Amigurumi Santa Claus Free Pattern
Ho ho ho! Meet our small crochet Santa doll! He’s joined our Kozu Palm Pals mini dolls Christmas series and he is just so cute! We first crocheted two elves for Christmas (Elliot the amigurumi elf boy and Ella the crochet elf girl). But we realized that we had to crochet a Santa amigurumi doll to complete the set. What is Christmas without a jolly ol’ Santa?
This mini crochet Santa free pattern would be a cute crochet stocking stuffer, small crochet Christmas gift, or even a crochet ornament (who wouldn’t want a cute crochet Santa ornament on their Christmas tree!). In fact, right now we are scrambling to crochet Santas for Kozu’s teachers before school lets out for the winter tomorrow!
About this Crochet Santa Pattern
Like all the other dolls in the series, this mini crochet Santa doll is approximately 4.5 inches tall. I really love this size because it’s versatile – it can be used to play with (it’s the perfect size for pretend play for little hands) or as part of your holiday decor.
The Santa’s head and body are all crocheted in one piece. You just have to sew on the beard, the pompom, and the arms.
It takes just a couple hours to make so it’s a great quick Christmas crochet project – while watching TV! You could also make the set by making all three Christmas mini dolls from our Kozu Palm Pals series.
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Amigurumi Santa Claus 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 & Supplies You Will Need
- Yarn: You need a small amount of DK yarn in red, skin colour, white, and black.
- 2.5 mm crochet hook
- Tapestry needle
- Stitch marker
- Polyfill stuffing
- Two 6 mm safety eyes
- Embroidery thread: A small amount of yellow for belt buckle and light pink for lips
- One white pompom (approx. 1.5 cm)
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
DEC: decrease
INC: two SC in the same stitch
BLO: back loops only
HDC: half double crochet
Finished size: Approximately 4.5 inches tall.
How to crochet a Santa Claus Amigurumi
Legs
Begin with black
Stuff legs lightly as you go.
Round 1: 6 SC into a magic circle (6)
Round 2: SC around (6)
Change to red
Round 3: SC around in BLO (6)
Round 4-6 (3 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 around (16)
Change to black
Round 10: SC around in BLO (16)
Change to red
Round 11: SC around in BLO (16)
Round 12: 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 (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, approximately four stitches apart.
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 it well.
Round 26: INV DEC six times (6)
Fasten off and leave a long tail to embroider the nose. Insert needle in front loop of each stitch and pull tight to close. Embroider on the nose one row below the eyes by making horizontal passes over two stitches.
Arms
Do not stuff
Begin with skin colour.
Round 1: 4 SC into a magic circle (4)
Change to red.
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.
Bottom of Santa’s jacket
Use red yarn
Attach to the unworked front loops from Round 9.
Round 1: SC around (16)
Change to white
Round 2: SC around (16)
Fasten off and weave in the ends. Use yellow embroidery thread to embroider on the belt buckle.
Ears (make 2)
Round 1: Make a magic circle and SC, inside the circle.
Fasten off and leave a long tail for sewing. Sew onto the head approximately 3 stitches away from the eyes.
How to Crochet Santa’s Beard
The beard will be crocheted in rows.
Using white.
Row 1: Chain 13. Starting from the second chain from the hook, 4 SC, Ch 4, Skip the next 4 stitches, 4 SC (8 SC plus 4 ch)
Row 2: Chain 1, turn. 2 DEC, 4 SC in each of the chains from the previous round, 2 DEC (8)
Row 3: Chain 1, turn. DEC, 4 SC, DEC (6)
Fasten off and leave a long tail for sewing. Sew the beard onto the face of your doll. Use the tail to make a couple of long passes for sideburns for your Santa. Embroider on the eyebrows and mouth.
Santa Hat
Use red yarn.
Round 1: 6 SC into a magic circle (6)
Round 2: SC in each stitch around (6)
Round 3: 5 SC, INC (7)
Round 4: SC in each stitch around (7)
Round 5: 3 SC, INC, 3 SC (8)
Round 6: SC in each stitch around (8)
Round 7: 7 SC, INC (9)
Round 8: SC in each stitch around (9)
Round 9: 4 SC, INC, 4 SC (10)
Round 10: SC in each stitch around (10)
Round 11: (4 SC, INC) twice (12)
Round 12: SC around (12)
Round 13: (SC, INC) six times (18)
Round 14: SC in each stitch around (18)
Round 15: (2 SC, INC) six times (24)
R ound 16: SC around (24)
Round 17: (3 SC, INC) six times (30)
Round 18-21 (4 rounds): SC around (30)
Change to white. Leave a long tail in red to sew the hat onto the head.
Round 22: SC around and sl st to the first SC of the round to join. Chain 1 (30)
Round 23: HDC around and sl st to the first HDC of the round to join (30)
Fasten off and flip the last row up. Put a couple stitches with white yarn to ensure that it stays up. Weave in the ends.
Sew on a small white pompom to the end of the hat and sew the hat onto the head of your Santa doll. Fold the hat down to one side of the head and put one stitch using red to hold it in place.
Your small crochet Santa doll is now complete!
If you enjoyed this pattern, here are some other free patterns that you may enjoy:
Ella the mini crochet elf girl doll
Elliot the mini amigurumi elf boy doll
Kozu Palm Pals mini crochet dolls
Bax the Christmas Crochet Bear
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