Mini Heart Plush Free Crochet Pattern for Keychains
Make this Free Crochet Mini Heart Plush Pattern, it’s simple and a fun way to create keychains or heartfelt gifts everyone will love.
Celebrate handmade love with a charming, pocket-sized project perfect for any occasion. The Free Crochet Mini Heart Plush Pattern is a delightful amigurumi tutorial that creates a soft, tiny heart plush, ideal for gifting, using as a keychain, or adding a sweet touch to a bag or desk décor. Crafted with rich red plush yarn and filling fiber, this mini heart has a rounded, symmetrical shape, a squeezable texture, and eye-catching color, making it both lovable and visually appealing.
Free Crochet Mini Heart Plush Pattern – Great for Gifts
The heart’s construction is simple, approachable, and beginner-friendly. Using basic stitches such as the magic circle, single crochet, slip stitch, increase, and decrease, the pattern guides you step-by-step through forming the two plump lobes, connecting them seamlessly, and shaping the classic heart point. Stitch markers help keep your rounds neat, and invisible decreases ensure a smooth finish. The plush is assembled by crocheting two identical parts, then joining and working continuous rounds to create a seamless transition. Stuffing is inserted gradually for a softly padded look and feel, and the final closure uses front loop stitches for a tidy appearance.
This mini heart excels as a practical and thoughtful gift, decorative accessory, or collectible plush offering endless possibilities for personalization. Its quick construction makes it ideal for last-minute gifts, party favors, or charity projects, and learning this pattern builds confidence in amigurumi shaping, decreases, and invisible joins. The skills practiced include making magic circles, working continuous rounds, shaping with increases and decreases, and finishing amigurumi neatly with a tapestry needle.
Express your creativity and share warmth with this Free Crochet Mini Heart Plush Pattern. Whether you’re new to crochet or seeking a satisfying, speedy project, this pattern delivers a big impact in a tiny package perfect for adding a touch of handmade love to any day.
Small Plush Heart Crochet Pattern
Introduction
This pattern will guide you step-by-step to create a cute, chubby, small plush heart, perfect for gifts, decorations, or as a keychain. The heart is worked in two halves that are joined and shaped seamlessly, allowing for a professional finish even as a beginner. This plushy heart is an ideal project for using up leftover yarn and takes less than an hour to complete!
Skill Level & Terminology
- Skill Level: Beginner
- Terminology: US Crochet Terms
- Skills Used in This Pattern:
- Magic ring (or magic circle),
- Single crochet,
- Increase (inc),
- Decrease (dec)/Invisible decrease,
- Slip stitch.
You will work in continuous spiral rounds, using very basic stitches suitable for new crocheters. Only minimal sewing is needed at the end.
Materials & Tools
- Super bulky plush or chenille yarn (red recommended, any color)
- 4.0 mm crochet hook (or size appropriate for your yarn)
- Stitch marker (strongly recommended)
- Scissors
- Yarn/tapestry needle
- Polyester fiberfill stuffing
Gauge
Gauge is not essential for amigurumi, but the stitches should be tight enough so stuffing doesn’t show through.
Typical: 8 sc x 8 rounds = approx. 5 cm x 5 cm (2” x 2”) with plush yarn and 4 mm hook.
Abbreviations List
- st = stitch
- sc = single crochet
- inc = increase (2 sc in the same stitch)
- dec = decrease (sc2tog (invisible decrease recommended))
- sl st = slip stitch
- MR = magic ring
Special Stitch Instructions
- Magic Ring (MR): Wrap the yarn into a loop, insert the hook, pull up a loop, then crochet the first round into this loop; pull tight.
- Increase (inc): Crochet 2 sc into the same stitch.
- Decrease (dec): (Invisible Decrease) Insert hook into front loop of next two stitches, yarn over, pull through both, yarn over, pull through 2 loops.
- Slip Stitch (sl st): Insert hook, yarn over, pull through both loops.
- Attaching Two Halves: After finishing the same first four rows for both halves, the pieces are joined by crocheting around both, creating a single piece.
The Pattern Itself
Heart Half One (Make 2)
You will make two identical halves and attach them after Round 4.
Rounds:
- MR, 6 sc into ring (6 sts)
- 6 inc – 2 sc in each st around (12 sts)
- 12 sc (one in each st)
- 12 sc (one in each st)
Cut yarn and fasten off only after the first half. Leave active loop for half two. Set aside first half and work second half in the same way until end of R4.
For non-pattern readers:
You start with a magic ring, make a small circle with increases, then work two more rounds evenly. This creates the "bump" of your heart lobe.
After making both halves (do NOT cut the yarn after half two):
- Join Halves:
- Place stitch marker in the last st of second half.
- Hold both pieces together, right sides out.
- Insert hook into any stitch of first half and sc to join.
- Sc around first half (12 sts), then continue working around second half (12 sts).
- (24 sts total; both pieces are now joined as one.)
You've now united the two circles. You are making a heart shape and crocheting continuously in the round.
- 1 sc in each st around (24 sts)
Continue working even—this forms the "body" part of your heart.
- [sc in next 2 sts, dec] x6 (18 sts)
You are beginning to taper and round the bottom of the heart.
- 1 sc in each st around (18 sts)
At this point, give your heart a gentle squeeze. Stuff with fiberfill to the desired plushiness; do not overstuff. Stuff more as you close.
- [sc, dec] x6 (12 sts)
Continue decreasing for a neat curve. Add more stuffing if needed as the opening becomes smaller.
- 6 dec (6 sts)
Now your heart is nearly closed. Add last bit of stuffing before cinching.
- Finishing:
- Sl st to next stitch, fasten off and leave a long tail.
- Using the yarn needle, thread through the front loops of the last 6 sts.
- Pull tight to close and shape the point of the heart.
- Weave in end by plunging needle through the heart, coming out any other part. Tug gently and snip close (the end disappears inside!).
For non-pattern readers:
The two rounded pieces are joined to make the top; you then decrease to create the classic heart shape, stuff firmly, and sew the point closed.
Finished Size
- Approximately 6–7 cm (2½–3”) at widest point using plush yarn and a 4 mm hook.
Assembly & Finishing
- Shape the stuffed heart in your hands for a plumper look.
- Hide any yarn tails and ensure the seam is smooth.
- Use the yarn needle to tug and adjust the closing stitches if needed.
- For a keychain, sew on a small split ring or lanyard at the top.
Conclusion
You’ve finished your soft, squishy plush heart! This beginner-friendly pattern is extremely versatile—turn it into a keychain, bag charm, or use as a sweet handmade gift. The project uses only single crochet, increase, decrease, slip stitch, and the magic ring for rounds. You start with two halves joined together and then shape the bottom with simple decreases. This is a wonderful fast project that will add a bit of love to any day!
Summary of Pattern:
Start with two circles (magic ring, sc, and inc rounds), join them together, then work in continuous rounds, decreasing and stuffing to form the heart. The only stitches required are single crochet, invisible decrease, slip stitch, and the magic ring, making it perfect for all levels.