Looking for the perfect Christmas reindeer amigurumi pattern to add a festive touch to your holiday décor? This adorable plush reindeer is a beginner-friendly crochet project that brings the warm, cozy spirit of Christmas into your home. With easy stitches, step-by-step instructions, and soft plush yarn, this Christmas reindeer amigurumi makes a beautiful handmade gift, a cute seasonal decoration, or a special toy for little ones. If you love creating holiday-themed crochet pieces, this charming reindeer is the ideal project to brighten your Christmas crafting time.
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Materials
- Plush yarn (100 g / 120 m): milky, red, dark brown, brown
- Cotton yarn (50 g / 160 m): black, red, white, brown
- Crochet hooks: 4.0 mm and 2.5 mm
- Safety eyes: 12 mm
- Scissors
- Stitch marker
- Needle with wide eye
- Fiberfill (holofiber)
Abbreviations
- MR – magic ring
- CH – chain
- SC – single crochet
- INC – increase
- DEC – decrease
- BLO – back loop only
- SL ST – slip stitch
🦌 LEGS (make 2) – Plush Yarn
Start with dark brown yarn.
1: 6 sc in MR
2: 6 inc (12)
3: BLO 12 sc
4: Change yarn to brown. 12 sl st in BLO
5–7: 12 sc (3 rows)
Make a sl st in next stitch and cut yarn.
Second leg: Repeat but do not cut yarn.
CH 2 and join the legs. Place a stitch marker — this is the first stitch of the next round.
🦌 Christmas Reindeer – BODY
8: 12 sc on first leg, 2 sc on chain, 12 sc on second leg, 2 sc on opposite side of chain (28)
9: 4 sc, 2 inc, 4 sc, inc, 2 sc, inc, 4 sc, 2 inc, 8 sc (34)
10: 34 sc
11: (16 sc, inc)*2 (36)
12–13: 36 sc (2 rows)
14: Change yarn to red – 36 sc
15–16: 36 sc
17: (16 sc, dec)*2 (34)
18: (15 sc, dec)*2 (32)
19: (14 sc, dec)*2 (30)
20: 30 sc
21: (3 sc, dec)*6 (24)
22: 24 sc
23: (4 sc, dec)*4 (20)
Attach the arms
24: 5 sc, 3 sc (arm + body), 7 sc, 3 sc (arm + body), 2 sc
25: (dec, 8 sc)*2 (18)
🦌 ARMS (make 2) – Christmas Reindeer
Start with white yarn:
1: 5 sc in MR
2: 5 inc (10)
3: (3 sc, dec)*2 (8)
4: Change yarn to red. 8 sl st in BLO
5–8: 8 sc (4 rows)
9: 6 sc, dec (7)
10: 7 sc
11: 5 sc, dec (6)
Make a sl st, cut yarn.
Stuff lightly as you close.
🦌 Christmas Reindeer – HEAD
Continue from the body in the round.
Change yarn to milky.
26: 18 inc (36)
27: (5 sc, inc)*6 (42)
28: (6 sc, inc)*6 (48)
29–30: 48 sc
Change yarn to brown
31: 48 sc
32: (10 sc, dec)*4 (44)
33: (9 sc, dec)*4 (40)
34: 40 sc
35: (8 sc, dec)*4 (36)
36: 36 sc
37: (4 sc, dec)*6 (30)
38: (3 sc, dec)*6 (24)
39: (2 sc, dec)*6 (18)
40: (1 sc, dec)*6 (12)
41: 6 dec (6)
Pull to close, fasten off, cut yarn.
Insert safety eyes between rows 32–33, 6 stitches apart.
Stuff firmly while crocheting.
🦌 Christmas Reindeer – NOSE – Milky Yarn
1: 6 sc in MR
2: 6 inc (12)
3: (1 sc, inc)*6 (18)
4: 18 sc
Leave a long tail for sewing.
🦌 Christmas Reindeer – EARS (make 2) Brown Yarn
1: 4 sc in MR
2: (1 sc, inc)*2 (6)
3: (2 sc, inc)*2 (8)
4: 8 sc
5: (2 sc, dec)*2 (6)
Leave a long tail for sewing.
🦌 HORNS (small & big)
Use dark brown, hook 2.5 mm.
Small Horn (make 2)
1: 6 sc in MR
2: 6 inc (12)
3: (3 sc, inc)*3 (15)
4–7: 15 sc
Fasten off.
Big Horn (make 2)
1: 6 sc in MR
2: 6 inc (12)
3: (3 sc, inc)*3 (15)
4–8: 15 sc
Do not cut yarn after second piece.
Join small + big
Join both pieces with sl st.
9: 15 sc on big horn + 15 sc on small horn (30)
10: (1 sc, dec)*10 (20)
11: 20 sc
12: (3 sc, dec)*4 (16)
13–14: 16 sc
15: dec, 14 sc (15)
Leave long tail for sewing to head.
🦌 Christmas Reindeer – FINISHING
✔ Sew nose to the head
✔ Attach ears
✔ Attach horns
✔ Embroider eyebrows, cheeks, and mouth
✔ Sew head to body
✔ Add sweater star embroidery
✔ Shape the face by tightening threads if desired
🎉 Your plush reindeer is ready!
Final height with recommended yarn: 28 cm