Mario Bros Amigurumi Pattern

Make your own pocket-sized Mario and friends with this detailed amigurumi pattern. The PDF includes round-by-round instructions for shoes, legs, body, head, arms, hair, cap and accessories for Mario, Luigi and two princesses. Suitable for crafters who enjoy small character dolls made with fine yarn and precise finishing.

Full materials list and assembly guidance are included to help you sew and style each figure.

This pattern teaches you how to crochet four small amigurumi characters inspired by Mario Bros style, including two plumbers and two princesses, each built from legs, body, head and small sewn accessories.

You will work mostly in spiral rounds using a 2.5 mm hook and fine weight yarn, changing colours for clothes, adding safety eyes, a moustache, hair pieces and small sewn buttons for the overalls.

The pattern breaks every piece down into short, numbered rounds and includes notes about where to join legs to body, where to place eyes and how to stitch hair and cap pieces for a clean finished look.

The instructions guide you through shoes, legs, the joined body, head shaping, arms, ears, moustache, nose, buttons, hair and cap pieces.

Detailed assembly steps explain where to pin parts and how to sew them so the finished toy sits upright and the facial features are centered and symmetrical.

The core stitches used in this pattern are single crochet (sc) worked in continuous rounds from a magic ring (MR), increases (inc) and decreases (dec) for shaping, and slip stitches (sl st) for finishing edges. You will also use half double crochet (hdc) and double crochet (dc) in a few hair and crown sections where the pattern calls for row work instead of rounds. The pattern requires precise stitch-counting when joining legs into the body and during the head decreases from Round 21 onward, so being comfortable with counting and placement is essential.

Colour changes are used frequently to create overalls, shirt bands and cap sections; the instructions show when to switch yarn and whether to work in the front loop or behind the chain for texture shifts. Safety eyes are recommended for the heads and are positioned between rounds 9 and 10 with eight stitches spacing, so practice pinning them first to achieve symmetrical expression before locking them in place.

Sewing skills such as whipstitch and invisible joining are required for assembly: you will sew the head to the neck opening, attach arms at a specified body round, and sew the hair and ear pieces with long tails left to hide inside the head. The moustache is sewn with the top edge attached so the lower edge sits free, adding character and depth to the face; these small finishing techniques make a surprising difference to the final personality of each doll.

Traditional Mario colours — red cap, blue overalls, brown shoes and peach skin — deliver instant recognition, but this pattern is ideal for creative recolouring: try pastels for a softer, nursery-friendly version, or moody jewel tones for a display set. Use the same No.2 fine yarn in matching shades to keep gauge consistent; substituting fibres like cotton gives a crisper stitch definition while acrylic offers a more forgiving texture for toy durability.

For princess dresses, combine a main dress colour with a contrasting ruffle trim (for example pink with hot pink edging or yellow with orange highlights) and use gold yarn for tiny crown details. When changing colours between rounds for the overalls and shirt bands, carry the unused yarn neatly inside to avoid knots, or fasten off and weave in ends to reduce bulk and keep seams tidy.

These miniature Mario Bros characters make charming gifts for gamers, new parents who appreciate geeky nursery decor, or friends celebrating a birthday — tuck one into a gift box with a tiny crocheted mushroom or star for an extra-special present. Because the dolls are small and lightweight, they travel well and are perfect as stocking stuffers, craft fair items or tokens at party favor tables when given as a set.

To personalise a gift, swap colours to match a receiver’s favourite palette or embroider a small initial inside the cap; attach a loop to the cap for a hanging ornament or keychain, or present a set of two characters as a travelling duo with a tiny crocheted bag so they can become a playful pair for a desk or shelf display.