How to Crochet Woodland Animals – Free and Easy Pattern Round-Up

Written By Huipei Zhang

Crocheting woodland animals is a cozy and creative way to celebrate nature through your stitches. These charming patterns are perfect for imaginative play, nursery decor, or thoughtful handmade gifts. Try out the crochet bunny, fox, owl, bear, hedgehog, squirrel, and more — they’re quick to make, full of personality, and ideal for year-round crafting!

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    Uses for Woodland Animal Crochet Patterns

    • Imaginative Play & Storytelling – From clever foxes to curious squirrels, these woodland animals are full of personality and perfect for sparking pretend play and nature-inspired adventures.

    • Nursery & Room Decor – Display your finished bunny, bear, and owl on a shelf or in a forest-themed nursery to add soft, handmade charm with a touch of whimsy.

    • Giftable & Collectible – These small, huggable critters make thoughtful handmade gifts for birthdays, baby showers, or woodland-themed parties.

    • Relaxing Nature-Inspired Projects – With cozy textures and forest tones, these patterns make ideal slow-crafting projects for peaceful weekends or quiet evenings.

    • Mix-and-Matchable for Any Season – Whether you’re crafting for spring, fall, or year-round, these woodland creatures fit beautifully into any seasonal crochet collection or nature-themed scene.

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    Materials used for Woodland Animal Crochet

    Here I will talk about all the recommended yarn, hook sizes, and other materials that work best for these patterns. As for the details on each particular section and how to select the right crochet supplies and narrow down your choices, I will link to an appropriate detailed article for each one when you explore the full pattern itself - I hope it helps! Some patterns are available for free on this blog, while link out to paid patterns.

    Best Yarn for Woodland Animal Amigurumi   

    • Yarn weight – sport Yarn (I used Scheepjes Catona) or DK Yarn, worsted yarn for bigger projects

    • Yarn colours – depends on animal you intend to make, choosing distinctive colours helps with bringing the animal to life

    • Yarn material – acrylic or cotton are popular choices for amigurumi

    • Read more here about ‘12-point Checklist to Select the Best Yarn for Amigurumi’ 

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    Crochet Hook Selection  

    • Basic cheap metallic hooks to start 

    Crochet Tools and Accessories 

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    Crochet Techniques for Woodland Animal Amigurumis

    Below I have included the techniques needed to crochet all the woodland animal crochet patterns below. They are great even for beginners, involving the 6 basic crochet stitches and starting with a magic ring. Some are completely no-sew while some have minimal sewing involved.

    Read on more below for what techniques you need to know before starting, if you have no idea how to do them - go ahead and click through to learn. Some of the more ambitious beginner patterns involve special crochet stitches to shape body parts like limbs or wings. To see more of each special crochet stitch, click through to find out more.

    Basic Crochet Stitches 

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    Magic ring 

    Increase Crochet 

    Decrease Crochet 

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    FLO and BLO 

    Special Crochet Stitches 

    Bobble Stitch  

    Popcorn Stitch

    Puff Stitch

    Cluster Stitch

    Picot Stitch

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    Easy Crochet Woodland Animal Patterns

    Here are crochet woodland animal patterns to try out, including a wolf, hedgehog, rabbit, fox, bunny, owl, squirrel and bear patterns. They are a mixture of free and paid patterns so go check out the ones that interest you. Some also have accompanying videos in each post to show the steps. Also remember to check out the free Animal Shaping Starter Guide if you wish to learn how to crochet your own animals for a start!

    Crochet Wolf Pattern

    This wolf crochet pattern has a more cartoony face, made as such intentionally, with a prominent snout and cartoon eyes. Make him in a standing position such that when paired with magnets inside it and inside the pumpkin pattern below, it can look like he’s peeking out of the pumpkin. Try the pattern over here. 

     
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    Free Crochet Hedgehog Pattern

    To crochet a simple hedgehog, there are quite a few parts involved. These part include crocheting the hedgehog head, the body, the snout, the back quills and a little bit at the end which is a pumpkin which comes along with the hedgehog! Check out the full free pattern over here. 

     
     

    Rabbit Crochet Pattern

    Here is a standing resting rabbit crochet pattern, that is made in parts. Add some magnets inside the body and attach it onto the pumpkin below to look like the rabbit is peeking out of the pumpkin. He is mostly worked up seamlessly with minimal sewing involved. Check out the pattern over here. 

     
     

    Fox Crochet Pattern

    This restful fox was made up as part of my Fall collection and it is meant to sit directly on the pumpkin. His facial features are made continuously without any sewing, including his transition from head to neck to body. The body is made horizontal in a resting position. The pattern is available here. 

     
     

    Free Squirrel Crochet Pattern

    This pattern includes crocheting the squirrel head, snout and the body, then the arms and legs, and finally end off with the tail and eye detailing. This is a minimal-sewing pattern meaning that I have minimized assembly as much as possible. It was originally part of a crochet-a-long and now the pattern is available below.

    Free Bear Crochet Pattern

    If you have mastered how to crochet a simple sphere and a cylinder, then try making this bear amigurumi next! It only involves crocheting a sphere then a cylinder with some bobble stitches as the limbs. With the free pattern below and the accompanying video, you will be mastering this animal in no time!

    Free Owl Crochet Pattern

    Thinking of trying out crochet bird patterns? Here is an owl crochet pattern that has quite a bit of detailing over his face and wings, without having to do any external sewing! Great to make alongside other birds like my bird, penguin, duck or chick patterns. The wings are slightly more tricky so following along the video will help! 

    Free Bunny Rabbit Crochet Pattern

    Here is an adorable bunny to crochet with no sewing involved and asymmetrical shaping for the face and the body. The snout is made up of bobble stitches and feet made up of popcorn stitches. Add the nostril embroidery to complete the animal!

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    Conclusion of Woodland Animal Crochet Patterns

    Try your hand at these woodland-themed crochet patterns to build your own charming forest crew! Mix and match colours to give each animal its own personality — whether it’s a sleepy bear, a playful fox, or a bright-eyed owl.

    Some of the patterns featured above are available for free on the blog, complete with video tutorials to help you along the way, while others are premium designs from my Pocket Yarnlings collection. Together, they’re perfect for storytelling playsets, woodland nursery decor, or thoughtful handmade gifts.

    To check out more of my ideas for using various types of crochet stitch techniques to shape amigurumi animals, grab my free Animal Shaping Starter Guide below! Inside, get quick ideas on how to get started on shaping ears, snouts, cheeks, bodies and limbs for animals!

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