Pattern Type: Video pattern only by Crochet Aura
Want to make a sweet little lantern that shines with handmade charm? This easy crochet tutorial shows you how to craft a flat, cute candle lantern step by step. It has a bright white center, a glowing yellow flame, and a pretty green frame with curved sides and a top loop. You can hang this tiny piece on a bag, keys, or a wall to add warm, cozy style anywhere today.
Crochet Sweet Little Lantern Handmade Charms
Making this flat charm is fast and simple from start to finish. First, you use white yarn to crochet a small oval center with rows of single crochet. Next, you add green yarn around the oval to shape the pointed top, bottom base, and two curved side handles. Then, you take a needle and yellow yarn to stitch a tiny flame inside. Last, you add a green loop on top.
Difficulty Level: Beginner (Easy)
Why this is the difficulty:
This project is great for beginners because it only uses the most basic crochet stitches—chains, single crochet, and slip stitches. There are no magic rings, no stuffing, and no complex shaping stitches. The only slightly tricky parts are using a small 2.0 mm hook, joining yarn neatly on the edges to make the curved side chains, and sewing the small yellow flame with a needle at the end.
Materials & Tools
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Yarn: Acrylic yarn in white, green, and yellow
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Crochet Hook: 2.0 mm crochet hook
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Tools: Scissors and a yarn/sewing needle (for weaving in ends and stitching the flame)
Pattern Abbreviations
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ch: chain
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sc: single crochet
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Slip (sl st): slip stitch
Stitches Used Only
(No hard crochet stitches are used in this pattern, only the three simple basics and one easy sewing step shown in the video:)
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Chain (ch)
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Start with a slip knot on your hook.
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Wrap the yarn over your hook and pull it through the loop on your hook.
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Repeat to make the needed number of chains (such as 6 ch for the start or 12 ch for the side curves).
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Single Crochet (sc)
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Push your hook into the next stitch or chain.
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Wrap the yarn over your hook and pull up a loop (you will have 2 loops on your hook).
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Wrap the yarn over your hook again and pull it through both loops at once.
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Slip Stitch (Slip / sl st)
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Used to join the side chains (12 ch) neatly to the lantern body.
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Push your hook into the target stitch, wrap the yarn over, and pull that loop straight through both the stitch and the loop already on your hook in one smooth motion.
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Simple Flame Embroidery (Sewing Step)
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Thread yellow yarn onto a needle.
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Push the needle up from the back of the white center near the bottom, pull through, and insert it back down near the middle-top to make a small vertical stitch.
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Make a few more short stitches side by side at the bottom and taper toward the top to form a tiny teardrop flame shape.
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Video Guide:
