Quick Crochet Christmas Ornament Patterns

This simple pattern is a great early project for beginners. Make a crochet star to hang from your Christmas tree, for the front of a handmade Christmas card or as a gift topper. This is a paid pattern.

Make tiny stockings for tiny gifts to hang on your Christmas tree! Because they might get lost on the mantel! Advanced beginners will love this free crochet pattern to practice increasing and decreasing on a small project. Fill with sweets, crystals or love notes.

Make smiling gingerbread 'cookies' with any yarn you have to hand. These are little discs of cuteness, with embroidered features. Get as creative as you like with your embroidery, and different colours of yarn. Make hanging Christmas ornaments, or a brooch to celebrate the season.

Beginners can practice their colour changes, with this easy bauble pattern. Make little winter robin's in any size, with this free crochet pattern. This is a great stash yarn pattern, and if you don't have the colours for a robin, I think you'd be able to make any type of bird, according to the colours you use.

Gnomes are a must on any list of free Christmas crochet patterns! Make this easy crochet pattern using basic crochet stitches and pom pom! This would be a fun crochet pattern to make with children learning crochet. Imagine revisiting the memory contained in this gnome, as you hang it on the tree, year after year.

This quick crochet pattern could easily become quite addictive! Simply using just single and double crochet stitches, these colourful baubles will hook up quickly and look great on your Christmas tree. I’m sure they’d sell very well at Christmas markets too!

Add a playful touch to gift-giving or tree decorating. Created as part of the Candy Cane Ornament Collection, each design is crafted with Brava worsted weight yarn, offering a cozy, durable finish. The pattern is beginner-friendly, with detailed instructions, photos, and video guides to support every step.

This adorable, 3-dimensional amigurumi bear makes an adorable tree decoration or thoughtful gift. Standing at just 3.5 inches tall, this free pattern includes easy-to-follow written instructions, plus step-by-step photo and video tutorials.

​Add a playful twist to your holiday decor with the adorable Mouse Candy Cane Ornament! This little amigurumi can be made to hold mini candy canes, as it’s legs and arms, or make curly versions from yarn. Decorate your tree year after year, or craft these little cuties as gift toppers to give away as presents.

This free Christmas pudding applique crochet pattern is a cute project, perfect for the festive season. It can be crafted in under an hour using DK yarn, making it ideal for ornaments, gift toppers, or even earrings!

Turn almost anything into a Christmas themed item, by adding a Christmas santa hat! Use these crocheted appliques for clothing patches, or sew onto any accessory you'll wear out and about at this time of year - like a hat or scarf - to instantly Christmas-fy it! (I invented a word!)

Here's another fun, free pattern for beginners! And some ideas to make use of them these Holidays. How about using a little putty to add hats on your posters or paintings for instant effect. Or, string a bunch of snowman hats in a row for making decorative winter garlands.

Make sweet stars with this simple crochet pattern. They'll make a festive compliment to your other tree decorations. They look delightful in plain colours, or use a variegated yarn for a different effect. You could also stitch a whole sky full together, into a lacey, boho lap rug!

This free crochet snowflake pattern brings a nostalgic touch to holiday decorating. Using lace-inspired stitches, it’s perfect for making delicate ornaments or gift tags that can be sized up or down by changing the hook. With its versatility, this pattern offers a charming way to add a vintage feel to your tree or presents this Christmas.

This crochet snowglobe ornament adds a personal touch to any tree, with room for photos or sparkly confetti inside. Quick to make, each ornament uses scrap yarn and clear vinyl, and can be assembled in under 30 minutes. Gift a set to favourite family friends for a memorable gift.

I love this unique take on an angel decoration. The body is a tassel and the wings are a folded circle. She has a neat and elegant look, and whimsical design. the free crochet pattern is low-sew, with only the hair needing to be attached at the end.

This free crochet Christmas pattern creates novelty gnome gift card holders, perfect for adding a little extra fun to your holiday gifts. These versatile gnomes can double as festive ornaments for your tree - as well as gift card holders. Bring a hint of cottagecore to your Christmas with this fun, and functional project.

Add sugar, spice and all things nice to your crochet Christmas patterns list! These tiny 3D gingerbread ornaments can be embroidered to resemble Christmas puddings or cookies! There's instructions for both. This is an inexpensive, paid pattern.

This little snowman is perfect for gift wrapping, tree decorations, or craft fairs! This free crochet pattern is quick to crochet with super bulky yarn, making it ideal for creating multiple handmade gifts in no time. Complete with a detailed written pattern, photo guides, and a video tutorial, even advanced beginners can craft this adorable snowman with ease.

Do you have dolls or small statues around your home? Adorn their heads with a mini Santa hat, handcrafted by you! You can't help but get in the Christmas mood making one of these. Use DK or worsted weight yarn for smaller crochet hats, and bulky yarn for larger decorations. Surprise the kids by popping hats on their dolls when sleeping.

Dress little wooden people in snuggly winter clothing - made from crochet of course! This free crochet pattern includes doll clothing in the form of a rolled neck tunic and pointed hat. This is a very cute and cozy ornament, that can be customized in all sorts of ways, or left plain for a more traditional ornament.

This quick and simple crochet wreath ornament pattern is perfect for Christmas decorations, gift tags, or garlands. Using only a small amount of yarn, this cute pattern is ideal for scrapbusting and selling at markets throughout the holiday season.

This free, no-sew Santa gnome crochet pattern offers a quick, festive project that’s perfect for tree ornaments, car mirror dangle, or small handmade gifts. Created in one piece with chunky yarn, this pattern requires minimal embroidery and is simple to customise. With a step-by-step video tutorial, it’s a fun and unique addition to your holiday crochet list.

Make a handmade gift for Christmas time, that will delight and surprise the receiver! Add this little cutie to Christmas Stockings, or crochet for a special teacher's gift. This free amigurumi pattern has an accompanying video tutorial, that's very detailed, if you feel you'd like a little support to make one for yourself.

Make your baubles even more interesting, by making these Santa’s with happy expressions! Create a laughing Santa, or Santa Claus smiling, to truly bring the joy of the season into your crochet Christmas decorations. This free pattern, is a fun way to craft a whole lot of Christmas spirit.

Make everlasting cookies for Santa and his helpers when they visit - that can be reused time and time again. Plus they're perfect all year for toddlers and imaginative play in the playroom. With options for heart-shaped cookies and four fun toppings, it's a fun pattern to make and makes a great baby shower gift. This is a paid crochet pattern.

I bet until you saw the photo, you didn't know you needed to make a crochet brussel sprout amigurumi! This kawaii-inspired project is easy to follow, with both a video tutorial and written instructions to guide you through each step. Even if Brussels sprouts aren't everyone's favourite vegetable, this adorable crochet version will surely be a hit!

Make tiny little candy lollipops to decorate your Christmas tree. No need to keep an eye on the kids, they won’t be able to eat these ones – even though they do look like the real thing! They finished lollipop will require surface embroidery to complete the swirl, but they’re so cute, you won’t mind the sewing!

Dive into your scrap yarn stash to hook an adorable snowman or three. Make use of anything from DK to bulky yarn, for different sizes of snowman bauble. There's a helpful video tutorial included, with the addition of a bonus photo tutorial in the ad-free pdf version

​​Quickly make a small amigurumi reindeer ornament, using super bulky yarn! With detailed written instructions, photo tutorials, and video guides, crocheters of any skill level can easily bring this sweet reindeer to life. It's the perfect small size to hang on the tree or include in holiday gift bags.

Make an easy crochet Christmas tree for your desk or dining table centrepiece! This free pattern includes a very clearly written pattern with photo tutorial and video tutorial too! The swirly, textured lines on this tree are so easy to create, it takes less than an hour to make one Christmas tree!

This cute little wreath ornament can easily be made in 30 minutes or less with the scraps of worsted weight yarn you have in your stash! This cute little wreath ornament uses the bobble stitch - and there's a free tutorial to help you along if needed.

The classic bow makes a pretty addition to your tree, and can be crocheted in any colour of yarn, and any weight! They look especially elegant in metallic yarn, but can just as easily be made as a scrap buster pattern.

Here's an easy, fast project that will jingle all the way! This is a free pattern to make cheerful Christmas bells, most suited to intermediate crocheters, as there's a few variations of single crochet, some shaping required and stitch markers needed to complete the pattern.
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Make your Christmas merry and bright, with these colourful Christmas stars! Of course you might choose a more subtle colour scheme for your boho stars, but I think I'd make mine in cheery, bright colours! This is a beginner-friendly, free crochet pattern that features a cute tassel.

Cute, quick and easy - this is the perfect pattern for last-minute decorating! These handmade little trees can be purposed for all manner of holiday gifting too - there's a number of ideas suggested in the free crochet pattern.