Looking for cute squirrel amigurumi to brighten up your home or give as gifts? We’ve pulled together some fantastic free crochet patterns that range from beginner-friendly to intermediate skill levels. Whether you want realistic woodland creatures or playful, imaginative designs, there’s something here for everyone.
These patterns use a mix of simple and more advanced stitching techniques. Some feature unique shapes and colors, while others stick to classic squirrel charm. Let’s dive into the options!
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1. Little Cube Squirrel Amigurumi Pattern
Want something a bit different from the usual round amigurumi? Craftybunnybun created these with a blocky shape using continuous spirals. The fluffy tail is definitely the star of the show here.
2. Squirrel With Acorn
This design by Kylie Slee comes with an easy video tutorial that walks you through every step. Perfect for gift-giving, especially for birthday surprises.
3. Cozy Squirrel Buddy
You’ll want some intermediate crochet skills in your toolkit to tackle this one. The Cozy Squirrel Buddy from Amigurumi Today is totally worth the effort though.
4. Crochet Shirley The Squirrel Pattern
Shirley is worked in classic amigurumi style with colorwork details that really make her stand out. This cheerful little toy will make anyone smile.
5. Easy Amigurumi Squirrel
Stella Taubenheim’s squirrels are not just adorable—they’re surprisingly simple to make. Working from bottom to top using basic stitching and sewing keeps things straightforward.
6. Rag Doll Squirrel
Sheila Houle crafted these with a flat, rag doll charm that’s super eye-catching. Take time to review the stitch requirements and yarn amounts before diving in.
7. Hygge Squirrel
Looking to expand your woodland creatures collection? Kati’s design uses beginner-friendly stitches and comes together beautifully in any yarn color you choose.
8. Crochet Chubby Squirrel Pattern
This chubby version uses basic stitches like single crochet, half double crochet, and increases. Make sure you’re comfortable with the fundamentals before starting this one.
9. Lovely Squirrel
WhiteArtLine designed this gem so it crochets as one continuous piece. Work the bottom paws, body, upper paws, and head all together for a seamless finish.
10. Crochet Squirrel Pattern
Jen mixed things up with multiple yarn colors for variety. Each squirrel features a cute tummy patch worked in continuous spirals and rows.
11. Bruno Squirrel
Designed by Pica Pau, Bruno is worked using continuous rounds with intermediate-level techniques. Download the full pattern to get all the details you need.
12. Daniela Squirrel Amigurumi
This Paw Gurumis creation is worked in unjoined spiral rounds and has such a sweet sleeping pose that captures hearts instantly.
13. Bushy Tailed Squirrels Trio
KM’s bushy-tailed trio uses a gauge of 6 stitches and 5 rows with standard abbreviations. This set of three is absolutely adorable and perfect as a gift set.
14. Cute Sirius
Check out this carousel post by les.mailles.du.rocher for a super quick project that’s wonderfully easy and loads of fun to stitch up.
