Christmas Tree with a Cute Face – Crochet Pattern
- June 15, 2025
- Posted by: DIY Educ
- Category: Toys

Design by Zhenya Trifonova @zhenya.trif_toys
Difficulty level: Easy
This pattern guides you through crocheting a cute little Christmas tree amigurumi with a charming face. You can use any acrylic, cotton, or cotton-blend yarn and a matching hook. Embellish the toy with colorful half-beads, rhinestones, or pearls. The face is embroidered, and the eyes are made using half-beads.
The entire tree is worked as one cone-shaped piece. The cheeks are made separately and sewn on.
Materials and Tools:
- 🔹 Yarn: green, brown, beige, yellow
- 🔹 Crochet hook: 2–2.3 mm
- 🔹 Safety eyes or half-beads: 10 mm
- 🔹 Toy stuffing
- 🔹 Stiff cardboard
- 🔹 Colored half-beads for decoration
- 🔹 Yarn needle for sewing pieces together
- 🔹 Scissors
Stitch Abbreviations:
- 🔹MR– magic ring
- 🔹ch – chain
- 🔹sl st – slip stitch
- 🔹sc – single crochet
- 🔹dc – double crochet
- 🔹hdc – half double crochet
- 🔹inc – increase
- 🔹dec – decrease
- 🔹BLO – back loop only
- 🔹(…) x n – repeat the sequence in brackets n times
Tree Instructions:
Start crocheting with brown or beige yarn. Stuff the piece firmly and evenly as you go.
1. 8 sc in MR
2. 8 inc (16)
3. (1 sc, inc) x 8 (24)
4. (2 sc, inc) x 8 (32)
5. (3 sc, inc) x 8 (40)
6. (4 sc, inc) x 8 (48)
7. (5 sc, inc) x 8 (56)
8. (6 sc, inc) x 8 (64)
9. (7 sc, inc) x 8 (72)
10. 72 sc in BLO
11–19. 72 sc (9 rounds)
Cut a 6 cm circle out of stiff cardboard and insert it into the base of the pot for stability.
Switch to green yarn:
20. 72 sc
21. 72 sc in BLO
22. (7 sc, dec) x 8 (64)
23–29. 64 sc (7 rounds)
30. 3 sc, dec, (6 sc, dec) x 7, 3 sc (56) — work this round in BLO
31–36. 56 sc (6 rounds)
37. (5 sc, dec) x 8 (48) — work this round in BLO
38–42. 48 sc (5 rounds)
43. 2 sc, dec, (4 sc, dec) x 7, 2 sc (40) — work this round in BLO
44–47. 40 sc (4 rounds)
48. (3 sc, dec) x 8 (32) — work this round in BLO
49–51. 32 sc (3 rounds)
52. 1 sc, dec, (2 sc, dec) x 7, 1 sc (24) — work this round in BLO
53–54. 24 sc (2 rounds)
55. (2 sc, dec) x 6 (18)
56. 18 sc in BLO
57. 18 sc
58. (1 sc, dec) x 6 (12)
59. 6 dec, close the hole, pull tight, and weave in the end.
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White Edging:
Add a decorative edging using white yarn in all rounds that were worked in BLO.
Starting from the lowest “tier”, attach the white yarn and work as follows:
ch, (sc, hdc) in one stitch, sl st in next stitch, then repeat: (sc, hdc), sl st to the end of the round.
Cheeks:
Using pink yarn: 8 dc in MR, pull tight, leave a long tail for sewing.
Star:
1. 8 sc in MR
2. (sc, dc, sc in one stitch, sl st in next stitch) — repeat around
Leave a tail for sewing.
Finishing and Assembly
- 🔹 Glue the eyes between rounds 14–16
- 🔹 Embroider the eyebrows and mouth
- 🔹 Sew on the cheeks
- 🔹 Sew the star on top
- 🔹 Decorate the tree with colorful half-beads