Transform an everyday essential into a festive centerpiece with the Gingerbread House Tissue Box Cover, a crochet project that’s as sweet as it is practical! 🏠🍬🧶 Featuring a candy-striped doorway, spiral candies, piped-icing appliqué, and a snow-trimmed roof, this decorative cover slips neatly over a standard square tissue box. With tissues popping out from the top like a magical puff of snow, it’s the perfect way to add holiday cheer to any room.
Built with sturdy panels, textured stitches, and dimensional appliqués, this design captures the irresistibly realistic look of a gingerbread house. Whether displayed on a table, gifted to a loved one, or used as a playful accent during the holidays, the Gingerbread House Tissue Box Cover is a joyful way to crochet coziness, celebration, and a sprinkle of handmade magic—one loop at a time! 🎄✨🧵
🍬 Gingerbread House Tissue Box Cover Crochet Pattern
Turn an ordinary tissue box into a delightful holiday centerpiece with this charming crochet gingerbread house cover. Rich gingerbread walls, snowy icing trims, candy cane accents, pastel gumdrops, and sugary swirl candies come together to create a cozy, festive look straight out of a storybook bakery. Designed to fit a standard cube tissue box, this project blends playful decoration with everyday function. Whether displayed on a coffee table, kitchen counter, bedside table, or office desk, this sweet little house adds instant warmth and whimsy to your seasonal décor. 🎄✨
🧶 Skill Level
Intermediate – includes shaping, color changes, surface crochet, and decorative appliqué.
📏 Finished Size
Fits most cube tissue boxes: approx. 12–13 cm per side.
🎁 Materials
- Worsted weight yarn:
- 🍪 Gingerbread brown – 120–140 g
- ❄️ White – 60–80 g
- ❤️ Red – 15 g
- 💚 Soft mint – 5 g
- 💗 Soft pink – 5 g
- 💛 Soft yellow – 5 g
- 4.0 mm crochet hook
- Yarn needle
- Scissors
- Stitch markers
- Optional: hot glue for appliqués
- Standard cube tissue box for shaping
🔤 Abbreviations (US Terms)
sc – single crochet
inc – increase
dec – decrease
sl st – slip stitch
ch – chain
FLO – front loop only
BLO – back loop only
FO – fasten off
🧱 House Walls (Make 4)
With gingerbread brown:
- Ch 31
- Row 1: sc in 2nd ch and across (30)
- Rows 2–30: ch 1, turn, sc across (30)
FO and make 4 identical panels.
Sew panels together to form an open cube.
🏠 Roof Panels (Make 2)
With gingerbread brown:
- Ch 34
- Row 1: sc in 2nd ch and across (33)
- Rows 2–24: sc across (33)
FO and make 2.
🕳 Tissue Opening
On one roof panel:
Row 10: sc 9, ch 15, skip 15 sts, sc to end
Row 11: sc across (33)
Rows 12–24: sc across
FO.
❄️ Roof Edge Icing (Scallops)
With white:
Along the long lower edge of each roof panel:
Repeat:
(5 dc in same st → skip 1 st → sl st next)
Creates big snowy scallops. ⛄
🍯 Roof Piping – Honeycomb Lattice
With white:
- Surface crochet diagonal lines slanting upward (“/”) across the roof.
- Add diagonal lines slanting downward (“”) across the first set.
This forms a neat honeycomb piping pattern, just like cookie icing. 🤍
Repeat for both roof panels.
🍭 Candy Cane Door Frame
With red + white held together:
- Ch 70
- sl st back for a thick striped cord
Shape into a rounded arch around the door area.
🚪 Arched Door
With dark brown:
Ch 13
Row 1: sc in 2nd ch and across (12)
Rows 2–12: sc (12)
Shape top arch:
Row 13: dec, sc 8, dec (10)
Row 14: dec, sc 6, dec (8)
Row 15: dec, sc 4, dec (6)
Row 16: dec, sc 2, dec (4)
FO.
Sew centered on the front wall.
Attach candy cane frame around it. ❤️🤍
🍬 Spiral Candies (Make 2)
Make 1 mint 💚 and 1 pink 💗 spiral.
- Ch 60
- sc in 2nd ch and across (59)
- FO with tail
- Coil tightly into a flat spiral and stitch into place (~4–4.5 cm)
Sew spirals symmetrically on the front.
🍭 Round Candy (Yellow)
With soft yellow:
Round 1: MR, 6 sc
Round 2: inc around (12)
Round 3: (1 sc, inc) ×6 (18)
Flatten and sew below the spirals. 💛
🪟 Windows (Make 2)
Using brown wall panels:
- Surface crochet a white rectangle approx. 10 rows tall × 10–12 stitches wide.
- Add a vertical + horizontal bar for cross panes.
Repeat on the opposite wall. 🤍
🍬 Gumdrops (Make 8–10)
With pastel colors:
Round 1: MR, 6 sc
Round 2: inc around (12)
Round 3: sc around (12)
Stuff lightly and flatten.
Attach in a single row along the lower side wall. 🍬💗💚💜💛
🍪 Vertical Icing (Front Edges)
Make 2 icing ropes:
With white:
- Ch 70
- sl st back for thick icing cord
Sew down both front vertical edges of the house.
❄️ Bottom Drip Icing
With white:
Work around the entire bottom edge:
(ch 3 → sl st next st) repeat.
Creates small snowy icicles. ❄️
🏗 Roof Assembly
- Sew the two roof panels together along their top edge.
- Leave the tissue opening free.
- Attach roof to the house body with a slight overhang on all sides.
- Adjust scallops and tighten edges as needed.
✨ Finishing Touches
Your gingerbread house tissue box cover is now complete — full of cheerful colors, soft textures, and tiny details that bring the holiday spirit to life. 🎄🍬 With its scalloped snowy roof, candy accents, and welcoming doorway, it’s a timeless piece you can display year after year. Add extra candies, tiny wreaths, or beaded sprinkles to personalize your house even further. Enjoy showcasing your handmade creation and letting it spread sweetness and joy throughout the season. 💛✨
