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Horse Hand Puppet Amigurumi Pattern

Horse Hand Puppet Amigurumi Pattern
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5-7 Hours Time Needed
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Intermediate Level

Ideal for those with basic crochet experience, featuring slightly more advanced stitches and techniques to expand your skills.

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Weekend Treat

Takes 5-7 hours, making it an enjoyable project to finish over a couple of days.

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Cute Companion

An adorable friend to cherish, handcrafted with love to bring comfort and joy for years to come.

About This Horse Hand Puppet Amigurumi Pattern

This pattern guides you through crocheting a charming horse hand puppet with a movable mouth, large expressive eyes and a yarn mane. The design uses DK weight yarn and small hook to achieve a tidy, durable finish. Pieces are worked mostly in continuous rounds and sewn together for a soft, cuddly result.

Horse Hand Puppet Amigurumi Pattern crochet pattern - detailed view of completed project

Clear, photographed assembly steps show how to pin and sew the eyes, ears, nostrils and mane in place. Ideal for crafters who enjoy making character toys with personality.

Why You'll Love This Horse Hand Puppet Amigurumi Pattern

I absolutely love this pattern because it transforms simple crochet shapes into a characterful puppet full of personality. I enjoy the way the mouth and tongue join together to create a moveable expression that really brings playtime to life. The mane technique is a fun finishing touch that adds texture and movement while staying simple to execute. Sewing the pieces on is satisfying and allows you to personalise placement for different expressions.

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Switch Things Up

I love experimenting with colour when I make this puppet; try changing the body and snout colours for a new look, like chestnut body with cream snout or dapple grey tones.

You can make a mini version by using fingering weight yarn and a smaller hook, which creates a tiny keychain-sized puppet variation.

If you want a chunkier, cuddlier puppet use a bulkier DK or Aran yarn with a larger hook and adjust the number of rounds for proportion.

I often swap the yarn for the mane to a textured or boucle yarn for a wild, fluffy mane that adds character instantly.

For posable features, try threading a thin flexible wire into the ears or neck area before closing to allow shaping and slight posing.

I sometimes embroider eyelashes, freckles or spots on the snout to personalise expressions and give each puppet a unique personality.

Switch the tongue colour for a pinker shade or add a little felt tongue overlay for a different texture and look.

Use buttons or safety eyes if you prefer not to crochet the eye discs; just be sure they are child-safe and sewn on very securely.

To change the puppet's mood, alter eye placement—closer together for a mischievous look or wider apart for a surprised expression.

Make matching accessories like a small crocheted scarf, bridle or hat to give your puppet a costume or seasonal theme.

If you want a thicker mane, simply add more strands or double up lengths for a fuller, longer effect; it’s an easy way to customise volume.

Common Mistakes & How to Fix Them

✗ Not using a stitch marker when joining rounds leads to losing your start point; place a marker at the first stitch and move it each round to keep accurate counts. ✗ Stuffing too aggressively will distort the shape of the mouth and head; add stuffing gradually and shape as you go so the puppet keeps its intended form. ✗ Cutting yarn too short when finishing eyes, nostrils or ears makes attaching them difficult; leave a generous tail for sewing to the head later. ✗ Forgetting to check symmetry while pinning the eyes and ears means uneven placement; pin pieces and try the puppet on your hand to check alignment before sewing. ✗ Skipping the step of placing a marker at the middle seam when joining the mouth pieces can cause mismatched joins; place a marker at the first joined stitch to maintain orientation.

Horse Hand Puppet Amigurumi Pattern

Make a playful horse hand puppet with this step-by-step crochet pattern. You will create a soft, expressive puppet with a movable mouth, cute eyes, ears, nostrils and a flowing mane. The pattern uses DK yarn and a small hook for neat stitches and detailed shaping. Perfect as a gift or a fun theatre prop, this project brings a lot of personality with simple pieces you sew together.

Intermediate 5-7 Hours

Materials Needed for Horse Hand Puppet Amigurumi Pattern

— Main Fabric

  • 01
    Deramores Studio DK Latte 100g (main body)
  • 02
    Deramores Studio DK Pearl 100g (snout, mouth top/bottom)
  • 03
    Deramores Studio DK Ruby 100g (tongue) - approx 100g
  • 04
    Deramores Studio DK Ebony - small amount (eye centre)
  • 05
    Deramores Studio DK Frost - small amount (eye highlight)
  • 06
    Extra DK yarn (same weights) for mane - cut 60 lengths of yarn 25cm long

— Tools Required

  • 01
    Crochet hook size 2.5 mm
  • 02
    Fibrefill/toy stuffing
  • 03
    Toy squeaker (optional) - insert into tongue if desired
  • 04
    Stitch markers
  • 05
    Yarn needle for sewing pieces
  • 06
    Pins for positioning pieces
  • 07
    Scissors

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— Note :

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This pattern is written using American terminology and is worked in continuous rounds. If the hand puppet is made using the specified materials, she is 19cm long.

— Materials :

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Yarn: Deramores Studio DK Latte 100g. Deramores Studio DK Pearl 100g. Deramores Studio DK Ruby 100g. Deramores Studio DK Ebony small amount. Deramores Studio DK Frost small amount.

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Other: 2.5 mm Crochet hook (or if using different yarn, use hook size specified, note that using different sized hook or yarn will change the size of the finished toy). Fibrefill/toy stuffing. Toy Squeaker (optional). Stitch Markers. Yarn Needle. Pins.

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Tension: Using yarn stated and 2.5mm hook, 26 ch x 24 rows = 10cm square.

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Abbreviations: Ch = chain | dec = Decrease | inc = Increase | rnd = round | sc=single crochet |

— Tongue :

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Using Ruby yarn. Ch 2

Round 1 :

6 sc in 2nd ch from hook (6 sts)

Round 2 :

inc in all 6 sts (12 sts)

Round 3 :

(1 sc, inc in next st) x6 (18 sts)

Round 4 :

(2 sc, inc in next st) x6 (24 sts)

Round 5 :

(3 sc, inc in next st) x6 (30 sts)

Round 6-20 :

30 sc (30 sts)

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Insert your squeak into the tongue if you are adding one. 15sc through both sides of the tongue to close. Sl last st and finish.

— Top of Mouth :

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Using Pearl yarn. Ch 2

Round 1 :

6 sc in 2nd ch from hook (6 sts)

Round 2 :

inc in all 6 sts (12 sts)

Round 3 :

(1 sc, inc in next st) x6 (18 sts)

Round 4 :

(2 sc, inc in next st) x6 (24 sts)

Round 5 :

(3 sc, inc in next st) x6 (30 sts)

Round 6 :

(4 sc, inc in next st) x6 (36 sts)

Round 7 :

(5 sc, inc in next st) x6 (42 sts)

Round 8 :

(6 sc, inc in next st) x6 (48 sts)

Round 9-12 :

48 sc (48 sts)

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Change to Latte yarn. Rnd 13-26: 48 sc (48 sts). Sl last st, cut yarn.

— Bottom of Mouth :

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Using Pearl yarn. Ch 2

Round 1 :

6 sc in 2nd ch from hook (6 sts)

Round 2 :

inc in all 6 sts (12 sts)

Round 3 :

(1 sc, inc in next st) x6 (18 sts)

Round 4 :

(2 sc, inc in next st) x6 (24 sts)

Round 5 :

(3 sc, inc in next st) x6 (30 sts)

Round 6 :

(4 sc, inc in next st) x6 (36 sts)

Round 7 :

(5 sc, inc in next st) x6 (42 sts)

Round 8 :

(6 sc, inc in next st) x6 (48 sts)

Round 9-12 :

48 sc (48 sts)

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Change to Latte yarn. Rnd 13-23: 48 sc (48 sts). Do not cut yarn, we will now join the mouth and tongue pieces together as follows.

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Place the top and bottom mouth pieces on top of one another with your yarn from the bottom mouth piece at the side. 5 sc through both pieces along what will be the middle seam to join both of the mouth pieces. Place a marker at the 1st st.

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Now it is time to add the tongue, to do this 15 sc through the bottom of mouth, tongue and top of mouth, this will join them altogether along the same middle seam that you had started, now 5 sc through the top and bottom mouth pieces only. This will be the new beginning of your rnds. Replace your marker here.

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You should now have a total of 54 sts around the outside of the puppets mouth.

Round 24 :

54 sc (54 sts)

Round 25 :

(7 sc, dec) x6 (48 sts)

Round 26-50 :

48 sc (48 sts)

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If you would like to make your puppet longer of shorter adjust the amount of rows worked here. Sl last st, tie off and finish.

— Eyes (Make 2) :

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Using Ebony yarn. Ch 2

Round 1 :

6 sc in 2nd ch from hook (6 sts)

Round 2 :

inc in all 6 sts (12 sts)

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Change to Frost yarn.

Round 3 :

(1 sc, inc in next st) x6 (18 sts)

Round 4 :

(2 sc, inc in next st) x6 (24 sts)

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Change to Latte yarn.

Round 5 :

(3 sc, inc in next st) x6 (30 sts)

Round 6-9 :

30 sc (30 sts)

Round 10 :

(3 sc, dec) x6 (24 sts)

Round 11 :

(2 sc, dec) x6 (18 sts)

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Start to stuff.

Round 12 :

(1 sc, dec) x6 (12 sts)

Round 13 :

dec x6 (6 sts)

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Finish stuffing and close hole, leave enough yarn to sew to puppet later.

— Ears (Make 2) :

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Using Latte Yarn. Ch 2

Round 1 :

6 sc in 2nd ch from hook (6 sts)

Round 2 :

6 sc (6 sts)

Round 3 :

(2 sc, inc in next st) x2 (8 sts)

Round 4 :

(3 sc, inc in next st) x2 (10 sts)

Round 5 :

(4 sc, inc in next st) x2 (12 sts)

Round 6 :

(5 sc, inc in next st) x2 (14 sts)

Round 7 :

(6 sc, inc in next st) x2 (16 sts)

Round 8 :

(7 sc, inc in next st) x2 (18 sts)

Round 9 :

(8 sc, inc in next st) x2 (20 sts)

Round 10 :

(9 sc, inc in next st) x2 (22 sts)

Round 11 :

(10 sc, inc in next st) x2 (24 sts)

Round 12 :

(11 sc, inc in next st) x2 (26 sts)

Round 13 :

(12 sc, inc in next st) x2 (28 sts)

Round 14 :

(13 sc, inc in next st) x2 (30 sts)

Round 15 :

(14 sc, inc in next st) x2 (32 sts)

Round 16 :

32 sc (32 sts)

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Sl last st, cut yarn leaving enough thread to sew to Horse head later.

— Nostril (Make 2) :

Info :

Using Pearl yarn. Ch 2

Round 1 :

6 sc into the 2nd ch from hook (6 sts)

Round 2 :

inc in all 6 sts (12 sts)

Round 3 :

(1 sc, inc in next st) x6 (18 sts)

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Fold nostril in half, 9 sc through both sides, sl last stitch, cut yarn leaving enough thread to sew to head later.

— Making Up :

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Firstly you need to shape the ears, do this by folding the ear in half and with your darning needle sew through both corners of the ear. This will pinch the two sides of the ears together, tie off leaving enough thread to sew to the head.

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Now you can pin the Eyes and Ears onto the top of the Horse head. Try to make them as symmetrical as possible. Check this by putting it on your hand. Once you are happy with the placement you can start to sew them on. Be careful not to sew through both sides of the puppet though as it will close the hole and you won't be able to get your hand in. I sew around twice and also catch the two eyes together up through the back where they meet. Tie off and weave in any loose threads as you go.

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Pin the nostrils to the nose of the puppet, placing the curved side against the puppet. The folded side becomes the front of the nostril.

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Now you can add the Mane.

— Mane :

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Using Pearl yarn cut 60 lengths of yarn 25cm long.

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With your puppet facing away from you start adding pieces of Mane starting on the back from the bottom of the eyes and along the back of the puppet, I used 30 strands for this part (6 rows of 5). Add each strand one at a time, fold your strand in half, push your crochet hook through a stitch, catch the folded strand with your crochet hook and bring it through the stitch, bring the tails through the loop and tighten.

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Now add the other 30 strands to the back of the eyes, 15 on each eye. If you would like a thicker mane simply keep adding more strands.

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Your Horse Puppet is Complete!

Assembly Instructions

  • Place and pin the top and bottom mouth pieces together; join the centre seam with 5 sc through both pieces, place a marker at the first joined stitch and continue joining by adding the tongue as instructed to make a continuous round.
  • Position the eyes and ears on top of the head, check symmetry by trying the puppet on your hand, then sew them on carefully without stitching through both sides of the puppet to keep the hand opening accessible.
  • Sew nostrils to the nose with the folded side becoming the front; pin in place so the curved side lies against the puppet and stitch securely.
  • Attach the ears after shaping by folding and sewing the corners to pinch them; leave enough thread to securely sew them to the head and weave in ends.
  • Add the mane by folding each 25cm strand in half, inserting your hook through a stitch at the chosen place, pulling the folded loop through and drawing the tails through the loop, tighten and arrange strands into rows as described.

Important Notes

  • 💡Use a stitch marker to mark the start of rounds and when joining the mouth pieces to help maintain stitch alignment during assembly.
  • 💡Stuff pieces gradually and check shaping often; over-stuffing can distort the puppet's mouth and head shape.
  • 💡Pin parts in place and try the puppet on your hand before sewing to ensure correct placement and symmetry.

This sweet Horse Hand Puppet pattern helps you make a lovable, expressive puppet with a movable mouth and flowing mane. Perfect for storytelling, puppet shows, or as a handmade gift, it brings lots of character with simple crochet techniques. Enjoy making and personalising your puppet—happy crocheting! 🧶🧵

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FAQs

What size will the finished piece be?

The finished hand puppet measures approximately 19 cm long when made using the specified DK yarn and 2.5 mm hook.

Can I use a different yarn weight or hook size?

Yes, but changing yarn weight or hook size will affect the final size and density; use an appropriate hook and adjust stuffing to achieve the desired firmness.

Do I need experience with amigurumi to make this puppet?

This pattern is rated intermediate, so basic knowledge of single crochet, increases and decreases plus sewing pieces together will be helpful.

How long does this project typically take?

Most makers complete this puppet in about 5-7 hours, though time will vary depending on experience and how much detailing you add.

Can I add a squeaker to the puppet?

Yes; the pattern includes a note to insert a toy squeaker into the tongue if you want one—place it before closing the tongue piece.