Santa Crochet Ornament Pattern

A handmade Santa Crochet Ornament is one of the easiest ways to add a cozy, personal touch to your holiday decorations. Whether you’re decorating your Christmas tree, creating handmade gifts, or adding festive accents to a wreath or gift package, a crochet santa ornament is a fun project that brings plenty of winter charm. Best of all, these adorable Santa Crochet Ornaments work up quickly, making them perfect for holiday crafting when your schedule is packed with shopping, baking, and family gatherings.

This Santa Crochet Ornament is designed with simplicity in mind, making it a wonderful choice for confident beginners as well as experienced crocheters looking for a relaxing project. Using basic crochet stitches and only a small amount of yarn, you can create a cute flat santa that’s lightweight enough to hang on a Christmas tree, attach to stockings, or use as festive gift tags. Because the pattern requires minimal supplies, it’s also a great stash-busting project that helps use up leftover white, black, and orange yarn from previous projects.

Crochet ornaments are also a thoughtful way to create meaningful handmade gifts. Make one for each member of your family, personalize them with embroidered names or tiny embellishments, or create a matching set to decorate your entire tree. They’re also perfect for holiday craft fairs, teacher gifts, stocking stuffers, and cookie exchange favors.

As you work through this free santa Crochet Ornament Pattern, you’ll enjoy creating a timeless decoration that can be used year after year. The finished ornament is durable, easy to store, and adds a warm handmade touch to your Christmas décor. Grab your favorite crochet hook, gather your yarn scraps, and settle in with a cup of hot cocoa—it’s time to create an adorable santa ornament that will become a treasured part of your holiday traditions.

Check out Today’s FREE Crochet Pattern:

Finished Size

The finished ornament measures approximately 4–5 inches (10–13 cm) tall, including the hat, when made with the recommended yarn and a 2.75 mm crochet hook. Your finished size may vary depending on your yarn choice and personal crochet tension.

Crochet Abbreviations

• ch – chain
• dc – double crochet
• dec – decrease
• hdc – half double crochet
• inc – increase (work 2 stitches in the same stitch)
• MR – magic ring (magic circle)
• puff st – puff stitch
• sc – single crochet
• sl st – slip stitch
• st(s) – stitch(es)

Materials

• White 5-ply milk cotton yarn (80% cotton, 20% acrylic)
• Red 5-ply milk cotton yarn
• Orange yarn for the nose
• 2.75 mm crochet hook
• Two 6 mm safety eyes
• Yarn needle
• Scissors
• Hot glue gun (optional for assembly)

Tip: Feel free to use any yarn you have on hand. You can even use skin-tone yarn if you’d like to give your Santa a different look.

Video Tutorial

Instructions for Santa crochet ornament

Santa Body (Make 2)

Round 1

• Make a magic ring.
• Work 12 double crochet (dc) into the ring.
• Join with a slip stitch (sl st).
• (12 stitches)

Round 2

• Work 2 double crochet in each stitch around.
• Join with a slip stitch.
• (24 stitches)

Fasten off the first circle and make a second identical circle.

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Joining the Two Pieces

Place both circles together with the wrong sides facing each other.

Working through both layers:

• Chain 1.
• Work 3 double crochet into the first stitch.
• Slip stitch into the next stitch.
• Repeat (3 dc in one stitch, sl st in next stitch) around the entire ornament.

This creates the decorative scalloped edge.

Helpful Tip: If the stitches on both circles don’t line up perfectly, use a large yarn needle to gently poke through both pieces. This makes it much easier to see where to insert your hook.

Do not cut the white yarn yet.

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Hat

Change to red yarn.

Row 1

• Single crochet across 8 stitches.
• Slip stitch.
• Chain 1 and turn.
• (8 stitches)

Cut the white yarn.

Row 2

• Skip the slip stitch.
• Single crochet in the next 5 stitches.
• Single crochet decrease over the last 2 stitches.
• Slip stitch, chain 1, turn.
• (6 stitches)

Row 3

• Skip the slip stitch.
• Single crochet across.
• Slip stitch, chain 1, turn.
• (5 stitches)

Row 4

• Skip the slip stitch.
• Single crochet across.
• Slip stitch, chain 1, turn.
• (4 stitches)

Row 5

• Skip the slip stitch.
• Single crochet across.
• Slip stitch, chain 1, turn.
• (3 stitches)

Row 6

• Skip the slip stitch.
• Single crochet across.
• Slip stitch, chain 1, turn.
• (2 stitches)

Row 7

• Skip the slip stitch.
• Work 1 single crochet.
• Fasten off.

Leave a long yarn tail. Use your yarn needle to weave the tail through the top of the hat to create a hanging loop. Secure the yarn on the back of the ornament and trim the excess.

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Mustache

Chain 12.

Starting in the second chain from the hook:

• 1 single crochet
• 1 half double crochet
• 2 double crochet
• 1 single crochet
• 1 slip stitch
• 1 single crochet
• 2 double crochet
• 1 half double crochet
• 1 single crochet

Fasten off, leaving a yarn tail.

Tie off the ends. Attach the mustache to the Santa using hot glue or sew it in place with a needle and thread.

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Nose

With orange yarn:

• Chain 2.
• Work 1 puff stitch in the second chain from the hook.

Fasten off, leaving a long tail for attaching.

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Assembly

1. Insert the 6 mm safety eyes.
2. Attach the nose using yarn or hot glue.
3. Attach the mustache using yarn or hot glue.
4. Weave in all remaining yarn ends.

Your adorable Santa Crochet Ornament is now ready to hang on your Christmas tree, decorate a gift, or give as a handmade holiday gift!