Welcome to another part of the “Hunt for baby animal Amigurumi” series. Today’s theme is Baby Animals. Yes, your favorite and all-time adorable theme. However, with an amigurumi crocheted mostly as animals, it was difficult for me to choose the cutest.
So, below I selected some of my favorite variations of the community-favorite crochet animals, from sleeping capybara to the chick, and also the pig. These are small, quick to crochet and gift-ready.
Crochet A Capybara Amigurumi
Let’s crochet a Love Present variation of viral sleepy capybara amigurumi. This is gonna be a sitting capybara holding a little amigurumi heart. The signature muzzle colorwork with embroidery is added in a quite authentic way.
I like how it is not a copycat of the viral version, but there is a different shape for the chubby head, crocheted along with the body. Also, there are no bobble stitch limbs, but they are crocheted separately and attached later on.
I recommend using deep red instead of pink. The amigurumi heart is quicker and easier to crochet. You can also try my 2-round crochet heart. Also, add blush to the cheeks before gifting.
Crochet A Pig Baby Animal
This crying baby pig amigurumi is somewhat a unique and definitely cute emotional support toy. Usually, stress or support toys come up with smiling or laughing faces, but this one is a better healer.
Perfect way to express “It’s okay to cry, sometimes” whenever you or your friend is facing a hard time in life. Gonna be a little pig doll with embroidery tears, blush, and an optional kawaii anger symbol if you want a little more expression.
My favorite feature is how one ear is folded, the cross on the belly, the chubby body, and the oval muzzle. Can be put up in less than 30 minutes.
Quirky Amigurumi like this? This has more ideas:
Crochet A Dino Baby Animal
Follow this easy-to-follow chart symbol pattern to crochet the cutest baby dinosaur amigurumi ever. This is gonna be a sitting Chibi dino amigurumi, which means the head is about as big as the body, and you can make it your table buddy.
The head construction is the same as a crochet pill, which is one of the easiest crochet patterns. The spikes are also crocheted separately as a joined row of 3ch, increase, and single crochet.
So, there is definitely much sewing needed, so bear that in mind before preparing materials for it. Smaller, so it also makes a keychain.
Crochet A Chick Baby Animal
Let’s crochet an easy chubby chick in eggshell amigurumi that can be presented in four styles. That is, without the shell, the shell on top, putting the chick inside the shell, or the chick inside the broken egg by crocheting two shells.
I have already shown you the plushie variant of this amigurumi, and it looked simply awesome. You can also try it using thin velvet yarn instead of cotton.
Just from the base of the body, you can see how easy and familiar it should be to crochet. It will also not hurt to crochet a larger, more huggable chick by using bulky chenille yarn. Crochet a baby shower gift.
Egg Amigurumi? This has more ideas:
Crochet A Panda Amigurumi
Isn’t this panda face amigurumi an irresistible present for a girl? Why not? It wears a little red bow and has the cutest panda face ever. You can make yours even cuter by adding blush to the cheeks.
All this is due to the perfect not-just-a-round shape for the base head, a balanced size for the ears, crocheted oval eyes, use of plastic nose, blush, and simple embroidery.
You can also use the base head for any other animal, from a crochet bear to a dog, a capybara to a cat. My immediate recommendation would be to crochet the Grizzly Bear with heart keychain.
Crochet A Capybara Amigurumi (Version 2)
This is a chubby capybara head amigurumi wearing a mandarin hoodie, perfect to crochet this summer. The idea is definitely not a new idea, but this one is a little bigger, well-designed, and the face shape is way better.
If you want to crochet an easier version, you can try the “sphere capybara head” amigurumi. I have provided the link to the tutorial for that one below, too.
For the muzzle, you will want to use a brown toner. The hoodie is also removable. So, you can crochet different fruits like a strawberry, an orange, and a watermelon one, too. Wanna try? Only requires 14 minutes.