Gingerbread Man Lip Balm Holder Keychain

Crochet Pattern

If you're a beginner crocheter, and you want to craft some Christmas charms, this pattern is perfect for you 🙂

The Gingerbread Man pattern is minimalist in style, easy to work up and perfect for using up scrap yarn. It can be used as stocking stuffers for Christmas, gift toppers or sold at craft fairs if you like. 

It's part of a trio of Christmas Lip Balm Holder Keychain Patterns, so if you'd like the Santa & Snowman as well, have a look at these patterns below.

You could either add a stick of lip balm, lipstick or lip gloss or you could simply print out these Lip Balm Cards I designed so that people know right away what it is you're giving them.

Add a keyring, and you have a useful & cute accessory for your handbag.

Let me show you how to make your very own Gingerbread Man lip-balm holder. Click the button below to scroll down to the FREE PATTERN or purchase the PDF Printable version. You can also buy all 3 Christmas Lip-balm cozy patterns for a discount.

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Materials Needed

• Yarn in 4 colors - Ricorumi DK 100% cotton, 25 g (57.5 m). Beige, White, and Red.
• Crochet hook size E (3.5 mm).
• A darning needle
• Stitch markers
• A pair of scissors
• Metal spring hook or keyring

Abbreviations

• French Knot for the Gingerbread Man's buttons. You can check this French Knot photo tutorial. 

Skill Level

• Beginner

Gauge

13 stitches and 11 rows = 5 cm in single crochet

Size

This lip balm holder measures approx. 3.7“ (9.5 cm) in height to the top of the hat.

Yardage

Weight: 6 grams

Yardage: Approximately 14 m (15.3 yards).

Notes

- You can make the pattern larger or smaller by changing the type of yarn and/or hook size. Depending on the size of your lip balm, lipstick or lip gloss, you might want to add a few rounds of beige in the center to increase height.

- Numbers at the end of each row (in brackets) indicate the number of final stitches in that row. 

- Please ensure that your lip balm is the size of the bottom of the holder after round 2.

- Insert your lip-balm, lipstick or lip gloss into the holder when you get to almost the end to see if you need to add a few rounds to adjust height.

- We’ll be working in the round, so a stitch marker is advised.

- Please note that I use US crochet terms. 

Gingerbread Man Lip Balm Holder Keychain Pattern Instructions

Body

• Round 1: With beige yarn, work 6 sc into a MC. If you don’t know how to crochet a MC, start with Ch 2, then crochet 6 sc into the second chain from the hook (6).

• Pull the tail end to close the circle. We will be working in continuous rounds so insert a stitch marker into the first st of each upcoming round.

• Round 2: 2 sc into each stitch around (12).

Note: Place your lip-balm on this circle and check that it fits well inside the circle.

• Rounds 3-4: sc into each stitch around. Do not cut yarn (12). [2 rounds]

• Round 5: Join white yarn, sc into each stitch around. Do not cut yarn (12).

Note: Learn how to join colors neatly.

Note: It's best to crochet over your white yarn tail so you don't need to weave it in later.

• Round 6: Rejoin beige yarn, sc into each stitch around (12).

• Rounds 7-12: sc into each stitch around (12). [6 rounds]

• Round 13: Rejoin white yarn, sc into each stitch around/ Leave 4" tail, cut white yarn and fasten off (12).

• Rounds 14-15: Rejoin beige yarn, sc into each stitch around (12). [2 rounds]
• Do not cut yarn & continue to hanger.

Hanger

• Chain 30. Attach the end to the opposite side of the top of the chapstick holder with a sl st.
• Leaving a 4” tail, cut your yarn and fasten off.
• Weave in end and secure the hanger with a couple of stitches.

Buttons

• Cut a 10" piece of red yarn and thread through your darning needle. 
• Using your darning needle, work 2 French Knots in the center of the body one above the other, 2 sts apart. It's best to start with the bottom one first.

• When you're done with the 2 French Knots, turn your work inside out and tie a double knot with the two ends of the red yarn to secure. 

Here's the video tutorial by Mikey from the Crochet Crowd. He explains how to make a French Knot. I wrapped my yarn around the needle 3 times as opposed to only twice for the snowman's buttons.

Hat

Note: We will be working in joining rounds for the hat, but you're welcome to use the continuous rounds method if you wish.

• Round 1: With white yarn, start by crocheting 6 sc into a MC. Pull your MC closed (loosely), join to the first st with a sl st, ch 1 (6). Don't close it too tight because we'll be pulling the hanger through this little hole in the end.

Rounds 2: 2 sc into each st around. Join to the first st with a sl st, ch 1 (12).

Round 3-5: sc into each st around. Join to the first st with a sl st, ch 1 (12). [3 rounds]

• Round 6: [hdc, dc, hdc into the first st, sl st into the next st]. Repeat [ ] 5 more times. Join to the first st with a sl st (24).

• Leaving a 4” tail, cut your yarn and fasten off.

• Weave in ends.

• Insert your hook inwards into the top of the hat and catch the beige chain that's attached to the body to pull it through the top of the hat.

• Attach the metal keyring to the end of your long beige chain.

• You’ll be able to move the hat up and down the chain to open and close the chapstick holder.

Weave in all your ends and you're done 🙂 

I hope you enjoyed crocheting this cute little Gingerbread Man Chapstick Holder! Who are you making it for?

I’d love to hear from you!

Happy hooking!

May 🙂

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