Size G crochet hook
1/2 oz brown knitting worsted yarn (4 ply)
small amount of cream or white colored yarn
thin silky green or red ribbon for bow.
2 wiggly eyes per man
(ch=chain, sl=slip stitch, sc=single crochet, hdc=half double crochet, dc=double crochet, tr=triple crochet, dtr=double triple crochet)

BODY:
Rnd 1: With brown ch 5, 2 sc in 2nd ch from the hook, sc in next 2 chs, 3 sc in last ch; now working in the free loops from your beginning ch, sc in the next 3 chs; join with a sl st; 10 sc.
Rnd 2: Ch 1, 2 sc in that same st and in the next st.  Sc in the next 2 sc, 2 sc in each of the next 3 sc, sc in next 2 sc, 2 sc in last sc; join:  (you now have 16 sc)

HEAD
[In the same st work (sc, hdc, dc, tr, 2 dtr), in next sc work (2 dtr, tr, dc, hdc, sc, sl st)],

slip st in next 2 sc,
ARM
Ch 5, dc in 3rd ch from the hook and in the next 2 chs , slip st in next sc, sc in next 2 sc,

LEG
* sl st in the next  sc, ch 6, dc in 3rd ch from hook and in next 3 chs, slip st in next sc *, sc in next sc and repeat from * to * one time,

ARM #2
Then sc in next 2 sc, sl st in next sc, ch 5, dc in 3rd ch from hook and in next 2 chs, sl st in next sc. 

Finish off leaving 2" tail of yarn to weave back through the back of the gingerbread boy.

EDGING: Join cream or white colored yarn to the last st, (on the top of the gingerbread boy - see above drawing)  then sl st around the entire gingerbread boy.  You can also do this by using a yarn needle and yarn and do a sewed chain stitch around the top of the boy.

Use craft glue or hot glue to stick on 2 wiggly eyes.
Add a sew on pin or glued pin to the back.  You can also make this into a fridgie by adding a magnet strip.  Or tie a piece of gold yarn to the top on the head and tie to a gift.

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