Today, I’m excited to add another fun piece to the Mini Christmas Ornaments collection. Meet the adorable Mini Grinch free crochet pattern! He joins the Mini Elf Boy, Mini Elf Girl, Mini Gingerbread Man, Mini Gingerbread Woman, and Mini Santa Claus in this festive lineup. The Mini Grinch is quick and easy to make, and with just two more characters left to reveal, there’s plenty more crochet joy coming your way! 🎄
If you haven’t yet explored my other Christmas crochet ornaments, there are plenty of patterns to enjoy! You’ll find classics like Happy Grinch and Mrs. Grinch, Chubby Penguin, and a Chubby Reindeer, or you can browse the entire Christmas collection here on my website. And if you’re looking for other popular patterns, take a peek at the crochet wings applique and Christmas tree applique—each a perfect addition to your holiday decor!

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Mini Grinch free crochet pattern
Materials:
- 2mm crochet hook
- Green red and white yarn. I used 100% cotton, sports yarn.
- Black and yellow thread to embroider the face.
- Stuffing material
- Scissors
- Sewing needle.
- Or, you can use safety eyes! The position is at the end of this post.
Finish size: 9cm or (about) 3.5 inches with the fuzzy hair.
For a low cost, ad-free and printable pattern, you can find it in Ravelry here! And on Etsy here!
Terms and abbreviations (US terms):
Single crochet (sc): insert the hook into the stitch, pull up a loop, you will have two loops on the hook, yarn over the needle, and pull it through the two loops.
Increase (inc): make two single crochet inside the same stitch.
Decrease (dec): Insert hook into front loop only of next two stitches, yarn under, pull through, you will have two loops on the hook. Yarn under and pull through both loops on the hook.
Back loop Slip stitch (blsl): Insert hook into the back loop only of the stitch, yarn under, pull through both stitch and loop on hook.


BODY
With a green start,
1 rnd 6sc in a magic ring
2 rnd 6inc Total 12sts
• For the next round you will work only in the back loop of the stitch.
3 rnd BL(1sc, 1inc) repeat 6 times Total 18sts
• From here, you are back on working with the full stitch.
4 rnd (2sc, 1inc) repeat 6 times Total 24sts
5 to 7 rnd 24sc
8 rnd (2sc, 1dec) repeat 6 times Total 18sts
9 rnd 18sc
10 rnd (1sc, 1dec) repeat 6 times Total 12sts
• Add stuffing material to the body before continuing.
11 rnd 12blsl
• For the next round you will crochet in the remaining front loop from round 10. Round 11 will be facing the inside of the toy.



HEAD
12 rnd (1sc, 1inc) repeat 6 times Total 18sts
13 rnd 6sc, 6inc, 6sc Total 24sts
• 6inc means make 1inc on each of the next 6 stitches.
14 rnd 6sc, {(1sc, 1inc) repeat 6 times}, 6sc Total 30sts
15 to 17 rnd 30sc
18 rnd 5sc, 10dec, 5sc Total 20sts
• 10dec means to make one decrease (1dec) 10 times, working over the next 20 stitches, reducing a total of 10 stitches.
19 rnd 20sc
20 rnd 4sc, 1dec, 8sc, 1dec, 4sc Total 18sts
21 rnd (4sc, 1dec) repeat 3 times Total 15sts
22 rnd (3sc, 1dec) repeat 3 times Total 12sts



23 rnd (2sc, 1dec) repeat 3 times Total 9sts
24 rnd (1sc, 1dec) repeat 3 times Total 6sts
• Cut the yarn and fasten it off.
• Place the toy upside down and attach the red yarn to the remaining front loop of round 3.
1 rnd 12flsc
• Join with a slip stitch. Cut the yarn and fasten it off.



ARMS
With a green start,
1 rnd 6sc in a magic ring
2 to 4 rnd 6sc
5 rnd 3sc crocheting the sides together, closing the arm.
• Cut the yarn, fasten it off, and leave a tail for sewing later.
• Make another one following the same instructions.



SCARF
With red color yarn chain 45. Change to white yarn, skip the first chain, and start,
1 row 44blsl
• Cut the yarn and fasten it off.



ASSEMBLY
- Sew the arms in round 10 of the toy, leaving 6 stitches of space between them.
- Embroider the eyes on round 18, leaving a space of 2 stitches between them. Next, embroider the mouth one round below the eyes, making it 8 stitches wide and spanning 3 rounds in height. Embroider the eyebrows 2 rounds above the eyes, and finish by embroidering a small line for the nose.
- Finally, use yellow yarn to add a bright highlight to the eyes.



HAIR
- Cut 6 pieces of green yarn, each measuring 4 inches (10 cm) in length.
- Attach the yarn pieces to the last round of the head.
- Once all pieces are attached, trim them down to 0.5 inches (2 cm) in length.
- Use a needle to separate the plies of the yarn until the hair looks fuzzy.



FINAL DETAILS
- Wrap the scarf around Grinch’s neck and use pins to secure the edges in place.
- Sew the scarf by making two stitches on each edge to hold it firmly.
- Use a needle to separate the plies of the yarn at each end of the scarf to create a fuzzy effect.


Congratulations!!!
Your crochet Mini Grinch amigurumi Christmas 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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