Free Crochet Frog in a Pumpkin Amigurumi Pattern — So Squishy

This free crochet frog in a pumpkin amigurumi pattern turns out the sweetest little toadstool-shaped critter you’ve ever seen — a soft mossy green frog face tucked into a plump, sun-warmed orange pumpkin body, finished with two glossy puff-stitch eye bumps and the tiniest embroidered smile. It’s worked as one squishy piece from the top of the head down, and it fits right in your palm. Let me show you how it all comes together.

🩷 Pattern Highlights

• Cuteness Rating: 🩷🩷🩷🩷🩷
• Finished Size: approx. 2.5 in (6 cm) tall — the designer didn’t specify an exact size, so this is a cozy estimate based on the yarn weight and row count
• Difficulty: Beginner
• Hook Size: 3.0 mm (no exact US letter match — substitute E/4 (3.5 mm) or Clover D/3 (3.25 mm))
• Yarn Palette: sun-warmed pumpkin orange, soft mossy green, warm brown, and a touch of black
• Key Detail: glossy puff-stitch eye bumps glued with safety eyes, plus a hand-embroidered mouth
• Estimated Time: 1-2 hours

What You’ll Need for This Frog in a Pumpkin Amigurumi Pattern

This little one is a two-color plush chenille project with just a touch of cotton blend for the tiny finishing details, so the materials list is short and sweet. I love a pattern like this — every single item on the list gets used, nothing sits forgotten in the stash, and the plush chenille does most of the heavy lifting when it comes to that squishy, huggable texture.

• Sun-warmed pumpkin orange plush chenille yarn — a warm, slightly dusty orange with that soft velvety fuzz. Bulky (5) weight, roughly 100 g / 120 m. Wolans Bunny Baby is the original, and Premier Parfait or Bernat Baby Velvet make lovely US substitutes.
• Soft mossy green plush chenille yarn — the same dreamy chenille texture in a gentle, muted green for the frog’s face. Same yarn line and weight as above.
• Warm brown cotton blend yarn — used for crocheting the tiny stem and for embroidering the mouth. DK / Light Worsted (3) weight, roughly 50 g / 160 m. YarnArt Jeans is the original, with Drops Muskat or Paintbox Cotton DK as US alternatives.
• A touch of black cotton blend yarn — the same weight as above, for the embroidered mouth detail.
• 3.0 mm hook — there isn’t an exact US letter equivalent for this size, so reach for an E/4 (3.5 mm) or a Clover D/3 (3.25 mm) instead.
• 8 mm or 10 mm glue-on safety eyes — the size you choose really does change the frog’s whole personality, so it’s worth picking up both if you’re not sure. Smaller eyes read as sleepy and sweet; bigger eyes give that wide-eyed, startled-froggy look.
• Polyester fiberfill for stuffing
• A wide-eye needle or tapestry needle, for embroidering the mouth and for sewing the stem and closing the opening
• Scissors

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Before You Begin — Making This Frog in a Pumpkin Amigurumi Pattern Extra Cute

This is a tiny pattern with a big personality, and almost all of that personality lives in the finishing details. Here’s what I always keep in mind before I even pick up my hook.

This yarn is classified as Bulky (5) for the plush body and DK / Light Worsted (3) for the cotton blend accents — the contrast between the two textures is part of what makes the finished piece feel so soft and huggable, with a smoother little stem and mouth against all that fuzzy chenille.

Since this piece starts with a magic ring, take your time closing it up snugly on Row 1 — a loose center hole is the one thing that can peek through and spoil that perfectly round little face.

🩷 Chloe’s Detail Tip: Before you glue those safety eyes onto the puff stitches, hold the piece under a bright lamp and check the placement from directly in front. Once the glue sets, there’s no going back — so take an extra thirty seconds to make sure both eyes sit at the same height and the same distance from the center. That tiny bit of patience is what makes a face read as “adorable” instead of “a little wonky.”

This pattern also changes yarn color twice — green for the frog’s face, then orange for the pumpkin body — so it helps to review our color change tutorial beforehand if you haven’t switched colors mid-round before. Carrying the working color up neatly is what keeps that line between the green face and the orange body crisp instead of blurry.

And because the piece is stuffed partway through rather than all at once, go gently — you want enough fill to keep the shape round and supportive, but not so much that the final decrease rounds fight you. Our stuffing guide walks through exactly how to judge that balance.

Crocheting the Frog in a Pumpkin Amigurumi Pattern, Part by Part

This pattern comes together in just two small parts — the Base, which is the frog-and-pumpkin body worked as a single piece, and a tiny crocheted Stem. Everything is worked from the top of the head down toward the base, which means you get to watch that sweet frog face appear first, before the piece rounds out into its pumpkin shape. There’s something so calming about a pattern this compact — you can genuinely watch the whole personality of the piece unfold in just seven short rows, and every single one of them earns its place.

Part 1: Base (×1)

Yarn: mossy green, then sun-warmed pumpkin orange
Starting method: magic ring

🩷 Chloe’s Detail Tip: If you want your frog to have a tiny “hat” peeking out at the very top of its head, start Row 1 in the orange yarn instead of green. Don’t cut the orange when you’re done — just pick up the green and keep going into Row 2. Either way, the whole Base is worked from the top of the head down to the bottom of the pumpkin.

Row 1: 6 sc in mr (6)

Row 2: inc, [in one stitch (1 sc, puff st)], 2 inc, [in one stitch (1 sc, puff st)], inc (12)

Those two puff stitches in Row 2 are exactly where the eyes will go later, so this little round already has so much personality even before the safety eyes go in. Look at those two little bumps forming — that’s the beginning of the face!

Row 3: 12 sc (12)

🩷 Color Change Note: Right after Row 3, switch your yarn to orange and cut the green — the frog’s face is complete, and this is where the plump pumpkin body begins.

Row 4: ([3 dc in one stitch], 1 sc in next st)*6 (24)

Row 5: (3 dc, 1 sc)*6 (24)

This is the part where the shape starts to round out into that classic fluted pumpkin silhouette — so satisfying to watch each little cluster of double crochets pop out into a soft ridge. Those groups of 3 dc are what give the body its gently ribbed, pumpkin-like texture, sitting right below that sweet green face.

Row 6: (3-st dec, 1 sc)*6 (12)

🩷 Chloe’s Detail Tip: Stuff the piece after Row 6, before working the final decrease round. Add the fill a little at a time, pressing it gently into the ridges of the pumpkin body so the shape stays nice and round without pulling the stitches too tight.

Row 7: 6 dec (6)

Finishing: Fasten off and cut the yarn. Close the opening.

Part 2: Stem (×1)

Yarn: warm brown
Starting method: chain

Row 1: ch 6, starting from the second chain from hook, 5 sl st (5)

This little stem is such a quick, satisfying finish — just a short chain and a row of slip stitches, and suddenly your pumpkin has that unmistakable curled-up top that makes it read as a pumpkin instead of just a round little ball.

Finishing: Fasten off and cut the yarn. Sew the stem on.

Assembly

1. Sew the stem on top of the Base, positioning it at Row 1 — right at the very center of the head, where the optional “hat” color sits if you chose to add it.

Because there’s only one seam to worry about here, our tutorial on sewing amigurumi parts together is worth a peek if you want the stem to sit perfectly centered and upright rather than leaning to one side.

Making It Extra Cute — Finishing Details

This is where it goes from nice to irresistible, and honestly, it’s my favorite part of any pattern — the moment a round little shape turns into a face with a personality.

The eyes: Glue the safety eyes directly onto the two puff stitches from Row 2. Because these are glue-on eyes rather than the washer-and-post kind, you get a little more flexibility to nudge them into place before the glue sets — use that to your advantage. Set both eyes on the puff stitches first without pressing them down, step back, and look at the piece straight on. Adjust until they feel level and evenly spaced, then press them in. Our safety eyes tutorial covers this positioning trick in more detail if you want a refresher, along with sizing guidance — many crafters use the CPSC’s toy safety guidance as a starting point when choosing eye sizes for anything that might end up in little hands.

The mouth: Using the wide-eye needle threaded with the cotton blend yarn, embroider a small, simple smile beneath the eyes. Keep the stitches soft and slightly curved rather than a sharp line — that gentle curve is what gives this little frog its content, sleepy-happy expression rather than a startled one.

Needle-sculpting: Once the eyes and mouth are in place, take your needle and gently needle-sculpt the segments of the piece — easing the stitches slightly between the puff-stitch eyes, and around the transition from the green face into the ribbed orange body. This tiny bit of shaping is what makes the finished piece look intentional and expressive rather than just round, and it’s such a small step that makes such a big difference.

Color variations: If you’d like to make a whole little patch of these, try swapping the classic orange for a soft blush pink or pale lavender pumpkin body, keeping the mossy green face the same across all of them. A row of pastel “pumpkins” with the same sweet frog face peeking out of each one is almost too cute to handle. You could even try a cream-colored body with dusty rose spots for something that leans more autumn-cottage than classic jack-o’-lantern — the ribbed dc rounds hold color changes beautifully if you want to get playful with stripes across Rows 4 and 5.

If you fall in love with this little face, it’s worth trying it on its own too — our classic frog amigurumi pattern uses that same sweet expression without the pumpkin body, and pairs so nicely on a shelf next to this one. And if pumpkins are more your thing, our standalone pumpkin amigurumi pattern gives you that same plush, ribbed body to play with in a dozen different color combinations.

Chloe’s Final Look at This Frog in a Pumpkin Amigurumi Pattern

I’ve been turning this little guy over in my hands for way too long and I regret nothing. That soft green face tucked into the ribbed orange body, the glossy shine on those puff-stitch eyes, the tiny curled stem on top — it’s everything I want in a fall project. Try lining up a few in different pastel shades along a windowsill, or tuck one into a gift box on its own. Either way, this little frog in a pumpkin is going to be very hard to put down. 🩷

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