Cute Crochet Strawberry Puppy Keychain Pattern For Beginners
This Mini Strawberry Dog Keychain crochet pattern is a fun and beginner friendly project that combines a cute puppy design with a playful strawberry theme. The pattern guides you step by step to create a small, lightweight amigurumi that is perfect for keychains, bag charms, or handmade gifts.
Crochet Strawberry Puppy Keychain
With simple shaping, minimal sewing, and easy color changes, this crochet pattern is ideal for using leftover yarn while still achieving a polished and adorable result. You can easily customize the colors, facial expression, or size to match your personal style or create themed gifts for any occasion.
Materials
- Yarn 4 ply milk cotton in red white green and a small amount of pink for blush
- Crochet hook 2.5 mm
- Safety eyes 8 mm
- Fiberfill stuffing
- Stitch marker
- Yarn needle
- Keychain ring
Head and Body
- R1 Create a magic ring and crochet 6 single crochet into the ring
- R2 Increase in every stitch around for a total of 12 stitches
- R3 Work 1 single crochet then 1 increase and repeat around for 18 stitches
- R4 Work 1 single crochet 1 increase 1 single crochet and repeat around for 24 stitches
- R5 Crochet 24 single crochet around
- R6 Crochet 24 single crochet around
- R7 Crochet 24 single crochet around
- R8 Work 1 single crochet 1 decrease 1 single crochet and repeat around for 18 stitches
- Switch to red yarn
- R9 Work 2 single crochet then 1 increase and repeat around for 24 stitches
- R10 Crochet 24 single crochet around
- R11 Crochet 24 single crochet around
- R12 Crochet 24 single crochet around
- R13 Work 1 single crochet 1 decrease 1 single crochet and repeat around for 18 stitches
- Insert safety eyes between rounds 5 and 6 spacing them 4 to 5 stitches apart
- Stuff the head and body firmly with fiberfill
- R14 Work 1 single crochet then 1 decrease and repeat around for 12 stitches
- R15 Decrease around for 6 stitches fasten off and close the opening
Dog Ears Make Two
- R1 Create a magic ring and crochet 6 single crochet
- R2 Work 1 single crochet then 1 increase and repeat three times for 9 stitches
- R3 Crochet 9 single crochet around
- R4 Crochet 9 single crochet around fasten off leaving a long tail for sewing
Strawberry Hat and Leaves
- R1 Create a magic ring and crochet 6 single crochet
- R2 Chain 6 then starting in the second chain from the hook work 1 slip stitch 1 single crochet 1 half double crochet 1 double crochet and 1 treble crochet to form one leaf and repeat this sequence six times to create six leaves
- Stem Chain 5 and slip stitch back along the chain to form a small stem loop
Assembly and Details
- Sew the ears to the sides of the head around rounds 3 and 4
- Embroider small seed details on the red body using white yarn
- Sew the strawberry leaves securely on top of the head
- Embroider a small nose with black yarn and add pink blush under the eyes
- Attach the keychain ring securely to the top of the strawberry hat