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It is time for another Mini Amigurumi Crochet Along! Today is Day 1 of the Spring 2026 Mini Amigururmi Crochet Along. The themed for this year's spring crochet along is Little Amazon and it will include 12 little mini amigurumi animals that live in the Amazon Rainforest. I'm not going to lie, choosing only 12 animals has been extremely difficult. It was so hard to narrow it down because there are so many animals that live in the rainforest, I hope you enjoy the animals that I chose to include. The first animal I chose to include in this series is a Scarlet Macaw.
I knew I would be including some birds in this series, there are a lot of different birds that could have been included and I wanted to make sure to include at least a couple of them and macaws and other types of colorful parrots are some of the most iconic animals of the Amazon, especially the Scarlet Macaw.
There are lots of different colored parrots so you could easily change up the color of your bird, but I decided to stick with the Scarlet Macaw just because I thought it was one of the most recognizable with its bright red, blue, and yellow feathers.
I used the same body pattern as I use for most of my mini amigurumi animals, and made it very similar to the other birds I have made in the past, with a few small changes. The beak is made similar to the eagle in my camping set in order to give it the hooked end, although I did make it just a little bit larger than the eagle. A scarlet macaw actually has a beak that is white on top and black on the bottom, but using that many different colors in a piece this small can get difficult and since the face is white in that area I liked the look of the black beak more than white so I just went with solid black.
I am not using a specific brand of yarn in this set, because I am trying to use up some of the yarn I have on hand, and these little mini amigurumi are great for using up small amounts of yarn in your stash. I will be using a lot of Red Heart Super Saver, as well as some Loops and Threads Soft Classic and Big Twist Value. I have used Loops and Threads impeccable in the past but I have found that it seems like it is thinner now than it used to be so it doesn't mix well with other worsted weight yarns, so I am not using any of that this time. Any of those yarns will work but just make sure if you are mixing brands that the weights are similar across all the yarns you use. For this particular animals I chose all Red Heart Super Saver yarns. The main color is Hot Red, the white is White, the black is Black, the blue is Blue, and the yellow is Bright Yellow.
Come back tomorrow to see what the second animal in the Little Amazon will be!
How to Crochet a Mini Macaw
Finished Size: about 4" tall sitting
You will need:
- medium weight yarn in red, white, and (sample made in Red Hear Super Saver in Hot Red, White, Black, Blue, and Bright Yellow)
- G crochet hook (4/4.25 mm)
- 2- 6 mm safety eyes
- Polyfil fiberfill
- yarn needle
- stitch markers
- scissors
Instructions:
The body and head are made in one piece, the other pieces are made separately and sew on. Most pieces are made beginning with a magic ring (mr), the beginning of each piece will indicate if it starts with a magic ring or a chain.
Body
Make 1 with red (switch to white where indicated but do not cut the red as you will switch back and forth for a few rounds), 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)
Rounds 4-8: 1 sc in each st (18 sc)
Begin stuffing and continue stuffing as you work
Round 9: sc2tog around (9 sc)
Round 10: 2 sc in each st (18 sc)
Round 11: [2 sc in first st, 1 sc in next 2 sts] repeat around (24 sc)
Round 12: 1 sc in first 8 sts, change to white, 1 sc in next 8 sts, change to red, 1 sc in last 8 sts (24 sc)
Round 13: 1 sc in first 7 sts, change to white, 1 sc in next 10 sts, change to red, 1 sc in last 7 sts (24 sc)
Round 14: 1 sc in first 7 sts, change to white, 1 sc in next 10 sts, change to red (you are now done with the white so you can cut it and work over the end or weave it in), 1 sc in last 7 sts (24 sc)
Round 15: 1 sc in each st (24 sc)
Round 16: [sc2tog, sc in next 2 sts] repeat around (18 sc)
Insert safety eyes between rounds 13 and 14 about 6-7 stitches apart spaced evenly on the white section
Round 17: [sc2tog, sc in next st] repeat around (12 sc)
Round 18: sc2tog around (6 sc)
Finish off, weave in ends
Beak
Make 1 with black yarn, beginning with magic ring (but you will not join at the end of the first round)
Round 1: in mr, ch 1, 6 sc (6 sc)
Round 2: ch 1, turn, 1 sc in each st (6 sc)
Round 3: ch 1, turn, 1 sc in first 3 sts, ch 3, sl st to the first ch (furthest from the hook), sc in last 3 sts, sl st to first sc to join and curve beak
Finish off and cut yarn leaving long tail for sewing
Sew the beak to the head between the eyes with the picot that makes the hooked part of the beak in front and the part that you joined at the end in the back
Finish off and cut yarn leaving long tail for sewing
Sew the beak to the head between the eyes with the picot that makes the hooked part of the beak in front and the part that you joined at the end in the back
Wings
Make 2, starting with blue yarn, beginning with magic ring
Round 1: in mr, ch 1, 6 sc (6 sc)
Round 2: [2 sc in first st, 1 sc in next st] repeat around (9 sc)
switch to yellow yarn
Round 3: [2 sc in first st, 1 sc in next 2 sts] repeat around (12 sc)
Round 4: [sc2tog, 1 sc in next 2 sts] repeat around (9 sc)
switch to red yarn
Round 5: [sc2tog, 1 sc in next st] repeat around (6 sc)
Finish off and cut yarn leaving a long tail for sewing
Sew the 2 wings to the side of the body just below the head
Tail
Make 1, starting with red yarn, beginning with magic ring
Round 1: in mr, ch 1, 6 sc (6 sc)
Round 2: [2 sc in first st, 1 sc in next st] repeat around (9 sc)
Rounds 3-4: 1 sc in each st (9 sc)
switch to blue yarn
Rounds 5-6: 1 sc in each st (9 sc)
Finish off and cut yarn leaving a long tail for sewing
Sew the tail to the back of the body
Feet
Make 2, with black yarn, beginning with a chain
*the feet are made by crocheting a chain and slip stitching in some of the chains to make each of the "toes" similar to a picot, at the end you will single crochet into the first chains that you made to make the "leg" portion
ch 5
turn, sk the first 2 ch from the hook, sl st in the next chapter, [ch 3, sl st in the first of the 3 ch you just made] 2 times, 1 sc in each of the last 2 ch from the starting ch
Finish off and cut yarn leaving a long tail for sewing
Sew the feet to the bottom of the body
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