Featuring: How to Crochet Plush Soft Soccer Ball for Fifa World Cup Tutorial

Author: Talha

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

Featuring: Tatiana of DidyToys

She is an amigurumi designer who became our friend during late 2025 via mycraftybasktet!

Pattern Type: Video Tutorial by Tatiana!

This year, our beloved soccer championship is also in the US. So, let’s crochet this super soft and life-like soccer ball plushie keychain with a step-by-step tutorial for beginners. The pattern to crochet this mini soccer ball will be a lot easier for everybody, as we only have to crochet small circles in white and black and assemble them using a sewing needle.

I will soon bring about another method to crochet the soccer ball in case you are not comfortable with sewing. However, with the plush yarn, crocheting and assembling this soccer football plush will be a lot easier and less messy to finish.

Little ones can play a small table soccer with this crochet ball, or you can bring it right to the stadium as a backpack charm. Since every beginner knows how to crochet in the rounds, everybody can crochet one. And you can easily scale its size by crocheting bigger circles. Anyway, let’s learn more about this crochet soccer ball project.

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Crochet Soccer Football Tutorial for Beginners

This tutorial will show you how to crochet a small soccer ball. You will make twenty white panels and twelve black panels. Then, you will sew all these pieces together to make the ball.

You will stuff the ball before sewing the last piece. Finally, you can add a keychain base to make it a bag charm or car decoration.

It helps you attach the pieces cleanly. You will learn to make hexagon and pentagon shapes. The result is a life-like mini soccer ball. It is great for a gift or selling.

Difficulty Level:

Beginner.

Why this is the difficulty:

The pattern only uses basic stitches with no complex techniques, making it easy to learn. However, it requires a lot of patience because you must crochet thirty-two separate small pieces and sew them all together neatly.