Bow loop ×2, Bow knot, Red gumdrop button, Cheek ×2 (53 rounds in all).
- Stuff and put it together in 8 steps; each one lights up where it goes on the 3D model.
- Add the face: safety eyes by round and stitch, or embroider them for a child under 3.
Every round with its stitch count is in the Pattern tab below, and in the free printable PDF.
What you'll need
0 of 9 gathered
Gauge
1 sc ≈ 4 mm wide, 1 round ≈ 3.6 mm tall (10 cm ≈ 25 sc × 28 rounds); yarn about 1.9 mm thick. The gauge sets the size of the toy; crochet tightly so the stuffing does not show.
Worked in
Continuous spiral rounds. Don't join. Move a stitch marker up every round.
Parts
0 of 41 rounds done
- Size before assembly: an oval about 7 × 5.4 cm at the widest, 9.3 cm long; 30 rounds. The piece is oval: the rounds go around the chain, and on the finished toy the chain (the long side of the oval) runs side to side; the starting chain is at the bottom of the piece (on the finished toy). The round-start marker is in the middle of a long side (the piece's centre line), while R1 starts at a turn: after R1 shift the round start — sc 2 more (not counted in any round) and place the marker there. The increases fall on the turns.
- With cookie brown: ch 6.
- → Insert the safety eyes now (positions: see “Face”) and fix the backs. Start stuffing (firmly) and keep adding as you decrease.
- Press the piece flat to about 4.9 cm thick (oval cross-section).<!-- press the piece flat by 30 % --> Top up the stuffing if needed. Fasten off leaving a 15 cm tail; with the needle weave it through the front loops of all 6 stitches of the last round, pull tight and hide the end inside.
- Size before assembly: about 1.9 cm at the widest, 2.3 cm long; 7 rounds.
- Fasten off leaving a long tail (30–40 cm) for sewing. Stuff firmly just before sewing it on; a little less near the edge, then add a pinch when the seam is nearly done.
- Size before assembly: about 1.6 cm at the widest, 2.7 cm long; 8 rounds.
- Fasten off leaving a long tail (30–40 cm) for sewing. Stuff moderately just before sewing it on; a little less near the edge, then add a pinch when the seam is nearly done.
- A flat circle about 1 cm across; 1 rounds.
- Fasten off leaving a long tail (30–40 cm) for sewing. Do not stuff.
- Flat motif — triangle (worked in turned rows, one layer of fabric), about 1.1 × 1.6 cm; 3 rows.
- Fasten off leaving a long tail (~30 cm) for sewing. Do not stuff. Weave in the starting tail, pin the motif out to shape on a soft surface and steam it lightly.
- A flat circle about 0.8 cm across; 1 rounds.
- Fasten off leaving a long tail (30–40 cm) for sewing. Do not stuff.
- A flat circle about 1 cm across; 1 rounds.
- Fasten off leaving a long tail (30–40 cm) for sewing. Do not stuff.
- A flat circle about 1.5 cm across; 2 rounds.
- Fasten off leaving a long tail (30–40 cm) for sewing. Do not stuff.
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