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    Home » Crochet » Crochet Patterns » Fun and Cute » Free Crochet Surprise Pop Up Gift Box Pattern

    Free Crochet Surprise Pop Up Gift Box Pattern

    December 2, 2021 by Nicole Riley

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    This free pattern is for a Reversible Surprise Pop Up Gift Box for the Holiday Season, Birthdays, and Gender Reveal Parties. This pattern is made using basic crochet stitches as well as Dishie yarn from WeCrochet.


    Ok, I’m officially obsessed! I love crocheting functional, multi-purpose patterns that you can use over and over again. My favorite ones are reversible or have pockets. Well, this special Surprise Pop Up Gift Box is reversible and has its box sides fall down once you lift the lid after removing the ribbon and bow.

    This pattern was originally a fun Mystery Crochet Along. But now the pattern is available for you to make at your own pace whenever you like.

    Most people know the “pop-up gift boxes” with butterflies coming out. Well, maybe I’ll design one soon. For now, you can obviously put whatever you like inside.

    Ready to make one?

    Table of contents

    • What are Surprise Pop Up Gift Boxes?
    • Get the PDF of the Surprise Pop Up Gift Box Pattern
    • How to crochet a Surprise Pop up Gift Box
      • Materials you will need
      • Gauge
      • Size
      • Stitches used in the pattern
    • Free Written Pattern for the Surprise Pop Up Gift Box
      • Make 5 red and 5 green solid squares
      • Create Box Bottom
      • Crocheting the Lid of the Surprise Pop Up Gift Box
        • Crochet 1 larger red and 1 larger green solid squares
        • Adding a loop to the top of each lid
        • Crocheting the White Ribbon
      • Assembling the Gift Box to make it Surprise Pop Up
    Free Crochet Surprise Pop Up Gift Box Pattern

    What are Surprise Pop Up Gift Boxes?

    They are special boxes that make a fold down when the lid is lifted. Usually, the gift box has multiple boxes inside that fold down and have something fly out and reveal a surprise. The original one had paper butterflies fly out, sometimes confetti, and included a cake or flowers in the center.

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    Amazon, as an example, has many different types. Here is one example of it. But I prefer making my own crochet version which is reversible. So let’s make one, shall we?

    Surprise Exploding Gift Box

    Get a Cake Butterfly Pop Up Gift Box on Amazon Here

    Get the PDF of the Surprise Pop Up Gift Box Pattern

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    This pattern is also available as an ad-free, printer-friendly pdf pattern that can be purchased at the links below for only a small fee.

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    If you like this Gift crochet pattern, you might like these also:

    Gift Tissue Box Cover Free Crochet Pattern
    Christmas Gift beanie with flowers, crochet hook and scissors
    Crochet Present Pillow Free Pattern
    Crochet Reindeer Washcloth Gift
    1. Gift Tissue Box Cover
    2. Christmas Gift Beanie
    3. Present Pillow
    4. Reindeer Washcloth Gift

    So, let me now give you the supplies you need in order to crochet this cute pattern.

    How to crochet a Surprise Pop up Gift Box

    Materials you will need

    • WeCrochet’s Dishie worsted yarn in these color:
      • fiesta red (1 skein)
      • jalapeno (1 skein)
      • white (1/4 -1/2 of a skein)
    • 4.00 mm hook
    • scissors
    • tapestry needle
    • Ideally a piece of plastic canvas OR anything equivalent (cardboard etc)
      • you’ll need 6 pieces of 3×3 inch
    plastic canvas

    Gauge

    4 sc stitches x 5 rows = 1 square inch

    Size

    5 x 6 inches (with bow)

    Stitches used in the pattern

    Learn all the basic crochet stitches HERE

    • sc = single crochet
    • blo = back loop only
    • sl st = slip stitch
    • ch = chain
    • magic ring or alternative magic ring

    Free Written Pattern for the Surprise Pop Up Gift Box

    Make 5 red and 5 green solid squares

    Your choice: continuous rounds or sl st to the first st after each finished round; the pattern doesn’t mention either one

    R1: make a magic ring or ch 2, and add 8 sc

    Two ways to make a magic ring (click any below for a tutorial):

    • Loop Magic Ring
    • Chain Magic Ring
    • Or a short video on Facebook HERE or Tiktok HERE

    R2: *1 sc, [1 sc, ch 2, 1 sc] in the next st, repeat from * 3 more times

    R3: *1sc in each st until ch-2 space, in ch-2 space add [1 sc, ch 2, 1 sc], repeat from * 3 more times

    R4-R7: Repeat R3

    Fasten off and weave in your ends.

    This square will have 52 single crochet stitches and 8 chs after round 7.

    Single Crochet Solid Granny Square Chart
    red granny squares for Surprise Pop up Gift Box
    green granny squares for Surprise Pop up Gift Box

    A video to show how to do a solid square is here

    • on Facebook
    • on TikTok
    • on Instagram
    • LONG video is here

    Create Box Bottom

    Sandwich 1 red and 1 green square with 1 plastic canvas piece together and sew around the edge with your preferred yarn color and embroidery stitch. I used a running stitch in red (visible on the green side)

    Once you finished all 5 “sandwiches” lay them out like an “X” and sew them together at the touching edges. There should be only 4 touching edges/sewing lines for this stage.

    Do not sew the touching edges when you bend the pieces upwards to make a box. A surprise pop-up gift box allows the box bottom sides to fall down when the lid is lifted.

    Crochet Pop Gift Box laying flat in green
    Crochet Pop Gift Box laying flat in green
    folding Crochet Pop Gift Box
    folded Crochet Pop Gift Box

    Crocheting the Lid of the Surprise Pop Up Gift Box

    Crochet 1 larger red and 1 larger green solid squares

    These 2 squares are the same pattern as the above one just with 2 extra rounds.

    R1: make a magic ring or ch 2, and add 8 sc

    R2: *1 sc, [1 sc, ch 2, 1 sc] in the next st, repeat from * 3 more times

    R3: *1 sc in each st until ch-2 space, in ch-2 space add [1 sc, ch 2, 1 sc], repeat from * 3 more times

    R4-R9: Repeat R3

    This square will have 68 single crochet stitches and 8 chs after round 9.

    Repeat the following pattern for each the red and green square:

    R10: 1 sc in the blo all around (blo = back loop only)

    R11-17: 1sc in each st

    Fasten off and weave in your ends.

    Adding a loop to the top of each lid

    Ch 12

    R1: starting from the 2nd ch from the hook, 1 sc in each ch

    Fasten off

    Use the ends to sew the strip to the top of the lid to make a “loop”

    green and red lid

    Now add the last piece of canvas between the lid pieces (one lid is folded the wrong way).

    Sew the canvas to each lid (the side that doesn’t have the loop).

    One lid should now be inside the other lid. Now sew around the edge (last round of each lid) using your preferred embroidery stitch. Again I used the red yarn with the running stitch.

    sewing green and red lid reversible together

    Crocheting the White Ribbon

    Ch 5

    R1: starting from the 2nd ch from the hook, 1 sc in each ch, turn

    R2 – 160: 1 sc in each st, turn

    Fasten off and weave in your ends

    Now fold the long strip in half, add a stitch marker there

    Add a yarn such that you can add the other 2 strips (one at a time) using a slip knot and a chain

    R1: 4 sc evenly along the center of the long strip, turn

    R2 – 156: 1 sc in each st, turn

    Fasten off and weave in your ends

    ribbon for bow

    Assembling the Gift Box to make it Surprise Pop Up

    Now you can use your surprise pop-up gift box. Put something in the center, fold up the sides, put the lid on, and lay the gift box in the center (where the “x” is) and fold each ribbon piece up and fold a loop through the box lid loop to make a bow with 4 loops.

    ribbon on red pop up gift box
    gift box with white ribbon
    red pop up gift box with ribbon
    red pop up gift box with ribbon and bow
    open red pop up gift box with ribbon

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