Amigurumi Minecraft Creeper Pattern
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I whipped up an amigurumi Minecraft Creeper due in part to the frequency of the request, my kid’s obsession with Minecraft and the general awesomeness of Creepers themselves. Unfortunately the construct wasn’t all that easy to come up with since the character is blockish and pixelated, two things very difficult to pull off with amigurumi worked in the round.
I cringed at the thought of sewing multiple panels together and I am not a fan of the alternating stripes of texture made when squares are worked by turning the work every row, so it took some reworkings and multiple attempts frogged but ultimately the shape came together nicely enough. For colour, I tried a few different ombre yarns and colour switching techniques but they didn’t look right so ultimately I settled on a solid murky green with grey for the feet and face. I have toyed with the idea of fabric paint to create some varied colours but without being able to achieve the pixelated symmetry, I’m not convinced it would look good. Plastic canvas is necessary to reinforce the shape and prevent over-sausagification of the pieces. The finished creeper is around 5 inches tall and works up fairly quickly.
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Amigurumi Minecraft Creeper Pattern
The amigurumi was made using a 3.5 mm crochet hook and my stash of 100% cotton worsted weight yarn, colours listed below. Rounds are worked in both loops unless otherwise state. Rounds are to be joined and should not be worked in a spiral. The facial details are felt cutouts attached with fabric glue. 7 mesh plastic canvas panels were cut out and insert to reinforce edges and give the creeper a more block like appearance. While this is optional, leaving that step out will result in a much rounder creeper.
SC = Single Crochet
SL ST = Slip Stitch
SK = Skip a stitch
INVDEC = Invisible Decrease
INC = Increase
DC = Double Crochet
TC = Treble or Triple Crochet
Charcoal
Sage Green
Head part 1 (start in green)
CH 2 or Magic Ring or start however you like.
1. SC x 8; join then CH 1; (8)
2. INC x 8; join then CH 1; (16)
3. SC, SC, INC, SC; repeat 3 more times; join then CH 1; (20)
4. SC, SC, SC then DC then TC in same stitch, DC then SC in same stitch, SC; repeat 3 more times; join then CH 1; (32)
5. SC around in back loop only; join then CH 1; (32)
6. SC around (go back to working in both loops); join then CH 1; (32)
7 – 12. SC around; join then CH 1; (repeat for rounds 7 through 12) (32)
finish off and leave a long tail for sewing.
Head part 2
(start in green)
CH 2 or Magic Ring or start however you like.
1. SC x 8; join then CH 1; (8)
2. INC x 8; join then CH 1; (16)
3. SC, SC, INC, SC; repeat 3 more times; join then CH 1; (20)
4. SC, SC, SC then DC then TC in same stitch, DC then SC in same stitch, SC; repeat 3 more times; (32)
finish off and leave long tail for sewing. Reinforce the first part of the head with canvas, stuff then sew part 2 on like a lid. This should create a cube.
Body (started from the butt)
(start in green)
CH 7 then in second chain from hook
1. INC, SC x 4, INC, switch to other side of the chain and work in the opposite loop; INC, SC x 4, INC; join then CH 1; (16)
2. (work in both loops) SC, SC then DC then SC in the same stitch, SC x 4, SC then DC then SC in the same stitch, SC x 2, SC then DC then SC in the same stitch, SC x 4, SC then DC then SC in the same stitch, SC; join then CH 1; (24)
3. SC around in back loop only; join then CH 1; (24)
4. SC around in both loops; join then CH 1; (24)
5 – 14. repeat round 4 for rounds 5 through 14; (24)
finish off leaving long tail to sew to bottom of the head. Reinforce with plastic canvas, stuff and pin to bottom of the head then sew in place.
Foot part 1
(start in green)
CH 2 or Magic Ring or start however you like.
1. SC x 8; join then CH 1; (8)
2. SC, SC then DC then SC in same stitch; repeat 3 more times; join then CH 1; (16)
3. SC around in back loop only; join then CH 1; (16)
4. (work in both loops) SC around; join then CH 1; (16)
5 – 6. repeat round 4 for rounds 5 and 6; (16)
finish off and weave in tail.
Foot part 2
(start in charcoal)
CH 2 or Magic Ring or start however you like.
1. SC x 8; join then CH 1; (8)
2. SC, SC then DC then SC in same stitch; repeat 3 more times; join then CH 1; (16)
SL ST around the square doing one CH at each corner in order to keep the SL ST from pulling the corner too taught and rounding it. Finish off then leave a long tail for sewing to part one. Stuff and pin this “lid” in place then sew using the grey yarn to sew in place.
Sew legs (green top) to the body of the creeper. I hooked into the front loop that wasn’t used at the top of the foot, and single crocheted across and into the next leg, so I had a little flap to stitch to the body, since his legs aren’t really under his body but sort of in front and behind. Sewing without the flap should work fine as well though.
Great!! You had a good idea and the result is just amazing, I’m keeping the pattern so I can make it sometime, thank you!
Perfect! I have been looking and trying to figure out how to make a creeper using crochet for a while now. I can’t wait to try out this pattern. Thankssss ssssso much
Haha I just made my husband a creeper beanie and this was my next project! Glad you already made the pattern, I was preparing to “wing it”
THIS IS SO AWESOME.
I haven’t been crocheting for too long but was thinking of making a creeper pattern (or attempting it at least) THIS IS LIKE A DREAM COME TRUE. I’M SO EXCITEDD. <3
Wow, how awesome! I can only imagine the girlish squees of joy my guy would produce if I made him one of these.
Thanks for posting!
i’ve made creeper amis before and they are much easier to do if you work in panels
Thanks for your comment but I am not a fan of the right side/wrong side alternating that comes with working in flat pieces. I’d have entertained the thought of panels in the round, but they look wrong (circular in the middle), and I am not a particularly huge fan of sewing pieces together. This pattern is for folks that prefer minimal sewing. Ease is relative, I find this easier to make personally.
my cousin is a HUGE fan of Mine craft. I honestly think it’s stupid, but now I have a Christmas gift for him!
I would think you could use a green variegated like Red Heart Green Tones to get a more pixelated look. Think I may try that ;o). This has also insired me to maybe try a Creeper hat as well. Thank you so much for the pattern and inspiration.
I tried with green variegated yarn and wasn’t please with the effect but perhaps depending on the yarn it could work nicely
I think it may have just been the particular yarn I was using had too long of colour changes so it made for too gradual of an effect change. 
Hey Emjay I love your patterns but I have a question. what does the TC and DC mean in the pattern?
thanks!!
TC is a triple crochet and DC is a double crochet.
i just finished making one, and it looks great! excellent job on the pattern! i usually post my projects on my facebook, but i have so many friends that r minecraft fans, they might wanna buy one. may i sell them? and thank you for the great pattern ^-^
Thanks! Yes selling items made from one of my patterns is not a problem so long as you are an individual crafter and not some big company with a legion of toddlers in China working in a sweat shop crocheting their poor little fingers off
Consult the FAQ for more info 
Very cool. Will be doing this pattern for my son. Thank You!!!!
Thanks for the pattern! I’m going to attempt creating one in panels with variegated yarn, but I am concerned by your comments on both. I’m grateful for your free pattern so I’ll have a fallback! It makes me braver to try.
LOVE this cute little guy! I’m going to try to make it. Thank you for the pattern! Question: when stuffing, would it be better with actual stuffing or do you think beans would be ok (i’m trying to think of sort of weighing it down). I feel like that might be a lot and I’m not sure it would really work for this particular pattern. Just thought I’d ask your opinion and/or suggestions!
Thanks!
You can use plastic pellets or little glass beads or pebbles, gravel or other things but I would not recommend anything organic like lentils or beans because if the amigurumi gets weight, they will absorb moisture and potentially begin to grow or rot. Also depending on the climate (warm and moist climates are terrible for this), bugs like little weevils may become an issue. I have before used regular stuffing and put a rock in the middle of it which weighted a piece down nicely. Good luck!
Hi!
Great pattern!! But I need to ask you a question. When I join the 8 sc in the magic ring, what do I join on to?
Join the last SC to the first one.
Hello,
Thank you very much for this pattern, I love video games and crochet too
I’ve got a little problem with the body of the creeper. I’m not a native English speaker and I don’t understand the beginning :
“CH 7 then in second chain from hoom
1. INC, SC x 4, INC, switch to other side of the chain and work in the opposite loop; INC, SC x 4, INC; join then CH 1; (16)”
I’ve guessed that “from hoom” means in fact “from hook”, but i don’t understand either what to do. I’m used to start with magic rings, but even with a chain I don’t understand this part
Thank you again
Did you watch the video that is linked in the instructions for that round?
I didn’t notice the green texte was a link ! I’ll watch it thank you again
Thanks so much! I am going to try and whip this up for my son.
Thanks for the pattern! I made this and instead of using mesh canvas I used cardboard. The head and body are perfectly square! Im also thinking about making a Ghast out of this pattern(The head), so thanks again!
Cardboard can work okay in terms of shaping but the practical thing with plastic canvas is if there is a spill or it needs to be washed, it won’t get funky and rot.
Hi, this is awesome! I’m fixing to make one myself. Also, could you make a pattern for the standard mine craft guy? I would LOVE to see that. The pattern is sooooo cool! Definitely making one! Thanks!
Hi, I just have one question, on foot part 1 round 2, it says “SC, then dc then SC in the same stitch” does that mean tht all three of those are in the same stitch, or that you do a SC, them you do a double and a single in the same stitch?
Yes all three are in the same stitch. “SC, SC then DC then SC” The comma sort of signifies that the net three are separate from the first SC, the SC DC and SC being separated by thens and no comma implies these are all happening in the same stitch. You go single crochet in one stitch from the previous round, then single double and single in the next stitch from the previous round, a total of 4 times. It makes 4 sort of corner shapes.
hi i am a big fan of minecraft!!! i wanted to crochet one of these but i am a begginer at crocheting some parts of the directions were confusing to me but only the parts in the parenthasis are those the number of rounds???
This is actually not a very good pattern for a beginner because it is a bit complicated. I recommend starting out with something fairly simple and then trying this once you are familiar with the stitches used in the pattern and what stitches look like etc. This will help you http://nerdigurumi.com/crochet-terminology-and-glossary.html
and i forgot to mention whats an increase??
ohh im sooo sorry but whats an invisible decrease to
thanks