Mini holiday projects are always a joy to make, and today I’m sharing my mini crochet Santa hat pattern that’s designed to fit the Chillin’ With My Snowmies No Sew Snowman. This tiny hat works up quickly with basic stitches and adds a little festive flair to your handmade snowmen. It’s sized for amigurumi, so it may also fit other small toys with a similar head size, making it a fun little accessory to add to your holiday display.

You’ll find step-by-step written instructions below, including details for both the mini and jumbo snowmen, plus a video tutorial to help you follow along.

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Want Other Hats for Your Amigurumi Snowman?

This pattern is part of my Dress-Up Snowman Collection, designed for my Chillin’ With My Snowmies No Sew Snowman pattern.  There are 3 different hats in the collection: a beanie, a top hat and a santa hat.  You can grab them all in a printable, ad-free PDF in my Ravelry and Etsy shops or wait until they become ad-supported free patterns here on my blog in the coming week.

Will This Mini Santa Hat Fit Other Amigurumi Patterns?

Possibily!  It depends on the head size of your toy. I’ve included measurements below, but since tension, stuffing amounts, and yarn choices vary so much between amigurumi makers, the best way to know is to try the hat on as you go. These little hats are designed in a way that you can test the fit early on.

What Else Can I Used My Mini Santa Hats For?

If you make your crochet hats using a worsted weight (4) or DK (3) yarn, these adorable mini hats can be used in a few different ways during the holiday season:

• Add a tie or hanger to the top and use them as cute Christmas tree ornaments
• Use the hat to decorate the top of a wine bottle
• For decorating wreaths and garlands. String a few together to make a full garland of them.
• Use it for Barbie dolls and smaller toys 
• Add a handmade touch to your gift wrapping by topping your gift with one

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Supplies for Mini Snowman Hats:

• E / 3.5 mm Crochet Hook 
  
  
• WeCrochet Brava Worsted Weight Yarn (100% Premium Acrylic, Worsted Weight (4), 100 g/3.5 oz, 218 yds/200m), 1 skein each of the following colors:
  • Color A: White yarn (approx. 55 yds / 25g / 0.88oz)
  • Color B: Red yarn (approx. 36 yds / 16g / 0.6oz)
    
    
• Tapestry Needle / Yarn Needle
  
  
• Scissors
  
  
• Stitch Marker
  
  
• 1” pom-pom maker

Supplies for Jumbo Snowman Hats:

• M / 8.0 mm Hook 
  
  
• Bernat Blanket Yarn (100% Polyester, Super Bulky (6), 220yds/201m, 300g/10.5oz), 1 skein each of:
  • Color A: White (approx. 22 yds / 16g / 0.56oz)
    
    
• Bernat Blanket Brights Yarn (100% Polyester, Super Bulky (6), 220yds/201m, 300g/10.5oz), 1 skein each of:
  • Color B: Race Car Red yarn (approx. 56 yds / 41g / 1.45oz)
    
    
• Bernat Premium (100% Premium Acrylic, Worsted Weight (4), 198g/6.98oz, 360 yds/329m), 1 ball each of the following colors:
  • Color E: White (approx. 26 yds / 14g / 0.5oz) 
    
    
• Tapestry Needle / Yarn Needle
  
  
• Scissors
  
  
• Stitch Marker
  
  
• 1 3/8″ pom pom maker

Abbreviations:

• BLO = Back Loop Only
  
  
• BPDC = Back Post Double Crochet
  
  
• CH(s) = Chain(s)
  
  
• DC = Double Crochet
  
  
• FLO = Front Loop Only
  
  
• FO = Finish Off
  
  
• FPDC = Front Post Double Crochet
  
  
• RS = Right Side
  
  
• SC = Single Crochet
  
  
• SCDEC = Single Crochet Decrease
  
  
• SCINC = Single Crochet Increase / 2 SC STs in the same ST
  
  
• SL ST = Slip Stitch
  
  
• ST(s) = Stitch(es)
  
  
• YO = Yarn Over

Special Stitches and Techniques:

• Invisible Finish/Join: FO leaving a long tail. Thread the tail onto a tapestry needle.  Place the tapestry needle through the top of the 2^nd ST from front to back and pull through.  Place tip of needle into top of the last ST of the round, under the back loop of the stitch, and pull through to the back of the work.  Weave in the end. Find a tutorial here: https://theloopylamb.com/invisible-finish-crochet-tutorial/
  
  
• Single Crochet (SC) Join: With a slip knot already on the hook, insert the hook into the designated stitch. YO and pull up a loop.  YO and pull through both loops on the hook. Counts as a stitch. Find a tutorial here: https://theloopylamb.com/how-to-do-the-single-crochet-join-for-cleaner-yarn-joins/
  
  
• Yarn Under Single Crochet: Insert hook into indicated stitch, yarn under hook and pull up a loop (2 loops on your hook), yarn over hook and pull through both loops on your hook. Find a tutorial here: https://theloopylamb.com/how-to-yarn-under-single-crochet-for-amigurumi-tutorial/

Finished Size: 

• Mini Snowman: Approx. 4” tall when crocheted to gauge.
• Jumbo Snowman Hats:  Approx 11” tall (excluding pom-pom)

Notes: 

• The hats for both snowmen are made using the same pattern; the only changes are the materials used.
  
  
• Gauge is not vital to the toy, but not matching gauge will affect the size of your finished toy and the amount of yarn used. Use a consistent tension throughout the toy to create a tight fabric so that stuffing does not show through your stitches.
  
  
  • The hook sizes given in this pattern are the recommended hook sizes however, I suggest using whatever hook size needed to create a tight, closed fabric free of holes, or whatever hook size needed to match the given gauge.
    
    
  • If you find that you have holes in your fabric using the recommended hook size, try going down a hook size until you create a tight fabric with no holes in it and no stuffing is showing through.
    
    
  • Reading the Pattern: Instructions in brackets: I.e.: (SC, SCINC) x 6, this means you’ll work 1 SC stitch in the first stitch and then SCINC in the next and you’ll repeat that pattern a total of 6 times.
    
    
  • Numbers indicated in () at the end of a Round/Row indicate the number of stitches you should have at the end of the Round/Row. I recommend counting your stitches at the end of each Round/Row before moving on to the next.
    
    
  • Where SC followed by a number (i.e. SC 14), you’ll work 1 SC stitch in the next 14 stitches or chains, unless the pattern specifies to work those stitches into the same stitch or chain.
    
    
• The Santa Hat is worked from the bottom-up.   After Round 2, it is worked in continuous rounds as well.
  
  
• For a cleaner SCDEC, do your SCDEC under the front loops only of each ST rather than under both loops.  This is often referred to as an invisible decrease.  Find my tutorial on how to do this here: https://theloopylamb.com/how-to-do-an-invisible-decrease/ 
  
  
• If you crocheted your snowman using regular single crochet, I recommend using regular single crochet for the hats as well. If you used yarn under single crochet, then use yarn under for the hats as well. 

Crochet Mini Santa Hat Video Tutorial

Crochet Mini Santa Hat for Amigurumi Snowman Pattern

 

Using Color A, CH 24.  Taking care not to twist the chain, join the last CH to the first with a SL ST.

Round 1: CH 2 (counts as the first DC here and throughout), DC in each CH around. Join last ST to the first ST with a SL ST (from here on out referred to as “join”). (24)

Round 2: CH 2, (FPDC, BPDC) x 11, FPDC. Join. (24)

FO. 

Round 3: Join Color B to the first ST of Round 2, with a SC Join (see Special Stitches & Techniques) or a SL ST, CH 1 and SC in the first ST.  SC in each remaining ST around. (24)

Round 4:  SC around. (24)

Round 5: (SC 6, SCDEC) x 3. (21)

Round 6: SC around. (21)

Round 7: (SC 5, SCDEC) x 3. (18)

Round 8: SC around. (18)

Round 9: (SC 4, SCDEC) x 3. (15)

Round 10: SC around. (15)

Round 11: (SC 3, SCDEC) x 3. (12)

Rounds 12 – 13: SC around. (12)

Round 14: (SC 2, SCDEC) x 3. (9)

Rounds 15 – 16: SC around. (9)

Round 17: (SC, SCDEC) x 3. (6)

Rounds 18 – 20: SC around. (6)

FO leaving a long yarn tail.  Thread the yarn tail onto a tapestry needle and weave it through the FLO of the last around.  Pull yarn tail to cinch hole closed.  Weave in ends.  Fold the top of the hat over to one side and use a piece of yarn in Color A to secure the top part of the hat to the side of the hat to keep it bent in half.  I recommend putting the hat on the snowman to gauge placement and then sewing the top part down.  Make a pom-pom using yarn in Color A for the Mini Snowman and Color E for the Jumbo Snowman and add it to the tip of the hat using your yarn tail.  Learn how to make and attach a yarn pom pom here.

That’s it! I hope you enjoyed this easy santa hat pattern for amigurumi snowman!   

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