We have the cutest new addition to our Kozu Palm Pets series of small crochet animals: a small crochet frog! While frogging can be a crocheters nightmare, a small crochet frog is just the perfect antidote. This small crochet frog pattern is really easy to crochet. It has the same body as all of the other small animals in the series but with the addition of the cutest eyes on the top of his head! I love his goofy-cute look!
The entire series has been doing really (like really!) well at our craft markets and this little frog has been super popular. We always also like to make the animals in the series with super bulky yarn for a quick large crochet frog. This frog turns out to be 11 inches tall with super bulky yarn and is just adorable!
So let’s not waste time and let’s crochet a small frog together!
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Crochet Frog Free Pattern
This pattern is for your personal use only and cannot be sold, copied, or reproduced in any way without permission from the designers. You may sell finished objects made from this pattern in small quantities but please give credit to chaicoffeecrochet.com as the pattern designer.
Tools & Supplies You Need to Crochet a Frog
- Yarn: You need a very small amount of yarn in green and white
- 2.75 mm crochet hook
- Tapestry needle
- Stitch markers
- Polyfill stuffing
- Two 7 mm safety eyes
- Embroidery thread in pink
Stitches & Abbreviations Used
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
Small Frog Crochet Pattern Notes
- Difficulty level: Easy
- Finished size: Approximately 4 inches tall, using DK yarn.
- This pattern is written in US terms
- This pattern is crocheted in continuous rounds unless specified otherwise. Use a stitch marker on the first stitch of every round so that you don’t lose track of the start of your round.
- This frog was made using DK yarn. However, you may use any yarn with the relevant hook (usually, for amigurumi you go down 2-3 sizes from that recommended on the yarn label).
- This is a low-sew amigurumi pattern. The legs, body, arms, and head are all crocheted in. You must first crochet the arms before continuing onto the body.
- Sizing adaptations: You can make the frog in multiple sizes. We made it using DK yarn and a 3.25mm hook and it turned out to be approximately 4 inches tall. In chenille yarn, it was approximately 6 inches tall. And with super bulky blanket yarn with a 7 mm hook, it was approximately 11.5 inches tall.
How to Crochet a Small Frog
Arms (make 2)
Do not stuff
Begin with green
Round 1: 6 SC into a magic circle (6)
Round 2-6 (5 rounds): SC around (6)
Now pinch the two ends of the arm together, chain one, and 3 SC through both sides to close the arm. See tutorial at the end of the pattern. Fasten off.
Legs
Using gree
Stuff the legs lightly as you go.
Round 1: 4 SC into a magic circle (4)
Round 2: INC in each stitch (8)
Round 3: SC around in BLO (8)
Round 4: SC around (8)
Fasten off. Make sure that you’ve pulled the magic circle tight so that stuffing doesn’t escape from it.
Repeat rounds 1-4 for the second leg but don’t fasten off.
Body
Stuff as you go. Now we will begin joining the legs (see the end of the pattern for a photo tutorial)
Round 5: 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 7 stitches of the first leg until you reach the chain, SC in each of the 2 chains, SC in the 8 stitches of the next leg, and SC on the other side of each of the two chains until you reach your stitch marker. (20)
Round 6-10 (5 rounds): SC around (20)
Round 11:(8 SC, INV DEC) twice (18)
Round 12: SC around (18)
During the next round (Round 13), you will crochet the arms into your frog on either side of the body by crocheting through both the body and the arm. See the tutorial at the end of the pattern.
Round 13: SC around (18)
Round 14: (SC, INV DEC) six times (12)
Head
Round 15: (SC, INC) six times (18)
Round 16: (2 SC, INC) six times (24)
Round 17: (3 SC, INC) six times (30)
Round 18-24 (7 rounds): SC around (30)
Round 25: (3 SC, INV DEC) six times (24)
Round 26: (2 SC, INV DEC) six times (18)
Round 27: (SC, INV DEC) six times (12)
Ensure that you have stuffed the head well.
Round 28: INV DEC six times (6)
Fasten off and leave a tail. Insert the needle in front loop of each stitch and pull tight to close.
Eyes (make 2)
Begin with white
Stuff lightly as you go
Round 1: 5 SC into a magic circle (5)
Round 2: INC in each stitch (10)
Insert they safety eyes in the center of the magic circle.
Change to green
Round 3: SC around in BLO (10)
Round 4-5 (2 rounds): SC around (10)
Round 6: INV DEC five times
Fasten off and leave a long tail for sewing. Insert needle in front loop of each stitch and pull tight to close.
Sew the eyes on the top of your frog’s head between Rounds 4 and 6 from the top of the head.
Embroider the mouth between Rounds 19 and 20, 7 stitches wide. Embroider on the cheeks one Round above the top of the mouth on either side.
Your small crochet frog is now complete!
How do you crochet a large frog?
If you would like to crochet a large frog, you can use a thicker yarn and this little guy will magically grow in size (haha!). No but seriously, with super bulky blanket yarn, he turns out to be 11 inches tall – making the cutest large frog!
If you would prefer to use DK yarn or worsted weight yarn for a large frog, try Flippy the frog, a super easy crochet frog pattern!
What is frogging in crochet?
While crocheting a frog is one of the cutest things in crochet, frogging in crochet is a nightmare for crocheters! Frogging means opening up your work by pulling on it to redo parts of it. It’s called frogging because you rip-it, rip-it, rip-it (haha!). As a designer, trust me, frogging is something I do often and also vehemently dislike! lol