Crochet your own no-sew underwater adventure with this Ocean Pals Playset pattern bundle! This design includes patterns for three adorable sea creatures—a fish, octopus, and sea turtle—plus a drawstring playmat that doubles as a carrying bag. Perfect for gifting, travel, or craft fairs, this yarn-efficient project uses just two skeins of Lion Brand Landscapes Breeze yarn to create beautiful, gradient amigurumi toys.
Below are the three stars of the set: a realistic-looking goldfish, octopus, and sea turtle. They're just the right size for small hands to hold and play with.
Place them in the ocean bag, and cinch up the top! Don’t you love how portable this crochet set is? You can take it anywhere and open it up for your little one to have some pretend play fun. Great for taking out to the park, in the waiting room for appointments, during travel, or even at a restaurant to keep little hands busy. The drawstring playmat doubles as a handy storage bag, making toy cleanup a breeze and helping you keep all the pieces together. It’s a fun and functional toy that encourages imaginative play wherever you go!
About the Pattern
- Quick
- Easy
- No-sew
- Designed with medium weight 4 yarn (but can be supersized with bulky yarn or made smaller with thinner yarn)
- Available as a printable PDF pattern download and a free written pattern! (Scroll down for the free pattern links)
Uses
This sea creature set makes a perfect handmade birthday gift, Christmas or holiday present, or a best-seller at craft fairs. The toys are unisex and gender-neutral, making them great for both boys and girls.
You can also make the individual amigurumis as a keychain (by adding a keyring), hanging ornament (like car rearview mirror ornaments), or item for charity (check out Random Acts of Kindness Crochet or your local nonprofit organization)!
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Yarn
Designed with just two skeins of Lion Brand Landscapes Breeze yarn, this project makes the most of your materials. The stunning, multicolor yarn effortlessly creates beautiful ombré gradients in both the amigurumi and the bag. It’s delightfully economical: use one full skein for the ocean bag, and part of the second skein for the animals — with enough left over to crochet additional sea creatures for your collection. More free ocean-themed amigurumi patterns (and even a free printable adoption certificate) are available on the Sweet Softies blog if you'd like to expand your underwater world!
While the Landscapes Breeze yarn is a beautiful choice for this project, I also recommend the very durable 24/7 Cotton if you'd like to crochet these amigurumi in solid colors instead. This cotton yarn has a slight sheen and would produce crisp stitch definition without pilling or fuzzing up, giving the animals the ability to hold up well even after years of play.
PDF Pattern
The PDF pattern is a 4-in-1 pattern pack, including ALL three sea animals plus the drawstring bag! It is printable, ad-free, easy to read, includes lots of photos, and helps support Sweet Softies! (If you enjoy my free patterns, you can consider it as a donation to me when you buy one of my pattern PDFs! It allows me to maintain my blog and continue sharing more free patterns.)
OCEAN PALS PLAYSET
Free Amigurumi Crochet Pattern
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Pattern Info
Size:
Mat diameter: 13.5”
Level of Difficulty:
★★★☆☆ Intermediate. Requires familiarity with stitches used (below).Stitches/Terms Used:
- FO = fasten off
- YO = yarn over
- sk = skip
- MR = magic ring
- ch = chain
- st = stitch
- sl st = slip stitch
- sc = single crochet
- inc = increase (insert 2 sc in same st)
- dec = decrease (sc 2 sts together)
- hdc = half double crochet
- dc = double crochet
- dc-inc = dc increase (insert 2 dc in the same st)
- dc-dec = dc decrease (dc 2 sts together)BLO = back loops only
Materials:
- 1 skein Landscapes® Breeze Yarn in the color "Bay"
- 1 skein Landscapes® Breeze Yarn in the color "Coast"
- 8mm plastic safety eyes (x2)
- 10mm plastic safety eyes (x4)
- 3.25mm crochet hook (size G)
- 6mm crochet hook (size J)
- Yarn needle
- Stuffing
- Scissors
Crochet Instructions (Crochet Pattern Links)
Below are the free pattern links to each of the 4 different items in this play set. Click on the project name below to navigate to the free crochet pattern page.
Octopus · free crochet pattern page
Goldfish · free crochet pattern page
Sea Turtle · free crochet pattern page
Play Mat · free crochet pattern page
If you'd like the ad-free, printable 4-in-1 PDF pattern of the entire playset, you can download your copy here. The 18-page pattern contains 80+ photo references to guide you through the crochet process.
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