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Noel the Christmas Mouse Amigurumi Pattern

Noel the Christmas Mouse Amigurumi Pattern
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5-7 Hours Time Needed
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Beginner Friendly Level

Perfect for those just starting their crochet journey, with clear instructions and simple techniques

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Takes 5-7 hours, making it an enjoyable project to finish over a couple of days.

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An adorable friend to cherish, handcrafted with love to bring comfort and joy for years to come.

About This Noel the Christmas Mouse Amigurumi Pattern

This pattern creates a charming Christmas mouse amigurumi complete with a striped hat and pom pom. The design includes clear rounds for the head, body, arms, legs, ears, tail and hat. Techniques used are basic amigurumi stitches and colour changes to create the striped hat and sweater effect.

Noel the Christmas Mouse Amigurumi Pattern crochet pattern - detailed view of completed project

Detailed assembly instructions help you position the eyes, ears and limbs for the cutest finish. The pattern is written in American terminology and worked in continuous rounds.

Why You'll Love This Noel the Christmas Mouse Amigurumi Pattern

I absolutely love this pattern because it captures cozy holiday charm in a small, giftable size. I enjoy the simple colour changes that give the hat and body a festive stripe without complicated shaping. The little embroidered nose and pom pom are such satisfying finishing touches that bring so much personality. I designed it to be accessible, so even if you are fairly new to amigurumi you will still get a lovely result.

Noel the Christmas Mouse Amigurumi Pattern step 1 - construction progress Noel the Christmas Mouse Amigurumi Pattern step 2 - assembly progress Noel the Christmas Mouse Amigurumi Pattern step 3 - details and accessories Noel the Christmas Mouse Amigurumi Pattern step 4 - final assembly and finishing

Switch Things Up

I love experimenting with different yarns to change the look of Noel; try a fuzzy or boucle yarn for a soft, cuddle-friendly version.

You can make Noel larger or smaller by switching yarn weight and hook size — bulky yarn with a larger hook gives a chunky ornament, thin yarn and smaller hook makes a tiny keychain version.

I sometimes swap the colour palette to pastels or bright jewel tones for a non-traditional look that suits my decor.

Try embroidering different facial expressions: a small curved mouth or tiny eyebrows can make Noel look playful or sleepy.

I often replace the safety eyes with embroidered eyes for baby-safe toys; just make sure to securely fasten and weave ends in.

For a posable version, I add a small piece of wire inside the limbs before stuffing so I can pose his arms and tail.

Make multiple hats with different pom pom sizes and switch them out for seasonal variations or to personalize each mouse.

I recommend adding tiny accessories like a mini crochet scarf or a felt star to tuck under his arm for a gift-ready finish.

If you like texture, try alternating stitches on the body (e.g. rounds of hdc) to create a ribbed sweater effect instead of stripes.

Use metallic or sparkly yarn for the pom pom or hat stripes to make Noel extra festive and eye-catching on the tree.

Common Mistakes & How to Fix Them

✗ Skipping the stitch markers when marking the top centre of the head will make eye placement difficult; mark the 8th/9th and 16th/17th stitches with a spare yarn for accurate placement. ✗ Overstuffing the head or body can distort shaping and make sewing parts awkward; stuff gradually and evenly, adding small amounts at a time to maintain smooth shaping. ✗ Not weaving the start tail out between Rnd 5 and 6 of the hat will leave a visible yarn tail; pull the start tail out there so it can be hidden when you sew the hat tip down. ✗ Forgetting to change colours exactly where instructed will shift the stripe pattern; change colour at the end of the specified round and carry/tidy ends as you go. ✗ Rushing decreases without counting stitches often leads to wrong stitch counts and misshapen pieces; count after each decrease round and verify the stitch total in brackets.

Noel the Christmas Mouse Amigurumi Pattern

Make your own Noel the Christmas Mouse — a sweet, pocket-sized amigurumi perfect for holiday decor and gifting. This pattern guides you step-by-step through the head, body, limbs, ears, tail and hat using clear, beginner-friendly instructions. You will love the cute details like the embroidered nose and pom-pom hat which make Noel truly special.

Beginner Friendly 5-7 Hours

Materials Needed for Noel the Christmas Mouse Amigurumi Pattern

— Main Fabric

  • 01
    Krea Deluxe yarn 50 g Colour 18 (Taupe) — one ball
  • 02
    Krea Deluxe yarn 50 g Colour 02 (Off White) — one ball
  • 03
    Krea Deluxe yarn 50 g Colour 08 (Pink) — one ball
  • 04
    Krea Deluxe yarn 50 g Colour 42 (Green) — one ball
  • 05
    Krea Deluxe Shiny Gold Glitter yarn (small amount for pom pom detail)
  • 06
    Pink embroidery thread (DMC Six Strand Cotton #224) for nose
  • 07
    Polyester fibrefill/toy stuffing (small bag)

— Tools Required

  • 01
    Crochet hook 2.5 mm (or hook recommended for your yarn)
  • 02
    35 mm pom pom maker (e.g. Clover)
  • 03
    5 mm plastic safety eyes (2 pieces)
  • 04
    Scissors
  • 05
    Yarn needle for sewing and weaving ends
  • 06
    Stitch markers
  • 07
    Darning and embroidery needles
  • 08
    Pins for assembly (optional)

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— Head :

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IN COLOUR 18, TAUPE. Starting from the tip of the nose.

Round 1 :

Start 6 sc in a magic ring [6]

Round 2 :

(Sc in next st, inc in next st) x 3 [9]

Round 3 :

(Sc in each of next 2 st, inc in next st) x 3 [12]

Round 4 :

(Sc in each of next 3 st, inc in next st) x 3 [15]

Round 5 :

(Sc in each of next 4 st, inc in next st) x 3 [18]

Round 6 :

Sc in next st, inc in next st, sc in each of next 2 st, (inc in next st, sc in each of next 2 st) x 3, inc in next st, sc in each of next 2 st, inc in next st, sc in next st [24]

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Mark the 8th/9th and 16th/17th stitches with a spare piece of yarn. These indicate the top centre of the head and will help with placement of the eyes and nose.

Round 7 :

Sc in all 24 st [24]

Round 8 :

Sc in each of next 2 st, (inc in next st, sc in each of next 3 st) x 2, inc in next st, sc in each of next 2 st, inc in next st, (sc in each of next 3 st, inc in next st) x 2, sc in each of next 2 st [30]

Round 9 :

Sc in all 30 st [30]

Round 10 :

Sc in each of next 2 st, inc in next st, (sc in each of next 4 st, inc in next st) x 5, sc in each of next 2 st [36]

Round 11 :

Sc in each of next 3 st, (inc in next st, sc in each of next 5 st) x 2, inc in next st, sc in each of next 4 st, inc in next st, (sc in each of next 5 st, inc in next st) x 2, sc in each of next 3 st [42]

Round 12 :

Sc in each of next 3 st, inc in next st, (sc in each of next 6 st, inc in next st) x 5, sc in each of next 3 st [48]

Round 13-18 :

Sc in all 48 st [48]

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Insert 5 mm safety eyes between Rnd 9 and 10, 14 st apart (Picture 1). Use the marked st from Rnd 6 as a guide to centre the eyes.

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Use all six strands of the pink embroidery thread to sew his nose. The nose is sewn over Rnd 1 to 3. The base of the nose goes through the starting magic ring, the top of the nose should be 3 st wide (Picture 1).

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Start stuffing the head firmly with fibrefill and continue to do so as you crochet the rest of the head.

Round 19 :

(Sc in each of next 6 st, dec) x 6 [42]

Round 20 :

(Sc in each of next 5 st, dec) x 6 [36]

Round 21 :

(Sc in each of next 4 st, dec) x 6 [30]

Round 22 :

(Sc in each of next 3 st, dec) x 6 [24]

Round 23 :

Sc in all 24 st [24]

Round 24 :

(Sc in each of next 2 st, dec) x 6 [18]

Round 25 :

(Sc in next st, dec) x 6 [12]

Round 26 :

Dec x 6 [6]

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Sl st in next st and fasten off, leaving a long yarn tail.

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Thread the tail through a needle. Weave the needle through the front loop of each of the 6 st, always going in the direction from the centre and under the front loop. Pull the yarn tail and the hole should close. Insert the needle through the middle of the hole and pull through the head.

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Fasten off and weave the end in.

— Body :

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START IN COLOUR 18, TAUPE. Starting from the bottom of the body.

Round 1 :

Start 6 sc in a magic ring [6]

Round 2 :

Inc in all 6 st [12]

Round 3 :

(Sc in next st, inc in next st) x 6 [18]

Round 4 :

(Sc in each of next 2 st, inc in next st) x 6 [24]

Round 5 :

(Sc in each of next 3 st, inc in next st) x 6 [30]

Round 6 :

(Sc in each of next 4 st, inc in next st) x 6 [36]

Round 7 :

(Sc in each of next 5 st, inc in next st) x 6 [42]

Round 8 :

(Sc in each of next 6 st, inc in next st) x 6 [48]

Round 9-11 :

Sc in all 48 st [48]

Info :

Change to Colour 42, Green yarn.

Round 12 :

(Sc in each of next 6 st, dec) x 6 [42]

Round 13 :

Sc in all 42 st [42]

Round 14 :

(Sc in each of next 5 st, dec) x 6 [36]

Round 15 :

Sc in all 36 st [36]

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Change to Colour 02, Off White yarn.

Round 16 :

(Sc in each of next 10 st, dec) x 3 [33]

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Change to Colour 42, Green yarn.

Round 17 :

Sc in all 33 st [33]

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Optional: For Rnd 18, every fifth stitch (starting from the 3rd st of the Rnd) is made in Colour 02, Off White yarn. These are the 3rd, 8th, 13th, 18th, 23rd, 28th stitches of Rnd 18.

Round 18 :

Sc in each of next 3 st, dec, (sc in each of next 9 st, dec) x 2, sc in each of next 6 st [30]

Round 19 :

Sc in all 30 st [30]

Info :

Change to Colour 02, Off White yarn.

Round 20 :

Sc in each of next 5 st, dec, (sc in each of next 8 st, dec) x 2, sc in each of next 3 st [27]

Info :

Change to Colour 42, Green yarn.

Round 21 :

Sc in each of next 5 st, dec, (sc in each of next 7 st, dec) x 2, sc in each of next 2 st [24]

Round 22 :

(Sc in each of next 2 st, dec) x 6 [18]

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Sl st in next st and fasten off. Leave a long tail to sew the body to the head.

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Stuff the body firmly with fibrefill.

— Arm X 2 :

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START IN COLOUR 18, TAUPE. Starting from the tip of the arm.

Round 1 :

Start 6 sc in a magic ring [6]

Round 2 :

(Sc in next st, inc in next st) x 3 [9]

Round 3-4 :

Sc in all 9 st [9]

Round 5 :

(Sc in next st, dec) x 2, sc in each of next 3 st [7]

Info :

Change to Colour 42, Green yarn.

Round 6-11 :

Sc in all 7 st [7]

Round 12 :

Sc in each of next 3 st [3]. Leave the remaining stitches unworked

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Stuff the hand firmly with fibrefill (Rnd 1 to 5), with gradually less further up the arm.

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Flatten the top opening of the arm and sc in each of next 3 st through both layers to close the opening.

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Fasten off and leave a long tail for sewing the arm to the body.

— Leg X 2 :

Info :

START IN COLOUR 08, PINK. Starting from the base of the leg.

Round 1 :

Start 6 sc in a magic ring [6]

Round 2 :

Inc in all 6 st [12]

Round 3 :

(Sc in next st, inc in next st) x 6 [18]

Info :

Change to Colour 18, Taupe yarn.

Round 4 :

(Sc in each of next 2 st, inc in next st) x 6 [24]

Round 5-6 :

Sc in all 24 st [24]

Round 7 :

Sc in each of next 3 st, (dec, sc in next st) x 5, dec, sc in each of next 4 st [18]

Round 8 :

Sc in each of next 3 st, dec x 6, sc in each of next 3 st [12]

Round 9 :

(Sc in each of next 2 st, dec) x 3 [9]

Round 10-14 :

Sc in all 9 st [9]

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FOR THE LEFT LEG - Rnd 15: Sc in each of next 2 st [2] Leave the remaining st unworked

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FOR THE RIGHT LEG - Rnd 15: Sc in each of next 7 st [7] Leave the remaining st unworked

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Stuff the leg firmly with fibrefill (Rnd 1 to 9), with gradually less further up the leg.

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Flatten the top opening of the leg and sc in each of next 4 st through both layers to close the opening.

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Fasten off and leave a long tail for sewing the leg to the body.

— Inner Ear X 2 :

Info :

IN COLOUR 08, PINK. Starting from the centre of the inner ear.

Round 1 :

Start 6 sc in a magic ring [6]

Round 2 :

Inc in all 6 st [12]

Round 3 :

(Sc in next st, inc in next st) x 6 [18]

Round 4 :

(Sc in each of next 2 st, inc in next st) x 6 [24]

Round 5 :

(Sc in each of next 3 st, inc in next st) x 6 [30]

Info :

Sl st in next st. Fasten off and weave in the yarn tails.

— Outer Ear X 2 :

Info :

IN COLOUR 18, TAUPE. Starting from the centre of the outer ear.

Round 1 :

Start 6 sc in a magic ring [6]

Round 2 :

Inc in all 6 st [12]

Round 3 :

(Sc in next st, inc in next st) x 6 [18]

Round 4 :

(Sc in each of next 2 st, inc in next st) x 6 [24]

Round 5 :

(Sc in each of next 3 st, inc in next st) x 6 [30]

Round 6 :

Continuing from the end of Rnd 5 of the outer ear, ch 1, sc in each of next 30 st through both the inner and outer ear layers.

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At the end of Rnd 6, fold the joined ears in half, working through both layers, sc in each of next 2 st, sl st in next st (Picture 3).

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Fasten off and leave a long yarn tail for sewing the ear to the head.

— Hat :

Info :

START IN COLOUR 42, GREEN. Starting from the tip of the hat. Start with a long starting yarn tail.

Round 1 :

Start 4 sc in a magic ring [4]

Round 2 :

(Sc in next st, inc in next st) x 2 [6]

Round 3 :

Sc in all 6 st [6]

Round 4 :

(Hdc in next st, hdc-inc in next st) x 3 [9]

Round 5 :

Hdc in all 9 st [9]

Round 6 :

(Hdc in each of next 2 st, hdc-inc in next st) x 3 [12]

Round 7 :

Hdc in all 12 st [12]

Info :

Change to Colour 02, Off White yarn.

Round 8 :

(Hdc in each of next 3 st, hdc-inc in next st) x 3 [15]

Round 9 :

Hdc in all 15 st [15]

Round 10 :

(Hdc in each of next 4 st, hdc-inc in next st) x 3 [18]

Round 11 :

Hdc in all 18 st [18]

Info :

Change to Colour 42, Green yarn.

Round 12 :

(Hdc in each of next 5 st, hdc-inc in next st) x 3 [21]

Round 13 :

Hdc in all 21 st [21]

Round 14 :

(Hdc in each of next 6 st, hdc-inc in next st) x 3 [24]

Round 15 :

Hdc in all 24 st [24]

Info :

Change to Colour 02, Off White yarn.

Round 16 :

(Hdc in each of next 3 st, hdc-inc in next st) x 6 [30]

Round 17 :

Hdc in all 30 st [30]

Round 18 :

(Hdc in each of next 4 st, hdc-inc in next st) x 6 [36]

Round 19 :

Hdc in all 36 st [36]

Info :

Change to Colour 42, Green yarn.

Round 20 :

(Hdc in each of next 5 st, hdc-inc in next st) x 6 [42]

Round 21 :

(Hdc in each of next 6 st, hdc-inc in next st) x 6 [48]

Round 22 :

Hdc in all 48 st [48]

Round 23 :

Sc in all 48 st [48]

Info :

Sl st in next st and fasten off. Leave a long tail for sewing the hat to the head.

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Pull the start yarn tail out between Rnd 5 and 6 of the hat (Picture 4), preferably on the same side as the colour change line so that this gets hidden when you sew the tip of the hat down.

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Using Colour 02, Off White yarn and the gold yarn, make a 35 mm pom pom.

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Sew the pom pom to the tip of the hat.

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Use the start yarn tail that you brought to the outside of the hat to sew the tip of the hat down (Picture 5). Sew the start yarn tail to between Rnd 20 and 21 of the hat.

— Tail :

Info :

IN COLOUR 18, TAUPE. Starting from the tip of the tail.

Round 1 :

Start 6 sc in a magic ring [6]

Round 2 :

Sc in each of next 5 st, inc in next st [7]

Round 3-17 :

Sc in all 7 st [7]

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Do not stuff the tail. Flatten the opening of the tail and sc in each of next 3 st across both layers to close the opening.

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Sl st and fasten off. Leave a long tail for sewing the tail to the body.

— Assembly :

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1. Sew the body to the head. The opening of the body should be sewn over Rnd 12 to 18 at the bottom of the head (Picture 6). Note that the colour change line of the body should face the back. If you created the white stitches in Rnd 18 of the body, ensure that this is evenly spaced relative to the head (Picture 7). You can tilt his head slightly to give him a cuter look.

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2. Sew the arms to the body. The flat edge of each arm should be sewn between Rnd 21 and 22 of the body. The front corners of each arm should be 7 st apart.

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3. Sew the legs to the body. The top of each leg should be sewn over Rnd 7 to 10 of the body and just behind the midline of the body (Picture 8). Sew a few extra stitches along each leg to hold the legs snug against the body (Picture 8).

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4. Sew the ears with the flat edge over Rnd 13 to 15 of the head (Picture 9). The front of the ears should be 22 st apart (Picture 10).

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5. Sew the tail to the back of the body centred between the legs. The flat edge of the tail should be sewn over Rnd 7 to 9 of the body.

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6. Place and sew the hat to the head.

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7. Thread a piece of gold string through the top of the hat for hanging (Picture 11).

Assembly Instructions

  • Sew the body to the head by aligning the body opening with Rnd 12 to 18 at the bottom of the head and sew securely, keeping the colour change line facing the back.
  • Sew the flat edge of each arm between Rnd 21 and 22 of the body, spacing the front corners of each arm 7 stitches apart.
  • Sew each leg to the top of the body over Rnd 7 to 10, positioning them just behind the midline and add a few extra stitches to hold the legs snug against the body.
  • Sew ears with the flat edge over Rnd 13 to 15 of the head, spacing the fronts of the ears 22 stitches apart.
  • Sew the flat edge of the tail to the back of the body, centred between the legs and sewn over Rnd 7 to 9.
  • Sew the hat to the head and attach a 35 mm pom pom to the hat tip; thread a gold string through the top of the hat for hanging.

Important Notes

  • 💡This pattern is written using American terminology and worked in continuous rounds unless otherwise stated.
  • 💡Use stitch markers to mark the start of rounds and the stitches indicated for eye and nose placement to ensure accurate positioning.
  • 💡Stuff firmly but gradually; overstuffing can distort shape while under-stuffing can leave the piece floppy.
  • 💡Weave in yarn tails and secure colour changes as you go to keep the inside neat and the stripes aligned.

Your little Noel the Christmas Mouse is all finished — a sweet handmade companion to decorate your tree or give to someone special. Make a few in different colours to create a tiny festive family. Thank you for supporting small designers and happy stitching! 🎄🧶

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FAQs

What size will the finished piece be?

If made with the recommended yarn and 2.5 mm hook, Noel will be approximately 12 cm (4.75 inches) tall from the top of his hat to the base of his body.

Can I use different yarn weights for this pattern?

Yes, you can use different yarn weights but the final size will change; use an appropriate hook for your chosen yarn and adjust stuffing accordingly.

Do I need prior crochet experience for this pattern?

This pattern is rated beginner friendly, so basic knowledge of single crochet, increases, decreases and working in the round is recommended for best results.

How long does this project typically take to complete?

Most crocheters finish this project in about 5-7 hours, depending on experience and how quickly you work through colour changes and assembly.