Carry a little piece of Halloween with you wherever you go! This adorable bat keychain is the perfect micro-crochet project to add a subtle, gothic aesthetic to your backpack, keys, or purse. Using basic amigurumi techniques and a few clever stitches for the wings, this quick project is an ideal stash-buster for your leftover dark yarn.
Grab your hook and let’s make the perfect little creature of the night.
Materials Needed
- Yarn: Light to medium weight cotton yarn in Midnight Black (for the body) and Dark Grey (for the wings). A tiny scrap of Pastel Pink is needed for the cheeks.
- Hook: Wooden crochet hook (sized down to keep stitches tight).
- Hardware: A silver keychain ring with a lobster clasp or jump ring.
- Extras: A yarn needle and a very small amount of polyfill stuffing.
Step 1: Crocheting the Bat Body and Ears
Start by creating a tiny amigurumi sphere for the bat’s body using your black yarn. Begin with a magic ring, increase to a small ball, lightly stuff it, and decrease to close. To make the pointed ears, attach yarn directly to the top left and right of the head, chaining two and slip-stitching back into the same space to create two sharp, tiny triangles.
Step 2: Crafting the Scalloped Wings
The wings give the bat its signature look! Using your dark grey yarn, chain a short foundation row. You will work a combination of slip stitches, half double crochets, and picot stitches (chaining three and slip-stitching into the first chain) along the edge. This sequence naturally forms the sharp, jagged scallops of a classic bat wing. Make two identical wings.
Step 3: Assembly and Embroidery
Position the scalloped grey wings on either side of the black body and use your yarn needle to sew them securely into place, ensuring they sit symmetrically. Once the wings are attached, take a single strand of pastel pink yarn and embroider two tiny horizontal lines right below the center of the face to give your bat adorable, blushing cheeks.
Step 4: Attaching the Keychain Hardware
To finish your project, securely attach a silver jump ring directly through the top center stitches of the bat’s head, right between the ears. Thread your keychain ring through the jump ring and use a pair of craft pliers to squeeze it tightly shut so your bat doesn’t fly away during daily use!
