Fun Animal Appliques – Free Crochet Patterns

Are you interested in free crochet flat animal patterns? Today’s collection of Fun Animal Appliques is such a treat! Whether you are making a blanket, a play mat, or a sweet cardigan, these appliques will surely highlight your design.

They already caught your eye, but you haven’t got a plan? You can join them together in a bunting, make a keychain or simply keep it in your pocket. Let your imagination run wild!

Kids will love these cheeky monkeys and tiny paws, so make them as souvenirs as well. And with birthdays, Mother’s Day, or Valentine’s Day, you will surely have plenty of opportunities to make these fun appliques.

Check out these free patterns under the links below and follow us on Facebook Fanpage and Pinterest for more creative ideas!

If you need more inspiration, check out our collections of Fun Little Appliques for Summer and Amusing Animals Appliques.

free crochet flat animal patterns

Tiger Animal Applique

This friendly tiger will certainly be a perfect crochet animal applique for decorating a baby blanket. If you use a smaller crochet hook and yarn, you can create a tiny applique. It will surely look cute on a cardigan or a hat. Passionate Crafter has really nailed this one!

Level: beginner Author: passionatecraft2

Find this pattern on passionatecrafter.com, or read more on ravelry.com.

Elephant Applique

Elephants are wise animals, therefore we are thinking about turning these appliques by Sarah Zimmerman into bookmarks. Who wouldn’t like to have this cute little crochet animal in their favorite novel? It is a true gem among free crochet applique patterns and what’s more, it’s really quick and easy to make.

Level: beginner Author: Sarah Zimmerman

Find this pattern on repeatcrafterme.com, or read more on ravelry.com.

Supercute and Easy Paw

This pattern by brilliant Mary J Handmade is a classic in the online crochet community already! Add a back layer to this crochet paw applique and stuff it for a 3D effect. This free crochet flat animal pattern is really cute, trust us!

Level: beginner Author: Mary J Handmade

Find this pattern on leartidiminerva.blogspot.com, or read more on ravelry.com.

Monkey Applique

This cheeky monkey applique is adorable and so easy to make. Crochet at least a pair so they can keep each other company. Don’t forget to add a sweet bow for the girl when making this cute crochet flat animal pattern. Passionate Crafter will show you how!

Level: beginner Author: passionatecraft2

Find this pattern on passionatecrafter.com, or read more on ravelry.com.

Heart Sheep Applique

The heart-shaped body and head of this sheep applique make it a perfect gift for a loved one. Golden Lucy Crafts is saving us every February with her genius crochet patterns for lovely appliques, without a doubt!

Level: beginner Author: Golden Lucy Crafts

Find this pattern on goldenlucycrafts.com, or read more on ravelry.com.

Tiger Applique

For Valentine’s Day 2021, Golden Lucy Crafts surprised us with a heart-shaped tiger applique. We will surely be crocheting it all year! You can experiment with colors and sizes to create wild decorations for your crochet projects.

Level: beginner Author: Golden Lucy Crafts

Find this pattern on goldenlucycrafts.com, or read more on ravelry.com.

Hanging Sloth

Who is looking for new ideas for appliques? We can always use original motifs, right? This crochet animal applique pattern is also super cute!

If you are crocheting for children a lot, you should certainly add it to your library of patterns. Kerri Brown is a star! Looking for a pattern for beginner? This one is very easy to crochet!

Level: beginner Author: Kerri Brown

Find this pattern on kerriscrochet.com, or read more on ravelry.com.

Horse Applique

You can never have enough appliques in your repertoire of magic crochet tricks! If your little ones love horses, this pattern written by Natalina Craft will certainly be of interest to you. It is not difficult, so no worries!

Level: beginner Author: Natalina Craft

Find this pattern on natalinacraft.com, or read more on ravelry.com.

Groundhog Applique

Time to meet Mr. Groundhog! This is an awesome surprise at the beginning of February, we must admit. GoldenLucyCrafts always shares the most adorable applique ideas with us and we constantly wait for more.

Level: beginner Author: GoldenLucyCrafts

Find this pattern on goldenlucycrafts.com, or read more on ravelry.com.