Snowman Ice Creams
Free crochet tutorial for Snowman Ice Creams by Tatyana Kostochenkova @tkostochenkova.
With this pattern, you can crochet snowman-shaped ice cream:
- large ice cream with a hat;
- medium ice cream (Christmas tree ornament);
- small ice cream with a cherry (keychain).
Any cotton blend yarn and a matching crochet hook will work for this amigurumi project. You can use the toy as a keychain or as a New Year tree ornament.
Materials and tools
- Alize Cotton Gold yarn: 55-white, 56-red, 126-light green, 60-black (Tweed), 33-pink
- YarnArt Jeans yarn: 07-sand, 73-peach, 84-mustard
- 2 mm crochet hook
- Fiberfill
- Buttons
- Keychain hanger
- Glue
- Needle for sewing parts together
- Scissors
Abbreviations
- MR - magic ring
- ch - chain stitch
- sl st - slip stitch
- sc - single crochet
- hdc - half double crochet
- inc - increase
- dec - decrease
- BLO - back loop only
- FLO - front loop only
- (...) x n - repeat n times
Snowman Ice Cream Amigurumi Crochet Pattern
Large ice cream
Crochet the toy from bottom to top, moving from the cone to the ice cream scoop. Start with sand-colored yarn and stuff firmly as you go.
Rnd 1: 6 sc in MR
Rnd 2: 6 inc (12)
Rnd 3-4: 12 sc (2 rounds)
Rnd 5: (1 sc, inc) x 6 (18)
Rnd 6-7: 18 sc (2 rounds)
Rnd 8: 1 sc, inc, (2 sc, inc) x 5, 1 sc (24)
Rnd 9-10: 24 sc (2 rounds)
Rnd 11: (3 sc, inc) x 6 (30)
Rnd 12-13: 30 sc (2 rounds)
Rnd 14: 2 sc, inc, (4 sc, inc) x 5, 2 sc (36)
Rnd 15-16: 36 sc (2 rounds)
Rnd 17: (5 sc, inc) x 6 (42)
Rnd 18-19: 42 sc (2 rounds)
Rnd 20: 3 sc, inc, (6 sc, inc) x 5, 3 sc (48)
Rnd 21-22: 48 sc
Rnd 23: (7 sc, inc) x 6 (54)
Rnd 24-25: 54 sc (2 rounds)
Rnd 26: 4 sc, inc, (8 sc, inc) x 5, 4 sc (60)
Rnd 27-28: 60 sc
Change to white yarn
Rnd 29: 60 sc
Rnd 30: 60 sc in BLO
Rnd 31-38: 60 sc (8 rounds)
Rnd 39: 4 sc, dec, (8 sc, dec) x 5, 4 sc (54)
Rnd 40: (7 sc, dec) x 6 (48)
Rnd 41: 3 sc, dec, (6 sc, dec) x 5, 3 sc (42)
Rnd 42: (5 sc, dec) x 6 (36)
Rnd 43: 2 sc, dec, (4 sc, dec) x 5, 2 sc (30)
Rnd 44: (3 sc, dec) x 6 (24)
Rnd 45: 1 sc, dec, (2 sc, dec) x 5, 1 sc (18)
Rnd 46: (1 sc, dec) x 6 (12)
Rnd 47: 6 dec (6)
Pull the opening closed and hide the yarn tail inside the piece.
Crochet the drips
Turn the ice cream upside down and join white yarn to the last free half-loop of round 29 worked in BLO. Crochet 5 sc, chain 6, insert the hook into the 2nd ch from hook and work back along the chain with 5 sc. Attach the chain with one sl st into the same base stitch where you made the first sc. Continue making drips the same way, working each drip from every 5th stitch. Alternate drip lengths as you like. I made chains of 5, 3, 4, and 2 stitches (+1 chain). Glue or sew the drips (I glue them).
Edge the ice cream with one round of sl st, inserting the hook between rounds 29 and 30.
Crochet the nose
Rnd 1: 6 sc in MR
Rnd 2: 6 inc (12)
Rnd 3: 12 sc
Rnd 4: 6 dec (6)
Cut the yarn, leaving a long tail for sewing. Sew the nose between rounds 33 and 35 of the head and add stuffing.
Embroider the eyes
First mark eye placement with pins as shown in the photo. Place points 1-2 and 4-5 between rounds 36 and 37, and points 3 and 6 between rounds 35 and 36. Eye width is 4 sc, height is 1 sc, and the distance between eyes is 6 sc. Using a single strand of black yarn, embroider the eye outline, catching head threads as you work (I use regular sewing thread). Then wrap the same black thread around the embroidered outline to secure it and make it denser. Embroider eyelashes. I do not wrap them because the stitch is short in this case. You can do it however you prefer. Embroider the second eye the same way. Fasten off and cut the yarn.
Crochet the cheeks
For this, make 2 turning chains in a magic ring and crochet 10 hdc. Close the round with a sl st into the 2nd turning chain, then tighten the ring. Pin the cheeks in place and sew them between rounds 30 and 34.
Crochet the top hat
Rnd 1: 6 sc in MR
Rnd 2: 6 inc (12)
Rnd 3: (1 sc, inc) x 6 (18)
Rnd 4: 1 sc, inc, (2 sc, inc) x 5, 1 sc (24)
Rnd 5: (3 sc, inc) x 6 (30)
Rnd 6: 30 sc in BLO
Rnd 7-8: 30 sc (2 rounds)
Change to contrasting yarn
Rnd 9-10: 30 sc (2 rounds)
Change back to the main color
Rnd 11: (1 sc, inc) x 15 in FLO (45)
Rnd 12: 45 sc
Cut the yarn, leaving a long tail for sewing. Sew the top hat to the crown of the ice cream and stuff lightly as you sew.
Medium ice cream (Christmas tree ornament)
Crochet the toy from bottom to top, moving from the cone to the ice cream scoop. Start with sand-colored yarn and stuff firmly as you go.
Rnd 1: 6 sc in MR
Rnd 2: 6 inc (12)
Rnd 3-4: 12 sc (2 rounds)
Rnd 5: (1 sc, inc) x 6 (18)
Rnd 6-7: 18 sc (2 rounds)
Rnd 8: 1 sc, inc, (2 sc, inc) x 5, 1 sc (24)
Rnd 9-10: 24 sc (2 rounds)
Rnd 11: (3 sc, inc) x 6 (30)
Rnd 12-13: 30 sc (2 rounds)
Rnd 14: 2 sc, inc, (4 sc, inc) x 5, 2 sc (36)
Rnd 15-16: 36 sc (2 rounds)
Rnd 17: (5 sc, inc) x 6 (42)
Rnd 18-19: 42 sc (2 rounds)
Rnd 20: 3 sc, inc, (6 sc, inc) x 5, 3 sc (48)
Rnd 21-22: 48 sc
Change to white yarn
Rnd 23: 48 sc
Rnd 24: 48 sc in BLO
Rnd 25-31: 48 sc (7 rounds)
Rnd 32: 3 sc, dec, (6 sc, dec) x 5, 3 sc (42)
Rnd 33: (5 sc, dec) x 6 (36)
Rnd 34: 2 sc, dec, (4 sc, dec) x 5, 2 sc (30)
Rnd 35: (3 sc, dec) x 6 (24)
Rnd 36: 1 sc, dec, (2 sc, dec) x 5, 1 sc (18)
Rnd 37: (1 sc, dec) x 6 (12)
Rnd 38: 6 dec (6)
Pull the opening closed and hide the yarn tail inside the piece.
Crochet the drips
Turn the ice cream upside down and join white yarn to the last free half-loop of round 23 worked in BLO. Crochet 6 sc, chain 6, insert the hook into the 2nd ch from hook and work back along the chain with 5 sc. Attach the chain with one sl st into the same base stitch where you made the first sc. Continue making drips the same way, working each drip from every 6th stitch. Alternate drip lengths as you like. I made chains of 5, 3, 4, and 2 stitches (+1 chain). Glue or sew the drips (I glue them).
Edge the ice cream with one round of sl st, inserting the hook between rounds 23 and 24.
Crochet the nose
Rnd 1: 5 sc in MR
Rnd 2: 5 inc (10)
Rnd 3: (3 sc, dec) x 2 (8)
Rnd 4: 1 sc, dec, 2 sc, dec, 1 sc (6)
Cut the yarn, leaving a long tail for sewing. Sew the nose between rounds 26 and 28 of the head and add stuffing.
Embroider the eyes
First mark eye placement with pins as shown in the photo. Place points 1 and 4 between rounds 29 and 30, and points 2-3 and 5-6 between rounds 28 and 29. Eye width is 3 sc, height is 1 sc, and the distance between eyes is 5 sc. Using a single strand of black yarn, embroider the eye outline, catching head threads as you work (I use regular sewing thread). Then wrap the same black thread around the embroidered outline to secure it and make it denser. Embroider eyelashes. I do not wrap them because the stitch is short in this case. You can do it however you prefer. Embroider the second eye the same way. Fasten off and cut the yarn.
Crochet the cap
Rnd 1: 6 sc in MR
Rnd 2: 6 inc (12)
Rnd 3: 12 sc
Rnd 4: 6 dec (6)
Change to contrasting yarn
Rnd 5: (1 sc, inc) x 3 (9)
Rnd 6: 9 sc
Rnd 7: 1 sc, inc, (2 sc, inc) x 2, 1 sc (12)
Rnd 8: 12 sc
Cut the yarn, leaving a long tail for sewing. Sew the cap to the top of the snowman so it tilts slightly to one side, and add stuffing.
Sew buttons onto the cone. Attach a hanging cord to the top. Using a needle, insert one end of the cord into the MR and bring it out at any point, then insert the second end into the MR as well and bring it out at the same point as the first end. Tie both ends with a strong knot and hide it inside the toy. Done!
Small ice cream (keychain)
Crochet the toy from bottom to top, moving from the cone to the ice cream scoop. Start with sand-colored yarn and stuff firmly as you go.
Rnd 1: 6 sc in MR
Rnd 2: 6 inc (12)
Rnd 3-4: 12 sc (2 rounds)
Rnd 5: (1 sc, inc) x 6 (18)
Rnd 6-7: 18 sc (2 rounds)
Rnd 8: 1 sc, inc, (2 sc, inc) x 5, 1 sc (24)
Rnd 9-10: 24 sc (2 rounds)
Rnd 11: (3 sc, inc) x 6 (30)
Rnd 12-13: 30 sc (2 rounds)
Rnd 14: 2 sc, inc, (4 sc, inc) x 5, 2 sc (36)
Rnd 15-16: 36 sc (2 rounds)
Change to white yarn
Rnd 17: 36 sc
Rnd 18: 36 sc in BLO
Rnd 19-25: 36 sc (6 rounds)
Rnd 26: 2 sc, dec, (4 sc, dec) x 5, 2 sc (30)
Rnd 27: (3 sc, dec) x 6 (24)
Rnd 28: 1 sc, dec, (2 sc, dec) x 5, 1 sc (18)
Rnd 29: (1 sc, dec) x 6 (12)
Rnd 30: 6 dec (6)
Pull the opening closed and hide the yarn tail inside the piece.
Crochet the drips
Turn the ice cream upside down and join white yarn to the last free half-loop of round 17 worked in BLO. Crochet 6 sc, chain 6, insert the hook into the 2nd ch from hook and work back along the chain with 5 sc. Attach the chain with one sl st into the same base stitch where you made the first sc. Continue making drips the same way, working each drip from every 6th stitch. Alternate drip lengths as you like. I made chains of 5, 3, 4, and 2 stitches (+1 chain). Glue or sew the drips (I glue them).
Edge the ice cream with one round of sl st, inserting the hook between rounds 17 and 18.
Crochet the nose
Rnd 1: 4 sc in MR
Rnd 2: 4 inc (8)
Rnd 3: 8 sc
Rnd 4: 1 sc, dec, 2 sc, dec, 1 sc (6)
Cut the yarn, leaving a long tail for sewing. Sew the nose between rounds 20 and 22 of the head and add stuffing.
Embroider the eyes with doubled black thread (I use regular sewing thread) between rounds 21 and 23 of the head using one stitch. Eye height is 1 sc, width is 2 sc, and the distance between eyes is 4 sc.
Embroider the cheeks (I use split red Alize Cotton Gold yarn, 2 strands out of 4) with 3 stitches. Place the cheeks between rounds 20 and 21 at a distance of 1 sc from the eyes.
Crochet the cherry
Prepare a small piece of waxed cord in advance (about 3-4 cm) and tie a tight knot at one end.
Rnd 1: 6 sc in MR (before pulling the opening closed, place the cord inside so the knot stays inside the cherry)
Rnd 2: 6 inc (12)
Rnd 3: (3 sc, inc) x 3 (15)
Rnd 4-5: 15 sc (2 rounds)
Rnd 6: (3 sc, dec) x 3 (12)
Rnd 7: 6 dec (6)
Stuff the piece, pull the opening closed, and hide the yarn tail inside. Sew or glue the cherry to the top of the ice cream so it tilts slightly to one side (I glue it). Sew on buttons, or embroider contrasting stitches on the cone as shown in the photo. Attach keychain hardware. Done!
