How to Crochet Kawaii Boo Ghost Plushie for Last-Minute Gifting
Who says a ghost amigurumi must be spooky? With a cute, quick, and last-minute design, you can bring smiles to many little faces. So, learn how to crochet these 20-minute mini kawaii boo ghost plushies with a stitch-by-stitch tutorial by Hanna. Each amigurumi boo has kawaii safety eyes, a ruffle skirt, and wears a tiny bucket hat with the option to choose from three embroidery mouths and hat colors from red to purple and orange. Crochet this set of cute Halloween ghosts for selling at craft fairs with use suggestions and a message. If for yourself, you can use them as a support squishy, bag charm, or Halloween ornament.
So, if you have made up your mind to crochet these festive ghost amigurumi, continue reading this post till the end. There you will find the complete tutorial.
About the Designer: The designer behind this cute ghost amigurumi for Halloween is @KumoAmu – Hannah’s channel KumoAmu is currently quite new, but her festive plushie set tutorials are out of this world! For future projects, she will focus on similar “kawaii” (cute) plushies: Christmas reindeer, a ghost, a spider, a capybara, a Santa keychain and frog head plushie. The tutorials are described as “beginner-friendly” and “last-minute.” So, follow her since watching the unique concept, her future projects seem to be oh-so cute and must-haves.
Note: In respect of the creator’s rights, there will be no provision of the written pattern. You can watch the tutorial with on-screen written instructions at the end of this post.
Crochet Plush Ghosts Tutorial
Skill Level: Beginner – Intermediate. Like any crochet boo ghost pattern, the pattern is worked from head down to body and to the bottom by working in the round without any sewing. You will be using the single crochet as a base stitch, the slip stitch as joining, and an increasing and decreasing plus an unchanging pattern, too. For the arms, you will crochet the bobble stitch as-you-go. Unlike usual, the bottom will also be closed without sewing thanks to decreases. By surface-stitching in FLO, you will be working half-double crochet three decreases for the ruffle skirt. Hat is worked using both sc and hdc.
Tutorial timing: Approximately 35 minutes (worth watching as you will learn a new no-sew closed bottom ghost pattern. Unlike the usual no-sew ghosts, it uses a surface-stitched ruffle pattern, not the shell as-you-go pattern. Moreover, the bobble stitch, which is used in tons of amigurumi, from crochet cat to crochet frog, and many more. Plus, the bucket hat pattern without spending much, which can be adapted for actual wearables, too.)
Personalization tips: You can choose from wide smile, V, and W mouth embroideries for each of your ghost plushies. The tutor also presents a sport yarn ghost version, which still looks awesome, and you can also try it. There is a presentation for the eyes, too. If you are a casual crocheter, you may not have the kawaii eyes, so the tutor showed a version with safety beads also. Whatever the yarn you choose, make sure you are comfortable with it and understand its tension variation.
Pattern Type: An on-screen written pattern is available if you find written instructions easy to follow along with. The instructions are written using US terms.
Recommended Supplies
Here is the list of crochet materials and tools that the tutor mentions for crocheting this set of mini ghost keychains by yourself:
- Yarn: A thin plush yarn roughly 2mm, where a 50-gram skein is approximately 135 meters long. (Commonly a fingering or light sport weight).
- Crochet Hook: 2.5 mm
- Scissors
- Stitch markers
- Stuffing (polyfill or similar)
- Eyes: Plastic safety eyes, 8mm size.
- Other: Black thread (for embroidering details like a nose or mouth).
Techniques Used
Here are the quick crochet guides for crocheting each stitch mentioned and used in the tutorial for crocheting this boo ghost:
ch (chain): Yarn over, pull through loop on hook.
sc (single crochet): Insert hook, yarn over, pull up a loop, yarn over, pull through both loops.
slst (slip stitch): Insert hook, yarn over, pull through stitch and loop on hook.
dec (decrease): Insert hook in next stitch, pull up loop, repeat in next stitch, yarn over, pull through all loops.
Advertisement - Continue Readinginc (increase): Work 2 single crochets into the same stitch.
BO (bobble stitch): Yarn over, insert hook, pull up loop, yarn over, pull through two loops—repeat several times in same stitch—yarn over, pull through all loops.
hdc (half double crochet): Yarn over, insert hook, pull up a loop, yarn over, pull through all three loops.
BLO (back loop only): Work stitch into the back loop of the stitch only.
Advertisement - Continue ReadingFLO (front loop only): Work stitch into the front loop of the stitch only.
