How to Crochet Mini Gingerbread For Christmas

Crochet this mini Gingerbread amigurumi to decorate for Christmas. It has open arms for hugging, a little scarf around the neck, and a cherry on the head. You can either hang it or pack it into the box for gifting to little ones. Now, let's move to the requirements of this little but rewarding project.

Materials

Gather these crochet supplies in hand to start following this crochet Gingerbread amigurumi pattern:

Yarn (beige, white, red, green). The designer used beige and white - Vita Brilliant (380 m/100 g), white for glaze - Iris (fine thread), red and green - YarnArt Jeans yarn divided in half. However, any yarn can be used.
Crochet hook, The designer used Clover size 1,5 mm.
Plastic eyes size 3 mm and glue.
White fine thread for mouth embroidery, The designer had Iris yarn. And some threads of different colors for sprinkling.
Polyester fiberfill, needle, pins, scissors.

Finished Size

The size of the finished toy is 8-9 cm.

Crochet Mini Gingerbread Amigurumi Pattern

Learn how to crochet mini gingerbread amigurumi following this pattern:

Abbreviations

While following this crochet pattern, you will tackle the following crochet abbreviations. For your help, the designer has provided this list that tells the meaning of each of the abbreviations:

MR - magic (amigurumi) ring
ch - chain
SC-single crochet
dc- double crochet
hdc - half double crochet
inc - increase
dec - decrease
slst - slip stitch

Step-by-Step Instructions

Legs Beige.

Round 1-6 sc in MR
Round 2-6 inc (12)
Round 3-(1 sc, inc)*6 (18)
Round 4-6- 18 sc (3 rounds)
Round 7 -18 sc (alternate: 1 sc white, 1 sc beige, and so on to the end of the round)
Round 8 - white 18 sc, cut off the white thread, continue with beige: 9-11-18 sc (3 rounds)

Cut the thread on the first leg, make the second leg similarly, and do not cut the thread on the second leg.
Continue crocheting the body.
12 join the first leg to the second one: 15 sc along the first leg (do not crochet 3 stitches on the leg), skip 3 stitches on the second leg and work 15 sc, place marker.

Round 13-20 -30 sc (8 rounds)
Round 21-(8 sc, dec)*3 (27)
Round 22-(7 sc, dec)*3 (24)
Round 23 - 24 sc stuff.
Round 24 - 12 Dec (12)

- next go to crocheting the head, do not cut off the thread.

Head

Round 25 -12 inc (24)
Round 26 - (3 sc, inc)*6 (30)
Round 27-(9 sc, inc)*3 (33)
Round 28-34-33 sc (7 rounds)
Round 35-(9 sc, dec)*3 (30)
Round 36 -(3 sc, dec)*6 (24)
Round 37-(2 sc, dec)*6 (18)
Round 38 (1 sc, dec)*6 (12) - stuff.
Round 39-6 Dec

Cut the thread, tighten the opening with a needle, secure the thread and weave in the ends. Sew up the hole that formed when the legs were joined.

Arms (make 2)

Beige.

Round 1-6 sc in MR
Round 2-6 inc (12)
Round 3-(3 sc, inc)*3 (15)
Round 4-15 sc
Round 5 -15 sc (alternate: 1 sc white, 1 sc beige, and so on to the end of the round)
Round 6 white 15 sc, cut off the white thread, continue with beige:
Round 7-8-15 sc (2 rounds)

Stuff. Cut off the thread, leave a thread for sewing.

Scarf

Make 40 ch (or any other number of stitches so that you could tie the scarf around the toy's neck), from the second stitch from the hook work 39 sc.

Glaze

White (I used Iris thread, crochet hook size 1,5 mm). Base:

Round 1 - 6 sc in MR
Round 2 -6 inc (12)
Round 3 -(1 sc, inc)*6 (18)
Round 4-(2 sc, inc)*6 (24)

Then we need to make drips for the glaze, Designer has a combination of the following schemes in no particular order, and simply work 1-2 sc between the drips:

- make 6 ch, from the second stitch from the hook: 2 sc, 2 hdc, dc
- make 5 ch, from the second stitch from the hook: 2 sc, 2 hdc
- make 4 ch, from the second stitch from the hook: 1 sc, 2 hdc
- make 3 ch, from the second stitch from the hook: 1 sc, 1 hdc
- (sc, hdc, 3 dc in 1 stitch, hdc, sc)
Work 1 round of drips combining different scemes, then cut off the thread, and leave a long thread for sewing.

Berry with a leaf

Red (divide the YarnArt Jeans thread in Attach a green thread
half).
1-6 sc in MR
2-6 inc (12)
3-5 12 sc (3 rounds)
6-6 Dec
Stuff a little, tighten the opening, cut off the thread, and leave a thread for sewing.

Assembly

(divide the YarnArt Jeans thread in half) to the center of the top of the berry, make 4 ch, and from the second stitch from the hook work 3 sc. Secure the thread, and weave in the ends.
Sew on the arms 2 rounds lower the head.
Glue on the eyes between the 6th and 7th rounds of the head (counting from the beginning of the head crocheting - this is the round with 12 increases), 6-7 sc between the eyes.
Embroider a smile with a fine white thread on the 4th round, 4-5 sc wide.
Buttons: cut a thread about 30 cm long, make a loop, pass one of the ends of the thread in this loop 5-6 times, then carefully pull both ends making a little ball. Make 3 buttons like that, then sew them on between the 13th and 14th rounds, the 16th and 17th rounds, and between the 19th and 20th rounds.
Sew the glaze on top of the head, then embroider the multi-colored sprinkles with small stitches, and sew the berry on top.
Tie the scarf around the neck.