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Crochet a gift card holder for the gift cards you will be giving away this holiday season to add a personal and handmade touch!
This iconic little red truck with a tree in the bed is perfect to house the gift cards you will be gifting this year. The card fits in perfectly and the recipient can use the red truck as an ornament! Find the free pattern to make yours below!
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Crochet Gift Card Holder
I think crochet gift card holders add a handmade touch even when you aren’t sure what your recipient would like to receive for a gift.
Teachers, service workers, distant relatives, and co-workers are just a few people you may want to give gifts to during the holiday season but aren’t exactly sure what they would like as a gift.
Gift cards don’t have to be a ‘last minute thought’ kind of gift! Crocheting a holder for the gift card shows that you took some time to give it a handmade touch.
I personally think gift cards are always a good choice when it comes to gift because generic gifts are often donated or thrown away. With a gift card, the recipient will be able to buy something they would like or something useful!
Two in One Gift: Gift Card Holder + Ornament
Once your recipient receives their gift, they can take out the gift card out of the little pocket of the truck bed and then hang their ornament year after year!
You can also leave the red truck hanging as an ornament on the tree almost like a gift card stocking. This is a great little surprise on Christmas morning if you are gifting these as extras for the family.
For multiple family members or recipients, you can change up each truck as well! You can crochet the truck a different color or even add a small initial to the side of the truck.
More Crochet Gift Card Holder Free Pattern Tutorials
These two of my newer crochet patterns are easy crochet gift card holders. They are more simplistic and super quick to work up! If you are gifting a small crowd, these two additional patterns would be perfect to mix it up a bit.
Red Truck Crochet Gift Card Holder Pattern
Materials
Worsted weight yarn in red, white, black, green
G/4.00mm crochet hook
Tapestry/Yarn needle and scissors
Notes
Truck will be worked in rows. Two will be made and then sewn together.
Beginning chain does not count as a stitch.
Special Stitches
Sc3tog: Insert hook into first st, pull up a loop, insert hook into 2nd st, pull up a loop, insert hook in 3rd st, pull up a loop, yarn over, pull through all loops.
Hdc3tog: Yarn over, insert hook into first st, pull up a loop, yarn over, insert hook into 2nd st, pull up a loop, yarn over, insert hook into 3rd st, pull up a loop, yarn over, pull through all loops.
Dimensions approx 5” x 3”
Abbreviations (US terms):
Ch = chain, sc = single crochet, hdc = half double crochet, sc2tog = single crochet two together, sc3tog = single crochet three together, hdc2tog = half double crochet two together, hdc3tog = half double crochet two together, st = stitch(es), sk = skip, sl st = slip stitch
Pattern
Truck
Row 1: Ch 23, sc in 2nd chain from hook and each st across, turn (22)
Row 2-3: Ch 1, sc across, turn (22)
Row 4: Ch 1, sc across until last 2 st, sc2tog in last 2 st, turn (21)
Row 5: Ch 1, sc2tog, sc in remaining st, turn (20)
Row 6 : Ch 1, sc across until last 2 st, sk last 2 st, turn (18)
Row 7: Ch 1, sc2tog, sc in next 8 st, turn (9)
Row 8: Ch 1, sc in next 7 st, sc2tog, turn (8)
Row 9-11: Ch 1, sc across, turn (8)
Fasten off. Leave tail for sewing.
Make two.
Window
Use white yarn.
Row 1: Ch 5, sc in 2nd ch from hook and across, turn (4)
Row 2-3: Ch 1, sc across, turn (4)
Fasten off and leave tail for sewing.
Sew window onto one of the trucks using photo as a guide.
Tree
Use green yarn.
Row 1: Ch 10, hdc in 2nd ch from hook and across, turn (9)
Row 2: Ch 1, hdc2tog, hdc in next 5 st, hdc2tog, turn (7)
Row 3: Ch 1, hdc across, turn (7)
Row 4: Ch 1, hdc2tog, hdc in next 3, hdc2tog, turn (5)
Row 5: Ch 1, hdc across, turn (5)
Row 6: Ch 1, hdc2tog, hdc in next st, hdc2tog, turn (3)
Row 7: Ch 1, hdc across, turn (3)
Row 8: Ch 1, hdc3tog (1)
Fasten off.
Sew tree onto the truck without the window on it. Using the whip stitch, sew onto the top loops only so you can not see the stitching on the back. See photo.
Tires
Use black yarn.
Round 1: Magic ring, ch 1, 6sc, join to first sc (6)
Round 2: Ch 1, 2sc in each st around, join to first sc (12)
Fasten off.
Make 4
Use tapestry needle and white yarn to sew on wheel spokes onto the tires.
Assembly
Put both of the trucks together, join by sewing them together with the tail end of red yarn. Leave the bed of the truck and the back of the cab unsewn. See Photo.
Sew tires onto truck, placing them on either side of the truck. See Photo.
Share Your Crochet Work!
I love love love seeing finished crochet projects from my patterns! A lot of you get so creative with yarn choices and I love to see it. You can tag me on social media: Instagram @mariasbluecrayon, Facebook @mariasbluecrayon, or you can also share in my Maria’s Yarn Friends Facebook Group!
Way too cute!!! Thanks!
I cannot wait to make this! So great!