Looking for a small Halloween crochet project you can actually finish without committing to a large amigurumi?

These three free Halloween crochet keychain patterns are designed to be quick, cute, and beginner-friendly. You’ll make a Black Cat Pumpkin Keychain, a Ghost Witch Keychain, and a classic Mini Pumpkin Keychain.

They work beautifully as bag charms, Halloween gifts, party favors, backpack accessories, or tiny handmade decorations.

Best of all, you can make all three from small amounts of leftover yarn.

Pattern terminology: These patterns use US crochet terms. Standard crochet abbreviations such as sc, sl st, inc, dec, FLO and BLO follow the terminology used by the Craft Yarn Council.

What You’ll Need

You don’t need much yarn for these mini projects. Gather worsted-weight yarn in orange, black, white, purple, green and brown, depending on which design you’re making.

You’ll also need a 2.5–3 mm crochet hook, fiberfill, yarn needle, scissors, stitch marker, embroidery thread, and metal keychain rings.

For the faces, you can use safety eyes on decorative pieces intended for adults, or embroider the eyes instead.

Crochet Abbreviations

If you’re new to written patterns, the Craft Yarn Council also has a useful guide explaining how crochet patterns and their abbreviations are read.

1. Black Cat Pumpkin Crochet Keychain Pattern

Skill level: Beginner/Advanced Beginner
Finished size: Approximately 2–3 inches depending on yarn and tension.

This little Halloween design combines two seasonal favorites: a tiny orange pumpkin and an adorable black cat.

The pumpkin creates a cozy base while the cat peeks out from the center.

Pumpkin

Using orange yarn:

Rnd 1: 6 sc in MR. (6)
Rnd 2: inc in each st around. (12)
Rnd 3: (1 sc, inc) × 6. (18)
Rnd 4: (2 sc, inc) × 6. (24)
Rnd 5–8: sc in each st around. (24)
Rnd 9: (2 sc, dec) × 6. (18)

Add stuffing gradually.

Rnd 10: (1 sc, dec) × 6. (12)
Rnd 11: dec × 6. (6)

Fasten off, leaving a long yarn tail.

To create the recognizable pumpkin ridges, pass the yarn tail from the bottom to the top and wrap it around the outside of the pumpkin. Pull gently.

Repeat evenly around the pumpkin until you have approximately six sections.

Don’t pull so tightly that the stuffing becomes distorted.

Black Cat Head

Using black yarn:

Rnd 1: 6 sc in MR. (6)
Rnd 2: inc × 6. (12)
Rnd 3: (1 sc, inc) × 6. (18)
Rnd 4–6: sc around. (18)
Rnd 7: (1 sc, dec) × 6. (12)

Add a small amount of stuffing.

Rnd 8: dec × 6. (6)

FO and close.

Cat Ears — Make 2

Using black yarn:

Rnd 1: 4 sc in MR. (4)
Rnd 2: (1 sc, inc) × 2. (6)
Rnd 3: sc around. (6)

FO, leaving a tail.

Flatten each ear slightly and attach one to either side of the head.

Face

Embroider a small pink triangular nose and white whiskers.

Add a tiny curved mouth underneath the nose.

This is where you can give your cat its own personality—sleepy eyes, a surprised expression, or even tiny embroidered eyebrows all work.

Assembly

Position the cat head on the top-center of the pumpkin.

Sew it securely to the pumpkin and check that the head doesn’t wobble.

Attach the keychain hardware through several strong stitches rather than a single strand of yarn.

CrochetCoach Tip: If you’re planning to use the keychain every day, reinforce the attachment point with several passes of yarn.

2. Ghost Witch Crochet Keychain Pattern

Now for the spookiest member of our trio—although this ghost is definitely more cute than scary.

The combination of a white ghost, purple witch hat and tiny pumpkin makes this an especially fun Halloween amigurumi keychain.

Ghost Body

Using white yarn:

Rnd 1: 6 sc in MR. (6)
Rnd 2: inc × 6. (12)
Rnd 3: (1 sc, inc) × 6. (18)
Rnd 4–8: sc around. (18)
Rnd 9: (1 sc, dec) × 6. (12)

Stuff firmly but avoid overfilling.

Rnd 10: dec × 6. (6)

FO and close.

Ghost Bottom

To create the little wavy ghost edge, join white yarn around the lower section.

Work a repeating combination of short and taller stitches to create soft waves around the body.

Keep the tension relaxed so the edge doesn’t curl too tightly.

Purple Witch Hat

Using purple yarn:

Rnd 1: 4 sc in MR. (4)
Rnd 2: sc around. (4)
Rnd 3: (1 sc, inc) × 2. (6)
Rnd 4: sc around. (6)
Rnd 5: (2 sc, inc) × 2. (8)
Rnd 6: sc around. (8)
Rnd 7: (3 sc, inc) × 2. (10)
Rnd 8: sc around. (10)

Continue increasing gradually until the cone comfortably covers the top of your ghost.

For the brim, work increases more frequently so the crochet begins extending outward rather than upward.

Hat Band

With black yarn, make a chain long enough to wrap around the base of the hat.

Work one row of sc.

FO and sew the band around the hat.

You can embroider a tiny yellow square over the band to create the buckle.

Face

Embroider two black eyes and a small smiling mouth.

For an extra cute look, add tiny pink stitches underneath the eyes as cheeks.

Optional Mini Pumpkin

Make a tiny orange sphere using basic increases and decreases, stuff lightly, and add a tiny green stem.

Attach it to the front of the ghost.

Add the Keychain

Attach your metal ring through the top of the witch hat and reinforce it through the ghost body underneath.

This helps prevent the hat from carrying the entire weight of the keychain.

3. Easy Crochet Pumpkin Keychain

If you want to start with the easiest of the three, make this one first.

The basic pumpkin uses mostly single crochet, increases and decreases, making it an excellent small project for practicing amigurumi shaping.

Pumpkin Body

Using orange yarn:

Rnd 1: 6 sc in MR. (6)
Rnd 2: inc × 6. (12)
Rnd 3: (1 sc, inc) × 6. (18)
Rnd 4: (2 sc, inc) × 6. (24)
Rnd 5–8: sc around. (24)
Rnd 9: (2 sc, dec) × 6. (18)
Rnd 10: (1 sc, dec) × 6. (12)

Stuff firmly.

Rnd 11: dec × 6. (6)

FO, leaving a long tail.

Make the Pumpkin Ridges

Thread the long orange tail onto your yarn needle.

Insert the needle through the center of the pumpkin from bottom to top.

Wrap the yarn around the outside and pass it through the center again.

Pull gently until a groove forms.

Repeat around the pumpkin, spacing your ridges evenly.

Crochet Stem

Using brown yarn:

Rnd 1: 5 sc in MR. (5)
Rnd 2–4: sc around. (5)

FO, leaving a tail for sewing.

Attach the stem to the center of the pumpkin.

Optional Leaf

With green yarn:

Ch 6.

Starting in the second chain from your hook, work stitches of different heights along the chain to create a pointed leaf shape.

Fasten off and sew the leaf beside the stem.

Turn It Into a Keychain

Open your keychain ring and secure it around a strong loop near the stem.

For better durability, pass a separate piece of yarn through the pumpkin body and keychain attachment several times.

And you’re finished.

Which Halloween Keychain Should You Make First?

If this is your first amigurumi project, start with the pumpkin keychain. It has the fewest components and gives you practice with increases, decreases, stuffing and shaping.

The Black Cat Pumpkin is a good next project because you’ll practice assembling multiple crochet pieces.

Save the Ghost Witch for last if you want the most decorative version.

Once you understand the basic shapes, experiment with your own colors. Try a pastel pink pumpkin, green witch hat, striped cat, or glow-inspired Halloween palette.

How to Get Neater Amigurumi

Keep your stitches relatively tight so the fiberfill doesn’t show through the gaps.

A stitch marker is also useful because these pieces are mostly worked continuously in rounds. Move your marker at the beginning of every new round.

The Craft Yarn Council notes that crochet patterns may be worked either in rows or rounds; understanding the abbreviations and construction method makes written patterns much easier to follow.

Most importantly, count your stitches after every increase or decrease round. Fixing one missed stitch immediately is much easier than discovering the mistake five rounds later.

More Halloween Ideas

Once you’ve made these three keychains, you can reuse the same basic construction techniques to create:

• Mini bat keychains
• Candy corn amigurumi
• Tiny Frankenstein-inspired monsters
• Witch hat charms
• Mini mummy keychains
• Halloween cat bag charms

Changing the colors, ears, facial embroidery and accessories can turn a simple basic shape into dozens of different designs.

Frequently Asked Questions

Are these Halloween crochet keychain patterns beginner-friendly?

Yes. The pumpkin is the simplest of the three. The cat and ghost patterns involve a few additional pieces and assembly steps but still use basic crochet techniques.

What crochet terminology does this pattern use?

The patterns use US crochet terminology. The Craft Yarn Council’s standard abbreviation list defines common terms including sc, inc, dec, FLO, BLO, and sl st.

Can I use different yarn?

Yes. Changing yarn thickness will change the finished size. If you use thicker yarn, you’ll generally need an appropriately larger hook.

Can I make these without safety eyes?

Absolutely. Embroidered eyes work especially well on small crochet projects and give you more freedom to change the facial expression.

How big should a crochet keychain be?

There’s no required size, but these designs are intended to stay compact enough for keys, backpacks or bags. Your final dimensions will vary depending on yarn, hook size, stuffing and crochet tension.

Can I sell finished keychains made from these patterns?

For patterns published by Crochet Coach Online, you can state your own terms for finished-item sales. A simple reader-friendly policy would be: You may sell handmade finished items made from this pattern in small quantities, but please do not reproduce or redistribute the written pattern or its images.

Save These Patterns for Later

Whether you choose the tiny pumpkin, spooky-cute ghost, or black cat hiding inside a pumpkin, these projects are a fun way to use leftover yarn and add a little handmade personality to Halloween.

Start with one—or crochet the whole trio.

And if you enjoyed these free patterns, explore more free crochet patterns, beginner tutorials and amigurumi projects on Crochet Coach Online.

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