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It is Day 21 of the Mini Amigurumi Advent, and the project for today is a little wrapped gift box with a big red bow on top.
The little gift is made in a two pieces, the bottom of the box and the lid. Then it is wrapped with a big bow made of strips of single crochet. It is crocheted in rounds of single crochet like all of the projects in the series, but in a square rather than a circle.
Just like the other projects in the series I added a little smiling face to the box with safety eyes and an embroidered mouth. Obviously on projects like this one the face is completely optional, but it sure is cute. I chose to use a light teal color for the gift with a red ribbon, I originally thought or doing a red present with a green or yellow bow, but there is already a lot of red and green in 20 projects I have done so far and I wanted something a little different, but still Christmasy. This is one of those projects that you could do in any colors you want. Go with traditional Christmas colors if you want, or choose something a little less traditional.
How to Crochet an Amigurumi Gift Box
Finished size: 3" across
You will need:
- medium weight yarn in red and desired color for box (sample made with Red Heart Super Saver in Cherry, and Kraemer Yarns Perfection Worsted in Fairy Ring)
- G Crochet Hook (4.25 mm)
- 2- 6mm safety eyes
- fiberfill
- yarn needle
- black embroidery floss
- embroidery needle
Instructions:
The gift box is made in 2 pieces, the ornament, and the lid, both made beginning with a magic ring. In this pattern you will join your rounds rather than crocheting in a spiral like the rest of the patterns.
To make the square shape the increases are made by working 3 single crochet stitches into each corner of the increase rounds.
The ribbon/bow is made in 4 pieces, 1 to wrap around the box, and 3 to make the bow.
Gift Box
Make 1 with teal (or desired color) yarn, beginning with magic ring
Round 1: in mr, ch 1, 8 sc, sl st to first sc to join (8 sc)
Round 2: ch 1, [1 sc in first st, 3 sc in next st] repeat around, sl st to first sc to join (16 sc)
Round 3: ch 1, 1 sc in first 2 sts, [3 sc in next st, 1 sc in next 3 sts] repeat around, 1 sc in last st, sl st to first sc to join (24 sc)
Round 4: ch 1, 1 sc in first 3 sts, [3 sc in next st, 1 sc in next 5 sts] repeat around, 1 sc in last 2 sts, sl st to first sc to join (32 sc)
Round 5: ch 1, 1 sc in first 4 sts, [3 sc in next st, 1 sc in next 7 sts] repeat around, 1 sc in last 3 sts, sl st to first sc to join (40 sc)
Round 6: ch 1, 1 sc in blo of each st, sl st to first sc to join (40 sc)
Rounds 7-13: ch 1, 1 sc in each st, sl st to first sc to join (40 sc)
Finish off and cut yarn, leaving long tail for sewing
Add safety eyes to the bottom front corner of your box, 1-2 stitches apart
Embroider a smile with black thread
Lid
Make 1 with teal (or desired color) yarn, beginning with magic ring
Round 1: in mr, ch 1, 8 sc, sl st to first sc to join (8 sc)
Round 2: ch 1, [1 sc in first st, 3 sc in next st] repeat around, sl st to first sc to join (16 sc)
Round 3: ch 1, 1 sc in first 2 sts, [3 sc in next st, 1 sc in next 3 sts] repeat around, 1 sc in last st, sl st to first sc to join (24 sc)
Round 4: ch 1, 1 sc in first 3 sts, [3 sc in next st, 1 sc in next 5 sts] repeat around, 1 sc in last 2 sts, sl st to first sc to join (32 sc)
Round 5: ch 1, 1 sc in first 4 sts, [3 sc in next st, 1 sc in next 7 sts] repeat around, 1 sc in last 3 sts, sl st to first sc to join (40 sc)
Round 6: ch 1, 1 sc in first 5 sts, [3 sc in next st, 1 sc in next 9 sts] repeat around, 1 sc in last 4 sts, sl st to first sc to join (48 sc)
Round 7: ch 1, 1 sc in blo of each st, sl st to first sc to join (48 sc)
Round 8: ch 1, 1 sc in each st, sl st to first sc to join (48 sc)
Finish off and cut yarn, leaving long tail for sewing
Stuff the box
Place lid on top of box and stitch around to secure in place
Ribbon
Piece 1
Make 1 with red yarn
ch 33
sc in second ch from the hook and each ch to the end (32 sc)
Finish off and cut yarn leaving long tails for sewing
Piece 2
Make 2 with red yarn
ch 25
sc in second ch from the hook and each ch to the end (24 sc)
Finish off and cut yarn leaving long tails for sewing
Piece 3
Make 1 with red yarn
ch 11
sc in second ch from the hook and each ch to the end (10 sc)
Finish off and cut yarn leaving long tails for sewing
Wrap piece 1 around the box from the bottom edge on the front, over the top, and back to the bottom edge on the other side
Take the 2 piece 2's and make a figure 8 shape with each, stitch ends together to secure
Make a loop with piece 3 by stitching ends together
Place the 2 figure 8 pieces on top of each other in opposite directions (making a + shape) and the loop on top in the center, stitch all together and then stitch the bow to the top of the box on top of the ribbon
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