Adorable Crochet Plush Mini Penguin — Easy Amigurumi Pattern & Instructions
Make a cuddly crochet plush mini penguin with this easy amigurumi pattern. This small, soft toy is perfect for gifting, decorating a shelf, or carrying in your bag. The pattern below includes materials for three size options (tiny, medium and the featured plush), stitch abbreviations, and detailed round-by-round instructions to assemble the body, wings and tail.
Finished crochet plush mini penguin — a small handmade amigurumi created with soft yarn.
Crochet mini penguin pattern
Materials used:
- Triple strand grey, white and black yarn (Himalaya Dolphin Baby).
- 7mm crochet hook.
- 12mm safety eyes.
- Yarn needle.
- Stuffing.
- Scissors.
Abbreviations:
MR — Magic ring
Sc — Single crochet
Inc — Increase
Dec — Decrease
Bob — Bobble stitch
FLO — Front loop only
BLO — Back loop only
Other sizes
Medium penguin:
- Grey, white and black yarn (Himalaya Dolphin Baby).
- 5mm crochet hook.
- 10mm safety eyes.
Tiny penguin:
- Grey, white and black yarn (Boheme Velvet Fine or any extra fine yarn).
- 3mm crochet hook.
- Fine black yarn to embroider the eyes.
Body:
Start with black.
R1. 8 sc in MR (8)
R2. 8 inc (16)
R3. (sc, inc) x 8 (24)
R4. 8 sc, white 2 sc, black 3 sc, white 2 sc, black 9 sc (24)
R5. 8 sc, white 3 sc, black 1 sc, white 3 sc, black 9 sc (24)
R6. 8 sc, white 7 sc, black 9 sc (24)
Cut white yarn.
R7. Black sc around (24)
Place eyes in the center of the white triangle parts, about 5 stitches apart. Embroider the beak in the center between the eyes: pass the yarn 3–5 times (once across 3 stitches) to make it pop.
Note: wing – FLO (hdc, picot, hdc) + mark BLO
R8. Grey 6 sc, wing, 10 sc, wing, 6 sc (24)
R9. 4 sc, inc, 1 sc, 1 sc in BLO, 10 sc, 1 sc in BLO, 1 sc, inc, 4 sc (26)
R10. Sc around (26)
R11. 9 sc, black bob (=3 dc), grey 7 sc, black bob (=3 dc), grey 8 sc (26)
R12. Tail in FLO [(sc, ch3, sc in first chain), 1 sc next stitch)], 2 sc, dec, 14 sc, dec, 4 sc (24)
Stuff a bit.
R13. Dec in BLO, 1 sc, (dec, sc) x 7 (16)
Finish stuffing.
R14. 8 dec (8)
Fasten off. Weave in ends and adjust stuffing for a neat finish. If using safety eyes, insert them before closing the opening; if embroidering eyes for the tiny version, do so before final stuffing for best placement.