Crochet Christmas ornaments are small hanging pieces: baubles, stars, bells and hearts, mini clothes, lace angels, mini wreaths, candy cane covers, tiny gift toppers, snowflakes and mini trees. Most use weight 4 (medium, worsted) yarn and a 3.5 mm (E-4) hook, and most pieces in the 20 ornament set measure 2 to 3.75 in (5 to 9.5 cm) and take 20 to 60 minutes.
Two groups sit outside that range. If you want the smallest, the tiny ornaments measure 1.25 to 2 in (3 to 5 cm). The lace angels stand 4 in (10 cm) tall. Both are worth the exception. Every pattern behind this guide gives you the stitch count at the end of each round and row, with US and UK terms in the same file.
The tabletop tree at the top of the page holds the whole 20 ornament set at once: baubles, stars, a bell, hearts, a wreath, a mini stocking and a mini sweater. Twenty different shapes read as one set because they share four colours, red, cream, green and gold. The table sorts the fifteen ornament types by yarn, hook and skill level, so you can compare them in one look.
Crochet Christmas ornaments at a glance: type, yarn, hook and skill level
Crochet Christmas ornaments fall into fifteen types across seven pattern sets, and each row gives you one type with its yarn, hook, Craft Yarn Council skill level and the set it comes from.
| Ornament | Yarn (CYC weight) | Hook | Skill level | Pattern set |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Classic and striped crochet baubles | 4, medium (worsted) | 3.5 mm (E-4) | Easy to Intermediate | Christmas Ornament Bundle |
| Nordic tapestry crochet baubles | 3, light (DK) | 3 mm | Intermediate | Nordic Christmas Baubles |
| Puffy and flat crochet stars | 4, medium (worsted) | 3.5 mm (E-4) | Easy to Intermediate | Christmas Ornament Bundle |
| Crochet Christmas bells | 4, medium (worsted) | 3.5 mm (E-4) | Easy to Intermediate | Christmas Ornament Bundle |
| Puffy and Scandi crochet hearts | 4, medium (worsted) | 3.5 mm (E-4) | Easy to Intermediate | Christmas Ornament Bundle |
| Mini sweater ornaments | 4, medium (worsted) | 3.5 mm (E-4) | Easy | Mini Sweater and Mitten Ornaments |
| Mini mitten and hat ornaments | 4, medium (worsted) | 3.5 mm (E-4) | Easy | Mini Sweater and Mitten Ornaments |
| Mini stocking ornaments | 4, medium (worsted) | 3.5 mm (E-4) | Easy | Mini Sweater and Mitten Ornaments |
| Lace angel ornaments | Size 10 cotton crochet thread | 1.5 mm steel | Intermediate | Lace Angel Ornaments |
| Mini wreath ornaments | 4, medium (worsted) | 3.5 mm (E-4) | Easy | Mini Christmas Wreaths |
| Candy cane cover ornaments | 4, medium (worsted) | 3.5 mm (E-4) | Easy | Candy Cane Covers |
| Tiny sweet treat ornaments | 3, light (DK) | 2.75 mm (C-2) | Basic | Tiny Christmas Ornaments |
| Gift box and gift tag ornaments | 3, light (DK) | 2.75 mm (C-2) | Basic | Tiny Christmas Ornaments |
| Yarn snowflake ornament | 4, medium (worsted) | 3.5 mm (E-4) | Easy to Intermediate | Christmas Ornament Bundle |
| Mini cone and flat tree ornaments | 4, medium (worsted) | 3.5 mm (E-4) | Easy to Intermediate | Christmas Ornament Bundle |
The flat lay shows the twenty shapes of the Christmas Ornament Bundle side by side, and those twenty supply seven rows of the table. You can make all twenty from five colours.
Easy crochet Christmas ornaments are the rows marked Easy: the mini clothes, the mini wreaths and the candy cane covers. The tiny ornaments sit one level lower, at Basic, which the Craft Yarn Council describes as “Projects using basic stitches.” The Craft Yarn Council defines Easy in its “Project Levels” as “Projects may include simple stitch patterns, color work, and/or shaping.” These sets fit that line because they are worked in single crochet (UK double crochet) in rounds and rows, with a few colour changes and some French knots. If you are new to crochet, start with a mini sweater, because it is two small flat pieces sewn together. It takes 35 to 60 minutes. Your first ornament sets the pace.
Crochet baubles: round and Nordic ornaments
A crochet bauble, or Christmas ball, is a stuffed ball worked in spiral rounds of single crochet from a magic ring, increased to its widest round and then decreased closed. Crochet baubles come in two families here: three shapes in the Christmas Ornament Bundle, and one shared round shape with twelve charted bands in the Nordic set. Learn the ball once and you have the base for every bauble on this page.
Classic and striped crochet baubles
- Yarn
- 4, medium (worsted)
- Hook
- 3.5 mm (E-4)
- Skill level
- Easy to Intermediate
- Best for
- tree, garland, gift toppers
The Classic Bauble is the base shape for the Striped and the Teardrop baubles, so the first one teaches you all three. Each is 2 in (5 cm) across and 3 in (7.5 cm) tall with its gold cap and loop. The Teardrop stretches to 3.5 in (9 cm). Each takes about 14 yd (13 m) of yarn.
The hook is one size smaller than the yarn label suggests, so the fabric stays firm and the stuffing does not show between stitches. Push the fibrefill out to the sides as you stuff. Your ball stays round.
All three are in the Christmas Ornament Bundle.
Nordic tapestry crochet baubles
- Yarn
- 3, light (DK)
- Hook
- 3 mm
- Skill level
- Intermediate
- Best for
- tree, gift toppers, a bowl of baubles, mantel garland
Twelve baubles share one round shape, 2.75 in (7 cm) across, and only the charted band changes: Selbu Star, Snowflake, Pine Forest and nine more. The band changes and the shape does not, so your second bauble already feels familiar.
Each band has a colour chart and written rounds that match stitch for stitch. You never carry more than two strands in a round, and every tail hides inside the stuffed ball. Nothing is left to weave in. The widest round holds 48 stitches, so every motif repeat divides it evenly.
These are the twelve Nordic Christmas Baubles.
The Christmas Ornament Bundle holds the three round baubles among its 20 mixed ornaments, and Nordic Christmas Baubles holds the twelve charted ones.
Stars, bells and hearts: quick flat and puffy ornaments
Stars, bells and hearts split into two builds: a flat piece is one layer with no stuffing, and a puffy piece is two layers joined or a stuffed shape. All of them come from the Christmas Ornament Bundle, in the same red, cream, green and gold. If you want a quick one, pick a flat piece.
Puffy and flat crochet stars
- Yarn
- 4, medium (worsted)
- Hook
- 3.5 mm (E-4)
- Skill level
- Easy to Intermediate
- Best for
- tree, gift toppers, garland
The Puffy Star is two five point stars joined and lightly stuffed, so it stands out on the branch. It measures 2.75 in (7 cm) across and uses about 11 yd (10 m). The Flat Star is a single cream layer with a red edge, 3 in (7.5 cm) across, from about 7 yd (6 m).
A flat star needs no stuffing, so you can lay it on a gift box as a topper. Both stars are in the Christmas Ornament Bundle.
Crochet Christmas bells
- Yarn
- 4, medium (worsted)
- Hook
- 3.5 mm (E-4)
- Skill level
- Easy to Intermediate
- Best for
- tree, gift toppers, garland
The Christmas Bell is gold with a cream band, a flared red rim and a stuffed gold clapper hanging inside. It measures 2.4 in (6 cm) across the rim and 2.5 in (6.5 cm) tall, from about 13 yd (12 m).
The rim flares outward, so a light coat of starch helps if you want a crisp flare. The clapper tail then becomes the hanging loop.
The bell is in the Christmas Ornament Bundle.
Puffy and Scandi crochet hearts
- Yarn
- 4, medium (worsted)
- Hook
- 3.5 mm (E-4)
- Skill level
- Easy to Intermediate
- Best for
- tree, gift toppers, garland
The Puffy Heart is a plump red heart with cream cross stitch stars, 2.5 in (6.5 cm) wide and stuffed firmly. The Scandi Heart is flat, worked in rows, edged in red, with a running stitch border and a small flower. It is 2.75 in (7 cm) wide.
Both hearts are in the Christmas Ornament Bundle.
Mini clothes ornaments: sweaters, mittens and stockings
Mini clothes ornaments are tiny garments made from two small flat pieces in single crochet sewn together, with sleeves, hats and mittens worked in the round. They measure 2.25 to 3.25 in (5.5 to 8 cm) tall and take 35 to 60 minutes each. Mini Sweater and Mitten Ornaments, the Tiny Wardrobe collection, holds fifteen of them in cranberry, ivory, pine and oatmeal. You sew more than you shape.
Mini sweater ornaments
- Yarn
- 4, medium (worsted)
- Hook
- 3.5 mm (E-4)
- Skill level
- Easy
- Best for
- tree, washing line garland, gift toppers, stocking stuffers
Six sweater ornaments come in Mini Sweater and Mitten Ornaments: candy stripes, a Nordic checked band, an embroidered snowflake, a little tree, a ribbed turtleneck and a button cardigan. The body is flat and the sleeves are small rounds, so a sweater hangs flat against your branch.
The Christmas Ornament Bundle has one more, the Mini Sweater, 4.75 in (12 cm) across the sleeves.
These six are in Mini Sweater and Mitten Ornaments.
Mini mitten and hat ornaments
- Yarn
- 4, medium (worsted)
- Hook
- 3.5 mm (E-4)
- Skill level
- Easy
- Best for
- tree, washing line garland, gift toppers, stocking stuffers
A mitten ornament and a hat ornament each come in two versions in Mini Sweater and Mitten Ornaments: a Nordic dot mitten, a mitten pair on a cord, a pompom beanie and a striped stocking cap. The mitten pair hangs from its own cord instead of a loop, so you can drape it over a branch.
The Christmas Ornament Bundle adds a Mini Mitten and a Pompom Hat to the same family.
All four are in Mini Sweater and Mitten Ornaments.
Mini stocking ornaments
- Yarn
- 4, medium (worsted)
- Hook
- 3.5 mm (E-4)
- Skill level
- Easy
- Best for
- tree, washing line garland, gift toppers, stocking stuffers
A mini stocking is a Christmas stocking cut down to ornament size, and Mini Sweater and Mitten Ornaments includes one. A wisp of fibrefill in the foot is optional, so you can leave the stocking flat or give it a slight curve.
The Christmas Ornament Bundle has its own Mini Stocking, 2.5 in (6.5 cm) tall.
This one is in Mini Sweater and Mitten Ornaments.
Mini Sweater and Mitten Ornaments gathers all fifteen garments, from sweaters to a hooded cape and a party dress, in one palette of cranberry, ivory, pine and oatmeal.
Lace angels, mini wreaths and candy cane covers
Lace angels, mini wreaths and candy cane covers are three separate ornament types, and each has one pattern set of its own. The angels are thread lace, while the wreaths and covers use the same weight 4 yarn as most of the page.
Lace angel ornaments
- Yarn
- Size 10 cotton crochet thread
- Hook
- 1.5 mm steel
- Skill level
- Intermediate
- Best for
- tree, mantel, keepsake gifts
Three crochet angel ornaments make up the set: Gloria in pineapple lace, Noelle in tiers of fan stitch and Clara in a net of picot loops. Each stands 4 in (10 cm) tall with her gold halo, with lace wings and a plain wooden bead head with no face.
Thread and a steel hook make the open lace, so you stiffen the skirt to hold its bell shape. Once dry, the angel stands on your mantel or hangs from a branch.
All three are in Lace Angel Ornaments.
Mini wreath ornaments
- Yarn
- 4, medium (worsted)
- Hook
- 3.5 mm (E-4)
- Skill level
- Easy
- Best for
- tree, door and cabinet knobs, chair backs, gift toppers
A crochet wreath ornament is a small ring, 3.5 to 4.75 in (9 to 12 cm) across, with one trim: a berry cluster, a bow, stars, jingle bells, holly, pompoms, a candy cane wrap, gift parcels, a poinsettia or a Nordic heart. There are ten in the Cranberry and Pine set.
Three bases carry all ten: a stuffed tube ring, a flat ring and a ring crocheted over a craft ring. Make one of each base and you only learn new trims after that. Hang yours on a door knob, a cabinet knob or a chair back.
These are the Mini Christmas Wreaths.
Candy cane cover ornaments
- Yarn
- 4, medium (worsted)
- Hook
- 3.5 mm (E-4)
- Skill level
- Easy
- Best for
- stocking stuffers, class gifts, tree, place settings
A crochet candy cane cover slips over a standard candy cane, about 6 in (15 cm) long, with the crook peeking out of the top. Each cover is about 3.25 in (8 cm) long. The twelve in the Peppermint Lane set include a mini stocking, a mitten, a sweater, a pine tree, a star and a snowflake. Candy canes are not included.
Nine of the twelve share one sleeve, so once the first cover fits your candy canes, the rest fit too. You can hang each one by the crook.
All twelve are in Candy Cane Covers.
Lace Angel Ornaments holds the three angels, Mini Christmas Wreaths holds ten wreaths with their trims, and Candy Cane Covers holds twelve covers in cranberry, cream and pine.
Tiny ornaments for mini trees and gift toppers
Tiny ornaments are pieces of 1.25 to 2 in (3 to 5 cm) that take 10 to 20 minutes each. Tiny Christmas Ornaments, the Sugarplum collection, holds thirty of them in rose, plum, mint, ivory and silver, sized for a mini tree. You can make several in one evening.
Tiny sweet treat ornaments
- Yarn
- 3, light (DK)
- Hook
- 2.75 mm (C-2)
- Skill level
- Basic
- Best for
- mini trees, gift toppers, advent calendars
The sweet treats are a sugarplum, a Christmas pudding, a peppermint swirl, a macaron, a frosted doughnut, a mini cupcake, a scalloped sugar cookie and a hot cocoa mug. They are small and quick, so they use up your scraps.
These are in Tiny Christmas Ornaments.
Gift box and gift tag ornaments
- Yarn
- 3, light (DK)
- Hook
- 2.75 mm (C-2)
- Skill level
- Basic
- Best for
- mini trees, gift toppers, advent calendars
The gift pieces are a gift tag, a gift bag, a round hat box, a mini envelope and a ribbon rosette. The envelope and the bag open, so each can hold a tiny note. The flat pieces tie straight onto your gift ribbon.
The Christmas Ornament Bundle adds a Gift Box of 1.75 in (4.5 cm) a side.
These are in Tiny Christmas Ornaments.
Tiny Christmas Ornaments gathers all thirty pieces, from sweet treats and gift toppers to little lights and woodland shapes.
Snowflake and tree ornaments
Snowflakes and trees also hang as ornaments, but each has a full page of its own, so this page keeps them to one short card each. You will find every design there.
Yarn snowflake ornament
- Yarn
- 4, medium (worsted)
- Hook
- 3.5 mm (E-4)
- Skill level
- Easy to Intermediate
- Best for
- tree, gift toppers, garland
The Snowflake in the Christmas Ornament Bundle is a cream yarn snowflake with six slender arms, 3.25 in (8.5 cm) from arm tip to arm tip, from about 5 yd (5 m). Thread snowflakes are finer, and their sizes and finishing are in Crochet Snowflake Patterns: Lace Snowflakes and Snowflake Decor.
Mini cone and flat tree ornaments
- Yarn
- 4, medium (worsted)
- Hook
- 3.5 mm (E-4)
- Skill level
- Easy to Intermediate
- Best for
- tree, gift toppers, garland
The Christmas Ornament Bundle has two small trees: a stuffed Mini Cone Tree, 2.75 in (7 cm) tall with its trunk, and a Flat Tree of 3.25 in (8.5 cm). Twelve more tree builds and a granny square tree are in Crochet Christmas Tree Patterns: Mini Trees and Tree Squares.
Where do crochet ornaments go besides the tree?
Crochet ornaments go anywhere you can tie a loop or a ribbon, and each pattern set names its own places in its “Perfect for” line. Four places come up again and again:
- Gift toppers: the flat tiny ornaments, a flat star or heart, a mini wreath or a mini sweater tied onto the ribbon.
- Advent calendar pockets: the thirty tiny ornaments, which Tiny Christmas Ornaments lists for advent calendars.
- A garland: the mini clothes pegged along a washing line garland, or the Christmas Ornament Bundle strung on twine.
- A bowl or tiered tray: the Nordic baubles piled in a wooden bowl on the coffee table.
The Nordic baubles in the bowl show the last of those places. A set in one palette reads as one decoration wherever it hangs, because every piece repeats the same colours: red, cream, green and gold in the Christmas Ornament Bundle, and cranberry, cream and pine in the mini wreaths and candy cane covers. Pick one set for a room and your decorations match.
Which techniques do lace and tapestry ornaments need?
Lace ornaments need thread and a steel hook. You need both for the angels. The Craft Yarn Council “Standard Yarn Weight System” lists 10-count crochet thread in category 0, Lace, with steel hooks of 1.6 to 1.4 mm (US steel 6, 7, 8), and notes that steel hooks are numbered in reverse, so a higher number means a smaller hook. The lace angels use size 10 cotton thread on a 1.5 mm steel hook, then dry over a card cone for 24 hours. That drying step is blocking. It sets the lace.
Tapestry crochet works two colours in one round and carries the colour not in use inside the stitches until its turn comes. The Nordic baubles use it for every band, and the chart and the written rounds come from the same grid, so you can follow either one.
More Christmas crochet patterns
The ornaments are one part of Christmas Crochet Patterns: Ornaments, Stockings and Decor, so you can match them to stockings, gift bags, coasters, mug cozies and table runners. Every pattern is listed in Crochet Patterns to Make: Christmas Decor and Winter Wear, and twenty four of them are Christmas pieces.
The Christmas Pattern Collection holds 20 ornaments, 10 mug cozies, 12 coasters, 10 drawstring gift pouches and 10 mini wreaths in one download.
Questions makers ask
Are crochet Christmas ornaments good for beginners?
Yes, most of them are. The mini clothes, mini wreaths and candy cane covers are rated Easy and use single crochet in rounds and rows with a few colour changes, and the tiny ornaments are rated Basic. The lace angels and the Nordic tapestry baubles are rated Intermediate, so they suit a second or third project once rounds feel steady.
How long does a crochet ornament take?
Most crochet ornaments take 20 to 60 minutes. The tiny ornaments are the quickest at 10 to 20 minutes each, candy cane covers take 30 to 45 minutes, and a mini wreath takes 55 to 80 minutes. A lace angel in thread is the slowest, at about an evening each.
Do crochet ornaments need stuffing?
Some do and some do not. Baubles, puffy stars, the puffy heart and cone trees are filled with polyester fibrefill. Flat stars, the Scandi heart, flat trees and the mini clothes need none, and a mini wreath worked over a craft ring stays unstuffed. Fibrefill in the mini stocking foot is optional.
Can you make crochet ornaments from leftover yarn?
Yes. Every set gives the yarn amount for each piece, so a single ornament can come from scraps. A classic bauble uses about 14 yd (13 m), a flat star about 7 yd (6 m), and each candy cane cover uses 6 to 9 m. Most pieces need weight 4 (medium, worsted) yarn.
Do the ornament patterns use US or UK crochet terms?
Both. Each pattern is written in US terms with the UK equivalents in the same file, so you can follow whichever you learned. The one pair to watch is single crochet: the US single crochet (sc) is the UK double crochet (dc), so a UK dc in an ornament pattern means a US sc.
