8 Quick & Easy Easter Crochet Patterns: Gifts in Under an Hour!
Easter crochet gifts are not only quick to make but also versatile and thoughtful. Whether for gifting, decorating, or celebrating, they’re sure to add a handmade charm to your holiday! Here I have included many different inspirational ideas, from simple appliques to garlandds and even really quick animal amigurumi to whip up!
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Uses for Easter Crochet Gifts
If you’re wondering how Easter crochet gifts can bring joy and creativity to your celebrations, here are some inspiring ideas:
Gifts
Create adorable bunny, duck, or chick amigurumi as heartfelt gifts for kids or loved ones.
Add a personal touch to gift baskets with textured or colorful crochet eggs.
Use egg appliqués as decorations for Easter cards or as charming tags for wrapped presents.
Home Decor
String together an Easter garland to decorate your mantel, entryway, or party space.
Display 3D crochet eggs in a decorative bowl for a festive centerpiece.
Add a whimsical touch to table settings by placing crochet eggs in napkin rings or small baskets.
Celebrations
Include small animal amigurumi in Easter egg hunts for a delightful surprise.
Use crochet eggs as eco-friendly alternatives to plastic ones for a more sustainable Easter.
Give crochet garlands or amigurumi as party favors at your Easter gatherings.
Materials used for Easter Crochet
Here I will talk about all the recommended yarn, hook sizes, and other materials that work best for these patterns. As for the details on each particular section and how to select the right crochet supplies and narrow down your choices, I will link to an appropriate detailed article for each one when you explore the full pattern itself - I hope it helps!
Best Yarn for Easter Crochet
Yarn weight – sport Yarn (I used Scheepjes Catona) or DK Yarn, worsted yarn for bigger projects
Yarn colours – spring time colours or pastel colours like light blue, green, white, pink
Yarn material – acrylic or cotton are popular choices for amigurumi
Read more here about ‘12-point Checklist to Select the Best Yarn for Amigurumi’
Crochet Hook Selection
Basic cheap metallic hooks to start
Ergonomic hooks recommended if crocheting for hours – Clover Soft Touch, Etimo Tulip, Furls Crochet Hooks
Right hook size for yarn size – 3.0mm in the examples below
Read more here about ‘Best Crochet Hook for Amigurumi and 12 ways for Choice Selection’
Crochet Tools and Accessories
Darning needles
Read more here about ‘My Crochet Tools and Accessories that are Super Simple to Start With’
Crochet Techniques for Easter Gifts Crochet
Below I have included the techniques needed to crochet all the easter patterns below. They are great even for beginners, involving the 6 basic crochet stitches and starting with a magic ring. Read on more below for what techniques you need to know before starting, if you have no idea how to do them - go ahead and click through to learn.
Basic Crochet Stitches
Foundation chain = ch
Double Treble crochet = dtr
Read more about 'How to Learn Basic Crochet Stitches step by step for Absolute Beginners - 6 Easy Steps!'
Magic ring
Magic circle
Chain 2 and single crochet
Read more about '24 Easy Peasy things you need to know about Magic Ring in Crochet'
Increase Crochet
Increase crochet stitches in a round
Increase crochet stitches in a row
Read more about '15 different detailed Ways on How to Increase in Crochet'
Decrease Crochet
Decrease crochet stitches in a round
Decrease crochet stitches in a row
Read more about '15 different detailed Ways on How to Decrease in Crochet'
FLO and BLO
Working in front loops only
Working in back loops only
Read more about 'Front Loop and Back Loop in Crochet - the easy way to know everything'
Special Crochet Stitches
Bobble Stitch
Read more about '6 important things to know about Bobble Stitch Crochet'
Popcorn Stitch
Read more about '6 unmissable steps on How to do a Popcorn Stitch in Crochet'
Puff Stitch
Read more about '5 Fundamental Things to know about Puff Stitch Crochet'
Cluster Stitch
Read more about '8 Atypical Things about How to Crochet Cluster Stitch'
Picot Stitch
Read more about '8 Basic Tips on How to Crochet a Picot Stitch'
Easy Easter Crochet for Beginners
Here are a range of crochet ideas, from flat applique, to 3D egg shapes, a garland and some Easter themed animal amigurumi as well. They individually work up from about 30 minutes to an hour, so they can be completed relatively quickly.
If you want to find out more about each pattern, go ahead and click through to find the full free pattern on the blog as well as an accompanying free video as well! Use them as Easter presents or even attach them on gift cards!
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Free Crochet Egg Applique Pattern
Start off here with this simple egg applique, topped off with any embroidery you would like to try! As this is a beginner friendly pattern, here you will learn how to crochet a egg shape without any special stitches, just increases and decreases in single crochet. Feel free to add your own embroidery ideas at the end to make the applique feel more like Spring!
Free Crochet Simple Easter Egg
Here is a quick crochet pattern for an Easter Egg, worked up quickly in one colour and can be made into smaller or larger eggs depending on the weight of the yarn you are using. This base egg is the most basic pattern and we will make further variations of this in the other examples below!
Free Crochet Textured Easter Egg Pattern
Here is a slightly more complicated crochet pattern for an Easter Egg, because of the texturing involved. Try out this star stitch as well as add on the colour changes to make your Easter Egg more distinctive this season. The pattern goes into detail how to crochet the star stitch, as well as an accompanying video to follow. This is one of the variations of the base crochet egg pattern!
Free Crochet Coloured Easter Egg Pattern
If you are looking for another creative variation of a simple crochet Easter egg, then try to mix it up with different colours! The pattern below showcases Easter Egg with a springtime view, of the daytime and the night time! Simply change up the colours to get the clouds and the grass and you have a unique crochet Easter Egg!
Free Crochet Easter Garland Pattern
After trying out some of the flat and 3D easter egg pattern, try out this Easter garland pattern which showcases a bunny head alternating with easter eggs! They work up really quickly and seamlessly with no sewing involve. Change up the colours to get different variations and use them for your Easter home decoration this season!
Free Bunny Rabbit Crochet Pattern
This fairly realistic free rabbit crochet pattern is perfect to make for Easter or as part of this farm animal set. The long eared bunny can be made with no assembly involved and some colour changes to make different rabbit breeds. Use special crochet stitches like bobble and popcorn stitches to make the snout and the limbs respectively.
Free Duck Crochet Pattern
Here is an easy crochet duck pattern to try out, which can be made into a duck keychain or crochet duck toys. Make some crochet colour changes and you can get a mandarin duck! The beak and the wings at the sides are worked seamlessly so there’s no assembly needed.
Free Chick Crochet Pattern
Try out this no sew chick pattern that works up really quickly. Its beak is made continuously in a round into the front and loops only so that you don’t have to sew it on separately. It is simple and easy and completely free to try with an accompanying video tutorial!
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Conclusion of Easter Crochet Patterns
Hope you enjoyed the patterns above! They are all beginner patterns so fairly easy to follow along and really quick to complete too! I will also slowly and surely add more to this list as I come up with even more free Easter patterns! Remember to tag me on instagram @pocketyarnlings to showcase your completed work!
If you need ideas for planning your next seasonal crochet project, together with 3 free Quick Spring Crochet Pattern PDF downloads to get you inspired, grab the free Seasonal Crochet Gift Ideas Planner below!
Do you love crocheting thoughtful handmade gifts but often find yourself scrambling for ideas at the last minute?
Introducing the Seasonal Crochet Gift Ideas Planner — your guide to planning crochet projects for every season and holiday throughout the year!
Plus 3 Free Quick Spring Crochet Patterns to Get You Started and Inspired!
