How to Crochet Plush Monster Amigurumi for Beginners

In this post, you'll find a tutorial on crocheting a little plush monster amigurumi from Keep Calm and Crochet that can double as a huggable sofa pillow. This crochet monster requires intermediate skills but the tutor covers each step so clearly that it is great for beginners, too. It features one big crochet eye, mouth, and curly hair making it very cute.

You can customize this monster amigurumi in several ways easily as your little one will love. The complete video guide will be provided to you at the end of this post. To learn more about this crochet monster project, follow through with us below.

Skill Level: Firstly, get comfortable with single crochet, slip stitch, and increases and decreases to shape the monster with chenille yarn. Additionally, Finally, basic sewing skills come in handy when assembling the pieces and adding features like eyes and mouth. Crocheting the hair might seem difficult but it all requires working flat with more double crochet stitches to produce a curl.

Guide Span: 25 Minutes

Personalization Tips: Popular monster colours you can try include parrot and yellow, pink and purple, and blue and orange. Try one of these for recreating the crochet monster amigurumi. If you are a keychain lover, crochet the same monster amigurumi using DK weight yarn and 2-3 mm crochet hook for getting a small monster keychain.

Crochet Plush Monster Tutorial

The tutorial in the end is a comprehensive guide for crocheting a basic monster amigurumi for beginners. Throughout the guide, the tutor gives loads of amigurumi tips that will certainly enhance your skills. A useful tip shared in the tutorial is to use a stitch marker to keep track of the start of each round, ensuring your monster takes shape perfectly. Here is a quick overview of the guide:

Starting Steps: Begin with a slip knot, chain two, and make eight single crochets in the second chain from the hook. This forms the monster’s base structure.
Building Rounds: The tutorial covers specific increases for each round, detailing the process for expanding the shape, using stitch markers, and adding single crochets for each round.
Shaping and Filling: After several rounds, the monster's body shape is secured by filling with fiberfill and continuing with decreasing stitches to close the bottom.
Creating Details (Eye & Mouth): Includes detailed instructions to crochet and attach a white eye, use black yarn to shape the eye’s pupil, and then create a simple smile for the mouth.
Adding Teeth: Using white yarn, small crochet details are added to give the monster a unique, toothy grin.
Styling Hair: Colorful "curls" are crocheted and attached to the head for a playful look, forming the monster’s hair.
Finishing Touch: A "hooded eye" effect is added using yarn to create an eyelid, giving the monster a mischievous expression.