These adorable crochet camping gnomes, who are making s’mores near a campfire, are perfect for those who love the outdoors and camping! You can use these gnomes as appliques for embellishment, create cute ornaments, or frame them to make wall decor for a fun gift.
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For this camping gnome applique, I used a previously designed pattern for a Valentine’s Day gnome. I’ve added s’mores on a stick and a campfire to the applique.
You may also like these crochet patterns: Let’s Go Camping! crochet applique, crochet fishing gnomes, crochet fishbone applique, and crochet heart fish applique.
Here are some other crochet gnomes you may like: crochet Christmas heart gnome, crochet gingerbread gnome, crochet patriotic gnome, crochet summer gnome, and crochet angel gnome.
All my heart gnome designs can be found on this website in the post Crochet Gnome Collection and under the tag Gnome.
You can PIN this crochet camping gnome to your Pinterest boards HERE or PIN the image below.
How to Make a Camping S’mores Gnome
For this camping gnome, you will need to crochet a gnome, s’mores stick, and a campfire.
Abbreviations:
Ch – chain
DC – double crochet
HDC – half double crochet
Rnd – round
SC – single crochet
Sl St – slip stitch
sp – space
St (Sts) – stitch (stitches)
Skill Level:
Intermediate.
Finished Size:
The gnome is about 4.5” tall.
Directions:
1. Make a gnome.
Materials:
- medium weight #4 cotton yarn (I used Knit Picks Dishie medium weight #4 cotton yarn)
- crochet hook US size 4.5 mm
- sewing needle, matching sewing threads
Pattern I used:
For my gnome I used my previously designed gnome pattern. The pattern is free on this website and can be found here: crochet Valentin’s Day Gnome.
This pattern is also available as a print-friendly, styled and advertisement-free PDF files. You can get them from my Etsy shop here: Gnome crochet pattern.
A video tutorial for the gnome is available on my YouTube channel HERE.
2. Make a s’more stick
Materials:
- Crochet cotton thread size #3 (I used Knit Picks Curio cotton thread #3), colors – brown, white
- Crochet hook US size 1/2.75 mm
- Sewing needle, matching sewing threads
Instructions:
Stick
With brown color, Ch 20, Sl St in 2nd Ch from hook and in each of next chain. Fasten off.
Marshmallow
With white color, Ch 4, HDC in 3rd Ch from hook and in next Ch. Fasten off.
Finishing – sew marshmallow onto the stick. Block your s’more stick as necessary. Sew s’more stick to the gnome’s hand.
3. Make a Campfire
Materials:
- Crochet cotton thread size #3 (I used Knit Picks Curio cotton thread #3), colors – red, orange, brown
- Crochet hook US size 1/2.75 mm
- Sewing needle, matching sewing threads
Larger flame
With orange color, Ch 12.
Rnd 1. SC in 2nd Ch, HDC in next, DC in each of next 3, 2 DC in next, HDC in each of next 2, SC in each of next 2, SC in last Ch, Ch 2 (this makes Ch-2 space), SC in same (last) Ch, continue working on opposite side of the Ch – HDC in next, DC in each of next 4, HDC in each of next 2, SC in each of next 3, Sl St in next.
Rnd 2. Sl St in first St of previous Rnd and in next 3 Sts, SC in each of next 2, 2 SC in next, SC in each of next 5, SC in Ch-2 space, Ch 4, SC in 2nd and next Chs, HDC in next Ch, SC in Ch-2 space, SC in each of next 8 Sts, Sl St in each of next 3. Fasten off.
Small Flame – make 2
With red color, Ch 8.
Rnd 1. SC in 2nd Ch, HDC in next, DC in each of next 2, HDC in next, SC in next, SC in last Ch, Ch 2 (this makes Ch-2 space), SC in same (last) Ch, continue working on opposite side of the Ch – SC in next, HDC in next, DC in each of next 2, HDC in next, SC in next, Sl St in next.
Rnd 2. Ch 1, SC in first St of previous Rnd and in next 6 Sts, SC in Ch-2 space, Ch 4, SC in 2nd and next Chs, HDC in next Ch, SC in Ch-2 space, SC in each of next 6 Sts, Sl St in next. Fasten off.
Wood – make 2
With brown color, Ch 10.
Row 1. HDC in 3rd Ch and in each of next 7 Chs, total – 8 HDC. Fasten off.
Finishing – sew the flame pieces together and sew the wood pieces together.
I hope you enjoyed this crochet Camping S’mores Gnome!
Happy Crocheting!
Paulette J Bergman says
Hi, Golden Lucy from Angel Rose & Jenny (the resident Australian Shepherds),
What a blast! We have been absent from your site for a bit & had not been following your Gnome Journey. We won’t be absent like that again.
Seems that we have missed out on a whole lot of fun that we will now have to scurry to catch up with. The mama at our house is very much into the antics of the little Gnomes. (At bedtime, she says, “G’nite, G’nomes!”) She loves us, you know…
We live in the middle of 35 acres of hay meadow about 6 miles northwest of Mount Vernon. Our closest neighbors are 28 “Ladies in Waiting” (i.e., pregnant cows) who will start dropping their calves mid-August or so. (Where we came from was Minne-snow-ta where there were 5,000 people/square mile; now it’s our cows and 100 more, plus about 14 people in our square mile. We are so very happy here.) That’s our story & we’re sticking to it, of course.
We will visit often so as to not fall behind with our collection of Gnomes. Thank you so much for sharing all of your fun with us. (The “feels-like” temp yesterday was 114 degrees at one point. Our chant is, “Don’t melt.”)
Bye for now ! pj stitches !