Snowman Ornament

Author: @mii_toys
Difficulty Level: easy

Crochet amigurumi snowman ornament

Free crochet tutorial for a Snowman Ornament by @mii_toys.

With this pattern, you can crochet a ball shaped like a snowman in a hat. Any fluffy or plush yarn will work for the amigurumi. For the hat and nose, you can use any acrylic, cotton, or cotton blend yarn.

Materials and Tools

  • Fluffy Alize Softy yarn (for the snowman)
  • Cotton blend yarn (for the nose and hat)
  • 1 mm and 1.5 mm crochet hooks
  • Embroidery floss for the face
  • 1 mm safety eyes
  • Toy stuffing
  • 15 cm ribbon
  • Needle
  • Scissors

Abbreviations

  • MR — magic ring
  • sc — single crochet
  • inc — increase
  • dec — decrease
  • (...) x n — repeat n times

Crochet Pattern for an Amigurumi Snowman Ornament

Ball

Use a 1.5 mm crochet hook:

1. 6 sc in MR
2. 1 inc in each stitch (12)
3. 1 sc + 1 inc (18)
4. 2 sc + 1 inc (24)
5. 3 sc + 1 inc (30)
6. 4 sc + 1 inc (36)
7. 5 sc + 1 inc (42)
8. 6 sc + 1 inc (48)
9. Crochet 6 rounds even (48)
10. 6 sc + 1 dec (42)
11. 5 sc + 1 dec (36)
12. 4 sc + 1 dec (30)
13. 3 sc + 1 dec (24)
14. 2 sc + 1 dec (18)
15. 1 sc + 1 dec (12)
16. 6 dec

Hat

Use a 1 mm crochet hook:

1. 6 sc in MR
2. 1 inc in each stitch (12)
3. 1 sc + 1 inc (18)
4. 2 sc + 1 inc (24)
5. 3 sc + 1 inc (30)
6. Crochet 30 sc in the back loops only
7. Crochet 7 rounds even (30)
8. Crochet 30 sc in the front loops only
9. 1 sc + 1 inc (45)
10. Crochet 1 round even (45)

Leave a yarn tail for sewing. When sewing on the hat, stuff it as well so it keeps its shape.

Nose

Use a 1 mm crochet hook:

1. 3 sc in MR
2. Crochet 1 round even (3)
3. 1 inc + 1 sc + 1 inc (5)
4. Crochet 1 round even (5)
5. 1 inc + 1 sc + 1 inc + 1 sc + 1 inc (8)
6. Crochet 2 rounds even (8)
7. Leave a yarn tail for sewing

Stuff the nose lightly.

Toy Assembly

Crochet amigurumi snowman ornament

Assemble and decorate the ball.

Sew on the hat, nose, bead eyes, and thin ribbon. For the mouth and eyebrows, I used black embroidery floss held double. Make a bow in any way that works for you and sew it to the bottom.