Meet Mini Santa Claus! He is cute and tiny, and of course, he loves Christmas! He also has a weakness for all kinds of toys and for Mrs. Claus. Oh, and he’s also quite fond of milk and cookies!

Materials You Need:
-Worsted-weight yarn (4-ply) in red, white, black, beige, and a small amount of gold. (The U.K. equivalent is Aran, and AUS/NZ is 8 ply.) I used Hobby Lobby’s I Love This Yarn in the colors “Red”, “Black”, “White”, and “Sungold”. For the skin, I used Lion Brand’s Vanna’s Choice in the color “Beige”.
-G (4 mm) crochet hook
-9 mm black safety eyes
-Fiberfill (or your stuffing of choice)
-Bent tip tapestry needle
-Scissors
-Stitch marker
-Straight pins
-Pom Pom maker

Abbreviation Key
Abbreviations are in U.S. terms.

sc – single crochet
st/sts – stitch(es)
sl st – slip stitch
dec – decrease (join the next 2 stitches together)
inc – increase (2 single crochet in the next stitch)
FLO – front loops only
BLO – back loops only
R1 – round 1
rep – repeat
** – repeat the group of instructions between the asterisks the number of times indicated.