The Back to School Series continues to grow, and this time we’re adding a splash of color! Meet the Crayons & Box Amigurumi — a playful, beginner-friendly crochet project that’s as fun to make as it is to display.

Each crayon works up quickly with just a small amount of yarn, making them the perfect stash-busting project. And the little box brings everything together into an adorable school supply set.

These crochet crayons are great as teacher gifts, classroom decorations, or craft fair items, and kids will love adding them to their handmade school collection. Bright, colorful, and customizable, they’re sure to bring a smile to anyone’s face.

Stay tuned — more Back to School patterns are coming soon to complete the series! ✨

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Crochet Pattern – Free Crochet Pattern – Crayons and box

Start Here:

Please read the entire pattern carefully before beginning.

The pattern is written using US terms. The design can be created with yarn in various sizes. I made it with worsted yarn.

Size:

Crayons: 2.5 inches (6 cm) tall with light worsted yarn
Box: 2.5 inches (6 cm) tall and 3 inches (7 cm) large with light worsted yarn

Material:

For the crayons: Yarn calling for a 5.5 mm hook in black and 3 different colors of your choice. I chose pink, green and orange.
For the box: Yarn calling for a 5.5 mm hook in yellow, dark green, light green and red
Embroidery thread in black for the mouths
Size 2.75 mm crochet hook (B/2).
For the crayons: 2 black safety eyes (4.5 mm) for each crayon
For the box: 2 black safety eyes (7.5 mm)
Stitch markers (if needed)
Tapestry needle
poly-fill

Abbreviations:

chain (ch)
magic ring (mr)
single crochet (sc)
increase (inc)
invisible decrease (dec)
slip stitch (sl st)
half double crochet (hdc)
double crochet (dc)
back loop only (blo)

Pattern: How to crochet crayons?

Let’s start – Free Crochet Pattern – Crayons

The crayons are worked in continuous rounds (as a spiral). Use a stitch marker if needed.
Don’t forget to stuff as you crochet.

With a 2.75 mm crochet and the color of your choice

Round 1: Start 6 sc in a magic ring. (6)
Round 2: [6 inc]. (12)
Round 3: working in the blo (back lop only): [1 sc in all st]. (12)

Change to the black yarn:

Round 4: [1 sc in all st]. (12)

Change back to the main color:

Round 5: working in the blo (back lop only): [1 sc in all st]. (12)
Rounds 6 to 15: [1 sc in all st]. (12)

Place the eyes between Rounds 11 and 12, spaced by 2 stitches.

With your tapestry needle and the black embroidery thread, make a mouth over round 9.

Change to the black yarn:

Round 16: [1 sc in all st]. (12)

Change back to the main color:

Round 17: working in the blo (back lop only): [1 sc in all st]. (12)

Fill the crayon.

Round 18: [2 sc, 1 dec] x3. (9)
Round 19: [1 sc, 1 dec] x3. (6)

Close the crayon.

Cut the yarn and weave in the end.

Make 2 more crayons.

You can now choose to join all the crayons together.
To do this, thread your tapestry needle with black yarn and place the crayons side by side.

Starting with the crayon on the right:

Insert the needle through Round 4 (the black round at the bottom).
Cross over into the next crayon and repeat, working across until you reach the crayon on the left.
From there, bring the yarn upward through the left crayon and exit at Round 16 (the black round at the top).
Work back across through the next two crayons to secure them together.
Finally, go down through the crayon on the right and join the yarn to your starting point.

For extra strength, you can repeat the process one more time. Cut the yarn, secure it, and fasten off.

Free Crochet Pattern – The box

The box is worked in continuous rounds (as a spiral). Use a stitch marker if needed.

With a 2.75 mm crochet and the yellow

Round 1: ch 13. Starting in the 2nd ch from the hook: 1 sc in the next 11 ch, 2 sc in the last ch. Now working on the other side of the chain: 1 sc in the next 11 ch. (24)
Round 2: [3 sc, 1 inc] x6. (30)
Round 3: [4 sc, 1 inc] x6. (36)
Round 4: working in the back loop only: [1 sc in all st]. (36)

Change for the dark green:

Rounds 5-6: [1 sc in all st]. (36)

Change back to the yellow:

Round 7: [1 sc in all st]. (36)

Change to the light green:

Round 8: [1 sc in all st]. (36)

Change back to the yellow:

Rounds 9 to 15: [1 sc in all st]. (36)

Change to the dark green:

Round 16: [1 sc in all st]. (36)

Cut and fasten off.

Place the eyes between Rounds 12 and 13, spaced by 4 st.

With your tapestry needle and the black embroidery thread, make a mouth over round 10.

The cheeks:

The cheeks are worked in continuous rounds (as a spiral).

With a 2.75 mm crochet and the red:

Round 1: Start 6 sc in a magic ring. (6)
Finish by a sl st in the first sc. Cut but leave a long tail for sewing.

Make 1 more cheek.

Sew the cheeks to the box about 1 stitch away from the eyes, over Rounds 10 and 11.

Place the crayons inside the box.

Congratulations, your crayons and box are ready!

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Crayons and box – Free Crochet Pattern

Free crochet pattern - Crayons and box