Polar Bear Christmas Crochet Ornament – Free Pattern

Let’s wrap up this year’s edition of the Christmas collection with a cozy and chubby Polar Bear Christmas crochet ornament! This festive little bear, complete with a cheerful hat, is the last of four new patterns added this season—and it’s a delightful way to bring warmth to your holiday crochet.

A Perfect Finish for the Christmas Ornament Collection

This Polar Bear Christmas crochet ornament joins Mrs. Grinch, the Snowman Amigurumi, and the Mini Elf Girl as part of this year’s adorable additions. With this cuddly companion, the full collection now features 12 free crochet patterns—each with its own step-by-step video tutorial!

If you’re just discovering the Crochet Christmas Ornaments Collection, make sure to check out other fan favorites like the Nutcracker Amigurumi, the Chubby Penguin Amigurumi, and of course, the beloved Chubby Reindeer. There’s something for every crochet lover in this festive collection!

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Polar Bear Christmas Crochet Ornament Video Tutorial

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Polar Bear Christmas Crochet Ornament Free Pattern

Materials

• 2mm crochet hook 
• White, yellow, blue, and red 100% cotton sports-weight yarn. I recommend this one.
• Stuffing material
• Scissors
• Sewing needle.
• Embroidery thread
• Or, you can use safety eyes! The position is at the end of this post.

Finish size

The finished Polar Bear Christmas crochet ornament measures approximately 4″ (10 cm) tall with the Christmas hat. 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.

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.

Polar Bear Christmas Crochet Ornament Pattern Instructions

Paws

With off-white yarn start,

1 rnd  6sc in a magic ring

2 rnd  6inc Total 12sts

3 to 7 rnd  12sc

• Cut the yarn, fasten it off, and leave a tail for sewing.
• Make four in total.

Ears

With off-white yarn start,

1 rnd  6sc in a magic ring

2 rnd  6inc Total 12sts

3 to 5 rnd  12sc

6 rnd  6sc crocheting the sides together, closing the ear.

• Cut the yarn, fasten it off, and leave a tail for sewing.
• Make another one.

Snout

With off-white yarn start,

1 rnd  6sc in a magic ring

2 rnd  6inc Total 12sts

3 rnd  3inc, 6sc, 3inc Total 18sts

4 and 5 rnd  18sc

• Cut the yarn, fasten it off, and leave a tail for sewing.

Chubby Body

With off-white 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  (4sc, 1inc) repeat 6 times Total 36sts

7 rnd  (5sc, 1inc) repeat 6 times Total 42sts

8 rnd  (6sc, 1inc) repeat 6 times Total 48sts

9 to 16 rnd  48sc

17 rnd  (6sc, 1dec) repeat 6 times Total 42sts

18 rnd  (5sc, 1dec) repeat 6 times Total 36sts

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

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

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

• Stop here to add stuffing material before continuing to round 22.

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

• Cut the yarn, fasten it off, and hide the remaining tail inside the toy.

Tail

With an off-white start,

1 rnd  4sc in a magic ring

2 rnd  4inc Total 8sts

3 rnd  4sc crocheting the sides together, closing the tail

• Cut the yarn and fasten it off. 

Scarf

With blue chain 7. Skip the first 2 chains and start,

1 row  5dc

• From here on, you will work on grabbing the back loop only

2 row   5bldc,

• Change to yellow, chain 2

3 and 4 row  5bldc

• Change to blue, chain 2
• Repeat rows 1 to 4 four more times. Remember to always grab just the back loop of the stitch.

Final Touches

For the finishing touch, work single crochet along the side of the scarf where the color changes are visible:

1. Begin with yellow yarn and crochet 4 single crochets along the yellow section.
2. Switch to blue yarn and make 4 single crochets along the blue section.
3. Continue alternating colors all the way to the end of the scarf.

Once you reach the end, cut the yarn, leaving a small tail. Use this tail to sew the edges of the scarf together to form a closed circle.

Hat

With white color yarn start,

1 rnd  6sc magic ring

2 rnd  6sc

• Change to red

3 rnd  6blsl

4 rnd  6blsc

5 rnd  6sc

6 rnd  (1sc, 1inc) repeat 3 times Total 9sts

7 to 9 rnd  9sc

10 rnd  (2sc, 1inc) repeat 3 times Total 12sts

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

12 and 13 rnd  18sc

• Change back to white

14 rnd  18blsl

• For the next round, you will work with double crochet and grab only the front loop of the stitch. Chain 2 and start,

15 rnd  FL(5dc, 1inc) repeat 3 times Total 21sts

• Join with a sl.
• Cut the yarn and fasten it off.
• Optional: you can leave the hat as it is or, as I like to do it, fold the last round up.

Assembly

1. Sew the four paws onto the bottom of the chubby body, positioning them around the last round of the body as a central point.
2. Sew the ears between rounds 4 and 9.
3. Sew the snout between rounds 10 and 15.
4. Sew the tail at the back between rounds 14 and 15.
5. With black thread, embroider the eyes one round above the snout, leaving a 7-stitch gap between them.
6. Embroider the nose on the snout, placing it 3 rounds up from the body. Use the first round of the snout as the center of the triangular nose shape
7. Sew the Christmas hat securely on top of the head.
8. Place the scarf around the body with the single crochet edge facing down. Position the scarf under the snout at the front and just above the tail at the back.

Congratulations!!!

Your Polar Bear Christmas crochet ornament is ready!

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Love,

Ana

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