Crochet Christmas Mug Ornament – Marshmallow Delight (Free Pattern)

Nothing says Christmas coziness like a mug of hot chocolate topped with marshmallows! And that’s exactly what inspired this Marshmallow Delight Crochet Mug Ornament free pattern (and photo tutorial)! With cheerful green and red stripes, white stars, and a sweet little star gingerbread biscuit on top, this tiny crochet creation adds the perfect handmade touch to your holiday decor. Whether you hang it on the tree or gift it as a mini ornament, it’s a quick, fun, and unique project to bring some extra warmth to your crochet Christmas collection.

The Christmas Ceramics Mugs Collection

This Marshmallow Delight is the second mug of my Christmas Ceramics Mugs collection! Keep an eye out for the other two festive designs: the Dreamy Cinnamon & Candy 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, green, white, 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 brown color 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                      (4sc, 1inc) repeat 6 times Total 36sts

• Change to green

Mug

7 rnd                      36FPhdc

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

8 rnd                      36sl

9 rnd                      36blsc

• Change to white, do not fasten of the green.

10 rnd                   36sc

• Change back to green, don’t need to fasten off the white.

11 rnd                   36sc

• Change to red

12-13 rnd             36sc

• Change to green

14-15 rnd             36sc

• Change to red

16-17 rnd             36sc

• Change to green fasten off the red

18 rnd                   36sc

• Change to white, do not cut the green yarn

19 rnd                   36sc

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

20 rnd                   (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 the red yarn to the remaining front loops of round 20, 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.

Handle

With green yarn start,

1 rnd                      6sc in a magic ring

2-12 rnd               6sc

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

Star Cookie

With light brown start,

1 rnd      7sc in a magic ring

2 rnd      7inc Total 14sts

3 rnd      (chain 4, skip the first chain, 1sc, 1hdc, 1dc) skip the first stich from the round, join with a slip stitch in the next st. [(chain 4, skip the first chain, 1sc, 1hdc, 1dc), skip 2 stitch from the round, join in the third stitch) repeat 4 times].

• Cut the yarn and fasten off.
• Make another one following the same instructions.
• Place the two stars with the wrong side facing each other.
• With a piece of white yarn, sew the two stars together.

Marshmallows

With white yarn start

1 rnd      6sc in a magi ring

2 rnd      6sc

• Cut the yarn and fasten off. Leave a tail for sewing later.
• Make 3 in total.

Final Details

1. Sew the handle between rounds 11 and 19.
2. With white thread, embroider small crosses on the red stripes of the mug, leaving about 3 stitches distance from one to another.
3. Sew the star onto the edge of the mug.
4. Sew the marshmallows on top 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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