Learn how to crochet an elephant doll amigurumi with a step-by-step tutorial if you are looking for a special birthday gift for your little girl. This adorable elephant plushie features interesting baby-friendly details like floppy ears, a bow and a tiny trunk, making it very unique.
The difficulty level is moderate, so it’s perfect for beginners. It can also be a huggable addition to any nursery. Crochet it within an evening following a quick and easy-to-follow tutorial.
This will be in video format and will be available at the end of this post. Before this, you can learn more about this crochet elephant amigurumi below.
Skills Needed: You should be comfortable with basic stitches like single crochet, increasing, and decreasing all by working in the round. Basic sewing, least colour-changing and embroidery are also required. Little flat work has also been done. Patience and attention to detail will go a long way in achieving a polished final result.
Guide Span: 54 Minutes
Personalization Tips: Instead of attaching a bow tie, you can also use a crochet flower applique pattern, for the head of an elephant. Popular elephant amigurumi colours include pink, light blue and beige. Make sure to use light shades for the body to get a good contrast with the ears in the dark shade. You can also crochet this elephant using chenille yarn.
Crochet Elephant Amigurumi Tutorial
Following is a quick guide on how the tutor of this crochet elephant project crocheted the amigurumi. A helpful tip is to use stitch markers to keep track of your rounds, making the process smoother and more organized:
- Creating the Head: You will start by crocheting a spherical head consisting of 24 rounds. Place safety eyes between rounds 14-16, leaving a gap of 8 stitches between them.
- Assembling the Trunk: Start with a magic ring and work 8 sc. Gradually increase, then switch to regular sc stitches for 8 rounds. Attach the trunk to the head between rounds 14-16, near the safety eyes.
- Ears and Details: Crochet the pink inner ear using a flat round pattern, then create a larger grey outer ear. Attach the two parts.
Stitch the ears to the sides of the head, ensuring symmetry. - Embroider details such as eyelashes and eyebrows using black yarn.
- Body: Construct the body similarly to the head by starting with a magic ring and increasing up to 36 stitches. Work 10 rounds of sc stitches to shape the body, followed by decreases to finish.
- Legs: Crochet legs with a starting magic ring of 6 sc. Increase and then shape the leg by alternating rounds of sc and decreases.
- Arms: Similar to legs but smaller, starting with 5 sc in a magic ring.
- Tail and Bow: Create the tail by chaining and fluffing the yarn strands for a cute finish. For the bow, use a magic ring and chain with double crochets (dc) to create the loops.
Supplies Needed
Following are the materials and tools needed for crocheting the elephant doll amigurumi for beginners:
- 6-ply cotton yarn in various colors
- 3mm crochet hook
- 10mm safety eyes
- Yarn needle
- Scissors
- Stitch markers
Stitches Used
Following are the stitches used to crochet the elephant amigurumi along with quick guides for crocheting each:
- Single Crochet (sc): Insert hook, yarn over, pull through, yarn over, pull through both loops.
- Increase (inc): Make two single crochets in the same stitch.
- Decrease (dec): Insert hook, pick up a loop in the next two stitches, yarn over, and pull through all three loops on the hook.
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