Easy Crochet Frog Pattern – Christmas Frog Amigurumi with Chunky Yarn

Maybe you didn’t know you needed a crochet frog pattern. And this little Christmas frog amigurumi might just steal your heart! I made mine with a soft chunky plush yarn, and the result is the most huggable frog! My daughter has been carrying it around the house like a tiny snuggler. With its Christmas hat, floppy legs, and adorable plush texture, this frog amigurumi works beautifully as a last-minute gift, a cuddly holiday toy, or simply a fun Christmas crochet amigurumi project to brighten up your Holiday. And the best part? It crochets up extremely quickly, making it perfect for beginners and busy crocheters.

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Frog Snuggler Pattern

Materials:

• 6mm and 2mm crochet hooks,
• Super Bulky chenille yarn. I used Hobbii Snuggle Baby in green, black, white, and red.
• Black and white sports-weight yarn to embroider the eyes.
• Sewing needle,
• Stuffing material hypoallergenic polyester,
• Scissors

Finished Size

The finished Christmas Frog snuggler measures approximately 12″ (30 cm) talls. However, the final size may vary depending on your stitch tension and the materials used.

Gauge

Gauge is not crucial for this pattern, so feel free to use a hook size that matches your chosen yarn. I always recommend using a slightly smaller hook to keep the stitches tight and prevent the stuffing from showing through. If needed, adjust your hook size for a neater finish.

However, if you’d like to know the gauge for my chosen yarn and materials, here it is:
With super bulky-weight chenille yarn and a 6mm crochet hook, the gauge for 4 rounds (increasing to 24 stitches) measures approximately 2.5″ (5 cm).

Terms and abbreviations (US terms):

Slip stitch (sl): insert the hook into the stitch and pull up a loop, now, pull it through the loop on your needle.

Single crochet (sc): insert the hook into the stitch, and pull up a loop yarn over the needle, you will have two loops on the hook, yarn over the needle, and pull it through the two loops.

Double Crochet (dc): yarn over the needle, insert the hook into the stitch, pull up a loop, yarn over the needle, pull through the first two loops of your needle, yarn over the needle, inside all loops on the needle.

Increase (inc): make two single crochet inside the same stitch.

Decrease (dec): Insert the hook into the front loop only of the next two stitches, yarn under, and pull through, you will have two loops on the hook. Yarn under and pull through both loops on the hook.

Especial Stitches

Bobble stitch (BO): Yarn over, insert your hook into the stitch and pull up a loop. Yarn over and pull through two loops (like starting a double crochet). Repeat this process five times in the same stitch, so you will have 6 loops on your hook. Yarn over and pull through all 6 loops. Gently tug the stitch to pop the bobble outward.

Crochet Frog – Step-by-Step

Eyes

With black yarn start,

1 rnd      6sc in a magic ring

2-4 rnd  6sc

• Cut the yarn and fasten off. Weave the tail through the front loops of all 6 stitches and pull tight to close the circle.
• Make two.

With green yarn start,

1 rnd                      6sc in a magic ring

2 rnd                      (1inc, 2sc) repeat 2 times Total 8sts

3-4 rnd                  8sc

• Cut the yarn and fasten off using the invisible finish, leaving a tail for sewing later.
• Make two.
• Place the black eyeball inside the green part and sew them together, leaving a bit of the green yarn tail to attach the eyes to the body later.

Hind Legs

With a green start,

1 rnd                      9sc in a magic ring

• For round 2, you’ll be creating the fingers.

2 rnd                      2sc, (chain 4, skip first chain, 1bo, 2sl, join with a single crochet) repeat 3 times, 4sc

• Keep in mind that in round 2, you’re still working into the same 9 stitches from the previous round. You’re not increasing here. If you find it tricky to identify those 9 stitches after finishing round 2, place a stitch marker in each of them as you crochet, before moving on. This will make it much easier to continue to round 3 and start the decreases.

3 rnd                      (1sc, 1dec) repeat 3 times Total 6sts

4-8 rnd                  6sc

• Fold the leg in half. You should now have 3 stitches on each side.

9 rnd                      3sc crocheting the sides together, closing the leg.

• Cut the yarn and fasten off.
• Make a second one following the same instructions.

Forelegs

With a green start,

1 rnd                      9sc in a magic ring

• For round 2, you’ll be creating the fingers.

2 rnd                      2sc, (chain 4, skip first chain, 1bo, 2sl, join with a single crochet) repeat 3 times, 4sc

• Keep in mind that in round 2 you’re still working into the same 9 stitches from the previous round. You’re not increasing here. If you find it tricky to identify those 9 stitches after finishing round 2, place a stitch marker in each of them as you crochet, before moving on. This will make it much easier to continue to round 3 and start the decreases.

3 rnd                      (1sc, 1dec) repeat 3 times Total 6sts

4-11 rnd               6sc

• Fold the leg in half. You should now have 3 stitches on each side.

12 rnd                   3sc crocheting the sides together, closing the leg.

• Cut the yarn and fasten off.
• Make a second one following the same instructions.

Body

With green yarn chain 7. Skip the first chain and start,

1 rnd                      5sc, 4sc in the last chain, turning the chain and continue working on the other side of the chain, 4sc, 3sc on the last chain. Total 16sts

2 rnd                      1inc, 4sc, [(1inc) repeat 4 times], 4sc, [(1inc) repeat 3times] Total 24sts

• For the next round, we will crochet together with the hind legs

3 rnd                      10sc, 3sc with one leg, 5sc, 3sc with the other leg, 3sc

4 rnd                      (1sc, 1inc) repeat 12 times Total 36sts

5-15 rnd               36sc

• For the next round, we will crochet together with the forelegs

16 rnd                   16sc, 3sc with one leg, 8sc, 3sc with the other leg, 6sc

17-19 rnd             36sc

20 rnd                   (1sc, 1dec) repeat 12 times Total 24sts

21 rnd                   24sc

22 rnd                   12dec Total 12sts

• Cut the yarn and fasten off. Weave the remaining tail through the front loops of all 12 stitches from the round, and pull it tight to close the circle.
• Hide the yarn tail inside the frog.

Christmas Hat

With white yarn start,

1 rnd                      6sc in a magic ring

2 rnd                      6inc Total 12sts

3 rnd                      12sc

4 rnd                      6dec Total 6sts

• Change to red color. Cut and fasten off the white

5 rnd                      6flsc

6 rnd                      (2sc, 1inc) repeat 2 times Total 8sts

7-9 rnd                  8sc

10 rnd                   (3sc, 1inc) repeat 2 times Total 10sts

11-12 rnd             10sc

13 rnd                   (4sc, 1inc) repeat 2 times Total 12sts

14 rnd                   (3sc, 1inc) repeat 3 times Total 15sts

15 rnd                   (4sc, 1inc) repeat 3 times Total 18sts

16 rnd                   (5sc, 1inc) repeat 3 times Total 21sts

17 rnd                   (6sc, 1inc) repeat 3 times Total 24sts

18 rnd                   (3sc, 1inc) repeat 6 times Total 30sts

19 rnd                   30sc

20 rnd                   (4sc, 1inc) repeat 6 times Total 36sts

21-23 rnd             36sc

24 rnd                   (11sc, 1inc) repeat 3 times Total 39sts

• Change to white yarn. Cut and fasten off the red.

25 rnd                   39hdc, 1sc

• Cut the yarn and fasten off.
• Leave a tail for sewing later.

Assembly

1. Sew the eyes onto the frog between rounds 18 and 19, leaving about 3 stitches between them.
2. Using a small, sport-weight black yarn, embroider a tiny mouth in the center of round 17, approximately 2 stitches long.

Eye Embroidery

1. With a piece of white yarn, embroider an outline line between the green and black parts of the eye.
2. Next, using the same yarn, embroider a smaller line starting from the center of the black eyeball and going upward until it meets the white outline you just added.

Congratulations!!!

Your Christmas Frog is ready!

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Love,

Ana