Crochet Christmas Mug Ornament – Dreamy Cinnamon (Free Pattern & Tutorial)

Bring cozy Christmas magic to your tree with this Crochet Christmas Mug Ornament free pattern! This tiny red mug, topped with whipped cream and a cinnamon stick, makes the perfect handmade ornament or quick gift. Using soft yarn and simple stitches, you can whip up this festive decoration in no time, and it fits beautifully with other crochet Christmas decorations or as part of a charming holiday amigurumi collection.

The Christmas Ceramics Mugs Collection

This red Dreamy Cinnamon mug is just the first of my Christmas Ceramics Mugs collection! Keep an eye out for the other two festive designs: the striped Green & Red Mug topped with marshmallows and a star-shaped biscuit, and the Green Christmas Tree Mug with a candy-topped latte. Each one is a tiny handmade delight, perfect for adding cozy charm to your holiday decor.

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More Christmas Ornaments to try

If you love festive crochet, there’s plenty more to explore on the site! From the cute Chubby Polar Bear to Mr. Santa and Mrs. Santa Claus, the Nutcracker, and a cheerful Gingerbread Man, you’ll find adorable free patterns to fill your tree and home with handmade holiday magic.

And if you’re looking for a video tutorial, this one doesn’t have one yet. But who knows? Maybe next year I’ll bring him to life on the YouTube channel. Until then, the written pattern has all the spooky charm you’ll need!

Christmas Mug Crochet Ornament

Materials

• 2mm crochet hook 
• Red, white, dark brown and light brown sports-weight yarn
• White thread for embroidering the snowflake.
• Stuffing material
• Scissors
• Sewing needle.

Finish size

The finished Christmas Mug ornament measures approximately 2.5″ (7.5 cm) tall. 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 sport-weight yarn and a 2mm crochet hook, the gauge for 5 rounds (increasing to 30 stitches) measures approximately 1.6″ (4.5 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.

Half double crochet (hdc): yarn over the needle, insert the hook into the stitch, and pull up a loop. You will have three loops on the hook. Yarn over the needle, and pull it through all the loops.

Double crochet (dc): yarn over the needle, insert the hook into the stitch, and pull up a loop. You will have three loops on the hook. Yarn over the needle, and pull it through the first two loops. Yarn over the needle, pull it trough all the loops on your needle.

Front Post double crochet (Fpdc): Yarn over the needle, insert the needle from front to back and then to front again around the post of the stitch from the previous round (instead of into the top loops).
Yarn over and pull up a loop; you’ll have three loops on your needle. Yarn over, pull through the first two loops, yarn over again, and pull through the remaining two loops to complete your FPdc.

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.

Pattern Instructions

Mug top

With light brown yarn, start

1 rnd                      6sc in a magic ring

2 rnd                      6inc Total 12sts

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

4 rnd                      (2sc, 1inc) repeat 6 times Total 24sts

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

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

• Change to red

Mug

7 rnd                      36FPhdc

• For round 8, you will work into the stitches from round 6.

8 rnd                      36sl

• Change to white, do not fasten off the red.

9 rnd                      36blsl

• Change back to red, cut and fasten off the white.

10 rnd                   36blsl

11 rnd                   36blsc

12-17 rnd             36sc

• Change to white, do not cut the red yarn

18 rnd                   36blsl

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

19 rnd                   36blsl

20 rnd                   BL(4sc, 1dec) repeat 6 times Total 30sts

21 rnd                   BL(3sc, 1dec) repeat 3 times Total 24sts

22 rnd                   (2sc, 1dec) repeat 6 times Total 18sts

• Stop here to add stuffing material.

23 rnd                   (1sc, 1dec) repeat 6 times Total 12sts              

• Cut the yarn and fasten off.
• Join red yarn to the remaining front loops of round 21, and crochet 30 single crochets in the front loop only (30 FLsc) to form the bottom of the cup.
• Cut the yarn and fasten off.

Whipped Cream

Introduce the white yarn in the remaining front loop from round 5 and start,

1 rnd      30sc

2 rnd      (1fpdc, 4sc) repeat 6 times

3 rnd      (1fpdc, 1sc, 1dec, 1sc) repeat 6 times Total 24sts

4 rnd      (1fpdc, 1sc, 1dec) repeat 6 times Total 18sts

5 rnd      (1fpdc, 1dec) repeat 6 times Total 12sts

6 rnd      (1fpdc decreasing) repeat 6 times Total 6sts

How to FPdc Decrease:
Yarn over the needle, insert the needle around the next front post stitch, yarn over the needle and pull up a loop (3 loops on the needle). Yarn over the needle and pull through the first two loops on the needle (2 loops remain).
Insert the needle in the front loop of the next stitch (this will be a single crochet stitch), yarn over the needle and pull up a loop (3 loops on the needle).
Yarn over the needle and pull through all the loops on the needle.

• Cut the yarn and fasten off.

Handle

With red yarn start,

1 rnd                      6sc in a magic ring

2-12 rnd               6sc

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

Cinnamon stick

With brown yarn, chain 6. Join in the first chain to form a circle. Leave a long yarn tail at the beginning. We’ll use it later to sew the cinnamon roll.

1 rnd      6sc

2-4 rnd  6sc

5 rnd      3sc, 1hdc, 2dc

• Cut the yarn and fasten it off.

Final Details

1. Sew the handle between rounds 11 and 19.
2. Sew the cinnamon stick to the whipped cream
3. With a white thread, embroider a snowflake at the center of the mug.

Congratulations!!!

Your mini Christmas Mug ornament is ready!

I hope you enjoy this pattern! If you have any questions or comments, leave them in the comment box below.

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See you next time!

Love,

Ana

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