Featuring: How to Crochet Black, Blue, Red and Green Mini Bird Plushie (Toucan Plush)

Author: Talha

I am a crochet designer, macramé maker and a crafter who also loves doing MATH.

Featuring: Kumo of KumoAmu

She is a kawaii plushie designer who has been our contributor since mid 2025 via blaaascience.

After the peacock bird plushie, I could share any NEW crochet bird plushie pattern, even though you liked that so much! You will like today’s featured crochet buddy bird plushie for the same reasons you liked the Thanksgiving and summer bird plushies: these are no-sew, quick, and chonky. And I am recommending it especially as a Christmas and spring present because of how colorful and cheerful it is.

Introducing the crochet Toucan bird plushie – a black, red, blue, and green bird plushie that you can crochet in under 30 minutes with a FREE step-by-step tutorial for beginners.

This is actually a summer bird plushie, but since you will crochet most of your presents during Christmas, I recommend that you crochet yours as a last-minute Christmas present. Now, continue reading for learning more about this crochet amigurumi and plush black and other-color bird plush project!

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Featured Work

Tutorial to Crochet a Toucan Plushie (I call it the Colorful Bird Plush)

This tutorial demonstrates how to crochet a small amigurumi toucan. First, crochet the body in rounds using black yarn, switching to white for the chest patch.

Next, crochet two red bobble stitches directly on the body to create the feet, insert the safety eyes, stuff the body with fiberfill, and close the base.

Then, crochet a color-blocked pointed beak, stuff it lightly, and crochet two petal-edged wings and a ribbed flat tail. Finally, sew the beak between the eyes, attach the wings to each side, and sew the tail to the back.

Difficulty Level

Level: Intermediate

Pattern Abbreviations

MR: Magic ring
R: Round / Row
ch: Chain
sc: Single crochet
hdc: Half double crochet
sl st: Slip stitch
inc: Increase (2 sc in the same stitch)
dec: Decrease (2 sc worked together)
BO: Bobble stitch
sk: Skip stitch
BLO: Back loop only

Materials

Yarn: Cotton/acrylic blend (50 g / 160 m) in Black, White, Red, and Lime Green (or Blue/Yellow variations)
Crochet Hook: 2.0 mm
Safety Eyes: 5 mm plastic eyes
Stuffing: Polyester fiberfill
Notions: Tapestry/yarn needle, pins, scissors, and a stitch marker

Special / Complex Stitch Techniques

Bobble Stitch (BO) with Color Change (Toucan Feet – Round 13)

The feet are made directly on the body by working a 5-double-crochet bobble stitch using red yarn, then switching back to black:

Change to Red: In the last black single crochet before the foot, insert the hook, pull up a loop, drop the black yarn, yarn over with red yarn, and pull through both loops.
Make the Bobble (5 incomplete double crochets):
- Yarn over with red, insert the hook into the designated stitch, yarn over, and pull up a loop (3 loops on hook). Yarn over and pull through 2 loops (2 loops remain).
- Repeat this in the exact same stitch 4 more times until you have 6 loops on your hook.

Finish the Bobble and Switch Back:
- Yarn over with the black yarn and pull through all 6 red loops on the hook to close the cluster and lock the foot into place.
Continue with regular black single crochets in the next stitch.