Duck crochet patterns are one of the friendliest places to start an amigurumi habit — most of these little quackers use just a magic circle, single crochet rounds, and a handful of color changes, which means a beginner can finish a finished duck in an afternoon. The 27 free crochet duck patterns in this roundup cover everything from 20-minute no-sew ducklings and rubber-duck minis to realistic mallards, cuddle-sized statement ducks, baby hats, appliques, and even a bath scrubby.
You’ll find ducks in every size and yarn weight here: tiny keychain ducks worked in sport-weight cotton, chunky blanket-yarn ducks the size of a toddler, and middle-of-the-road worsted amigurumi for everyday gifting. If you love amigurumi farm animals, you might also enjoy our chicken crochet patterns roundup as a companion barnyard project. Pull up your favorite hook, grab some scrap yarn, and pick a duckling — they’re almost impossible to crochet wrong.
Table of Contents
- 1. Daphne the Duck (Pekin & Mallard)
- 2. Cute Duck Amigurumi (DIY Fluffies)
- 3. Sir Quackington Rubber Duck (The Loopy Lamb)
- 4. Rubber Duck (Yarn Gems)
- 5. 20 Minute Duck (StringyDingDing)
- 6. No-Sew Mallard Duck (53 Stitches)
- 7. Mother Duck with Ducklings (Punqa)
- 8. Spring Duck (Spin a Yarn Crochet)
- 9. Quackers the Crochet Duck (Repeat Crafter Me)
- 10. Fair is Fowl Duck (Ami Amour)
- 11. Crochet Duck (Rose and Lily Amigurumi)
- 12. Crochet Duck (The Friendly Red Fox)
- 13. Little Friendly Duck (lilleliis)
- 14. Free Duck (Pocket Yarnlings)
- 15. Beautiful Ducklings (Blackstone Designs)
- 16. Other Brother Darryl (Hookers Don’t Bite)
- 17. Donnie the Duck (Yarn Gems)
- 18. Pocket Duck (Spin a Yarn Crochet)
- 19. Rubber Ducky (Snappy Tots)
- 20. Duck Keychain (Amigurumi Cat)
- 21. Good Luck Duck (Sweet Softies)
- 22. Crochet Duck Hat (The Caffeinated Snail)
- 23. Duck Bucket Hat (Strommer Crafts)
- 24. Duckling Applique (Jenny & Teddy)
- 25. Rubber Ducky Applique (Krissy’s Over The Mountain Crochet)
- 26. Easter Egg & Duck Applique (Maggie’s Crochet)
- 27. Rubber Duckie Scrubby (Red Heart / Yarnspirations)
- Frequently Asked Questions
1. Daphne the Duck (Pekin & Mallard)
Nicole Chase’s Daphne is a 6.5-inch amigurumi duck with two colorway options: a sunny yellow Pekin or a green-headed Mallard with a white neck ring and brown body. The advanced-beginner pattern works up in worsted yarn with a 4 mm hook and includes a video walk-through if you’d rather follow along on screen. It’s a great choice once you’re comfortable with the magic circle and a few simple color changes.
2. Cute Duck Amigurumi (DIY Fluffies)
Mariska Vos-Bolman’s mallard works at two different sizes from the same pattern — a 6 cm mini in sport-weight cotton or a squishy 13 cm plush in chenille super-bulky. The classic green-and-brown color blocking makes it look unmistakably like a wild duck, and the same instructions can easily be tweaked into a female mallard or a duckling with color swaps. There’s a video tutorial alongside the written pattern, which is handy for beginners.
3. Sir Quackington Rubber Duck (The Loopy Lamb)
Ashley Parker designed this low-sew rubber duck in the classic bathtub shape — yellow body, orange beak, and bright turquoise eyes. It uses only about 30 yards of worsted yarn and an E/3.5 mm hook, so it’s a stashbuster one-skein project that finishes in a couple of hours. The minimal sewing makes it a great gift project when you need a quick handmade something.
4. Rubber Duck (Yarn Gems)
Mina Mugurumi’s plush rubber duck is worked in chenille yarn with a 5 mm hook, giving it that velvety, hug-me texture babies and kids gravitate toward. It uses safety eyes and is intended as a toy, baby shower gift, or springtime nursery shelf decoration. You can easily swap the body color for a baby blue or pink to coordinate with a nursery palette.
5. 20 Minute Duck (StringyDingDing)
If you need a duck right now, StringyDingDing’s 20-minute amigurumi is the quickest one in this list — a tiny stuffed duck with safety eyes and an optional contrasting beak that comes off the hook in under half an hour. It’s worked in worsted yarn with a 4 mm hook and uses the same compact base shape that can be easily reskinned into a flamingo, chicken, or seagull. Perfect for last-minute gifts or for keeping little hands happy in a long meeting.
6. No-Sew Mallard Duck (53 Stitches)
53 Stitches’ seamless mallard is a clever piece of construction — there’s no body sewing at all, and the layered-stitch beak and front-loop wings come out of the same continuous round. It’s written for chunky or bulky yarn with a 5 mm hook, but the designer also includes a mini DK-weight version. Intermediate crocheters will love how neatly the joins disappear.
7. Mother Duck with Ducklings (Punqa)
This springtime tableau from Punqa pairs a grey-bodied mama duck with a white head cap, orange beak, and webbed feet — with two yellow ducklings perched on her back. Worked in worsted yarn at a 3.5 mm hook, it makes a charming nursery shelf piece or Easter centerpiece. The intermediate construction includes some assembly, but the result is unmistakably display-worthy.
8. Spring Duck (Spin a Yarn Crochet)
This Spin a Yarn Crochet duck shows up dressed for the season — about 27 cm (10.5 inches) tall and wearing rain boots and a sun hat. The body is worked in one piece in super-bulky yarn, with the legs, wings, bill, boots, and hat made separately and attached. It’s a statement piece that takes a day or so to finish and looks fantastic on a Spring mantel.
9. Quackers the Crochet Duck (Repeat Crafter Me)
Repeat Crafter Me’s Quackers is the cuddle champion of the list — a beginner-friendly duckling about 10″ x 15″ worked in jumbo blanket yarn with webbed feet and a soft beak. The thick yarn means it stuffs up plush quickly, and the pattern includes a bonus variation called Waddles. This is the duck for kids who want something they can actually hug.
10. Fair is Fowl Duck (Ami Amour)
Ami Amour’s 3.5-inch yellow duck is a quick easy-level amigurumi with an oval body, flat bill, and adorable stubby wings — and the pattern comes with a bonus egg-shell hat the duck can wear like it just hatched. Worked in worsted with a 5 mm hook, it’s well-suited as an Easter basket filler. A video tutorial walks you through the trickier shaping moments.
11. Crochet Duck (Rose and Lily Amigurumi)
Rose and Lily Amigurumi’s stuffed white duck has a beautifully textured body, embroidered details, tiny wings, webbed feet, and a flat bill — plus optional hair and tail loops that give it real personality. It’s worked at a beginner level with a 4.5 mm hook and includes a video walk-through, making it a friendly pick if you’ve never done embroidered facial details before.
12. Crochet Duck (The Friendly Red Fox)
Choly Knight’s Friendly Red Fox duck is a soft yellow amigurumi about 5 inches tall, with the head and body crocheted as a single seamless piece and just the wings, legs, and beak sewn on. The smaller hook (3.75 mm) keeps the stitches tight enough to hold stuffing beautifully. It’s a confident-beginner project that reads as the classic “rubber duck” silhouette.
13. Little Friendly Duck (lilleliis)
Mari-Liis Lille’s tiny amigurumi duck is worked from the bottom up in aran-weight merino with a 3 mm hook, which gives it a beautifully fine, dense fabric. It works equally well as an Easter decoration, a keychain charm, or a toddler-safe toy. The pattern is available in multiple languages — handy if you have a craft friend overseas.
14. Free Duck (Pocket Yarnlings)
Pocket Yarnlings’ detailed duck is on the daintier end of the list, using a 2 mm hook for crisp, polished stitches. It includes a head, body, wings, beak, webbed feet, and a flower-trimmed hat, each made as a separate component then assembled. It’s an intermediate make worth the effort if you want a showpiece amigurumi for a display shelf.
15. Beautiful Ducklings (Blackstone Designs)
Blackstone Designs’ duckling started life as a craft-business mascot, and it shows in the polished, instantly likeable shape. It works up in worsted with a 4 mm hook to roughly 7 inches tall, at a confident-beginner skill level. It’s a great first amigurumi if you’ve already made a few simple shapes and want something a bit more refined.
16. Other Brother Darryl (Hookers Don’t Bite)
This small two-color stuffed duck from Hookers Don’t Bite is the absolute fastest beginner project on the list — basic stitches, safety eyes, and an hour or less to a finished little buddy. It’s worked in worsted with a 4 mm hook, perfect for using up small odds and ends of yellow yarn. A great pattern when you want to learn amigurumi basics on a no-pressure, low-yardage make.
17. Donnie the Duck (Yarn Gems)
Koalas Crochet’s Donnie is a whimsical 12 cm character duck dressed in a hat and bow — head, beak, body, arms, feet, hat, and bow are all separate pieces that get assembled at the end. It’s a beginner-friendly pattern worked with a 4.5 mm hook, and the assembly is what gives him so much personality. He’d make a delightful birthday gift.
18. Pocket Duck (Spin a Yarn Crochet)
This 10 cm flat-panel duck from Spin a Yarn Crochet is a clever portable amigurumi — made from five pieces with no colorwork at all, so it sticks easily in a project bag. You can dress him up with optional bows, bow ties, or kerchiefs to make a whole flock of personalities. It’s intermediate-friendly and works in light worsted with a 2.75 mm hook.
19. Rubber Ducky (Snappy Tots)
Heidi Yates’ rubber ducky from Snappy Tots is a tiny 2″ x 4″ duck with optional cape and hat accessories — basically duck-dress-up in pattern form. It’s an easy worsted-weight make using a G or H hook and roughly 100 yards. Great as a desk decoration, party favor, or stashbuster.
20. Duck Keychain (Amigurumi Cat)
Amigurumi Cat’s compact duck keychain is built from separate head, body, wings, beak, and legs, then assembled and attached to keychain hardware. It works up in a few hours with an 8 mm hook, which gives it the chunky, slightly oversized proportions that look so cute clipped to a bag or backpack. A nice quick handmade gift for kids and grownups alike.
21. Good Luck Duck (Sweet Softies)
Sweet Softies’ good-luck duck charm is a no-count, no-sew make in super-bulky yarn — meaning no counting stitches and almost no finishing. It uses very little yarn and a 5 mm hook, so it’s perfect for a stashbuster afternoon. Use it as a keepsake, a keychain, or a tiny gift tucked into a card.
22. Crochet Duck Hat (The Caffeinated Snail)
Kimberly Arenas’ duck bucket hat is worked mostly in single crochet using worsted cotton — it’s a springtime-perfect lid with a built-in duck face, beak, and a few playful touches around the brim. The pattern is adjustable for different head sizes, which is a huge plus for kid sizing. It makes a wonderful Easter outfit topper.
23. Duck Bucket Hat (Strommer Crafts)
If you want to crochet a duck hat for everyone in the family, Strommer Crafts has you covered with nine sizes from newborn all the way through adult large. The duck face, beak, and tiny yarn hair tufts are attached to the crown for that unmistakable “I am a duck” silhouette. Worked in worsted with a 4 or 5 mm hook, it’s a fun project that beginners can absolutely handle.
24. Duckling Applique (Jenny & Teddy)
If you’d like to add a duck motif to a hat, bag, or blanket, Jenny & Teddy’s beginner-friendly duckling applique is the perfect 15-to-20-minute make. It’s a small yellow duckling with a pointed tail, mouth detail, and a customizable wing color. If you enjoy adding little crocheted motifs to your makes, you’ll find plenty more in our applique crochet patterns roundup.
25. Rubber Ducky Applique (Krissy’s Over The Mountain Crochet)
Krissy’s rubber-duck applique comes in four sizes (body, head, and bill) and is designed for decorating kids’ nautical clothing, beach bags, or summer hats. It’s a quick beginner make and can be sewn or fabric-glued on, depending on whether you want it removable. A great way to use up tiny bits of yellow and orange yarn.
26. Easter Egg & Duck Applique (Maggie’s Crochet)
Maggie Weldon’s clever two-piece applique gives you an egg-shaped shell about 3.5 inches tall with a tiny yellow duck that tucks into the half-shell pocket — basically a hatching-duck postcard motif for your craft. It’s worked in sport-weight yarn with an F/3.75 mm hook and finishes in under an hour. Stitch it onto Easter cards, baskets, or the front of a spring tote.
27. Rubber Duckie Scrubby (Red Heart / Yarnspirations)
Red Heart’s Rubber Duckie Scrubby is the most practical duck on this list — a crocheted bath scrubby in textured scrubby yarn that actually lathers and dries quickly. It uses an H/5 mm hook and is an easy quick make, perfect for a thoughtful little host or kids’ bath-time gift. A pack of these in a basket would make a sweet baby shower offering.
Frequently Asked Questions
How long does it take to crochet a duck?
It depends entirely on the pattern. The fastest options in this list — Other Brother Darryl, the StringyDingDing 20 Minute Duck, and the Good Luck Duck — finish in well under an hour. Most worsted-weight amigurumi ducks take 2 to 4 hours, while larger pieces like the Spring Duck or the chunky Quackers can stretch across a weekend. Size and amount of detail (separate pieces, embroidered features) drive most of the time difference.
What yarn is best for a crochet duck?
For a classic small-to-medium amigurumi duck, worsted-weight (medium 4) yarn with a 4 mm hook is the sweet spot — it gives you tight stitches that hold stuffing well. Cotton yarn is best for bath scrubbies or toys that need washing. For big squishy plush ducks, chenille or super-bulky yarn with a 5 to 8 mm hook makes them irresistibly huggable.
Are crochet ducks good for beginners?
Yes — ducks are one of the most beginner-friendly amigurumi shapes. Most use just a magic circle, single crochet rounds, and one or two color changes, with minimal sewing on simple wings and a beak. Patterns like Other Brother Darryl, Quackers, and Sir Quackington are excellent starting points. Look for terms like “easy,” “beginner,” or “no-sew” to find the most forgiving options.
What supplies do I need to crochet a duck?
You’ll need yarn in your duck’s main color plus a contrast (typically yellow and orange), a hook in the size your pattern calls for, polyfill stuffing, safety eyes (usually 6 to 9 mm), a yarn needle for sewing pieces together, stitch markers to mark the start of rounds, and small scissors. For a duckling, a single skein of worsted is usually plenty.
What size are crocheted ducks?
Most amigurumi ducks finish between 5 cm and 14 cm (about 2 to 6 inches) when worked in their recommended yarn weight. Going up to a bulky or jumbo yarn with a larger hook (like the 10 to 15-inch Quackers) can scale a duck up dramatically, while a fine cotton with a smaller hook keeps it pocket-sized. The same pattern can often become a “mom” or a “duckling” just by switching yarn weight.
That’s 27 free crochet duck patterns ready for your hook — from a quick 20-minute mini to a knee-high statement piece. Save your favorites to a Pinterest board, pick one beginner pattern to try first, and share your finished flock with the maker in your life.
