A perfect Frog Crochet Bag Pattern to add to your collection of crochet frog patterns. This frog crochet pattern is easy to follow and quick to make!
Crochet frogs are cute and super trendy right now, making them a hit with young adults and teens alike. These whimsical designs not only bring joy but also serve as fun conversation starters.
Whip up a few crochet frog bags as thoughtful Christmas gifts for teens, or sell them at your local craft markets for a delightful addition to your inventory. Whether you choose to give them away or sell them, I hope you enjoy creating and showcasing this easy crochet frog pattern!
Personally, I can’t wait to use my crochet frog purse as my new phone bag when I go out shopping. Its unique design is sure to draw compliments!
If you enjoy making this crochet frog bag pattern, be sure to check out my crochet frog hat pattern as well for a complete froggy ensemble!
Additionally, you can turn my crochet frog coaster pattern into a crochet frog pouch if you sew 2 coasters together.
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✏️ Things To Note:
- Yarn Choice: I used acrylic yarn for this free, easy frog crochet bag pattern, but any type of yarn—cotton, chunky, etc.—would work well.
- Adjusting Sign: If you want to make this crochet frog bag pattern bigger, consider adding more rounds or switching to chunky yarn. If using chunky yarn, forgo the middle part and just sew the two pieces together, adding a strap.
- Bag Dimensions: The crochet frog bag is a decent-sized purse, big enough to hold a phone, wallet, and a few other items.
🪡 Materials Needed
- 1 skein of green
- Small amount of pink
- Small amount of black
- Safety eyes (12mm)
- 5.5mm hook
- Tapestry needle for weaving in the ends and sewing pieces together
💭 Abbreviations to Remember (US Terms)
- Magic ring (MR)
- Single crochet (sc)
- Chains (ch)
- Half double crochet (hdc)
- Double crochet (dc)
🧋 Variations
Give the bag personality by making a crown, legs, arms, or even a belly circle!
🍵 Instructions for Frog Crochet Bag
For the main part of the Frog Crochet Bag Pattern, we will make a continuous spiral round and will be using hdc.
Circle backside:
Round 1: Make a mr and make 10x hdc.
Round 2: Inc in every stitch (20).
Round 3: Inc, hdc, repeat for the entire round (30)
Round 4: Inc, hdc x2, repeat for the entire round (40)
Round 5: Inc, hdc x3, repeat for the entire round (50)
Round 6: Inc, hdc x4, repeat for the entire round (60)
Round 7: Inc, hdc x5, repeat for the entire round (70)
Round 8: Inc, hdc x6, repeat for the entire round (80)
Round 9: Inc, hdc x7, repeat for the entire round (90). Fasten off and weave in the tail.
For the front side follow rounds 1-8 from the backside instructions above.
Round 9: Inc, hdc x7 only 8 times (72 in the new round so far) then make a shell stitch for the frog eye socket. To do this yarn over, skip a stitch, and then insert the yarn and make a dc. In the same stitch make another 5 dc’s in it. Then skip the next stitch and sc into the following stitch.
Sc x8 and then follow the above instructions for the other eye socket. Make sure you do a sc to anchor the shell stitch like you did above. Then slip stitch and fasten off the yarn.
Bag Middle + Strap:
This part will be worked in rows:
Row 1: Ch x2, turn
Row 2: In second ch from hook make a hdc increase. (2) Ch 1 and turn (never work in the turning ch after each row)
Row 3-4: Hdc in each stitch (2)
Row 5: Hdc inc x2 (4) Ch 1 and turn
Row 6-8: Hdc x4 (4), Ch 1 and turn
Row 9: Hdc inc, hdc x2, hdc inc (6) Ch 1 and turn
Row 10-12: Hdc x6 (6), Ch 1 and turn
Row 13: Hdc inc, hdc x4, hdc inc (8) Ch 1 and turn
Row 14-39: Hdc x8 (8), Ch 1 and turn
Row 40: Hdc dec, hdc x4, hdc dec (6) Ch 1 and turn
Row 41-43: Hdc x6 (6), Ch 1 and turn
Row 44: Hdc dec, hdc x2, hdc dec (4) Ch 1 and turn
Row 45-47: Hdc x4 (4), Ch 1 and turn
Row 48: Hdc dec x2 (2) Ch 1 and turn
Row 49-51: Hdc x2 (2), Ch 1 and turn
Row 52: Hdc inc x2 (4) Ch 1 and turn
Row 53-150: Hdc x4 (4) Ch 1 and turn. THIS PART IS THE STRAP
Depending on the length of the strap, you want to adjust the amount of rows as needed. Fasten off and leave a tail for sewing.
Cheeks:
Round 1: With pink yarn, make a MR and make sc x6 in the circle. If you find it difficult making a magic ring you can chain 2 and then crochet sc x6 in the second chain from the hook. (6) Slip stitch to the first sc and fasten off. Leave a tail for sewing.
Sewing:
Place safety eyes in the bottom of the shell stitches.
Embroider a mouth in between the eyes using black yarn and a tapestry needle.
Sew on the cheeks using a tapestry needle, position them below the eyes and slightly left/right of them.
Sew/crochet the middle piece to the circle and frog. I chose to crochet the edge as it creates a crispy edge, but you can sew it too. I attached the crochet middle right under the frog eyes and worked my way around the frog body. Once the middle was attached to both sides of the frog, I rechecked the length of the purse strap and sewed it to the other side of the bag, again attach to the middle part right below the eyes.
And now you should have a beautiful crochet frog bag, perfect for holding phones and other small items!
If you like this pattern, check out my crochet sunflower bag pattern for another cute crochet bag!
🐌Expert Tips
- Yarn Choices: For a more vibrant look, use variegated yarn or try combining two different colors. Experiment with different fibers to achieve various textures; a bamboo blend will give it a nice sheen.
- Customizations: Feel free to add embellishments like buttons or felt shapes to give your frog personality! Consider using safety eyes in different colors for a playful twist.
- Lining the Bag: If you want to add a fabric liner, once the bag is completed, lay the pieces on fabric and trace their shapes with a 1-inch seam allowance. Sew them together and attach them to the inside of the bag for a polished look.
🧵 Pattern FAQs
Absolutely! It will be much bigger (closer to the size of an oversized tote bag) but would still be doable and cute!
Once the bag is completed, or at least the components, lay the pieces down on fabric and trace their shapes with a 1-inch seam allowance. Then either machine or hand sew them together and attach them to the inside of the bag.
It could. I have never tried making it into other animals, but you can give it a go!
🧶More Crochet Bag Patterns
If you tried this Frog Crochet Bag Pattern (or any other pattern on my website), please let me know how it went in the 📝 comments below. I'd love to hear from you!
Frog Crochet Bag Pattern
Materials
- 1 skein green
- small amount of pink
- small amount of black
- 12mm Safety eyes
- 5.5mm crochet hook
- Tapestry needle
Abbreviations (US terms)
- mr = Magic ring
- sc = Single crochet
- ch = Chain
- hdc = Half Double Crochet
- dc = Double Crochet
Instructions
- For this Frog Crochet Bag Pattern we will make a continuous spiral round and will be using hdc.
Circle backside:
- Round 1: Make a mr and make 10x hdc.
- Round 2: Inc in every stitch (20).
- Round 3: Inc, hdc, repeat for the entire round (30)
- Round 4: Inc, hdc x2, repeat for the entire round (40)
- Round 5: Inc, hdc x3, repeat for the entire round (50)
- Round 6: Inc, hdc x4, repeat for the entire round (60)
- Round 7: Inc, hdc x5, repeat for the entire round (70)
- Round 8: Inc, hdc x6, repeat for the entire round (80)
- Round 9: Inc, hdc x7, repeat for the entire round (90)
- For the front side follow rounds 1-8 from the backside instructions above. Then:
- Round 9: Inc, hdc x7 only 8 times (72 so far in this round) then make a shell stitch for the frog eye socket. To do this yarn over, skip a stitch, and then insert the yarn and make a dc. In the same stitch make another 5 dc’s in it. Then skip the next stitch and sc into the following stitch.
- Sc x8 and then follow the above instructions for the other eye socket. Make sure you do a sc to anchor the shell stitch like you did above. Then slip stitch and fasten off the yarn.
Bag middle + strap:
- This part will be worked in rows:
- Row 1: Ch x2, turn
- Row 2: In second ch from hook make a hdc increase. (2) Ch 1 and turn (never work in the turning ch after each row)
- Row 3-4: Hdc in each stitch (2)
- Row 5: Hdc inc x2 (4) Ch 1 and turn
- Row 6-8: Hdc x4 (4), Ch 1 and turn
- Row 9: Hdc inc, hdc x2, hdc inc (6) Ch 1 and turn
- Row 10-12: Hdc x6 (6), Ch 1 and turn
- Row 13: Hdc inc, hdc x4, hdc inc (8) Ch 1 and turn
- Row 14-39: Hdc x8 (8), Ch 1 and turn
- Row 40: Hdc dec, hdc x4, hdc dec (6) Ch 1 and turn
- Row 41-43: Hdc x6 (6), Ch 1 and turn
- Row 44: Hdc dec, hdc x2, hdc dec (4) Ch 1 and turn
- Row 45-47: Hdc x4 (4), Ch 1 and turn
- Row 48: Hdc dec x2 (2) Ch 1 and turn
- Row 49-51: Hdc x2 (2), Ch 1 and turn
- Row 52: Hdc inc x2 (4) Ch 1 and turn
- Row 53-150: Hdc x4 (4) Ch 1 and turn. THIS PART IS THE STRAP
- Depending on the length of the strap, you want to adjust the amount of rows as needed. Fasten off and leave a tail for sewing.
Cheeks:
- Round 1: With pink yarn, make a MR and make sc x6 in the circle. If you find it difficult making a magic ring you can chain 2 and then crochet sc x6 in the second chain from the hook. (6) Slip stitch to the first sc and fasten off. Leave a tail for sewing.
Sewing:
- Place safety eyes in the bottom of the shell stitches.
- Embroider a mouth in between the eyes using black yarn and a tapestry needle.
- Sew on the cheeks using a tapestry needle, position them below the eyes and slightly left/right of them.
- Sew/crochet the middle piece to the circle and frog. I chose to crochet the edge as it creates a crispy edge, but you can sew it too. I attached the crochet middle right under the frog eyes and worked my way around the frog body. Once the middle was attached to both sides of the frog, I rechecked the length of the purse strap and sewed it to the other side of the bag, again attach to the middle part right below the eyes.
- And now you should have a beautiful crochet frog bag made from my Frog Crochet Bag Pattern, perfect for holding phones and other small items!
Larissa says
The count of 88 on row 9 of the front circle is wrong, should be 72 instead (if you multiply 9 (7+2) with 8 times, this really threw me off and I spent a looong time thinking I made the mistake here 🙁
KimberlyArenas says
Sorry about that! I updated the number to be 72 🙂