Looking to add a little bit of handmade magic to your crochet collection? Whether you are making a sweet gift for a little one or expanding your own amigurumi family, this adorable Baby Dragon is a wonderfully fun pattern to dive into!
Once completed, this precious handmade crochet baby dragon serves as a phenomenal personalized gift for baby showers, young children, or fantasy enthusiasts. Due to its soft, huggable texture and securely fastened safety eyes, it makes an excellent nursery room decoration or a comforting bedtime companion. Additionally, crocheting and selling these eye-catching mythical plushies at local artisan skill fairs or online marketplaces can be a wonderfully profitable endeavor for crochet artists.
Creating this baby dragon requires one skein of yarn in two contrasting colors, alongside a four-millimeter crochet hook, a tapestry needle, and scissors. The construction begins from the bottom up, utilizing a continuous round method and special techniques like the front loops only and popcorn stitches to form the integrated arms and legs. You will smoothly transition between the purple and white yarns to create the belly patch, eventually attaching the custom horns, wings, and the tail.
Credit Katie’s Angel crochet
Step by Step Pattern
Step 1: Preparation & Materials
Gather your materials before starting:
Yarn: One skein of purple (main color) and one skein of white (accent color/belly).
Hook: 4.0 mm crochet hook.
Accessories: 12mm safety eyes, scissors, yarn needle, and stuffing.
Step 2: Starting the Base of the Body (Purple Yarn)
Round 1: Chain 3. In the 2nd chain from your hook, crochet 6 single crochets (sc). Close the round with a slip stitch (sl st). (Total: 6 stitches)
Round 2: Increase (inc) in every stitch around. (Total: 12 stitches)
Round 3: Repeat [1 sc, 1 inc] 6 times. (Total: 18 stitches)
Round 4: Repeat [2 sc, 1 inc] 6 times. (Total: 24 stitches)
Step 3: Creating the Legs & Belly
Note: To make a Popcorn Stitch for the legs/arms, work 5 double crochets (dc) into a single stitch, connect the first and last dc together, and chain 1.
Round 5: Crochet 8 sc, make 1 popcorn stitch (first leg), 6 sc, make 1 popcorn stitch (second leg), then 8 sc. (Total: 24 stitches)
Round 6: (In Purple) 8 sc, 1 sc into the 3rd dc of the popcorn stitch, 1 sc. (Change to White) 4 sc for the belly. (Change to Purple) 1 sc, 1 sc into the 3rd dc of the next popcorn stitch, 8 sc. (Total: 24 stitches)
Round 7: (In Purple) 9 sc. (Change to White) 6 sc. (Change to Purple) 9 sc. (Total: 24 stitches)
Step 4: Adding the Arms
Round 8: (In Purple) 2 sc, 1 popcorn stitch (first arm), 2 sc. (Change to White) 6 sc. (Change to Purple) 2 sc, 1 popcorn stitch (second arm), 6 sc. (Total: 24 stitches)
Round 9: (In Purple) 6 sc, 1 sc in the 3rd dc of the popcorn stitch, 2 sc. (Change to White) 6 sc. (Change to Purple) 2 sc, 1 sc in the 3rd dc of the popcorn stitch, 6 sc. (Total: 24 stitches)
Round 10 (Decreasing for neck): (In Purple) Repeat [1 sc, 1 decrease (dec)] 3 times. (Change to White) Repeat [1 sc, 1 dec] 2 times. (Change to Purple) Repeat [1 sc, 1 dec] 3 times. (Total: 16 stitches)
Cut the white yarn and tie a knot to secure it.
Step 5: Shaping the Head (Purple Yarn)
Round 11 (Front Loops Only): 6 sc, 3 sc in the next stitch, 3 sc in the next stitch, 3 sc in the next stitch, 3 sc in the next stitch, 6 sc. (Total: 24 stitches)
Round 12: Repeat [1 sc, 1 inc] 12 times. (Total: 36 stitches)
Rounds 13, 14, & 15: Crochet 36 sc for each round. (Total: 36 stitches per round)
Round 16: 13 sc, 1 dec, single crochet 3 stitches together (sc3tog) in Front Loops Only (FLO), single crochet 3 stitches together (sc3tog) in FLO, 1 dec, 13 sc. (Total: 30 stitches)
Rounds 17, 18, & 19: Crochet 30 sc for each round.
Step 6: Eyes & Closing the Head
Eye Placement: Insert the 12mm safety eyes between Rounds 16 and 17, placing them about 9 or 10 stitches apart. Begin stuffing the body and head firmly.
Round 20: Repeat [3 sc, 1 dec] 6 times. (Total: 24 stitches)
Round 21: 1 sc, 1 dec, repeat [2 sc, 1 dec] 4 times, then 1 sc. (Total: 18 stitches)
Round 22: Repeat [1 sc, 1 dec] 6 times. (Total: 12 stitches)
Round 23: Make 6 decreases. (Total: 6 stitches)
Cut the yarn, finish stuffing if necessary, sew the top closed, and leave a tail for weaving in.
Step 7: Making the Tail (Purple Yarn)
Round 1: Chain 3. In the 2nd chain from hook, make 6 sc, close with sl st. (Total: 6 stitches)
Round 2: Repeat [1 sc, 1 inc] 3 times. (Total: 9 stitches)
Round 3: 9 sc. (Total: 9 stitches)
Round 4: Repeat [2 sc, 1 inc] 3 times. (Total: 12 stitches)
Round 5: 12 sc. (Total: 12 stitches)
Round 6: Repeat [3 sc, 1 inc] 3 times. (Total: 15 stitches)
Round 7: 11 sc, make 4 inc. (Total: 19 stitches)
Cut the yarn leaving a long tail for sewing. Stuff the tail.
Step 8: Making the Details (Ears, Horns, Wings)
Ears (Make 2 in Purple): Chain 3. In the 2nd chain from hook, make 2 dc. Chain 2, then slip stitch into the first chain. Close and cut the yarn with a tail for sewing.
Horns (Make 2 in White): Chain 4. Starting in the 2nd chain from the hook, make 1 sl st, 1 sc, and 1 half-double crochet (hdc). Cut the yarn with a tail.
Wings (Make 2 in White):
Row 1: Chain 9. Starting in the 2nd chain from the hook, make 8 hdc.
Row 2: Chain 1 and turn your work. Working in the Back Loops Only (BLO), make 5 sc.
Row 3: Chain 1 and turn. Make 5 sc.
Row 4: Chain 1 and turn. Working in the BLO, make 2 dc, chain 2, and sl st in the next stitch. Cut yarn and leave a tail.
Step 9: Assembly
Using a yarn needle and the tails you left on your pieces:
Sew the Tail firmly to the lower back of the dragon’s body.
Sew the Wings onto the upper back of the body, just behind the arms.
Sew the Horns to the top center of the head.
Sew the Ears to the sides of the head, slightly below and outside the horns.
