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Penguin Amigurumi Pattern

Penguin Amigurumi Pattern
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5-7 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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Weekend Treat

Takes 5-7 hours, making it an enjoyable project to finish over a couple of days.

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Holiday Cheer

Festive fun for the season, bringing handmade magic to celebrations and creating new family traditions.

About This Penguin Amigurumi Pattern

This pattern creates a charming little Penguin with a transparent ornament belly filled with festive fillers — perfect for holiday displays or thoughtful handmade gifts. The design includes separate crocheted elements: head (two-tone), wings, feet, tail, headphones and a striped scarf. Detailed rounds and clear assembly photos help you place parts precisely and finish with a tidy, professional look.

Penguin Amigurumi Pattern crochet pattern - detailed view of completed project

The pattern uses fine cotton yarn and a 2.0 mm hook for a neat, dense fabric that fits the 80 mm ornament. Step-by-step instructions and abbreviation notes are included for clarity.

Why You'll Love This Penguin Amigurumi Pattern

I absolutely love this pattern because it combines amigurumi techniques with a playful holiday twist — a crocheted penguin that shows off a clear ornament belly. I enjoyed designing the two-part head so you can create the classic penguin face with precise contrast between white and black. I also love how the headphones and scarf give the toy so much personality and seasonal charm. This project is satisfying to sew together and makes a delightful handmade decoration or gift.

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

Switch Things Up

I love customizing this Penguin by changing colors — try pastel blues and pinks for a sweet winter version or bright neon accents for a playful take.

I sometimes swap the 80 mm ornament for a slightly larger or smaller clear globe; adjust your stitch density or hook size so the crochet cover fits snugly.

I often embroider different eye shapes to give the penguin varied expressions — open eyes, sleepy half-closed eyes, or cheerful dots all change the personality.

For a plusher look, use a thicker cotton or a DK weight yarn and a larger hook; this makes a chunkier, cuddlier friend but changes the final scale.

If you want a keychain version, use finer yarn and a smaller hook and replace the ornament with a small wooden or plastic sphere, and add a loop at the top.

I like to add tiny accessories like a crochet hat, mittens, or a mini gift for the penguin to hold to make a themed gift set.

You can replace the bells on the scarf with small pom-poms, beads, or tiny jingle bells for different textures and sounds.

Try embroidering snowflakes or initials on the back of the ornament cover for personalization and a special finishing touch.

I sometimes add a small wire inside the wings or scarf to allow slight posing — just wrap wire in yarn to avoid sharp edges and sew it inside securely.

For a completely different effect, make a set of penguins in graduated sizes and display them together as a holiday family; change color schemes for each to show personality variations.

Common Mistakes & How to Fix Them

✗ Skipping a gauge swatch leads to a mismatched fit around the ornament; crochet the sample and compare density, then switch hook or yarn if needed. ✗ Not changing colors at the correct stitch will leave an uneven border on the belly; follow the round instructions and change color exactly where indicated and secure ends neatly. ✗ Understuffing or overstuffing small pieces causes misshapen parts; stuff feet and head gradually and evenly to keep shapes consistent and natural. ✗ Failing to pin parts before sewing results in asymmetrical placement; use pins to mark wings, tail, and legs and check symmetry before stitching them permanently. ✗ Forgetting to leave long sewing tails makes assembly difficult; always fasten off leaving a long tip for sewing each part securely.

Penguin Amigurumi Pattern

Make a festive Penguin amigurumi with a clear fillable ornament belly — a charming holiday project that doubles as decor or a gift. You will crochet small, detailed pieces and assemble them around an 80 mm clear ornament for a unique transparent body. The pattern guides you through head, wings, feet, tail, headphones and a scarf with step-by-step rounds and helpful photos.

Intermediate 5-7 Hours

Materials Needed for Penguin Amigurumi Pattern

— Main Fabric

  • 01
    Friends Cotton 8/4 - 100% cotton, 50g/160m: red (color 41) - 1 pc
  • 02
    Friends Cotton 8/4 - 100% cotton, 50g/160m: black (color 124) - 1 pc
  • 03
    Cotton King 8/4 - 100% cotton, 50g/170m: green (color 25) - 1 pc
  • 04
    Cotton King 8/4 - 100% cotton, 50g/170m: white (color 01) - 1 pc
  • 05
    Cotton King 8/4 - 100% cotton, 50g/170m: orange (color 14) - 1 pc
  • 06
    Clear plastic fillable ornament ball 80 mm (1 pc) for the penguin body
  • 07
    Any sequins, tinsel or small Christmas fillers to your liking (small amount)
  • 08
    Fiberfill / toy stuffing (small amounts for head, feet, headphones)

— Tools Required

  • 01
    Crochet hook size 2.0 mm
  • 02
    Stitching needle (darning/yarn needle) for sewing parts
  • 03
    Stitch markers for marking rounds
  • 04
    Pins for temporary fixation and positioning of parts
  • 05
    Scissors
  • 06
    Black thread floss for embroidery eyes
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    Optional small bells for scarf decoration
  • 08
    Clear plastic fillable ornament ball 80 mm

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— Pattern Instructions :

Info :

When using the original yarn and hook number, the Penguin size is 14cm. Crocheting density of 5 cm - 16 sc for 18 rows. It is important to crochet a sample before you start crocheting a toy because it affects the density of the fit of the crocheted detail to the ball. If your density differs, try changing the hook number or choosing a different yarn.

Infos :

Original materials: 1) Yarn: Friends Cotton 8/4 - 100% cotton, 50g/160m: red (color 41) - 1 pc, black (color 124) - 1 pc. Cotton King 8/4 - 100% cotton, 50g/170m: green (color 25) - 1 pc, white (color 01) - 1 pc, orange (color 14) - 1 pc. 2) Hook 2.0 mm. 3) Stitching needle. 4) Fiberfill / toy stuffing. 5) Clear plastic fillable ornament ball 80 mm. 6) Any sequins and other Christmas fillers to your liking. 7) Stitch markers and pins for sewing (for temporary fixation of parts). 8) Thread floss black for embroidery eyes. 9) Bells for scarf (optional).

— Body :

Info :

The yarn is black. We crochet the shape of a hemisphere, into which we will later insert the Christmas tree plastic ball.

Round 1 :

6 sc in the amigurumi ring

Round 2 :

6 inc (12)

Round 3 :

(1 sc, inc) x 6 (18)

Round 4 :

1 sc, (inc, 2 sc) x 5, inc, 1 sc (24)

Round 5 :

(3 sc, inc) x 6 (30)

Round 6 :

2 sc, (inc, 4 sc) x 5, inc, 2 sc (36)

Round 7 :

(5 sc, inc) x 6 (42)

Round 8 :

3 sc, (inc, 6 sc) x 5, inc, 3 sc (48)

Round 9 :

(7 sc, inc) x 6 (54)

Round 10 :

4 sc, (inc, 8 sc) x 5, inc, 4 sc (60)

Round 11 :

60 sc

Round 12 :

(9 sc, inc) x 6 (66)

Round 13 :

5 sc, (inc, 10 sc) x 5, inc, 5 sc (72)

Round 14-23 :

72 sc (10 rounds) (picture 1)

Round 24 :

Crocheting a chain of 5 ch and attach it to the main fabric, skipping 3 sc, we crochet another 69 sc to the end of the round (74) (pictures 2-3)

Round 25 :

74 sc

Info :

Change the color to white, cut the black yarn (picture 4-5)

Round 26-28 :

74 sc

Info :

We finish crocheting sl st, fix the thread, and cut it, leaving a long tip for sewing the head to the body (picture 6).

— Wings (make 2) :

Info :

The yarn is black.

Round 1 :

6 sc in the amigurumi ring

Round 2 :

6 inc (12)

Round 3-5 :

12 sc

Round 6 :

(1 sc, inc) x 6 (18)

Round 7-9 :

18 sc

Round 10 :

(2 sc, inc) x 6 (24)

Round 11-13 :

24 sc

Round 14 :

(2 sc, dec) x 6 (18)

Round 15-21 :

18 sc (7 rounds)

Round 22 :

(1 sc, dec) x 6 (12)

Round 23-24 :

12 sc

Info :

Fold the wing in half and close the hole with a string of 6 sc (pictures 2-4). Fix the thread and cut it, leaving a long tip for sewing the wings to the body.

— Feet (make 2) :

Info :

The yarn is orange. In the course of crocheting, slightly fill with fiberfill. We crochet in a circle around the chain with ch.

Round 1 :

double chain 3 7 ch

Round 2 :

starting with the second loop from the hook, 5 sc, inc of 3 sc, 5 sc, inc of 3 sc (16) (picture 5)

Round 3-6 :

16 sc (4 rounds)

Round 7 :

(6 sc, dec) x 2 (14)

Round 8-10 :

14 sc

Round 11 :

(5 sc, dec) x 2 (12)

Round 12 :

12 sc

Round 13 :

6 dec

Info :

We tighten the hole and hide the thread.

— Tail :

Info :

Black yarn.

Round 1 :

6 sc in the amigurumi ring

Round 2 :

(1 sc, inc) x 3 (9)

Round 3 :

(2 sc, inc) x 3 (12)

Round 4 :

12 sc

Round 5 :

(3 sc, inc) x 3 (15)

Info :

We crochet another sl st, fix the thread, and cut it, leaving a long tip for sewing.

— Head :

Info :

It will consist of two elements, white and black.

First element :

The yarn is white. In the course of crocheting, fill with fiberfill.

Round 1 :

6 sc in the amigurumi ring

Round 2 :

6 inc (12)

Round 3 :

(1 sc, inc) x 6 (18)

Round 4 :

1 sc, (inc, 2 sc) x 5, inc, 1 sc (24)

Round 5 :

(3 sc, inc) x 6 (30)

Round 6 :

2 sc, (inc, 4 sc) x 5, inc, 2 sc (36)

Round 7 :

(5 sc, inc) x 6 (42)

Round 8 :

3 sc, (inc, 6 sc) x 5, inc, 3 sc (48)

Round 9 :

(7 sc, inc) x 6 (54)

Round 10-19 :

54 sc (10 rounds)

Round 20 :

(7 sc, dec) x 6 (48)

Round 21 :

3 sc, (dec, 6 sc) x 5, dec, 3 sc (42)

Round 22 :

(5 sc, dec) x 6 (36)

Round 23 :

2 sc, (dec, 4 sc) x 5, dec, 2 sc (30)

Round 24 :

(3 sc, dec) x 6 (24)

Round 25 :

1 sc, (dec, 2 sc) x 5, dec, 1 sc (18)

Round 26 :

(1 sc, dec) x 6 (12)

Round 27-28 :

12 sc

Round 29 :

6 dec

Info :

We tighten the hole and close it. Pass the thread through the closed loops through the entire head and bring it opposite, in the amigurumi ring. Thus, we will get a small depression that will allow us to correctly attach the head to the body. Having twisted the thread on the top of the head, fix it and cut it.

Second element :

The yarn is black.

Round 1 :

6 sc in the amigurumi ring

Round 2 :

6 inc (12)

Round 3 :

(1 sc, inc) x 6 (18)

Round 4 :

1 sc, (inc, 2 sc) x 5, inc, 1 sc (24)

Round 5 :

(3 sc, inc) x 6 (30)

Round 6 :

2 sc, (inc, 4 sc) x 5, inc, 2 sc (36)

Round 7 :

(5 sc, inc) x 6 (42)

Round 8 :

3 sc, (inc, 6 sc) x 5, inc, 3 sc (48)

Round 9 :

(7 sc, inc) x 6 (54)

Round 10-18 :

54 sc (9 rounds)

Round 19 :

13 sc, 5 hdc, 7 dc, 1 tr, 1 dtr, 1 tr, 7 dc, 5 hdc, 14 sc (54)

Round 20 :

20 sc, 5 hdc, 1 dc, 1 tr, 1 dc, 5 hdc, 21 sc (54)

Info :

Crochet another sl st, fix the thread, and cut it. Now we put the second element on top of the first and sew it in a circle with ordinary black sewing thread (pictures 10-12).

— Beak :

Info :

The yarn is orange.

Round 1 :

6 sc in the amigurumi ring

Round 2 :

(1 sc, inc) x 3 (9)

Round 3 :

(2 sc, inc) x 3 (12)

Round 4 :

12 sc

Info :

We crochet another sl st, fix the thread, and cut it off, leaving a long tip for sewing the nose to the head.

— Headphones (make 2) :

Info :

The yarn is red.

Round 1 :

6 sc in the amigurumi ring

Round 2 :

6 inc (12)

Round 3 :

(1 sc, inc) x 6 (18)

Round 4 :

1 sc, (inc, 2 sc) x 5, inc, 1 sc (24)

Round 5 :

(3 sc, inc) x 6 (30)

Round 6 :

2 sc, (inc, 4 sc) x 5, inc, 2 sc (36)

Round 7-9 :

36 sc

Info :

We crochet another sl st, fix the thread, and cut it, leaving a long tip for sewing to the head.

Info :

Additionally, we crochet a connecting element. To do this, with green yarn, we crochet a chain of 20 ch, and starting from the second loop from the hook, we crochet one row of hdc. We fixed the thread and cut it.

— Scarf :

Info :

We will crochet back-and-forth-row and hdc. At the same time, we will crochet each row only for one wall of the chain, the one that is closest to us. We will use red and green yarn.

Round 1 :

Let's start with green yarn. Row 1) crochet a chain with 71 ch

Round 2 :

starting from the second loop from the hook, we crochet 70 hdc

Round 3-4 :

Change the color to red. Rows 3-4) 1 ch, 70 hdc

Round 5 :

Change the color to green. Row 5) 1 ch, 70 hdc

Info :

We fix all the threads and hide them. On both sides, we tighten the edges and attach bells to them. Bells can be replaced with thread pompons.

— Collecting the Penguin :

Info :

Making a muzzle: We outline the location of the beak and sew it to the head. With a thread of black floss in two folds, we embroider the eyes of the Penguin. We outline the location of the headphones and the connecting element for them. First, sew a green strip to the head. Next, having filled the sphere of the headphones with fiberfill, we also sewed them to the head.

Info :

For convenience, and for a symmetrical arrangement of parts, we immediately insert the Christmas ball into the crocheted body. With the help of pins, we outline the location of the wings, tail, and legs. We fasten the tail so that it serves as an additional support for the penguin and it can stand on its own. Sew the wings, tail, and legs to the body. Sew on the head.

Info :

Take out the ball, and fill it with tinsel. We tuck in and fix all the ends that remain after sewing on all the parts. Insert the ball into the finished penguin. Tie a scarf.

Assembly Instructions

  • Outline the location of the beak on the white face and sew the beak to the head securely using the long tail left after fastening off.
  • Embroider the eyes with black floss folded in two to create neat closed-eye shapes as shown in the photos, securing knots inside the head.
  • Sew the green connecting strip onto the top sides of the head, stuff headphone spheres lightly with fiberfill, then sew each headphone to the sides of the head using the long tails.
  • Insert the clear 80 mm ornament into the crocheted body to plan placement, use pins to mark wing, tail and leg positions for symmetrical arrangement before sewing.
  • Sew the tail in place to act as an additional support so the penguin can stand, then sew on wings and legs firmly; finally sew the completed head onto the body using the long tip left earlier.
  • Remove the ornament, fill it with tinsel or sequins as desired, tuck and fix any loose ends, reinsert the ornament into the finished penguin and tie the scarf around the neck, adding bells if desired.

Important Notes

  • 💡Crochet a gauge swatch: the pattern assumes 16 sc per 5 cm; adjust hook size and yarn if your density differs to ensure the crocheted detail fits the ornament correctly.
  • 💡Use stitch markers to mark the beginning of rounds to avoid losing count, especially during increases and decreases.
  • 💡Leave long sewing tails when fastening off each piece to make assembly easier and to secure parts neatly without adding extra knots.
  • 💡Pin parts in place on the body with the ornament inserted to check symmetry before sewing, which helps achieve an even final look.
  • 💡Hide ends progressively as you go to keep the assembly tidy and avoid a large finishing job at the end.

This little Penguin combines classic amigurumi shaping with a sparkly transparent belly for a fun holiday twist. It makes an adorable handmade gift or tabletop decoration and looks lovely on a mantel or under the tree. Bring out your festive yarn and tiny bells, and create a charming seasonal friend to enjoy every year. 🧶🎁✨

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FAQs

What size will the finished piece be?

The finished Penguin measures approximately 14 cm tall when using the recommended yarn and a 2.0 mm hook, and with an 80 mm clear ornament inserted as the body.

Can I use different yarn weights for this pattern?

Yes, you can, but different yarn weights will change the final size and the fit around the ornament; if you use a thicker yarn, use a larger hook and expect a larger penguin.

Do I need prior crochet experience for this pattern?

This pattern is rated intermediate, so you should be comfortable with amigurumi basics — single crochet, increases, decreases, working in rounds, and simple embroidery.

How long does this project typically take to complete?

Most crocheters complete this project in 5-7 hours, though time may vary depending on experience level, speed, and how much time you spend on assembly and embellishments.