I have a two year old in my home who is thirsty to learn all his little preschooler skills. I also have Easter coming up while living in a country that doesn’t officially celebrate Easter, so shopping for Easter type of items can be challenging. Since I crochet slowly, I decided to start on my non-candy type basket stuffers for my boys a little early.
Granted, this toy can be used all year long and not just at Easter, but it certainly can pass as a seasonal gift too.
This is a super simple amigurumi that works up incredibly fast. I didn’t bother with a step by step photo tutorial because, well, it really was not necessary at all, even for complete beginners.
How cute is that little face peeking out from his shell?
I “hinged” the two halves of shell together because I already have little odd pieces of toys getting misplaced everywhere. You do not have to sew a hinge on your eggs.
Let’s get started!
As usual, I use regular old medium weight yarn and a 3.0 mm hook. The pattern is written using US terminology. Gauge is not important for this project.
Abbreviations used:
MR – magic ring
st – stitch
sc – single crochet
inc – increase (2 sc in one st)
dec – decrease (join 2 st together)
FO – finish off
Bottom shell
(start with white)
1. 10sc in MR (10)
2. (sc, inc) x5 (15)
3. (2sc, inc) x5 (20)
4. sc even around (20)
5. (3sc, inc) x5 (25)
6-8. [3 rows] 25sc even around (25)
change to color that will match chick
9. 25sc even around (25)
FO
Top shell
(start with white)
1. 10sc in MR (10)
2. (sc, inc) x5 (15)
3. 15sc even (15)
4. (2sc, inc) x5 (20)
5. 20sc even (20)
6. (3sc, inc) x5 (25)
7-8. [2 rows] 25sc even (25)
change to color used on bottom half of shell
9. 25sc even (25)
FO leaving a long tail for sewing a hinge of maybe 4 stitches
to join the 2 halves if you choose.
Chick
(use whatever color you used for the egg shell edge)
1. 5sc in MR (5)
2. inc x5 (10)
3. (sc, inc) x5 (15)
4. 15sc even (15)
5. (2sc, inc) x5 (20)
6-11. [6 rows] 20sc even (20)
*I stopped at row 9 to do the face. The point of the beak is in a hole between round 7 and 8. See stitching guide below.
12. (2sc, dec) x5 (15)
13. (sc, dec) x5 (10)
14. dec x5 (5)
FO
That’s it. Easy, huh? Now just do it a bunch more times with all your favorite colors. There’s no reason to stop with the 6 common rainbow colors.
You can get creative too. I think for the next batch I make, I’ll make the 2 halves of shell different colors and the chick inside will be the color that results from mixing the shell colors. For example, if the shell is half red and half blue then the chick would be purple. Isn’t that a good idea for teaching color theory?
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These are precious. Keep on designing you seem to have the mind for it. Thank you.
Thank you so much! Encouraging words are always so warmly welcomed when just starting out!
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