Free Crochet Gingerbread Pattern For Christmas

Are you looking to refresh your little ones’ amigurumi collection in the happy moment of Christmas? Grab your hook and follow this free crochet Gingerbread Man pattern I have brought for beginners. It will be a cute blushing gingerbread cookie with real buttons, safety eyes and a cute bow tie attached.

The most special thing is its frosting that works as the hair. Your bundle of joy (or a dessert lover or both) will love this gift. There will be a quick guide for each stitch or technique and many more details.

Designers: Marizzatoys On Instagram

Supplies You Will Need

If you are an amigurumi expert, you will already have these supplies. Below, I have mentioned the specific type of each supply as used by the designer:

Yarn weight: Sport
Yarn color and fiber type: Beige (Designer uses Alize Cotton Gold 446), Red (Designer uses Alize Cotton Gold 56), and White (Designer uses Alize Cotton Gold 55)

The creator uses cotton yarn because it is durable, has great stitch definition and holds its shape well.

Black thread to embroider the eyebrows and the mouth
Safety eyes 7 mm
Two little white buttons
Crochet hook 2 mm (smaller hook size to create the tight stitches)
Stuffing (Polyester fiber fill)

Stitch and Abbreviations Guide

Magic Ring: Since it is difficult to explain the magic ring, you can learn from the below tutorial:

Chain Stitch (ch): Yarn over and pull through the crochet hook loop.
Single crochet (sc): Insert the hook intothe stitch, yarn over and pull up a loop. Yarn over and pull through both loops on the crochet hook.
Half-double crochet: Yarn over and insert the hook into the crochet hook, yarn over and pull up a loop. Yarn over and pull through all three loops on the crochet hook.
Increase and decrease (inc and dec)

Written Pattern For Crochet Gingerbread Man

Now you can learn to crochet this amigurumi gingerbread man following the written pattern for beginners:

Finished Size:

Using the above materials, the finished toy is around 15-16 cm tall.

Pattern’s note:

In this pattern, the designer has used US terminology.

Difficulty Level:

The difficulty level of the pattern is easy to medium.

Written Instructions

The pattern is divided to crochet the separate parts; in the end, you will sew all these parts together.

For Arms:

Start crocheting with the beige yarn. Stuff only 2/3 of the arms.
1. 6 sc into a magic ring (6) 2. 6 inc (12)
3-4. 12 sc (2 rounds)
Change the yarn to red color: 5. 12 sc
Change the yarn to white color: 6. 12 sc
Change the yarn to a beige color: 7-13. 12 sc (7 rounds)
14. (4 sc, dec)*2 (10) 15. 10 sc
Fasten off and cut the yarn, leaving a tail for sewing. Sew the arms to the body in round 17.

For LEGS:

Start crocheting with the beige yarn. Stuff as you go.
1. 6 sc into a magic ring (6)
2. 6 inc (12)
3. (sc, inc)*6 (18)
4. (5 sc, inc)*3 (21)
5. 21
Change the yarn to red color: 6. 21 sc
Change the yarn to white color:
7.21 sc
Change the yarn to beige color:
8-12. 21 sc (5 rounds)
For the left leg: Fasten off and cut the yarn. For the right leg: Dont cut the yarn. We will continue with the body.

HEAD:
Continue crocheting with the beige color.
Stuff as you go.
1. sc, inc, (2 sc, inc)*7, sc (32)
2. (3 sc, inc)*8 (40)
3. 2 sc, inc, (4 sc, inc)*7, 2 sc (48)
4. (5 sc, inc)*8 (56)
5-12. 56 sc (8 rounds) 13. (5 sc, dec)*8 (48) 14-15. 48 sc (2 rounds)
Insert the safety eyes between rounds 8 and
9 with 8 sc apart them. There must be 6 sc visible.
16. 3 sc, dec, (6 sc, dec)*5, 3 sc (42)
17. (5 sc, dec)*6 (36)
18. 2 sc, dec, (4 sc, dec)*5, 2 sc (30) 19. (3 sc, dec)*6 (24)
20. sc, dec, (2 sc, dec)*5, sc (18)
21. (sc, dec)*6 (12)
22. 6 dec (6)
Make sure that the head is stuffed firmly. Close the opening and hide the yarn inside.
Embroider the eyebrows in round 12 and the mouth in round 6 using the black thread.
Using the red yarn, embroider the cheeks between rounds 6 and 7.

BODY:
1. Crochet 6 sc more on the right leg, join the left leg and crochet 21 sc on it. Crochet 21 sc on the right leg and put the marker here (42)
2. (6 sc, inc)*6 (48)
3-8. 48 sc (6 rounds)
9. 3 sc, dec, (6 sc, dec)*5, 3 sc (42) 10-11. 42 sc (2 rounds)
12. (5 sc, dec)*6 (36)
13-14. 36 sc (2 rounds)
15. 2 sc, dec, (4 sc, dec)*5, 2 sc (30) 16-17. 30 sc (2 rounds)
18. (3 sc, dec)*6 (24)
19. 24 sc
Stuff the body firmly, especially in the neck. Don't cut the yarn, we will continue with the head:

FROSTING:
Crochet with the white yarn.
1. 8 sc into a magic ring (8)
2. 8 inc (16)
3. (sc, inc)*8 (24)
4. (3 sc, inc)*6 (30)
5. (4 sc, inc)*6 (36)
6. 36 sc
7. (5 sc, 4 hdc in one stitch)*6

BOWTIE:
Crochet with the red yarn.
1. Make chain 11 and crochet 10 sc on it, starting in the second chain from the hook 2-5. ch 1, turn, 10 sc (4 rounds)
Fasten off and cut the yarn. Hide the thread inside.
Thread a needle through the bowtie. Wrap the yarn around the bowtie a few times. Tie a knot.
Sew the bowtie under the head.
Sew the white buttons under it.