Stand this crochet lion amigurumi on a shelf and it holds itself up without any wire inside. Knotted mane strands do the work around the face, and everything else is plain rounds and firm stuffing. The mane is knotted lengths of dark brown rather than a crocheted collar, which is what lets it sit full…

Clip this crochet elephant keychain to a bag and it takes under an hour to make. Ears and trunk are the only shaping, so the head works up as plain rounds with nothing sewn on but the ears. Only the head is made on this amigurumi little cute elephant free crochet pattern, worked as a…

Hang this crochet gingerbread house on a tree and it holds its detail at two inches across. Brown, white, and a few scraps of red and green cover it, and the icing edge is one round worked last. Everything sits on a flat brown panel on this crochet gingerbread house amigurumi free pattern, worked as…

Hold this crochet christmas cookie in two hands and it is somewhere between a toy and a cushion. Sprinkles go on as single stitches at the end, so no two cookies come out the same. Two flat discs joined around the edge make this crochet christmas cookie amigurumi pattern for beginners, a purple iced top…

Soft enough that a child will take it to bed rather than leave it on a shelf. Variegated chenille does the shading on this crochet shark amigurumi free pattern by itself, so no colour changes are needed anywhere. Variegated blue chenille gives this crochet shark amigurumi free pattern its mottled back without a single colour…

A coiled strip is all the shell takes, which is why beginners get through this in an evening. The green base is what turns this crochet snail amigurumi from a toy into something that sits on a shelf, and the flowers use up whatever scraps are nearest. The shell is a flat spiral rather than…

Dozen of these cost you a scrap bag and one weekend. Firm stuffing is what keeps a crochet christmas bauble round on the branch rather than sagging, and a set in three colours reads as deliberate instead of leftover. A bauble holds its sphere only if the decrease rounds mirror the increases exactly, and this…

Four inches tall with its head down and an apple at its feet. The grazing pose is what makes this crochet donkey pattern different from every stiff standing animal, and tan scraps cover the whole thing. The head hangs low rather than sitting upright on this crochet donkey free pattern amigurumi 4-inch christmas toy, which…

A plant that lives on your keys and never needs watering. Raised ridges give this crochet cactus amigurumi its shape, and the flower colour is the only thing that changes between them, so a set for a whole office costs almost nothing. Vertical ribs run up the green body on this crochet cactus amigurumi free…

Add a straw hat and a bow to a yellow duck and it stops being a bath toy. Yellow and orange scraps cover this crochet duck pattern free, and the hat is what makes anyone stop and pick it up. A wide flat beak sitting proud of the face is what makes this crochet duck…