Amigurumi Girl and Boy Graduation Dolls
Introducing our new set of crochet graduation dolls for both girls and boys from our Kozu Palm Pals mini crochet doll series. Today was Kozu’s elementary school graduation (I can’t believe he’s going to be in Middle School!). Graduations make me so emotional. Play Pomp and Circumstance and I’m a puddle! I wanted to make him something special – so of course I had to crochet him a graduation doll (with a small crochet guitar, since we was going to be playing at the ceremony).
These crochet dolls are part of our Kozu Palm Pals series of mini crochet dolls. These mini graduation dolls are not only adorable but also highly customizable. You can crochet them to make a little mini me graduation doll of the graduate. You can substitute the hair cap and clothes from any of the other crochet dolls in the series. You may also choose to crochet the graduation regalia in the school colours of the graduate to match their cap and gown.
These adorable amigurumi graduation dolls stand at just 4.5 inches tall and can be whipped up in a mere two hours. Whether you’re celebrating a high school graduation, college graduation, or any other academic milestone, these amigurumi graduation dolls make for meaningful and memorable gifts. With their petite size, quick creation time, and customizable features, they are the ideal solution last-minute quick graduation presents.
So, grab your crochet hook, select your favorite yarn colors, and let your creativity soar! Prepare to bring smiles and warm congratulations to the graduates in your life!
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Crochet Graduation Dolls Free Pattern
This pattern is for your personal use only and cannot be sold, copied, or reproduced in anyway without permission from the designers. You may sell finished objects made from this pattern but please give credit to chaicoffeecrochet.com as the pattern designers.
Tools and Supplies You Will Need
- Yarn: You need a very small amount of DK yarn in skin colour, shirt colour, pants colour, tie colour, dress colour, shoe colour, hair colour, tassle colour, and graduation regalia colour
- 2.5 mm crochet hook
- Tapestry needle
- Stitch marker
- Polyfill stuffing
- Two pairs of 6 mm safety eyes
- Embroidery thread: A small amount of black for eyebrows and eyelashes and light pink for lips.
Stitches Used and Abbreviations
This pattern is written in US terms and crocheted in continuous rounds, unless specified otherwise.
Sl st: slip stitch
SC: single crochet
INV DEC: invisible decrease
INC: two SC in the same stitch
BLO: back loops only
SC3TOG: SC three together decrease
HDC: half double crochet
Finished size: Approximately 4.5 inches tall.
How to Crochet a Boy Graduation Doll
Legs
Begin with shoe colour..
Stuff legs lightly as you go.
Round 1: 6 SC into a magic circle (6)
Change to pant colour
Round 2: SC around in BLO (6)
Round 3-6 (4 rounds): SC around (6).
Fasten off. Make sure that you’ve pulled the magic circle tight so that stuffing doesn’t escape from it.
Repeat rounds 1-6 for the second leg but don’t fasten off.
Body
Stuff as you go. Now we will begin joining the legs.
Round 7: Chain 2 and SC in the next unworked stitch of the first leg. Place a stitch marker in this stitch to mark the start of your round. SC in the remaining 5 stitches of the first leg until you reach the chain, SC in each of the 2 chains, SC in the 6 stitches of the next leg, and SC on the other side of each of the two chains until you reach your stitch marker. (16)
Round 8-9 (2 rounds): SC in each stitch around (16)
Change to shirt colour
Round 10:SC in each stitch in BLO (16)
Round 11-12 (2 rounds): SC in each stitch around (16)
Round 13: (2 SC, INV DEC) four times (12)
Round 14: (2 SC, INV DEC) three times (9)
Change to skin colour.
Round 15: (SC, INV DEC) three times in BLO (6)
Head
Round 16: INC in each stitch around (12)
Round 17: (SC, INC) six times (18)
Round 18: (2 SC, INC) six times (24)
Round 19-23 (5 rounds): SC in each stitch around (24)
If you’re using safety eyes, insert them between Rounds 20 and 21, four stitches apart. Embroider on the eyebrows for your doll.
Ensure that you have stuffed the body well, especially the neck. I use the back of a scissor to get the stuffing in but you can use anything small enough to really push the stuffing in to ensure that the neck is firm! Continue stuffing the head.
Round 24: (2 SC, INV DEC) six times (18)
Round 25: (SC, INV DEC) six times (12)
Ensure that you have stuffed the head well.
Round 26: INV DEC six times (6)
Fasten off and leave a long tail. Insert needle in front loop of each stitch and pull tight to close. Using the yarn tail, embroider the nose one row below the eyes.
Arms (make 2)
Do not stuff
Begin with skin colour.
Round 1: 4 SC into a magic circle (4)
Change to shirt colour
Round 2-6 (5 rounds): SC around (4)
Fasten off and leave a long tail for sewing. Sew onto the body between Round 13 and 14.
Ears (make 2)
Using skin colour yarn.
Round 1: 1 SC inside a magic circle
Fasten off and leave a long tail for sewing.
Tie
Using the tie colour
Row 1: Chain 6. Starting from the second chain from the hook, HDC, 3 sl st, SC (5)
Fasten off and leave a long tail for sewing. Sew onto the boy’s shirt.
Hair Cap
Note: Any of the hair caps of the Kozu Palm Pals amigurumi doll series will work for your doll so you can pick your favourite hairstyle.
Using hair colour yarn.
Round 1: 6 SC into a magic circle
Round 2: INC in each stitch around (12)
Round 3: (SC, INC) six times (18)
Round 4: (2 SC, INC) six times (24)
Round 5-7 (3 rounds): SC around (24)
Round 8: The hair cap instructions for this round can be confusing so I’m going to break them down into sections. Please note that the next section of bullet points are all for Round 8 of the hair cap:
- First we will begin by making the first of the three bangs in the front of the head: Chain 5, starting from the second chain on the hook, 4 SC back down the chain. SC to the next SC in the hair cap.
- 1 SC
- Now we will make the next two bangs: *Chain 5, starting from the second chain on the hook, 4 SC back down the chain. SC to the next SC in the hair cap. * Repeat the part between ** for a total of 2 times.
- 20 SC.
Slip stitch into the first stitch of this Round.
Fasten off, leaving a long tail for sewing.
Pin your hair cap onto your doll and sew it onto the head. Make sure you put a stitch into each of the strands of hair at the front of your doll’s head.
Sew the ears your dolls head, near the haircap, one row below the eyes of your doll. Embroider sideburns in front of the ears on your boy doll.
How to Crochet a Girl Graduation Doll
Legs
Begin with shoe colour.
Stuff legs lightly as you go.
Round 1: 6 SC into a magic circle (6)
Change to skin colour
Round 2: SC around in BLO (6)
Round 3-6 (4 rounds): SC around (6).
Fasten off. Make sure that you’ve pulled the magic circle tight so that stuffing doesn’t escape from it.
Repeat rounds 1-6 for the second leg but don’t fasten off.
Body
Stuff as you go. Now we will begin joining the legs.
Change to underwear colour.
Round 7: Chain 2 and SC in the next unworked stitch of the first leg. Place a stitch marker in this stitch to mark the start of your round. SC in the remaining 5 stitches of the first leg until you reach the chain, SC in each of the 2 chains, SC in the 6 stitches of the next leg, and SC on the other side of each of the two chains until you reach your stitch marker. (16)
Round 8: SC in each stitch around (16)
Round 9: SC in each stitch around (16)
Change to dress colour
Round 10:SC in each stitch (16)
Round 11: SC in each stitch in BLO (16)
Round 12: SC in each stitch around (16)
Round 13: (2 SC, INV DEC) four times (12)
Change to skin colour.
Round 14: (2 SC, INV DEC) three times in BLO (9)
Round 15: (SC, INV DEC) three times (6)
Head
Round 16: INC in each stitch around (12)
Round 17: (SC, INC) six times (18)
Round 18: (2 SC, INC) six times (24)
Round 19-23 (5 rounds): SC in each stitch around (24)
If you’re using safety eyes, insert them between Rounds 20 and 21, four stitches apart. Once you’re satisfied with the placement of the eyes, remove the eyes and embroider on the eyelashes. Reinsert the eyes and tightly insert the washer.
Ensure that you have stuffed the body well, especially the neck. I use the back of a scissor to get the stuffing in but you can use anything small enough to really push the stuffing in to ensure that the neck is firm! Continue stuffing the head.
Round 24: (2 SC, INV DEC) six times (18)
Round 25: (SC, INV DEC) six times (12)
Ensure that you have stuffed the head well.
Round 26: INV DEC six times (6)
Fasten off and leave a long tail. Insert needle in front loop of each stitch and pull tight to close. Using the yarn tail, embroider the nose one row below the eyes.
Skirt of the Dress
Turn your doll upside down to make the skirt. Attach the dress colour yarn to the back of the doll, in the unworked front loops from Round 11.
Round 1: (7SC, INC) twice (18)
Round 2: (5 SC, INC) three times (21)
Round 3-5 (3 rounds): SC around (21)
Fasten off and weave in the ends.
Arms (make 2)
Do not stuff
Begin with skin colour.
Round 1: 4 SC into a magic circle (4)
Change to the dress colour
Round 2-6 (5 rounds): SC around (4)
Fasten off and leave a long tail for sewing. Sew onto the body between Round 13 and 14.
Hair Cap
Note: Any of the hair caps of the Kozu Palm Pals amigurumi doll series will work for your doll so you can pick your favourite hairstyle!
Using hair colour yarn.
Round 1: 6 SC into a magic circle
Round 2: INC in each stitch around (12)
Round 3: (SC, INC) six times (18)
Round 4: (2 SC, INC) six times (24)
Round 5-8 (4 rounds): SC around (24)
Round 9: The hair cap instructions for this round can be confusing so I’m going to break them down into sections. Please note that the next section of bullet points are all for Round 9 of the hair cap:
- First we will begin by making the two long strands in the front of the head: [Chain 17, starting from the second chain on the hook, 16 SC back down the chain. Sl st to the next SC in the hair cap.] Repeat twice so that you have a total of two long strands.
- 7 SC
- Now we will make the hair on the back of the head: *Chain 8, starting from the second chain on the hook, 7 SC back down the chain. Sl st to the next SC in the hair cap. * Repeat the part between ** for a total of 8 times.
- 7 SC.
Slip stitch into the base of the first stitch of this Round.
Fasten off, leaving a long tail for sewing.
Pin your hair cap with the two long strands on the front of the head. Sew the haircap in place.
How to Crochet a Graduation Cap and Gown (Both Dolls)
Graduation Cap
Using the colour for the cap
Round 1: 4 SC into a magic circle (4)
Round 2: 3 SC in each stitch (12)
Round 3: SC, 3 SC in the next stitch, (2 SC, 3 SC in the next stitch) three times, SC (20)
Round 4: 2 SC, 3 SC in the next stitch, (4 SC, 3 SC in the next stitch) three times, 2 SC (28)
Round 5: 3 SC, 3 SC in the next stitch, (6 SC, 3 SC in the next stitch) three times, 3 SC (36)
Round 6: 3 SC, SC3TOG, (6 SC, SC3TOG) three times, 3 SC in BLO (28)
Round 7: 2 SC, SC3TOG, (4 SC, SC3TOG) three times, 2 SC (20)
Round 8: SC, SC3TOG, (2 SC, SC3TOG) three times, SC (12)
Round 9: 12 SC (12)
Fasten off and leave a long tail for sewing. Now we will make the tassle
Tassle
Using the tassle colour,
Chain 13 and fasten off.
Cut 2 stands of yarn, approximately 2 inches long. Latch them onto the end of the tassle and cut them down to size.
Sew the tassle onto the hat and the hat onto the hair cap.
Graduation Gown Gown
Using the colour for the gown
Note: The body of the gown is worked in rows and the turning chains at the start of each row do not count as stitches.
Row 1: Chain 15. Starting from the second chain from the hook, SC, 3 SC in the next stitch, 2 SC, 3 SC in the next stitch, 4 SC, 3 SC in the next stitch, 2 SC, 3 SC in the next stitch, SC. Turn. (22)
Row 2: Chain 1. 4 SC, Chain 4, Skip the next 4 stitches, 6 SC, Chain 4, Skip the next 4 stitches, 4 SC (14 SC and 8 Chains)
Row 3: Chain 2. 4 HDC; 4 HDC (one in each of the 4 chains from the previous row); 6 HDC, 4 HDC (one in each of the 4 chains from the previous row); 4 HDC. Turn. (22)
Row 4-7 (4 rows): Chain 2. HDC in each stitch (22)
Fasten off. Now we will make the sleeves.
Sleeves
Attach yarn to the first armhole of your graduation gown (in the chain space from Row 2).
The sleeves are worked in joined rounds.
Round 1: 10 SC around the armhole, evenly spaced. Sl st to the first SC. (10)
Round 2-3: Chain 1. SC in each stitch around (10). Sl st to the first SC of the round
Fasten off. Now repeat for the second sleeve. Weave in the ends.
Your graduation dolls are complete!
Frequently Asked Questions
How can I make customised graduation dolls to look like the recipient?
Because the graduation dolls are part of the Kozu Palm Pals series of crochet dolls, you can use the patterns for clothes for any of the other dolls in the series to make it match your recipient. Please note, however, that if you choose clothes from our crochet dress up dolls, you will need to see if the graduation gown fits over the outfit. If not, you can simply use a bigger hook in crocheting the graduation gown so that it fits.
You can also customise the colours to match the graduation regalia of the school that your recipient is graduation from. For Kozu’s doll, I crocheted him a green graduation cap and gown with a golden tassle because his school colours are green and gold. The possibilities are endless so have fun with it!
How can I crochet a bigger graduation doll?
To increase the size of your doll, you can use the same pattern with a thicker yarn and a larger hook. We have seen our Kozu Palm Pals crocheted using bulky yarn and they look super cute!
How long does it take to crochet these graduation dolls?
These graduation dolls can be crocheted in approximately 2 to 3 hours, depending on your personal speed. They whip up really fast and are perfect as a last minute crochet graduation gift idea!
How can I crochet graduation cake toppers?
These dolls would make adorable crochet cake toppers for a graduation cake. Simply insert a wooden skewer into the bottom of your doll and insert it into the cake. The best part? Once the graduation party is over, you can remove the skewers and gift it to the graduate as a memorable keepsake.
