Christmas Crochet Cups

It’s Christmas in July! You know how much I love crocheting for Christmas and I always like to have at least one Christmas in July pattern for you guys to get on your hooks before the holiday hustle and bustle. With the popularity of the crochet cups (first the bunny cup and then the bear cup) I thought this would be the perfect project to dress up with a little Christmas theme! I created my favorite duo: the Snowman Cup and the Gingerbread Cup to kick off this Christmas Cup collection. But stay tuned because I have several more designs that I am adding to this post later this week. I am sure you can guess which Christmas Characters I will be adding

Stuff these with gift cards, Christmas treats, candy canes, and more! It’s such a great gift for teachers, family, friends, and neighbors and it won’t take you long to crochet a bunch of them.

Materials:
– Bernat Super Value in Red and White for the Snowman and Topaz and White for the Gingerbread Man
Shop Bernat Super Value yarn on Yarnspirations.com
You will need to use a double strand of yarn while crocheting so it might help to buy two skeins of each color or separate one skein into two balls before you begin crocheting.
– Size K Crochet Hook
– Tapestry Needle
– Black Safety Eyes or Black Buttons for the eyes, Two Red Buttons for the Gingerbread cheeks, Carrot Nose (purchased at JOANNs), and any other cute embellishments you want to add like a little holly berry button for the snowman!

Snowman Face Buttons –> PURCHASE HERE AT JOANN CRAFT STORE

Finished Size: Approximately 4 inches wide (3 inches wide at bottom) and 3.5 inches tall

Use a double strand of yarn when crocheting (two strands held together). This creates the sturdiness of the cup.

Snowman Cup Pattern:
Starting with white yarn (double strand)
Magic Ring, chain 1 and make 10 SC in ring, join to first SC, chain 1
Round 2: 2 SC in each stitch around, join, chain 1 (20 SC)
Round 3: SC in each stitch around, join, chain 1 (20 SC)
Round 4: Working in back loops for this round only, SC in each stitch around, join, chain 1 (20 SC)
Round 5: 2 SC in first stitch, SC in next 3, repeat around, join, chain 1 (25 SC)
Round 6-10: SC in each stitch around, join, chain 1 (25 SC)
Join in red yarn (double strand) and fasten off white yarn
Round 11: SC in each stitch around, join, chain 1 (25 SC)
Round 12: Reverse SC in each stitch around, join, fasten off weave in ends.

Stitch on smile with a strand of black yarn and use buttons for eyes and nose. Or you can stitch on the nose and eyes if you’d prefer!
I used a bit of hot glue to stick on the holly berry button.

Gingerbread Cup Pattern:
Starting with topaz brown yarn (double strand)
Magic Ring, chain 1 and make 10 SC in ring, join to first SC, chain 1
Round 2: 2 SC in each stitch around, join, chain 1 (20 SC)
Round 3: SC in each stitch around, join, chain 1 (20 SC)
Round 4: Working in back loops for this round only, SC in each stitch around, join (20 SC)
Join in white yarn (double strand)
Note: no need fasten off yarn when switching colors, carry it up from previous rows
Round 5: 2 SC in first stitch, SC in next 3, repeat around, join (25 SC)
Join back in topaz brown yarn (double strand)
Round 6-9: SC in each stitch around, join, chain 1 (25 SC)
Join back in white yarn (double strand)
Round 10: SC in each stitch around, join, chain 1 (25 SC)
Join back in topaz brown yarn (double strand)
Round 11: SC in each stitch around, join, chain 1 (25 SC)
Round 12: Reverse SC in each stitch around, join, fasten off weave in ends.

Stitch on a smile with white yarn and add two black safety eyes (or buttons or crocheted black circles), and add two red buttons for cheeks.

Just Added! Santa and Elf Christmas Cups!

Crochet Santa Cup Pattern:
starting with red yarn (double strand)
Magic Ring, chain 1 and make 10 SC in ring, join to first SC, chain 1
Round 2: 2 SC in each stitch around, join, chain 1 (20 SC)
Round 3: SC in each stitch around, join, chain 1 (20 SC)
Round 4: Working in back loops for this round only, SC in each stitch around, join, chain 1 (20 SC)
Round 5: 2 SC in first stitch, SC in next 3, repeat around, join, chain 1 (25 SC)
Round 6: SC in each stitch around, join, (25 SC)
join in black yarn (double strand) and chain 1
Round 7-8: SC in each stitch around, join, chain 1 (25 SC)

join back in red yarn and fasten off black yarn (double strand) and chain 1

Round 9-11: SC in each stitch around, join, chain 1 (25 SC)
Round 12: Reverse SC in each stitch around, join, fasten off weave in ends.

Buckle:
with yellow yarn
Chain 16, join to first chain to make a circle. Be sure not to twist your chain, make a SC in the first 3 chains, SC + chain 2 + SC in next, SC in next 3, SC + chain 2 + SC in next, SC in next 3, SC + chain 2 + SC in next, SC in next 3, SC + chain 2 + SC in last, join to first SC, fasten off leaving long tail to stitch buckle onto front of cup over the 2 black rounds.

Crochet Elf Cup Pattern:
starting with green yarn (double strand)
Magic Ring, chain 1 and make 10 SC in ring, join to first SC, chain 1
Round 2: 2 SC in each stitch around, join, chain 1 (20 SC)
Round 3: SC in each stitch around, join, chain 1 (20 SC)
Round 4: Working in back loops for this round only, SC in each stitch around, join, chain 1 (20 SC)
Round 5: 2 SC in first stitch, SC in next 3, repeat around, join, chain 1 (25 SC)
Round 6: SC in each stitch around, join, (25 SC)
join in red yarn (double strand) and chain 1

Round 7-8: SC in each stitch around, join, chain 1 (25 SC)

join back in green yarn and fasten off red yarn (double strand) and chain 1

Round 9-11: SC in each stitch around, join, chain 1 (25 SC)
Round 12: Reverse SC in each stitch around, join, fasten off weave in ends.

Buckle:
with black yarn
Chain 16, join to first chain to make a circle. Be sure not to twist your chain, make a SC in the first 3 chains, SC + chain 2 + SC in next, SC in next 3, SC + chain 2 + SC in next, SC in next 3, SC + chain 2 + SC in next, SC in next 3, SC + chain 2 + SC in last, join to first SC, fasten off leaving long tail to stitch buckle onto front of cup over the 2 red rounds.

I will be adding more patterns and hopefully a video tutorial as well! We still have a lot of Christmas in July left!