Crocheted Snowman Ornament

Hi, my name is Erica and I blog over at 5 Little Monsters. I have been crafting for pretty much as long as I can remember. I grew up watching my mom make things and she is the one who taught me to sew and crochet, two of the things you will see a lot of on my blog. Over the past few years I have spent a lot of time crocheting and I found that I really enjoy creating my own patterns. About a year and a half ago I decided to start a blog so that I could share my patterns. Today I am sharing the pattern for a crocheted snowman ornament.

This little snowman is based on a Santa ornament that I made a couple of weeks ago. I thought it would be fun to make a few different ornaments that were a similar size and shape and the shape, a smaller ball on top of a bigger ball, immediately made me think of a snowman so I decided that needed to be the next ornament I made. The little stuffed snowman is about 4 inches tall. The head and body are crocheted in one piece and the hat, scarf, and arms are crocheted separately and sewn on. The face is stitched on with yarn and small buttons are added to the front of the belly.

It is a pretty quick crochet project thanks to the small size and it will be a cute little addition to your Christmas tree.

How to Make the Crocheted Snowman Ornament

Finished size about 4″ tall

You will need:

Worsted weight yarn in the following colors- white, black, brown, green, red, and orange (you only need a small amount of each so this is a great project for using up scraps, the red and green can be replaced with any color you want)
G crochet hook
stuffing
yarn needle
2 small buttons (about 1/4″-3/8″)
sewing needle
sewing thread
small piece of crochet thread

Instructions:

Body

with white yarn

Round 1: in mr, ch 1, 6 sc (6 sc)
Round 2: 2 sc in each stitch (12 sc)
Round 3: [1 sc in first stitch, 2 sc in next] repeat around (18 sc)
Round 4: [1 sc in first 2 stitches, 2 sc in next] repeat around (24 sc)
Round 5: [1 sc in first 3 stitches, 2 sc in next]repeat around (30 sc)
Rounds 6-9: 1 sc in each stitch (30 sc)
Round 10: [1 sc in first 3 stitches, sc2tog] repeat around (24 sc)
Round 11: [1 sc in first 2 stitches, sc2tog] repeat around, change to white yarn at the end of round (18 sc)

begin stuffing and continue adding stuffing as needed to the end
Round 12: [1 sc in first stitch, sc2tog] repeat around, change to tan yarn at the end of the row (12 sc)
Round 13: 2 sc in each stitch (24 sc)
Round 14-16: 1 sc in each stitch (24 sc)
Round 17: [1 sc in first 2 stitches, sc2tog] repeat around (18 sc)
Round 18:[1 sc in first stitch, sc2tog] repeat around (12 sc)
Round 19: sc2tog, repeat around (6 sc)
Finish off

Hat

start with black yarn

Round 1: in mr, ch 1, 6 sc (6 sc)Round 2: 2 sc in each stitch (12 sc)Round 3: [1 sc in first stitch, 2 sc in next] repeat around (18 sc)

Round 4: sc in blo of each stitch around (18 sc)

Round 5: 1 sc in each stitch around, at the end of round change to red yarn (18 sc)

Round 6: 1 sc in each stitch around (18 sc)

Round 7: 1 sc in each stitch around, at the end of round change to black yarn (18 sc)

Round 8: 2 sc in each stitch around (36 sc)

Finish off leaving long end for sewing

Scarf

the scarf is made in 2 pieces, the long piece wraps around the neck, the short piece fold over that piece to make the scarf ends

with green yarn

ch 21

sc in each stitch (20 sc)

finish off leaving long end for sewing

ch 13

sc in each stitch (12 sc)

finish off and weave in ends

Arms

with brown yarn, make 2

ch 7, slip stitch in first 3, ch 4, slip stitch in those 4 and the first 4

Assembly

Stitch the hat to the top of the head, you may want it to be slightly tilted

Fold the short scarf piece over the long scarf piece, wrap the long piece around his neck and stitch together in the back, make sure the small piece is where you want it and stitch through that piece to secure

Stitch the arms to the sides of the body, just under the scarf

With thread and sewing needle sew the buttons to the front of the body

Stitch the face with black and orange yarn

Attach the crochet thread to the top of the head and tie in a loop for hanging, pull so that the knot is inside of the hat

Now you have a cute little snowman ornament to hang on your tree.

If you liked this crocheted snowman ornament be sure to check out my matching Santa ornament

You might also like my Crocheted Stocking Advent Calendar

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Comments

Julie says

November 27, 2015 at 5:46 am

Oh – I know several people who will be getting one of these this Christmas! I am pinning but it will have to be to a secret board for now as they are all fellow pinners! What a cute pattern, thanks!

- Kelly says
  
  November 27, 2015 at 10:29 am
  
  Hi Julie! I’m so glad that you like the pattern. Make sure to visit Erica’s blog for more great patterns! Merry Christmas.
  
CJs Granny says

November 30, 2015 at 8:51 pm

Absolutely adorable! I can’t wait to make these! I’ve only been crocheting for about 1 1/2 years, can you tell me what “in mr” means? Thanks!!

- Kelly says
  
  November 30, 2015 at 8:58 pm
  
  I’m so glad that you like the ornament. Erica from 5 Little Monsters created this ornament so you will have to contact her for questions about the pattern. You can find her at http://www.5littlemonsters.com/