Cute free Crochet Chicken Nugget Amigurumi Pattern

Crochet your way to cute, bite-sized chicken nuggets with our easy pattern which is perfect as toys, keychains, or decor & ideal for all skill levels.

Crochet Chicken Nugget Amigurumi

The Crochet Chicken Nugget Pattern helps you create cute, bite-sized nuggets with yarn and a crochet hook. This fun and simple pattern produces nuggets that are round and plump, featuring a golden-brown color with little stitched details to mimic a crispy texture. These charming creations can be used as toys, keychains, or unique decorations. Perfect for all, the crochet ornament pattern is easy to follow and guarantees delightful results. Get ready to crochet your way to a batch of cuddly chicken nuggets!

Materials

#4 Medium Worsted Weight Yarn (or plush blanket yarn for larger version)
- For small chicken: yellow, pink, black, and red
4.25 mm hook for worsted weight; 5.5 mm hook for plush yarn
Safety eyes: 10 mm for small, 18 mm for large (paint clear backs black if needed)
Polyester stuffing/fiberfill
Tapestry needle for sewing and embroidery
Scissors
Stitch marker (optional)
Measuring tape
Pins for placement (optional)

Gauge (and Stitch Pattern if applicable)

Gauge is not critical, but work with a tight enough tension that stuffing does not show through the stitches.

Stitch pattern is primarily single crochet (sc) in the round, with basic increases and decreases.

Chicken Nugget Plushie Crochet Pattern

Skill Level

Beginner-Friendly
This pattern uses basic amigurumi stitches and easy color changes, plus simple embroidery for features. Step-by-step instructions are provided—perfect for anyone comfortable with single crochet and minimal sewing.

Pattern Notes

This plushie is worked in continuous rounds, not joined rounds.
Use a stitch marker at the first stitch of each round to keep track of your progress.
When changing colors, always finish the last stitch of the previous color with the new color.
The face, cheeks, feet, and details are embroidered after assembly for maximum cuteness.
Variations: Make a chicken by working in white and adding a red comb and yellow beak/feet, or make a golden nugget version by working in all brown/yellow, skipping face details if preferred.
The design is wide and flat, so stuff firmly but not too round.

Summary

Make your own cute, wide and squishy chicken nugget or chicken friend with this easy-to-follow crochet pattern. Worked as a simple oval in the round with basic increases and decreases, finger-embroidered facial details, wings, and feet, this plushie is a quick project with lots of customizable character. Try different yarn weights for big or small nugget pals!

Measurements / Sizing (Optional Schematic)

Small (Worsted): About 4″ (10 cm) tall and 3″ (7.5 cm) wide
Large (Plush): About 8″–9″ (20–23 cm) tall, 6″ (15 cm) wide
Adjustments: Use more or fewer increases/decreases for a different size or proportion.

Stitch Abbreviations

sc = single crochet
inc = increase (2 sc in the same stitch)
dec = decrease (sc two together)
sl st = slip stitch
hdc = half double crochet
dc = double crochet
ch = chain
st(s) = stitch(es)
FLO = front loop only

Special Stitches

Invisible decrease: Insert hook into front loops of the next two stitches, yarn over, pull through, yarn over, pull through both loops on hook.
Wings: Ch 4; work sl st, sc, hdc down the chain for a simple winglet.
All embroidery is done after the nugget is complete and stuffed.

The Crochet Pattern!

BODY

Begin (Head/Top): With your main color, make a magic ring or ch 2, place 8 sc in ring. (8)
Round 2: sc in next st, inc in the next 2 sts, sc in next 2 sts, inc in next 2 sts, sc in last st. (12)
Round 3: sc in next 2 sts, inc in next 3 sts, sc in next 3 sts, inc in next 3 sts, sc in last st. (18)
Round 4: sc in next 3 sts, inc next 3 sts, sc in next 6 sts, inc in next 3 sts, sc in last 3 sts. (24)
(Color change if making White/Yellow chicken.) Switch to nugget color or continue with golden brown.
Round 5: sc in each st around. (24)
Rounds 6–14: sc in each st around. (24/each)
(9 rounds; continue straight for chubby shape.)

WINGS (Round 10)

At round 10 (if making chicken):
- sc 7, ch 4, working back along ch: sl st in 2nd ch from hook, sc in next ch, hdc in last ch; sc 10, repeat ch 4/wing for opposite side; sc final 7 sts.

Rounds 15–16: sc in each st around. (24/each)

MOVE TO EMBELLISHMENT:

Insert safety eyes between rounds 7 & 8, 2 stitches out from center line on either side.
Embroider mouth with black yarn, just below the eyes.
For cheeks, embroider or surface crochet with pink.
Add white embroidered dots above the eyes for “shiny” effect (optional).

BEAK (Chicken):

With yellow/orange yarn, embroider a small triangle between the eyes for the chicken; for the nugget, place the beak detail at the top.

TOP COMB (Chicken):

With red yarn: fold the plush in half and stitch at the center top, between rounds 3 & 4.
Ch 1, hdc in same space, sl st to next st, ch 1, hdc in same st, sl st to next st, ch 2, dc in same st; secure, weave ends in.

BOTTOM/FEET (Chicken):

With yellow yarn, embroider two “V” shapes about 2 rounds above the bottom, spaced to create two little chicken feet.

DECREASES AND FINISHING

Round 15: sc 4, dec x3, sc 6, dec x3, sc 2 (18 sts)
Round 16: sc 3, dec x3, sc 3, dec x3 (12 sts)

Stuff piece well, ensuring the shape is flat and wide, not overly round. Push stuffing out to the edges.

Round 17: Dec in each st around (6). Sl st to finish, break yarn leaving long tail.
Use tail to stitch opening closed by weaving through FLO of each stitch across the gap; knot and weave in tail.

Add any additional embroidery or details as desired.

Assembly & Finished Size

Insert and secure safety eyes between rounds 7 and 8, spaced 2 sts from center on each side.
Embroider mouth and cheeks before stuffing and closing.
Stuff firmly but shape plushie wide/flat.
At the top, sew on or embroider the comb as described for chicken variation.
Embroider or attach beak at the appropriate position.
For feet, embroider two “V” shapes at bottom as described.
Weave in all ends and trim carefully.
Finished piece is approximately 4” tall (10 cm) for worsted, 8–9” (20–23 cm) with plush yarn.