10 Free Crochet Frog Patterns: Leggy Frogs, Mini Amigurumi, Hats & Keychains

Frogs have quietly taken over crochet.

Not bears, not bunnies. Frogs. Little green guys with dangly legs hanging off monitors, tiny ones clipped to backpacks, and beanies with eyeballs on top of them.

The problem is that “free crochet frog pattern” turns up a hundred results and about half of them are stolen reposts with rounds that do not add up.

So this list is only patterns that actually exist, are actually free, and were written by the person who designed them. Two of them are ours, made by a real crocheter and photographed step by step. The other eight are from designers we checked one by one.

There is a frog here for every mood: a two hour afternoon project, a thirty minute keychain, a hat you can wear outside, and a coaster for your desk.

Quick Pick: Which Frog Should You Make?

If you just want to start hooking, use this.

Pattern	Type	Finished Size	Hook	Time	Skill
Leggy Frog	Amigurumi	3 in plus limbs	3 mm	2 to 3 hrs	Beginner
Pacman Frog	Amigurumi	3 in (7 cm)	3 mm	2 to 3 hrs	Beginner
Fergus the Frog	Amigurumi, no-sew	5 in sitting	4 mm (G)	An evening	Advanced beginner
Frankie the Frog	Amigurumi, no-sew	3.5 in	5 mm (H)	Under 1 hr	Beginner
Huggy Frog	Keychain or plush	4 in (10 cm)	5 mm	Under 1 hr	Familiar beginner
Froggy Friend	Amigurumi, sewn	Palm-sized	3.25 mm	2 hrs	Beginner
Frog Beanie Hat	Wearable	Newborn to adult	6 mm (J)	1 to 2 hrs	Beginner
Frog Bag	Wearable	Phone and wallet	5.5 mm	A weekend	Beginner
Page Finding Bookmark	Accessory	9 in strap	4 mm (G)	1 hr	Beginner
Frog Coaster	Home	3.75 in square	2.5 mm	1 to 2 hrs	Beginner to intermediate

Want the fastest win? Frankie the Frog, under an hour, no sewing.

Want the viral shelf frog? The leggy frog. That is the one you keep saving on Pinterest.

Want something you can actually use? The hat, the bag, or the coaster.

1. Leggy Frog (Free Pattern, Ours)

This is the one with the long floppy limbs that flop over a shelf edge, a monitor, or the side of a mug.

It is written up from a real crocheter’s project with step by step photos for every single part, including the fiddly bit where two small bumps get joined into one body.

The clever part: the head is two tiny 8-stitch circles joined together, which gives you those bulging frog eyes with zero complicated shaping. After that the body is a plain tube of single crochet.

The limbs are not stuffed tubes. They are simple chains with a little slip stitch foot on the end, which is exactly why they dangle instead of sticking out stiffly.

Details: Roughly 3 inches tall, green plush yarn, 3 mm hook, 7 mm safety eyes, about 2 to 3 hours.

Because the limbs are chains, you control the length. Chain a few extra for extra-long danglers, or fewer for a stubby little guy.

Get the full pattern here: How to Crochet a Leggy Frog

2. Pacman Frog (Free Pattern, Ours)

A real Pacman frog is basically a grumpy round mouth with legs, which makes it perfect amigurumi material.

This one is chunky, palm-sized, and has an actual wide mouth instead of a generic smile.

The clever part: the mouth is made from two bobble stitches worked into round 6. The safety eyes glue onto those bobbles, so the eyes sit up on bumps the way a real horned frog’s do.

The white belly is worked in back loops only, which creates a clean ridge where the green stops and the belly starts. No color-change mess.

Details: About 3 inches (7 cm), 3-ply milk cotton yarn, 3 mm hook, four unstuffed legs with front-loop toes.

The legs stay flat and unstuffed on purpose. A stuffed leg makes the frog look like a bear, and a flat one makes it look like a frog sitting in mud.

Get the full pattern here: How to Crochet a Pacman Frog

If you keep the real thing, our albino Pacman frog care guide covers the substrate and humidity side of things.

3. Fergus the Frog by Nicole Chase

The most polished free frog on this list, and the one to make if you want something big enough to actually hug.

Fergus is completely no-sew. The eyes, head and body are worked as one piece, and the arms and legs are worked directly into the body as you go.

That means no pinning limbs on and squinting at them to check they are level. This is the single biggest reason beginners abandon amigurumi, and this pattern removes it entirely.

Details: About 5 inches sitting or 7.5 inches standing, worsted weight yarn, 4 mm (G) hook, 12 mm safety eyes, roughly 90 yards of green. Rated advanced beginner.

There is a full step by step video tutorial alongside the written pattern, which is worth using for the join rounds.

Free pattern by Nicole Chase: Fergus the Frog

4. Frankie the Frog by Darling Maple Designs

The fastest frog here. Under an hour, start to finish, no sewing.

Frankie is worked in super bulky chenille-style yarn, so the stitches are huge and the whole thing grows in a few rounds.

The best feature: the pattern includes an option to add wire armature to the limbs. That makes the arms and legs posable, so your frog can grip a shelf edge, hold a pencil, or sit with its legs crossed.

That one addition turns a plain amigurumi into something people pick up and fiddle with.

Details: Just over 3.5 inches, light super bulky (6) yarn, 5 mm (H) hook, under 1 hour, beginner friendly.

Skip the wire if you are making it for a small child. Wire ends can work their way out through the fabric over time.

Free pattern by Darling Maple Designs: No Sew Frog Crochet Pattern

5. Huggy Frog by Sweet Softies

This is the one to make if you want a frog on your keys or your bag.

Huggy Frog has arms that wrap around things, so it clips onto a keyring and then hugs the strap it is hanging from. It works as a plain plush too.

Details: 4 inches (10 cm) in super bulky yarn with a 5 mm hook, no sewing needed. The pattern includes instructions for adding the keyring.

Sweet Softies rates it two stars, familiar beginner to intermediate, mostly because you are working on a small scale rather than because the stitches are hard.

Size is entirely down to your yarn here. Drop to a worsted weight and a 3.5 mm hook and you get a much smaller charm, which is closer to what most people mean when they search for a mini frog.

Free pattern by Sweet Softies: Huggy Frog

6. Froggy Friend by Toristory Creations

The traditional one. Pieces made separately, then sewn together.

Sewing gets a bad reputation in amigurumi, but it buys you something no-sew patterns cannot give you, which is control over where the limbs sit. You can pin them, look at the frog, move them, and only then sew.

For a frog that sits in a specific pose, that matters.

Details: Worsted weight yarn with a 3.25 mm hook, which is a tight gauge that gives really dense stitches and no stuffing showing through.

The pattern comes with both left-handed and right-handed video tutorials, which is rare and genuinely useful if you are a lefty who has spent years mirroring right-handed videos in your head.

Free pattern by Tori at Toristory Creations: Froggy Friend Pattern

7. Frog Beanie Hat by cRAfterChick

A frog you can wear, and the reason frog hats blew up in the first place.

This one is built on cRAfterChick’s Easy Peasy beanie as a base, then you add crocheted eyes on top and a smile across the front.

Why that structure is smart: the beanie base comes in every size from newborn through adult, so you are not stuck with a pattern that only fits a toddler. Make the base in your size, then add the same frog face.

Details: J hook (6 mm), light to medium weight yarn in green, black and white. Uses chain, slip stitch, single crochet, half double crochet and double crochet. Beginner friendly and fast.

The eyes are the whole thing. Make them big and set them wide apart on top of the hat, not on the sides, or you end up with a green hat that has two circles on it.

Free pattern by cRAfterChick: Cute and Easy Frog Beanie Hat

8. Frog Bag by The Caffeinated Snail

A frog-shaped shoulder bag that holds a phone, a wallet, and a few small things.

It is worked in half double crochet, which grows fast and creates a fabric dense enough that small items do not poke through the gaps.

Details: 5.5 mm hook, acrylic yarn in the sample though the designer notes cotton or chunky both work. Safety eyes, embroidered facial features, and crocheted cheeks.

If you are going to actually carry it, line it. A crocheted bag stretches under weight and a fabric lining stops the bottom sagging into a point after a month.

Free pattern by Kimberly Arenas at The Caffeinated Snail: Frog Crochet Bag Pattern

9. Page Finding Frog Bookmark by Heart Hook Home

A small frog head with a long tail that runs down the page, so the frog sits on top of the book and the strap marks your place.

Details: About 9 inches of strap, worsted weight yarn, G (4 mm) hook, beginner friendly. Uses a magic circle and spiral rounds, so it is essentially a tiny amigurumi head plus a long chain.

This is the best pattern here for using up scraps. The head takes almost nothing, and you can make six in an evening.

It is also the easiest one on this list to give away, which makes it a solid teacher gift or stocking filler.

Free pattern by Ashlea at Heart Hook Home: The Page Finding Frog Bookmark

10. Frog Coaster by Stitch by Fay

The only flat piece on this list, and the one that teaches you the most.

It is worked in single crochet with intarsia colorwork, which means carrying and changing colors mid-row to build the frog face into the fabric itself rather than sewing it on afterwards.

Details: 3.75 inches square (9.5 cm), DK weight cotton, 2.5 mm hook. Double sided for durability, with embroidered eyes, mouth and cheeks.

Cotton is not optional here. Coasters get wet, and acrylic does not absorb, so an acrylic coaster just slides the condensation around your table.

If you have been avoiding colorwork, this is a low-stakes place to learn it. A wonky first coaster still holds a mug.

Free pattern by Fay at Stitch by Fay: Frog Coaster Crochet Pattern

What Yarn Actually Works for Crochet Frogs

Yarn choice changes the finished frog more than the pattern does.

Plush or chenille yarn gives you that squishy velvet frog everyone posts. It is also a nightmare to count, because the pile hides your stitches completely. Use it for simple shapes like the leggy frog, not for anything with detailed shaping.

Cotton or milk cotton gives sharp stitch definition, which is what you want for a face with a bobble mouth or a belly worked in back loops. It is the right pick for the Pacman frog.

Worsted acrylic is the safe middle. Cheap, comes in fifty greens, and forgiving if you have to frog a few rounds.

Super bulky makes a frog in an hour. The tradeoff is that fine detail disappears, so pick a pattern designed for it rather than sizing up a delicate one.

Which Green?

Real frogs are not one green, which is why a frog in a single flat green can look like a lump.

Sage or olive reads like a tree frog. Bright lime reads cartoon. Pale pastel reads storybook.

If you want a specific species look, our tree frog identification guide is a decent color reference, and poison dart frogs will give you ideas well outside the green family.

A red-eyed tree frog version is one of the best-looking amigurumi frogs you can make: green body, orange feet, blue and yellow flanks, red eyes. Our red-eyed tree frog care guide has the color placement right.

Hook Size and Why You Should Go Down One

Every yarn label suggests a hook size. For amigurumi, ignore it and go down one or two sizes.

The label size is written for garments, where you want drape. For a stuffed frog you want the opposite, a fabric so tight that stuffing cannot escape between the stitches.

If you can see white fiberfill through your frog, your hook is too big. That is the fix, every time.

This is why you see a 3.25 mm hook paired with worsted weight in the Froggy Friend pattern, which looks wrong on paper and is exactly right in practice.

Safety Eyes vs Embroidered Eyes

Safety eyes look better and take five seconds. They are also a choking hazard, and the plastic washer on the back is not childproof.

Any frog for a child under three should have embroidered eyes. Two French knots or a few satin stitches in black yarn. Not negotiable, and it is worth knowing before you finish a gift and have to unpick it.

For everyone else, safety eyes go in before you close the piece. Once the washer snaps on, it is not coming off, so hold the frog at arm’s length and check the placement first.

Eye position sets the whole personality. Close together reads shy. Wide apart reads goofy and surprised. Higher on the head reads alert.

No-Sew vs Sewn: What You Are Actually Choosing

Four of the patterns here are no-sew and the rest need assembly. This is the main thing that separates them, so it is worth understanding.

	No-sew	Sewn
Limb placement	Fixed by the pattern, always symmetrical	You choose, can be adjusted before committing
Failure mode	None really, it is built in	Crooked limbs, visible stitches
Speed	Faster	Slower
Posing	Limited	Full control
Best for	First amigurumi, quick gifts	A specific pose or expression

If this is your first amigurumi, start no-sew. Frankie the Frog or Fergus.

If you have made a few and keep ending up with lopsided limbs, the problem is not your sewing, it is that you sewed before pinning. Pin all four limbs, stand the frog up, look at it, then sew.

Common Frog Amigurumi Mistakes

Stuffing too hard. A rock-hard frog has no charm and the stitches stretch open. Firm but squeezable.

Losing your place in the round. Amigurumi is worked in a continuous spiral, not joined rounds, so there is no obvious seam to count from. A stitch marker in the first stitch of every round is not optional with plush yarn.

Skipping the invisible decrease. A normal decrease leaves a visible bump. The invisible decrease, working into the front loops only of both stitches, disappears completely. It is one small change that makes a frog look store-bought.

Making the smile too big. A tiny short line under the eyes reads as a derpy grin. A long swooping curve reads as a clown. Keep it small.

Weaving ends into stuffing. They work back out. Weave into the fabric, cross direction at least twice, then trim.

Turning Any of These Into a Keychain

Most of these frogs work as keychains if you shrink them, and the shrinking is done through yarn, not through the pattern.

Work the same rounds in DK or worsted with a 2.5 to 3 mm hook instead of super bulky with a 5 mm, and a 4 inch frog becomes a 2 inch charm.

For the hardware, thread a lobster clasp onto a split ring, then sew the ring into the top of the head with several passes of yarn before you close the piece. Attaching it afterwards through one stitch is how keychains end up with a hole where the head used to be.

Can You Sell What You Make?

This is the question every free pattern raises, and the answer is per designer.

Most independent designers, including several on this list, allow you to sell finished items made from their free pattern as long as you credit them as the designer. Toristory Creations states this explicitly.

What is almost never allowed is redistributing the pattern itself, whether that is copying the rounds into your own post, selling the PDF, or reuploading it.

Check the individual pattern page before you list anything. Designers state their terms there, and they vary more than people assume.

Several designers also sell an ad-free printable PDF of a pattern they give away free on their blog. Buying that is the easiest way to support someone whose free work you have used.

More Frogs and Friends to Crochet

Once you have made one, the same skills carry straight over.

The bobble mouth from the Pacman frog and the joined-bumps head from the leggy frog show up constantly in other amigurumi.

If you want to keep going in the amphibian direction, our free crochet axolotl pattern uses the same beginner skills with frilly gills instead of legs.

For aquatic pets, there is the crochet goldfish, the purple betta amigurumi with its dramatic flowing fins, and a realistic betta fish pattern if you want something more advanced.

On the reptile side, we have a crochet leopard gecko and a crochet bearded dragon, both with step by step photos.

And if the yarn frogs have you eyeing the real thing, types of pet frogs you can keep at home is an honest look at which species actually work as pets.

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the easiest crochet frog for a complete beginner?

Frankie the Frog by Darling Maple Designs. Super bulky yarn, a 5 mm hook, no sewing, and under an hour. Big yarn means big stitches, which means you can see exactly what you are doing.

How much yarn does a crochet frog take?

A palm-sized amigurumi frog takes very little. Fergus, one of the larger ones here at 5 inches, needs about 90 yards. Most of these are one-skein projects, and the small ones are scrap projects.

Do I need safety eyes?

No. Every pattern here works with embroidered eyes instead, and for anything going to a child under three you should embroider them. Two black French knots is all it takes.

Why does my frog look lumpy?

Usually one of three things. Your hook is too big and the stuffing is pushing through, you overstuffed and stretched the stitches, or you used a normal decrease instead of an invisible decrease. Go down a hook size first.

Can I make these bigger?

Yes, and the easy way is yarn rather than maths. Work the exact same pattern in a heavier yarn with a proportionally larger hook and the frog scales up. Going from worsted to super bulky roughly doubles it.

What is a leggy frog?

It is the amigurumi frog style with disproportionately long, floppy, unstuffed limbs, usually worked as chains rather than tubes. They are made to dangle over shelves and monitors, which is why they spread so fast online.

Are these patterns really free?

Yes, all ten are free to read and use on the designer’s own site. Several designers also offer a paid ad-free PDF of the same pattern, which is optional and a nice way to support them.

Go Make a Frog

Ten patterns, and honestly you could work through all of them in a couple of weekends.

Start with the leggy frog if you want the one you have been seeing everywhere, or Frankie if you want something finished before your tea goes cold.

Then make a second one in a different green, because nobody has ever stopped at one frog.

Come back and show us what you made.