This Santa Star Ornament Crochet Pattern combines a forest-green star with a cheerful Santa face, a tall red hat, a light gray brim, and a scalloped white beard. Four little embroidered snowflakes decorate the visible green points, while a rustic hanging loop completes the top.
The face and nose have a little depth, while the star backing and hat stay flat. Layer the beard, curled moustache pieces, and hat over the center to recreate the cozy appearance of the reference.
Santa Star Ornament Crochet Pattern: Project Details
- Skill level: intermediate, including shaping, small pieces, embroidery, and layered assembly.
- Terms: US crochet terminology.
- Estimated size: approximately 13–16 cm tall, excluding the hanger; dimensions vary with yarn and tension.
- Construction: a five-point star backing, a shallow round face, a small nose, a tapered beard, two moustache pieces, a triangular hat, and a separate brim.
- Colors: forest green, red, light gray, white, peach, and a little pink.
This is an original image-inspired adaptation, not a transcription of another designer’s instructions. Stitch totals have been reviewed, but this pattern has not been physically crocheted or independently tested. The photographs illustrate the intended appearance; use the written instructions for exact construction.
Materials
- Smooth sport-weight cotton: about 15 g green, 10 g white, 6 g red, 4 g peach, and 3 g light gray.
- A 2.25–2.5 mm hook, or a size that makes neat, firm stitches.
- A pair of approximately 5 mm eyes, or black embroidery thread for stitched eyes.
- A small amount of stuffing for the nose and face.
- White embroidery yarn for the snowflakes and eyebrows; pink thread for cheeks.
- Tapestry needle, scissors, removable markers, and blocking pins.
- About 20 cm of natural twine for the hanging loop.
Keep the yarn weights similar across the separate pieces. Work the face and nose firmly enough to contain the small amount of stuffing. The eyes may be embroidered instead of using hard attachments; the ornament is intended as a decoration.
Responsivo Post 01 – P1
Abbreviations and Counting Notes
- MR: magic ring.
- ch: chain.
- sl st: slip stitch.
- sc: single crochet.
- hdc: half double crochet.
- dc: double crochet.
- inc: 2 sc in one stitch.
- dec: single crochet 2 stitches together.
- st / sts: stitch / stitches.
Work circular sc sections in continuous rounds and mark the first stitch. For flat rows, ch 1 and turn unless instructed otherwise; that turning chain does not count. The beginning chains of the brim do not count as hdc. Sewing and embroidery are separate finishing steps, not crochet stitches.
1. Make the Green Star Center
- Round 1:10 sc in MR.
- Round 2:Inc in each st.
- Round 3:(Sc, inc) 10 times.
- Round 4:(2 sc, inc) 10 times.
Join with a sl st to the first sc of Round 4. Divide the 40 stitches into five consecutive groups of eight using markers. Each group becomes one point. Keep the five groups separate so no center stitch is used twice.
2. Shape Five Star Points
For the first point, continue from the current position. For each later point, join green at the first unused stitch of the next marked group. Work only across that group.
- Point Row 1:Ch 1, sc in the next 8 center stitches. Turn.
- Point Row 2:Ch 1, dec, 4 sc, dec. Turn.
- Point Row 3:Ch 1, dec, 2 sc, dec. Turn.
- Point Row 4:Ch 1, dec twice. Turn.
- Point Row 5:Ch 1, dec.
Fasten off and repeat for all five groups. Weave the ends into the back. Dampen and block the backing into a balanced star, orienting one point straight upward. The red hat will cover most of that upper point; the other four points remain visible around the face and beard.
3. Crochet the Peach Face
- Round 1:6 sc in MR.
- Round 2:Inc in each st.
- Round 3:(Sc, inc) 6 times.
- Round 4:(2 sc, inc) 6 times.
- Round 5:(3 sc, inc) 6 times.
- Round 6:Sc in each st.
Join with a sl st and fasten off with a long sewing tail. This is a shallow face cup, not a closed sphere. Position the eyes across the upper half, roughly between Rounds 4 and 5 with about five stitches between them. Fit any eye backs before sewing the face to the star, or embroider the eyes.
Add small white curved eyebrows above the eyes and pink embroidered cheek patches to the sides. Keep the cheek stitches short and their knots on the back. The nose will sit centrally below the eyes, and the beard will cover the lower part of the face.
4. Make the Round Nose
With peach, work 6 sc in MR for Round 1. Work 6 sc in Round 2. Add a tiny pinch of stuffing, then dec 3 times for Round 3. Fasten off with a sewing tail and draw the remaining opening closed.
Sew the nose below the eyes using several small passes through the face fabric. Keep it round rather than pulling the sewing yarn so tight that it flattens. Save its final placement until the moustache pieces can be checked underneath it.
Responsivo Post 02 – P2
5. Crochet the Tapered White Beard
Ch 13. Starting in the second chain from the hook, sc in each chain for Row 1. Turn.
- Row 2:Ch 1, dec, 8 sc, dec. Turn.
- Row 3:Ch 1, sc across. Turn.
- Row 4:Ch 1, dec, 6 sc, dec. Turn.
- Row 5:Ch 1, sc across. Turn.
- Row 6:Ch 1, dec, 4 sc, dec. Turn.
- Row 7:Ch 1, sc across. Turn.
- Row 8:Ch 1, dec, 2 sc, dec. Turn.
- Row 9:Ch 1, sc across. Turn.
- Row 10:Ch 1, dec twice. Turn.
- Row 11:Ch 1, dec.
Fasten off with a sewing tail. The 12-stitch foundation is the beard’s upper edge; the final stitch is its bottom tip.
Scalloped border: Join fresh white at the upper-left corner. Travel down the left sloping side with one sl st into each row end. At the ends of Rows 2, 4, 6, 8, and 10, replace the plain sl st with (sl st, ch 2, 2 hdc, ch 2, sl st) into that row end. Work one identical scallop into the bottom tip. Travel up the right side, making matching scallops at Rows 10, 8, 6, 4, and 2 and plain sl sts at intervening row ends. Fasten off at the upper-right corner.
Leave the top edge straight for sewing. Ease the little scallops outward with your fingers and block the beard gently so it stays flat with a rounded, tapered outline.
