Free Molly the Puffin Amigurumi Crochet Pattern

Molly the Puffin Amigurumi Bird

Crochet a cute bird Amigurumi with this easy free puffin crochet pattern. This adorable pattern was first published in my book Amigurumi Made Easy and is now available for free on my DIY Fluffies blog.

The puffin in the photo was made with sport-weight cotton yarn and a 2.5 mm hook. If you use the same yarn, your puffin bird will be 16 cm (7 inches) tall. Use thicker yarn if you want to create a bigger puffin.

Table of contents

Introducing Molly the Puffin
PDF Pattern
Basic Stitches Tutorial
Materials
Abbreviations
Free Puffin Crochet Pattern

A little Story about Molly the Puffin:

Molly the Puffin loves having picknicks! She spends days looking for the yummiest treats to share with her friends and she makes sure to send out invitations well in advance, so that everyone can join in the fun. On the day of the picknick, they all join the feast on a cozy blanket in the park, chatting and munching on their treats.

PDF Pattern Puffin Crochet

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Basic Stitches Tutorial

If you are a beginner that want to learn how to crochet, check out my beginner-friendly basic stitches tutorial, it has many instructional videos on how to crochet every stitch. It shows you all you need to know to make your very own cute bird Amigurumi with this free puffin crochet pattern.

Materials

These are the materials that I used. However, feel free to replace them with other materials of your choice. Furthermore, if you wish to crochet a larger or smaller version of the puffin bird amigurumi using this free stuffed animal crochet pattern, you can simply use a thicker or thinner yarn and crochet hook.

Cotton Sport Weight version 15 cm / 6 inch:
– Orange Yarn and Colors Must Have color: 019: 14 gram
– Black Yarn and Colors Must Have color: 100: 55 gram
– Yellow Yarn and Colors Must Have color: 014: 3 gram
– White Yarn and Colors Must Have color: 001: 12 gram
– Blue Yarn and Colors Must Have color: 066: 3 gram
– Synthetic Poly Filling
– Crochet hook size 2.5 mm
– Safety eyes 16 mm

Search for a similar cotton yarn you can buy near you on YARNSUB

Supplies:
– Scissors
– Tapestry needles with blunt point, nr. 16 or 17
– Pins

TIP: Are you using are using Blanket yarn? Then I recommend a 8.0 mm crochet hook.
For Super Bulky Chenille yarn I recommend a 5 mm crochet hook, for bulky velvet yarn a 3.5 mm crochet hook.

Abbreviations

Abbreviations used in this free puffin bird crochet pattern:
(All abbreviations are explained in my basic stitches tutorial)
Rnd: Round
st: stitch
sc: single crochet
sl st: slip stitch
dec: decrease
inc: increase

Free Puffin Crochet Pattern

Eye Patch 2x:

Use white yarn
Rnd 1: start 6 sc in a magic ring (6)
Rnd 2: inc in all 6 st (12)
Rnd 3: (sc in next st, inc in next st) repeat 6 times (18)
Rnd 4: (sc in next 2 st, inc in next st) repeat 6 times (24)
Rnd 5: (sc in next 3 st, inc in next st) repeat 6 times (30)
Rnd 6: (sc in next 4 st, inc in next st) repeat 6 times (36)
Rnd 7: (sc in next 5 st, inc in next st) repeat 6 times (42)
Rnd 8: (sc in next 6 st, inc in next st) repeat 6 times (48)
Rnd 9: (sc in next 3 st, inc in next st) repeat 12 times (60)
Rnd 10: sc in all 60 st (60)
Slst in next st. Fasten off, leaving a long tail for sewing

Beak:

Start with orange yarn
Rnd 1: start 6 sc in a magic ring (6)
Rnd 2: inc in all 6 st (12)
Rnd 3: (sc in next 3 st, inc in next st) repeat 3 times (15)
Rnd 4: (sc in next 4 st, inc in next st) repeat 3 times (18)
Rnd 5: (sc in next 3 st, inc in next 3 st, sc in next 3 st)repeat 2 times (24)
Rnd 6: sc in next 3 st, (sc in next st, inc in next st) repeat 3 times, sc in next 6 st, (sc in next st, inc in next st) repeat 3 times, sc in next 3 st (30)
Rnd 7: sc in all 30 st (30)
Rnd 8: sc in next 5 st, (sc in next st, inc in next st) repeat 3 times, sc in next 8 st, (sc in next st, inc in next st) repeat 3 times, sc in next 5 st (36)
Rnd 9: sc in all 36 st (36)
Rnd 10: sc in next 6 st, (sc in next st, inc in next st) repeat 3 times, sc in next 10 st, (sc in next st, inc in next st) repeat 3 times, sc in next 8 st (42)
Rnd 11: sc in all 42 st (42)
Change to yellow yarn.
Rnd 12: sc in all 42 st (42)
Slst in next st. Fasten off, leaving a long tail for sewing.

Side part beak 2x:

Crochet in rows.
Row 1: start 3 sc in a magic ring, ch 1, turn (3)
Row 2: inc in next 3 st, ch 1, turn (6)
Row 3: (sc in next st, inc in next st) repeat 3 times, ch 1, turn (9)
Row 4: (sc in next 2 st, inc in next st) repeat 3 times, ch 1, turn (12)
Change to yellow yarn. Make sure to change color in the last stitch before the “ch 1, turn”, for a neat color change (photo 1-2).
Row 5: (sc in next 3 st, inc in next st) repeat 3 times (15) (photo 3)
Fasten off, leaving a long tail for sewing.

Dot on Beak 2x:

Use yellow yarn
Rnd 1: start 6 sc in a magic ring (6)
Rnd 2: inc 6 times (12)
Slst in next st. Fasten off, leaving a long tail for sewing.

Head and Body:

Use black yarn
Rnd 1: start 6 sc in a magic ring (6)
Rnd 2: inc in all 6 st (12)
Rnd 3: (sc in next st, inc in next st) repeat 6 times (18)
Rnd 4: (sc in next 2 st, inc in next st) repeat 6 times (24)
Rnd 5: (sc in next 3 st, inc in next st) repeat 6 times (30)
Rnd 6: (sc in next 4 st, inc in next st) repeat 6 times (36)
Rnd 7: (sc in next 5 st, inc in next st) repeat 6 times (42)
Rnd 8: (sc in next 6 st, inc in next st) repeat 6 times (48)
Rnd 9: (sc in next 7 st, inc in next st) repeat 6 times (54)
Rnd 10: (sc in next 8 st, inc in next st) repeat 6 times (60)
Rnd 11: sc in all 60 st (60)
Rnd 12: (sc in next 9 st, inc in next st) repeat 6 times (66)
Rnd 13 – 14: sc in all 66 st (66)
Rnd 15: (sc in next 10 st, inc in next st) repeat 6 times (72)
Rnd 16 – 23: sc in all 72 st (72)
Rnd 24: (sc in next 10 st, dec) repeat 6 times (66)
Rnd 25: sc in all 66 st (66)
Rnd 26: (sc in next 9 st, dec) repeat 6 times (60)
Rnd 27: (sc in next 8 st, dec) repeat 6 times (54)
Rnd 28: (sc in next 7 st, dec) repeat 6 times (48)
Rnd 29: (sc in next 6 st, dec) repeat 6 times (42)
Rnd 30: sc in all 42 st (42)
Rnd 31: (sc in next 6 st, inc in next st) repeat 6 times (48)
Rnd 32: sc in all 48 st (48)
Rnd 33: (sc in next 7 st, inc in next st) repeat 6 times (54)
Rnd 34: (sc in next 8 st, inc in next st) repeat 6 times (60)
Rnd 35: sc in all 60 st (60)
Rnd 36: (sc in next 9 st, inc in next st) repeat6 times (66)
Rnd 37 – 38: sc in all 66 st (66)
Sew the eye patches to the head between rounds 9 and 29, with 6 stitches between both patches at round 17. Sew the beak to the head between rounds 10 and 30 (photo 4) . Sew the side part to both sides of the beak. Next, sew the dots to both sides of the beak, halfway between the beak and the eye patch (photo 5) .
Insert the safety eyes between rounds 5 and 6 of the white eye patches and push them through the head. See my video on how to attach washer on safety eyes the easy way. A great help for this free puffin bird crochet pattern.
You can use a chopstick to make a bigger hole, if you find it hard to insert the eyes through both the eye patch and head 6 (photo 6). Now embroider black lines under the eyes over rounds 3 to 5 (photo 7-8) .

Stuff the head with fiberfill.
Rnd 39: (sc in next 10 st, inc in next st) repeat 6 times (72)
Rnd 40 – 46: sc in all 72 st (72)
Rnd 47: (sc in next 10 st, dec) repeat 6 times (66)
Rnd 48: sc in all 66 st (66)
Rnd 49: (sc in next 9 st, dec) repeat 6 times (60)
Rnd 50: sc in all 60 st (60)
Rnd 51: (sc in next 8 st, dec) repeat 6 times (54)
Rnd 52: (sc in next 7 st, dec) repeat 6 times (48)
Rnd 53: (sc in next 4 st, dec) repeat 8 times (40)
Rnd 54: (sc in next 3 st, dec) repeat 8 times (32)
Rnd 55: (sc in next 2 st, dec) repeat 8 times (24)
Rnd 56: (sc in next st, dec) repeat 8 times (16)
Stuff the body with fiberfill and continue stuffing as you go.
Rnd 57: dec 8 times (8)
Rnd 58: dec 4 times (4)
Fasten off, leaving a yarn tail. Using your yarn needle, weave the yarn tail through the front loop of each remaining stitch and pull it tight to close. Weave in the yarn end.

Belly:

Use white yarn
Rnd 1: start 6 sc in a magic ring (6)
Rnd 2: inc in all 6 st (12)
Rnd 3: (sc in next st, inc in next st) repeat 6 times (18)
Rnd 4: (sc in next 2 st, inc in next st) repeat 6 times (24)
Rnd 5: (sc in next 3 st, inc in next st) repeat 6 times (30)
Rnd 6: (sc in next 4 st, inc in next st) repeat 6 times (36)
Rnd 7: (sc in next 5 st, inc in next st) repeat 6 times (42)
Rnd 8: (sc in next 6 st, inc in next st) repeat 6 times (48)
Rnd 9: (sc in next 7 st, inc in next st) repeat 6 times (54)
Rnd 10: (sc in next 8 st, inc in next st) repeat 6 times (60)
Rnd 11: sc in all 60 st (60)
Slst in next st. Fasten off, leaving a long tail for sewing.
Sew the belly between rounds 32 and 54 of the body.

Wing 2x:

Use Black yarn
Rnd 1: start 6 sc in a magic ring (6)
Rnd 2: inc in all 6 st (12)
Rnd 3: (sc in next 4 st, inc in next 2 st) repeat 2 times (16)
Rnd 4: (sc in next 6 st, inc in next 2 st) repeat 2 times (20)
Rnd 5 – 7: sc in all 20 st (20)
Rnd 8: (sc in next 8 st, dec) repeat 2 times (18)
Rnd 9: (sc in next 7 st, dec) repeat 2 times (16)
Rnd 10: sc in all 16 st (16)
Rnd 11: (sc in next 6 st, dec) repeat 2 times (14)
Rnd 12: (sc in next 5 st, dec) repeat 2 times (12)
Rnd 13: (sc in next 4 st, dec) repeat 2 times (10)
Rnd 14: (sc in next 3 st, dec) repeat 2 times (8)
Rnd 15: (sc in next 2 st, dec) repeat 2 times (6)
Fasten off, leaving a yarn tail. Using your yarn needle, weave the yarn tail through the front loop of each remaining stitch and pull it tight to close. Now bring the yarn tail to the center of the wing (round 6), so you can use the yarn tail for sewing. Sew the wings to the sides of the body between rounds 37-44.

Tail:

Rnd 1: start 6 sc in a magic ring (6)
Rnd 2: (sc in next st, inc in next st) repeat 3 times (9)
Rnd 3: sc in all 9 st (9)
Rnd 4: (sc in next 2 st, inc in next st) repeat 3 times (12)
Rnd 5: (sc in next st, inc in next st) repeat 6 times (18)
Rnd 6: sc in all 18 st (18)
Rnd 7: (sc in next 2 st, inc in next st) repeat 6 times (24)
Rnd 8 – 9: sc in all 24 st (24)
Rnd 10: (sc in next 3 st, inc in next st) repeat 6 times (30)
Rnd 11: sc in all 30 st (30)
Slst in next st. Fasten off, leaving a long tail for sewing.
Stuff the tail of this puffin bird with fiberfill. Sew the tail to the back of the body between rounds 42-51.

Foot 2x:

Use orange yarn
Rnd 1: start 6 sc in a magic ring (6)
Rnd 2: (sc in next st, inc in next st) repeat 3 times (9)
Rnd 3: sc in all 9 st (9)
Rnd 4: (sc in next 2 st, inc in next st) repeat 3 times (12)
Rnd 5: sc in all 12 st (12)
Rnd 6: (sc in next 3 st, inc in next st) repeat 3 times (15)
Rnd 7: sc in all 15 st (15)
Rnd 8: dc in all 15 st (15)
Slst in next st. Fasten off, leaving a long tail for sewing. The feet don’t need to be stuffed. Flatten the feet. Now split round 8 into 3 parts and make an indent between the toes by sewing around round 8 a few times (photo 9-11). Sew the feet to the front of the body, touching round 6 of the belly.

Now your Molly the Puffin is done! I hope you enjoyed this free puffin bird crochet pattern, there are many more Amigurumi patterns on my blog to create.