Large Gingerbread Dragon by Amanda Ray

Large Gingerbread Dragon

Crochet
December 2025
Aran (8 wpi) ?
5 stitches and 6 rows = 1 inch
3.5 mm (E)
40 - 60 yards (37 - 55 m)
US
English
This pattern is available for $3.75 USD
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Make your own LARGE Gingerbread Dragons! Add beads for a fun, festive look or make a bead-free dragon for a timeless look that is safe-for-all-ages (with embroidered eyes)!

Not just a holiday dragon - This dragon can become anything you can imagine - a birthday cake dragon, a chocolate chip cookie dragon, a snowy tree dragon, and more!

Includes a FULL video tutorial!
The tutorial is linked in the pattern next to the round numbers.

Skill Level: Intermediate

Your purchase includes one PDF:
The Large Gingerbread Pocket Dragon Pattern with materials, abbreviations, video links, photos and pattern instructions. Choose from a full-photo tutorial, text-only, abbreviated pattern for repeat use (use the table of contents for quick access), or a FULL VIDEO TUTORIAL (best used alongside the written pattern).

About the pattern:

  • Finished size: about 12.5” long x 7.5” wide
  • Materials: size 4 yarn in 2 colors (Cookie color: 35-40yds; Icing color 15-20yds), E/3.5mm hook, 16mm sinker/trapezoid safety eyes (linked in the pattern), optional 9mm pony beads (28ct), blocking mat, pins, steamer/iron with steam, polyester filling, stitch marker, stuffing stick, optional small elastic hair tie (for head control)

Bonus: Make a Plush Snugger! Use size 6 blanket yarn, a 6.5mm hook, and 25mm eyes with the bead-free options.

  • Written using U.S. English crochet terminology
  • English language ONLY (no other languages are available at this time)

Pattern has been tested

COMING SOON: Use the Frostbite Modification to turn your Large Gingerbread Dragon into a fiercer, spikier dragon! This also includes instructions for making a scorpiontail for the large dragon and a feathertail for the small dragon.