This Cuddle Me Elephant just can’t wait to be nursed and protected. Decorated with tropical flowers, soft crochet elephant brings the sparkle into every child’s eyes. It can make a cute birthday present!

The Cuddle Me Elephant Crochet Pattern will help you to create such a beautiful toy for your loved little one!

Supplies:

• Semi-cotton yarn Yarnart Jeans (55% cotton, 45% acrylic; 160 m / 50 g)
• 2.0 mm crochet hook
• Fiberfill for stuffing
• 6 mm safety eyes
• Scissors and sewing needle

In case you use the specified yarn and hook, your Cuddle Me Elephant amigurumi will be about 16 cm (6.3″) tall. Note that your toy can be larger if you use thicker yarn and bigger hook.

Skill level: intermediate

You can find other crochet patterns of the Cuddle Me toy series following the links:

Cuddle Me Monkey Amigurumi Pattern
Cuddle Me Lion Amigurumi Pattern
Cuddle Me Panda Amigurumi Pattern
Cuddle Me Bunny Amigurumi Pattern
Cuddle Me Bear Amigurumi Pattern

Cuddle Me Elephant
Free amigurumi pattern

Abbreviations:
ch = chain
st = stitch
sc = single crochet
inc = increase (2 sc in one st)
dec = decrease (2 sc together)
sl st = slip stitch
hdc = half double crochet
dc = double crochet
dc-inc = 2 dc in one st
(..) = repeat the space in brackets the given number of times
[..] = total number of stitches

Work in continuous rounds (vs. joined rounds) using a stitch marker.

Head:
Crochet with gray yarn.
Rnd 1: 6 sc in magic ring [6]
Rnd 2: (inc) repeat 6 times [12]
Rnd 3: (sc in next st, inc) repeat 6 times [18]
Rnd 4: (sc in next 2 st, inc) repeat 6 times [24]
Rnd 5: (sc in next 3 st, inc) repeat 6 times [30]
Rnd 6: (sc in next 4 st, inc) repeat 6 times [36]
Rnd 7-11: sc in all 36 st [36]
Rnd 12: (sc in next 5 st, inc) repeat 6 times [42]
Rnd 13-14: sc in all 42 st [42]
Rnd 15: (sc in next 5 st, dec) repeat 6 times [36]
Insert safety eyes between Rnd 12 and Rnd 13, at the distance of 5 stitches between the eyes.
Rnd 16: (sc in next 4 st, dec) repeat 6 times [30]
Rnd 17: (sc in next 3 st, dec) repeat 6 times [24]
Rnd 18: (sc in next 2 st, dec) repeat 6 times [18]
Rnd 19: (sc in next st, dec) repeat 6 times [12]
Fasten off and weave in the end. Stuff with fiberfill.

Ears (make 2):
Outer part (make 2):
Crochet with gray yarn.
Rnd 1: 6 sc in magic ring [6]
Rnd 2: (inc) repeat 6 times [12]
Rnd 3: (sc in next st, inc) repeat 6 times [18]
Rnd 4: (sc in next 2 st, inc) repeat 6 times [24]
Rnd 5: (sc in next 3 st, inc) repeat 6 times [30]
Rnd 6: (sc in next 4 st, inc) repeat 6 times [36]
Rnd 7: (sc in next 5 st, inc) repeat 6 times [42]
Rnd 8: sl st in all 42 st [42]
Fasten off leaving a tail for sewing.

Inner part (make 2):
Crochet with lilac yarn.
Rnd 1: 6 sc in magic ring [6]
Rnd 2: (inc) repeat 6 times [12]
Rnd 3: (sc in next st, inc) repeat 6 times [18]
Rnd 4: (sc in next 2 st, inc) repeat 6 times [24]
Rnd 5: (sc in next 3 st, inc) repeat 6 times [30]
Rnd 6: (sc in next 4 st, inc) repeat 6 times [36]
Fasten off leaving a tail for sewing.

Sew the inner parts of the ears on the outer ones.

Trunk:
Crochet with gray yarn.
Rnd 1: 6 sc in magic ring [6]
Rnd 2-9:  sc in all 6 st [6]
Rnd 10: (sc in next 2 st, inc) repeat 2 times [8]
Rnd 11:  sc in all 8 st [8]
Rnd 12: (sc in next 3 st, inc) repeat 2 times [10]
Rnd 13:  sc in all 10 st [10]
Rnd 14: (sc in next 4 st, inc) repeat 2 times [12]
Rnd 15-19:  sc in all 12 st [12]
Fasten off leaving a tail for sewing. Stuff very slightly.

Arms (make 2):
Work with gray yarn.
Rnd 1: 6 sc in magic ring [6]
Rnd 2: (inc) repeat 6 times [12]
Rnd 3: (sc in next 5 st, inc) repeat 2 times [14]
Rnd 4-5: sc in all 14 st [14]
Rnd 6: (sc in next 5 st, dec) repeat 2 times [12]
Rnd 7-8: sc in all 12 st [12]
Rnd 9: sc in next 5 st, dec, sc in next 5 st [11]
Rnd 10: sc in next 4 st, dec, sc in next 5 st [10]
Rnd 11-19: sc in all 10 st [10]
Fasten off leaving a tail for sewing. Stuff only the half of the arms.

Legs (make 2):
Crochet with gray yarn.
Rnd 1: 6 sc in magic ring [6]
Rnd 2: (inc) repeat 6 times [12]
Rnd 3: (sc in next st, inc) repeat 6 times [18]
Rnd 4: sc in all 18 st in back loops only [18]
Rnd 5-8: sc in all 18 st [18]
Rnd 9: (sc in next 7 st, dec) repeat 2 times [16]
Rnd 10-13: sc in all 16 st [16]
Fasten off and cut the yarn. Don’t fasten off after finishing the second leg. Stuff legs with fiberfill and continue crocheting the body starting from the second leg.

Body:
Crochet 2 ch and join the legs with sl st.
Rnd 1: sc in next 16 st of the first leg, sc in next 2 ch, sc in next 16 st of the second leg, sc in next 2 ch (opposite side) [36]
Rnd 2: sc in next 34 st, (inc) x 2 times [38]
Rnd 3: inc, sc in next 32 st, inc, sc in next 4 st [40]

Rnd 4-8: sc in all 40 st [40]
Rnd 9: sc in next 8 st, dec, sc in next 17 st, dec, sc in next 11 st [38]
Rnd 10: sc in next 8 st, dec, sc in next 15 st, dec, sc in next 11 st [36]
Rnd 11: sc in all 36 st [36]
Rnd 12: sc in next 8 st, dec, sc in next 15 st, dec, sc in net 9 st [34]
Rnd 13: sc in next 7 st, dec, sc in next 15 st, dec, sc in next 8 st [32]
Rnd 14: sc in all 32 st [32]
Rnd 15: sc in next 7 st, dec, sc in next 14 st, dec, sc in next 7 st [30]
Rnd 16: sc in next 7 st, dec, sc in next 12 st, dec, sc in next 7 st [28]
Rnd 17: sc in all 28 st [28]
Rnd 18: (sc in next 5 st, dec) repeat 4 times [24]
Rnd 19: sc in all 24 st [24]
Rnd 20: (sc in next 4 st, dec) repeat 4 times [20]
Rnd 21: (sc in next 3 st, dec) repeat 4 times [16]
Fasten off leaving a long tail for sewing the head. Stuff with fiberfill.

Flower band:
The flower band consists of 5 leaves and 5 flowers.

Leaf (make 5):
8 ch,
Crochet the first half of the leaf starting from the second ch from hook: sl st in next st, sc in next st, hdc in next st, 2 dc in next st, dc in next st, hdc in next st, 3 sc in last st. Turn and continue crocheting the second part of the leaf: hdc in next st, dc in next st, 2 dc in next st, hdc in next st, sc in next st, sl st in next st. Fasten off and weave in the end.

Flower (make 5):
Rnd 1: 5 sc in magic ring [5]
Rnd 2: 2 ch, dc-inc, 2 ch, sl st in the same st where you made dc-inc. Further, again *2 ch, dc-inc, 2 ch, sl st in the same st where you made dc-inc*. Repeat from * to * till you get 5 petals.

Bracelet:
Crochet the same flower as for the band, leaving long ends of the thread to fasten it on the arm.

Assembly:
1. Sew trunk between the eyes.
2. Sew arms to the body.

3. Sew head to the body.
4. Sew the ears to the head after Rnd 6.

5. Sew flowers and leaves on the head like it’s shown in the picture.
6. Put on the bracelet.

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