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Cherry Babies Amigurumi Pattern

Cherry Babies Amigurumi Pattern
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2-4 Hours Time Needed
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Intermediate Level

Ideal for those with basic crochet experience, featuring slightly more advanced stitches and techniques to expand your skills.

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Bite-Sized Project

Finishes in 2-4 hours—perfect for an afternoon of creative relaxation.

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Tiny Treasure

Small, sweet, and gift-worthy creations that fit perfectly in the palm of your hand with detailed charm.

About This Cherry Babies Amigurumi Pattern

This pattern creates two tiny cherry-babies with a removable cap and a decorative leaf-cradle. You will crochet heads, caps, small bodies with arms, and two leaves to assemble a sweet mini scene. The pattern uses cotton yarn and a small hook to achieve neat, compact stitches.

Cherry Babies Amigurumi Pattern crochet pattern - detailed view of completed project

Detailed round-by-round instructions and photos guide assembly and finishing steps. Ideal for making miniature gifts, ornaments, or a tiny decorative mobile.

Why You'll Love This Cherry Babies Amigurumi Pattern

I absolutely love this pattern because it turns simple stitches into a delightful miniature scene that feels magical to assemble. I enjoy how the tiny faces and little caps bring so much personality to the dolls. I also love that the leaf cradle is worked flat and then shaped, which creates a beautiful textured backdrop for the babies. It is satisfying to create a finished set quickly and gift something handmade and unique.

Cherry Babies Amigurumi Pattern step 1 - construction progress Cherry Babies Amigurumi Pattern step 2 - assembly progress Cherry Babies Amigurumi Pattern step 3 - details and accessories Cherry Babies Amigurumi Pattern step 4 - final assembly and finishing

Switch Things Up

I love changing up colors to give each cherry baby a different personality; try pastel pinks, a soft peach, or deep burgundy to change the mood.

I sometimes use sport weight yarn and a 1.75 mm hook to make a slightly smaller, more delicate version that fits on a keyring.

To make a chunkier, cuddly version, use a bulky cotton blend and a 3.5 mm hook for a plumper appearance and easier stitching for beginners.

I enjoy adding tiny felt accessories like a little bow or a paper crown glued to the cap for a playful touch.

If you want posable petioles, you can use a slightly thicker wire and wrap it with yarn but leave a short exposed wire end protected by tape for flexibility.

I sometimes embroider different facial expressions by changing eye placement or stitch length to create sleepy, surprised, or smiling faces.

Try making a matching set with different leaf colors to represent seasons: bright green for spring, yellow-green for summer, and warm brown tones for autumn.

I like to make tiny accessories like a crocheted blanket or a miniature basket so the babies can be displayed in different settings.

For gift tags, attach a loop of metallic thread to the leaf tip so the whole set can hang as an ornament or package topper.

When combining multiple sets, experiment with different spacing of petioles and lengths to create clusters that look like natural cherry bunches.

Common Mistakes & How to Fix Them

✗ Skipping the instruction to pull the initial thread end between rounds 2 and 3 can make counting rounds confusing; pull the initial tail out early to use as a marker and to count rounds easily. ✗ Forgetting to stuff the head before closing completely causes misshapen heads; stuff firmly after round R9 and before finishing the closing steps to get a smooth shape. ✗ Not making clean fastening off on small pieces leads to bulky visible tails; follow the clean fastening off instructions by inserting the yarn into the first stitch after your last stitch and back into the last stitch to hide ends neatly. ✗ Joining arms to the body incorrectly will misalign stitches and create gaps; place the arms closely, join with the two inner connecting sc as described, and then continue to work round 11 to lock them in place.

Cherry Babies Amigurumi Pattern

Make two tiny cherry-baby amigurumi tucked into a leaf cradle with clear step-by-step rounds and helpful photos. This pattern includes full instructions for heads, caps, bodies, arms, leaves, and assembly so you can create a charming handmade gift. Perfect for making small decorative toys or sweet keychain-sized keepsakes.

Intermediate 2-4 Hours

Materials Needed for Cherry Babies Amigurumi Pattern

— Main Fabric

  • 01
    Cotton yarn Alpina Lily (50 g / 175 m) - Beige (for face) - small amount
  • 02
    Cotton yarn Alpina Lily (50 g / 175 m) - Crimson (for cap and head cover) - small amount
  • 03
    Cotton yarn NAKO Mia (50 g / 170 m) - Green (for body, arms, leaves, cradle) - approximately 50-100 g depending on leaves

— Tools Required

  • 01
    Crochet hook size 2.0 mm
  • 02
    Wire 0.5 mm (thin wire for petiole)
  • 03
    Thin black thread (for embroidering eyes)
  • 04
    Sewing needles and pins
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    Tapestry needle (yarn needle) for weaving and assembly
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    Scissors
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    Any synthetic or organic filler for stuffing
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    Thick needle for fixing head and pulling petiole tails

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— Head :

Round 1 :

6 sc into magic ring (6 sts)

Round 2 :

(inc) X 6 (12 sts)

Round 3 :

(1 sc, inc) X 6 (18 sts)

Round 4-7 :

(4 rounds): sc around (18 sts)

Round 8 :

(1 sc, dec) X 6 (12 sts)

Round 9 :

(dec) X 6 (12 sts)

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After R9 stuff the head tightly. Leave a tail.

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In remaining 6 sc sew 6 stitches from inside to outside in sequence, pull the yarn, secure and hide it.

— Cap :

Round 1 :

6 sc into magic ring (6 sts)

Round 2 :

(inc) X 6 (12 sts)

Round 3 :

(1 sc, inc) X 6 (18 sts)

Round 4-8 :

(5 rounds): sc around (18 sts)

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Put the cap on the doll's head and work

Round 10 :

(1 sc, dec) X 6 (12 sts)

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Make 1 sc and 1 sl st more. Leave a tail.

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Make clean fastening off.

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How to do clean fastening off: insert the yarn into the first stitch after your last stitch. Insert the yarn back into this last stitch and repeat. Secure the yarn and hide inside.

— Body&Arms :

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Green yarn. First make 2 arms:

Round 1 :

6 sc into magic ring (6 sts)

Round 2-4 :

(3 rounds): sc around (6 sts)

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Make 1 sl st more and leave short tail.

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Body:

Round 1 :

6 sc into magic ring (6 sts)

Round 2 :

(inc) X 6 (12 sts)

Round 3 :

(inc, 5 sc) X 2 (14 sts)

Round 4 :

(inc, 6 sc) X 2 (16 sts)

Round 5 :

(inc, 7 sc) X 2 (18 sts)

Round 6-7 :

(2 rounds): sc around (18 sts)

Round 8 :

(dec, 7 sc) X 2 (16 sts)

Round 9 :

(dec, 6 sc) X 2 (14 sts)

Round 10 :

(dec, 5 sc) X 2 (12 sts)

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Now place the one arm closely the body and join them together with 2 sc (these inner connecting sc will not be used in the next round). For the arm use its last stitch and the next following stitch. Work 4 sc and join the second arm with 2 sc, when 4 sc again. Now you have round 11.

Round 11 :

4 sc (arm), 4 sc (body), 4 sc (arm), 4 sc (body) (16 sts)

Round 12 :

(dec) X 8 (8 sts)

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Make 1 sl st more and leave long tail for stitching.

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Make clean fastening off. Lightly stuff the body (not the arms).

— Doll Assembly :

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Place the head onto the body, pin it. It is comfortably to fix the head with a large thick needle, piercing the head and body through.

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Carefully sew on the head with small stitches.

— Face :

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Embroider the eyes a few stitches with thin black thread, as shown further in the photos.

— LEAF-CRADLE :

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consist of 2 leaves - big and small worked back-and-forth in rows. Be sure to check the chart as you work, as some rows start and end differently! Green yarn

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Big leaf:

Row 1 :

2 ch, 1 dc, 1 sc into magic ring (4 sts), turn...

Row 2 :

2 ch, (1 sc,1 dc,1 sc in one loop - hereafter I refer to this set as "sds" for convenience, but it counts as three stitches!), 1 sc (6 sts)

Row 3 :

2 ch, 1 sc, sds, 2 sc (8 sts)

Row 4 :

2 ch, 2 sc, sds, 3 sc (10 sts)

Row 5 :

2 ch, 3 sc, sds, 4 sc (12 sts)

Row 6 :

2 ch, 4 sc, sds, 5 sc (14 sts)

Row 7 :

2 ch, 5 sc, sds, 6 sc (16 sts)

Row 8 :

2 ch, 6 sc, sds, 7 sc (18 sts)

Row 9 :

2 ch, 7 sc, sds, 8 sc (20 sts)

Row 10 :

2 ch, 8 sc, sds, 9 sc (22 sts)

Row 11 :

2 ch, 9 sc, sds, 10 sc (24 sts)

Row 12 :

2 ch, 10 sc, sds, 10 sc (25 sts)

Row 13 :

2 ch, 10 sc, sds, 11 sc (26 sts)

Row 14 :

2 ch, 11 sc, sds, 11 sc (27 sts)

Row 15 :

2 ch, 11 sc, sds, 12 sc (28 sts)

Row 16 :

2 ch, 12 sc, sds, 12 sc (29 sts)

Row 17 :

2 ch, 12 sc, sds, 13 sc (30 sts)

Row 18 :

2 ch, 13 sc, sds, 13 sc (31 sts)

Row 19-26 :

(8 rows): 2 ch, 13 sc, sds, 12 sc, 1 dec (31 sts)

Row 27 :

2 ch, 13 sc, sds, 10 sc, 2 dec (30 sts)

Row 28 :

2 ch, 12 sc, sds, 10 sc, 2 dec (29 sts)

Row 29 :

2 ch, 12 sc, sds, 7 sc, 3 dec (27 sts)

Row 30 :

2 ch, 10 sc, sds, 7 sc, 3 dec (25 sts)

Row 31 :

2 ch, 10 sc, sds, 3 sc, 4 dec (22 sts)

Row 32 :

2 ch, 7 sc, sds, 3 sc, 4 dec (19 sts)

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Make 1 ch more and leave short tail.

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At the finish end of the leaf attach a new yarn (blue arrow in the photo) and work the leaf in a round with a edging of sc. To keep the edge of the leaf from pulling down, sometimes make increases. At the sharp end of the leaf make a prong - in one loop: sc, ch, dc, ch, sc.

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I got 100 sc -50 sc on one side of leaf and 50 sc on the other. Then work chain of 15, connect the round with sl st and make 2 sl st more. Leave a tail and make clean fastening off, hide the tail inside.

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Small leaf:

Row 1 :

2 ch, 1 sc, 1 dc, 2 sc into magic ring (6 sts), turn...

Row 2 :

2 ch, 1 sc, sds, 2 sc (8 sts)

Row 3 :

2 ch, 2 sc, sds, 3 sc (10 sts)

Row 4 :

2 ch, 3 sc, sds, 4 sc (12 sts)

Row 5 :

2 ch, 4 sc, sds, 5 sc (14 sts)

Row 6 :

2 ch, 5 sc, sds, 6 sc (16 sts)

Row 7 :

2 ch, 6 sc, sds, 7 sc (18 sts)

Row 8 :

2 ch, 7 sc, sds, 8 sc (20 sts)

Row 9 :

2 ch, 8 sc, sds, 9 sc (22 sts)

Row 10 :

2 ch, 9 sc, sds, 10 sc (24 sts)

Row 11 :

2 ch, 10 sc, sds, 11 sc (26 sts)

Row 12 :

2 ch, 11 sc, sds, 12 sc (28 sts)

Row 13 :

2 ch, 10 sc, dec (13 sts)

Row 14 :

2 ch, 11 sc (13 sts)

Row 15 :

2 ch, 8 sc, dec (11 sts)

Row 16 :

2 ch, 8 sc (10 sts)

Row 17 :

2 ch, 5 sc, dec (8 sts)

Row 18 :

2 ch, 5 sc (7 sts)

Row 19 :

2 ch, 2 sc, dec (5 sts)

Row 20 :

2 ch, dec (3 sts)

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Make 1 ch more and leave short tail.

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Now attach a new yarn according to the chart (blue arrow) and work second side:

Row 13 :

2 ch, 11 sc (13 sts)

Row 14 :

2 ch, 11 sc (13 sts)

Row 15 :

2 ch, dec, 8 sc (11 sts)

Row 16 :

2 ch, 8 sc (10 sts)

Row 17 :

2 ch, dec, 5 sc (8 sts)

Row 18 :

2 ch, 5 sc (7 sts)

Row 19 :

2 ch, dec, 2 sc (5 sts)

Row 20 :

2 ch, dec (3 sts)

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Make 1 ch more and leave short tail.

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Work the leaf in a round with a edging of sc (I got 72 sc). Leave long tail for stitching.

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Iron the leaves gently through a damp cloth.

— CRADLY ASSEMBLY :

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Put a smaller leaf on top of a large, pin it. Carefully sew them together with small stitches over the edge. At the very beginning and finish, sew firmly, making several stitches on top of each other. Then make a neat seam exactly in the middle of the leaf.

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Now make a petiole for the cherry berry.

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Take a 15 cm long piece of thin wire. Hook the wire on one sc on the top of the doll, twist it tightly. Bend the tail of the wire to the necessary distance (I made a 5 cm long petiole). Cut off the excess from the wire tail, so that there was 5 mm. Take a piece of green yarn 80 cm long, pull it along the wire, hook on the wire tail and start wrapping the petiole, very tightly, gently, coil by coil. (As you get closer to the cap, it will become harder to wrap, you have to try) After wrapping the entire petiole, tie both tails of yarn together very tightly.

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Insert the tails into a thick needle, stick it near the petiole and pull it out the doll's neck. Pull the yarn. To be sure, once again pull the needle out near the petiole and back - at the doll's neck. Cut the end of the yarn.

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When both dolls are ready, connect their petioles in the same way, wrapping them together at a distance of 5 mm. Insert the tails of the yarn into the needle and pull it through the winding, cut it off.

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Your cute cherry babies are ready!

Assembly Instructions

  • Place the head onto the body, pin it and fix with a large thick needle by piercing head and body through; then carefully sew the head with small stitches.
  • Attach arms by aligning the arm's last stitch with the body and join them together with 2 sc; after joining both arms continue with round 11 to secure placement.
  • Sew the small leaf on top of the large leaf, stitch carefully along the edge and make a neat seam exactly in the middle for the leaf cradle.
  • Make the petiole by inserting a 15 cm thin wire into the top sc of the doll, wrap the wire tightly with green yarn coil-by-coil to the desired length, then insert yarn tails into a thick needle and thread through the doll's neck to secure.
  • Connect both dolls' petioles by wrapping their wire tails together at about 5 mm distance and pulling the yarn tails through the winding before trimming.

Important Notes

  • 💡Be sure to check the crochet charts as you work because some rows start and end differently, so verify the start/end points on each row.
  • 💡For circles, pull the initial thread end out between rounds 2 and 3 to use as a round marker for easier counting.
  • 💡When making decreases, follow the described decrease method: insert hook into next stitch, pull loop through, repeat into next stitch and pull through all loops to complete a decrease.

These tiny Cherry Babies are a joyful little project that make perfect gifts or ornaments. They combine small, precise stitching with sweet assembly to create a charming mini scene. Make a pair for a friend or keep them as a tiny collectible on your shelf. 🧶🍒

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FAQs

What size will the finished piece be?

If you use the recommended cotton yarn and 2.0 mm hook, each doll measures approximately 5.4 cm (2.1 in) tall and the leaf-cradle is about 13 cm (5.1 in) high as noted in the instructions.

Can I use different yarn weights for this pattern?

Yes, different yarn weights will change the final size. Use a larger hook for bulkier yarn to get a larger, chunkier result, or a finer yarn and smaller hook for a tinier version.

Do I need prior crochet experience for this pattern?

This pattern is rated intermediate, so basic knowledge of single crochet, increases, decreases, and working in rounds and rows is recommended.

How long does this project typically take to complete?

Most crafters finish this bite-sized project in about 2-4 hours, depending on experience and whether you make both dolls plus the leaf cradle.

How do I keep the leaf edge from pulling down?

Work an edging round of single crochet around the leaf and add occasional increases at sections that need more support to keep the edge flat, as described in the pattern.