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Today I have another project that I made with Easter in mind, although it doesn't actually have to be for Easter. I have a daughter who loves Squishmallows and other soft, squishy stuffed animal type toys like them. This little squishy chick was inspired by those type of stuffed animals, a really basic shape, but soft and squishy and cuddly.
About a month ago I redid my office space/craft room and while I was reorganizing everything it really made me realize how much yarn I had, and how little space I had to store it, so I made myself a goal to try to work on using up some of my yarn stash. Earlier this year I made a snowman plush with Sweet Snuggles Lite yarn and I had some pastel green and blue that I used just for a scarf and hat for the snowman, so I had almost a full skein of each left. I thought that even though a light yellow may have been better for a little chick plushie, any pastel color would work for an Easter chick. I ended up choosing the green that I had, plus the orange that I used for the snowman's nose, so I was able to use only yarn I had on hand, leftover from other projects, for this cute little squishy chick.
This little chick is about 8" tall, similar in size to the smaller dolls that inspired the idea. It is made with simple shapes, the body is just one big ball/egg kind of shape and then the little wings, feet, and beak are added on. This makes it a pretty simple stuffed animal to crochet and it works up fast. You can easily make more than out of one skein of Sweet Snuggles Lite, so in no time at all you could work up a whole bunch of Squishy Chicks for Easter.
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How to Crochet a Squishy Chick
Finished Size: about 8" tall
You will need:
- Sweet Snuggles Lite in main color, sample made in Ice Green
- Sweet Snuggles Lite in orange, sample made in Peach Pink
- J crochet hook (6 mm)
- 2- 20mm safety eyes
- Polyfil
- yarn needle
Instructions:
Body
Make 1 with main color (Ice Green) beginning with magic ring
Round 1: in mr, ch 1, 6 sc (6 sc)
Round 2: 2 sc in each st (12 sc)
Round 3: [2 sc in first st, 1 sc in next st] repeat around (18 sc)
Round 4: [2 sc in first st, 1 sc in next 2 sts] repeat around (24 sc)
Round 5: [2 sc in first st, 1 sc in next 3 sts] repeat around (30 sc)
Round 6: [2 sc in first st, 1 sc in next 4 sts] repeat around (36 sc)
Round 7: [2 sc in first st, 1 sc in next 5 sts] repeat around (42 sc)
Round 8: [2 sc in first st, 1 sc in next 6 sts] repeat around (48 sc)
Rounds 9-18: 1 sc in each st (48 sc)
Round 19: [sc2tog, sc in next 14 sts] repeat around (45 sc)
Add safety eyes between rounds 16-17 about 8-9 stitches apart, begin stuffing and continue stuffing as you work
Round 20: [sc2tog, sc in next 13 sts] repeat around (42 sc)
Round 21: [sc2tog, sc in next 12 sts] repeat around (39 sc)
Round 22: [sc2tog, sc in next 11 sts] repeat around (36 sc)
Round 23: [sc2tog, sc in next 4 sts] repeat around (30 sc)
Round 24: [sc2tog, sc in next 3 sts] repeat around (24 sc)
Round 25: [sc2tog, sc in next 2 sts] repeat around (18 sc)
Round 26: [sc2tog, sc in next st] repeat around (12 sc)
Round 27: sc2tog around (6 sc)
Finish off, make sure your body is fully stuffed and weave around opening to close securely
Wings
Make 2 with main color (Ice Green) beginning with magic ring
Round 1: in mr, ch 1, 6 sc (6 sc)
Round 2: 2 sc in each st (12 sc)
Round 3: [2 sc in first st, 1 sc in next st] repeat around (18 sc)
Round 4: [2 sc in first st, 1 sc in next 2 sts] repeat around (24 sc)
Round 5-6: 1 sc in each st (24 sc)
Round 7: [sc2tog, sc in next 2 sts] repeat around (18 sc)
Finish off and cut yarn leaving a long tail for sewing
Beak
Make 1 with orange yarn (Peach Pink)
Ch 5
Row 1: sc in 2nd ch from hook, sc in each ch to the end (4 sc)
Row 2: ch 1, turn, sc2tog twice (2 sc)
Row 3: ch 1, turn, sc2tog (1 sc)
Finish off and cut yarn leaving long tail for sewing
Feet
Make 2 with orange yarn (Peach Pink) beginning with a magic ring
Round 1: in mr, ch 1, 6 sc (6 sc)
Round 2: 2 sc in first st, [sc in next st, ch 3, sl st to first ch] 3 times, 2 sc in next st, 2 sc in last st (9 sc, 3 picot "toes")
Assembly
Sew the beak to the face between the eyes.
Flatten the wings and sew one to each side of the body, just below the level of the eyes.
Sew feet to the bottom of the body.
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