How to Crochet Mini Frog Keychain Amigurumi (Tutorial for Beginners)

In this post, you’ll learn how to crochet a mini crochet frog keychain amigurumi that’s perfect for beginners and makes a great keychain. We have brought a step-by-step tutorial from Cute Crochet to help you recreate it spending little amount of yarn and time. This crochet frog is inspired illustrations of kawaii frog and so features cute round body, belly and a eyes.

The tutor rates it as an easy project and a perfect chance to practice all the main amigurumi skills quickly. Black beads will complete eyes complete the frog’s charming face which should be retained. This miniature frog can stand on its own thanks to its flat bottom, making it ideal for decorations or ornaments.

You can find the complete video guide for crocheting this frog amigurumi at the end of this post. If you are interested in getting deeper insights about this crochet project, follow through with us below.

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Skills Needed: Magic circle, working single crochets, and alternating increases and decreases to shape the body. The tutorial also introduces the invisible decrease technique for seamless finishing, constructing small details like arms and legs, and assembling components symmetrically.

Decorative embroidery, including creating blush with French knots, adds a creative touch.

Guide Span: 40 Minutes

Personalization Tips: To personalize the mini frog, you can experiment with various yarn colors. The tutor uses a shade between green and blue. You can also use other yarn colors like green, parrot and pastel red. Add embellishments like a small bow, a tiny crown, or embroidery to enhance its charm to experiment.

Crochet Sun Amigurumi Tutorial

This Mini Frog Amigurumi is perfect for learning foundational crochet skills like working in rounds, increasing, and decreasing stitches. The design offers chance for personalization in color and facial expressions. Clear, step-by-step instructions make it even easy to create. Here is a quick overview of this tutorial:

Getting Started: The tutorial starts with an overview of materials, including light green yarn for the body, white for the belly, black beads or embroidery for the eyes, and pink for blush.
Crocheting the Body: The body is created using a magic circle foundation, followed by rounds of single crochets and increases to shape the frog’s spherical form. Decreases and invisible decreases are used to close the top and form a neat base.
Adding Details: Instructions cover creating a white belly, small limbs, and round eyes using simple crochet techniques. Safety eyes are attached securely, or embroidered as an alternative.
Assembly and Final Touches: The pieces are stitched together meticulously, ensuring symmetry. Additional steps include embroidering a smile, adding pink blush with French knots, and attaching a keychain ring for functionality.

Stitch Guides

Following are the crochet stitches used for crocheting the mini frog amigurumi and quick guides for crocheting each:

Sc: Single Crochet – Insert hook, yarn over, pull through, and yarn over again to complete.
Inc: Increase – Work two single crochets in one stitch.
Dec: Decrease – Combine two stitches into one.
Sl st: Slip Stitch – Insert hook, yarn over, pull through both loops.

Supplies Needed

Following are the supplies needed for crocheting this mini frog amigurumi your own:

Green yarn for the body
White yarn for the belly
Pink yarn for blush
Black yarn or beads for eyes
3mm crochet hook
Scissors
Yarn needle
Stitch marker
Fiberfill stuffing
Keychain ring (optional)

By using a smaller hook than recommended, your stitches will be tight, keeping the stuffing hidden. As another tip, the tutor suggests using a stitch marker to keep track of your rounds, ensuring your work stays neat and even.