Easy Crochet Gingerbread House Pattern
Skill Level
Easy
Materials
- Yarn Needle
- Crochet Hook – H / 5.00 MM
- Yarn – Worsted Weight (4) – Red Heart Super Saver
- Medium Brown, 1 oz.
- Small amount of White, Red, Green, or Bright Pink and Spring Green
Stitches
- Chain (ch)
- Slip Stitch (slst)
- Single Crochet (sc)
- Double Crochet (dc)
- Together (tog)
- Change To (chgto)
Size
6 ½ X 5 ½ inches
Notes
- Ch 3 counts as a dc.
- Ch 1 does not count as st; it is a turning chain.
Instructions
The Base
RND 1: With Brown yarn, ch 14, 1 dc in the 4th ch from the hook, 1 dc in each ch across, ch 3, turn. (12 dc)
RND 2: 1 dc in each dc, ch 3, turn (12 dc)
RND 3: Repeat RND 2, ch 1 after RND 4
RND 4: St tog the 1st 2 dc, 1 dc in the next 8 dc, st tog the last 2 dc, turn, ch 1 (10 dc)
RND 5: St tog the 1st 2 dc, 1 dc in the next 6 dc, st tog the last 2 dc, turn, ch 1 (8 dc)
RND 6: St tog the 1st 2 dc, 1 dc in the next 4 dc, st tog the last 2 dc, turn, ch 1 (6 dc)
RND 7: St tog the 1st 2 dc, 1 dc in the next 2 dc, st tog the last 2 dc, turn, ch 1 (4 dc)
RND 8: St tog the 1st 2 dc, st tog the last 2 dc, turn, ch 1 (2 dc)
RND 9: St tog the last 2 dc, tie off, weave in your ends.
Repeat RND 1 – RND 10 to make 2 (for the front and back of the gingerbread house).
The Door
RND 1: With green yarn, ch 9, 1 sc in the 2nd ch from the hook and in each ch across, ch 1, turn (8 sc)
RND 2: 2 sc in the 1st st, 1 sc in each sc, ch 1, turn (9 sc)
RND 3: 1 sc in each sc, ch 1, turn (9 sc)
RND 4: 1 sc in next 7 sc, sc tog the last 2 sc. (8 sc)
RND 5: Chgto White yarn, slst across the bottom of the door, then up the side and around to the other side, join to 1 slst, tie off leaving 12 inches of yarn. Place on the front of the house and sew in place using the tail of yarn.
With red yarn, make a French knot for the doorknob.
Place the front and back of the gingerbread house together, right side out.
Join yarn to the side of the house at RND 4, sc down the side, across the bottom and up the other side of the house, sewing the front and back together.
Stop at RND 4 on the other side, tie off, and weave in your end.
The Roof
RND 1: Join White yarn to the 1st sc of RND 4, sc evenly up the side of the roof, stitching through both the front and back of the roof, 3 sc in the point, then sc down the other side of the roof until you reach RND 4 on this side. Ch 1, turn.
RND 2: 1 hdc in each sc till you reach the point, 3 sc in the top sc, then sc in each sc down, join to the 1st sc, tie off.
RND 3: With Red yarn, whip stitch evenly across the roof.
The Button Candy
With red yarn, ch 2, 6 sc in the 2nd ch from the hook, join to 1st sc, tie off leaving a 10-inch tail. Place and sew onto the front of the gingerbread house.
Cut a piece of 12-inch yarn and tie onto the top of the gingerbread house for a hanger.
The Dog Bone
With white yarn, ch 6, slst in the 2nd ch from the hook, slst in the next 4 chs. Ch 3, sl st in the end of the dog bone, working down the opposite side of the ch, ch 3, slst in the 1st ch, slst in the next 5 chs, ch 3, slst in the end of the bone, ch 3, slst in the 1st st, tie off leaving a 12-inch tail of yarn.
Place the bone on the front of the house and sew in place.
