Crochet Christmas Pudding Cupcake Pattern

This free little Christmas pudding cupcake is fun to make and completely charming and would make a great Christmas tree decoration.

The pattern is quick and easy with all the parts being made separately and assembled at the end, this free pattern starts by making the main pudding first, then making a cupcake case, icing, arms, legs, bow, and holly leaves.

All you need to finish this pattern is to know some crochet stitches like single crochet stitch, double crochet stitch, puff stitch, picot stitch, and half double crochet stitch, so this pattern is suitable for intermediate-level crocheters.

Let’s get started!

Pattern by: Mycrochetwonders

Abbreviations

Mr – magic ring
St – stiches
Ch – chain
Sl st – slip stitch
Sc – single crochet
Inc – increase
Dec – decrease
Hdc – half double crochet
Dc – double crochet
BLO – work through the back loop only
Puff – work 5 unfinished hdc’s into the same stitch and crochet them off together
Picot – crochet ch2 and connect the chain with a sl st in the first ch
(*) – repeat

Materials

• Cotton blend yarn Sport weight 5ply (yardage 330 m / 100 g (361 yds / 3.5 ox)) in brown, white, green and red.
• Crochet hook 2 mm
• Polyester fiberfill for stuffing
• Safety eyes 8 mm
• Remnants of embroidery floss for embroidering cheeks and mouth
• Tapestry needle with a large eye
• Tailor pins

The finished toy will be about 11 cm tall.

Main pudding

In brown color. Stuff as you go.

Round 1: 6 sc into an Mr (6)
Round 2: 6 inc (12)
Round 3: (1 sc, inc)*6 (18)
Round 4: (2 sc, inc)*6 (24)
Round 5: (3 sc, inc)*6 (30)
Round 6: (4 sc, inc)*6 (36)
Round 7: (5 sc, inc)*6 (42)
Round 8: (6 sc, inc)*6 (48)
Round 9: (7 sc, inc)*6 (54)
Round 10-11: 1 sc in every st (54)
Round 12: (8 sc, inc)*6 (60)
Round 13-19: 1 sc in every st (60)

Insert the safety eyes between rounds 17 and 18, leaving a distance of 9 sts between them.

Round 20: (8 sc, dec)*6 (54)
Round 21: 1 sc in every st (54)
Round 22: (7 sc, dec)*6 (48)
Round 23: 1 sc in every st (48)
Round 24: (6 sc. dec)*6 (42)
Round 25: 1 sc in every st (42)
Round 26: (5 sc, dec)*6 (36)
Round 27-28: 1 sc in every st (36)
Round 29: (4 sc, dec)*6 (30)

Fasten off and hide the end on the inside.

Cupcake case

In green color

Round 1: 6 sc into an Mr (6)
Round 2: 6 inc (12)
Round 3: (1 sc, inc)*6 (18)
Round 4: (2 sc, inc)*6 (24)
Round 5: (3 sc, inc)*6 (30)
Round 6: Attach green piece to the round 29 of main pudding and croche the two layers together with sl st (30)

Stuff it lightly before you close the seam. When stuffing, make sure that the bottom green side stays flat.

Round 7: BLO (4 sc, inc)*6 (36)
Round 8: BLO 1 sc in every st (36)
Round 9: 1 sc in every st (36)
Round 10: (5 sc, inc)*6 (42)
Round 11-12: 1 sc in every st (42)
Round 13: (6 sc, inc)*6 (48)
Round 14: 1 sc each in every st (480

Change color to red, don’t cut green thread

Round 15: 1 sl st in every st (48)

Fasten off red yarn and hide the ends on the inside. Continue work with green color.

Round 16: 1 sc in every st of round 14 (48)
Round 17: (skip 1 st, 5 hdc in next st, skip 1 st, sl st in next st) repeat 12 times

Fasten off, leaving an end long enough for sewing.

Icing

In white color

Round 1-8: as for main pudding. 48 sts
Round 9: making the drips:
Drip 1: ch6, in the 3rd ch from hook, 1 hdc, 3 sc, 3 sc in round9
Drip 2: ch8, in the 3rd ch from hook, 1 hdc, 5 sc, 3 sc in round 9
Drip 3: as Drip 1
Drip 4: ch7, in the 3rd ch from hook, 1 hdc, 4 sc, 3 sc in round 9
Drip 5: as Drip 1
Drip 6: as Drip 2
Drip 7: as Drip 1
Drip 8: as Drip 3
Drip 9: as Drip 1
Drip 10: as Drip 2
Drip 11: as Drip 1
Drip 12: as Drip 3
Drip 13: as Drip 1
Drip 14: as Drip 2
Drip 15: as Drip 1
Drip 16: as Drip 3

Fasten off, leaving an end long enough for sewing.

Arms x2

In brown color

Round 1: 6 sc into an Mr (6)
Round 2-4: 1 sc in every st (6)

Stuff with fiberfill. Flat the open end the piece and crochet the two layers together with sc.

Fasten off, leaving an end long enough for sewing.

Bow

In red color.

Into an Amr: (ch3, dc, hdc, dc, ch3, sl st) repeat 2 times

Pull the ring tight. Fasten off, leaving en end long enough for sewing.

Legs x2

In brown color.

Round 1: 6 sc into an Mr (6)
Round 2: (1 sc, inc)*3 (9)
Round 3-5: 1 sc in every st (9)
Round 6: (1 sc, dec)*3 (6)

Stuff with fiberfill. Flat the open end the piece and crochet the two layers together with sc.

Fasten off, leaving an end long enough for sewing.

Holly leaves

In green color

Round 1: Into an Mr: (ch6, sl st, into the 2nd ch from hook, sc in next ch, hdc in next ch. dc in next ch, hdc in next ch, 2 sc into an Arm) repeat 3 times.
Round 2: (Sl st in next 2 sts, picot, sl st in next 2 sts, picot, sl st in next st, sl st in ch on the top of leaf, picot, sl st in next 2 sts, picot, sl st in next 2 sts, picot,sl st in next 3 sts) repeat 3 times.

Fasten off, leaving an end long enough for sewing.

Berries

In red color.

Crochet a chain of ch3.

In the first ch make 1 puff sttch, ch 2, sl st. Without cutting the yarn work another 2 berries.

Fasten off. leaving an end long enough for sewing.

Assembly

• Sew cupcake case to the main pudding piece along round 16.
• Sew the icing to the top of main pudding piece.
• Sew arms two rounds above the cupcake base.
• Sew legs to the round 8 of the cupcake case
• Sew the berries to the center of the leaves.
• Sew the leaves to the top if icing.
• Sew a bow to the red line.
• With pink head embroider cheeks and mouth.

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