# Oreo Cookie Turtle Amigurumi Free Crochet Pattern
Okay, I need you to picture this: a sweet little turtle whose shell looks exactly like an Oreo cookie — dark chocolate-brown top and bottom with a cream “filling” ring sandwiched in between. I made the first one as a joke gift and now I can’t stop. They are dangerously cute.
This is a classic beginner-friendly amigurumi: simple spheres and tubes, all single crochet, with safety eyes for that sweet face. The shell is three pieces stacked and sewn — top cookie, filling, bottom cookie — which sounds fiddly but is honestly the easiest part. If you’ve made one amigurumi ball, you can make this turtle.
What You’ll Need
- Worsted weight yarn in dark chocolate brown, approximately 60 yards (shell top and bottom)
- Worsted weight yarn in cream, approximately 25 yards (filling ring)
- Worsted weight yarn in sage green, approximately 50 yards (head, flippers, tail)
- 3.5mm (E/4) crochet hook
- 8mm black safety eyes
- Polyester fiberfill stuffing
- Yarn needle, scissors, stitch marker
Finished size:
- Approximately 7 inches long and 4.5 inches wide
The Pattern
Work in continuous rounds. Use a stitch marker to track the first stitch of each round.
Shell Top — “Top Cookie” (dark brown)
Round 1: Magic ring, 6 sc into the ring. (6 sts)
Round 2: Inc in each st around. (12 sts)
Round 3: *Sc 1, inc* repeat around. (18 sts)
Round 4: *Sc 2, inc* repeat around. (24 sts)
Round 5: *Sc 3, inc* repeat around. (30 sts)
Round 6: *Sc 4, inc* repeat around. (36 sts)
Rounds 7–10: Sc in each st around. (36 sts)
Round 11: *Sc 4, invdec* repeat around. (30 sts)
Round 12: Sc in each st around. (30 sts)
Fasten off, leaving a long tail for sewing. Set aside.
Filling Ring (cream)
Round 1: Magic ring, 6 sc into the ring. (6 sts)
Round 2: Inc in each st around. (12 sts)
Round 3: *Sc 1, inc* repeat around. (18 sts)
Round 4: *Sc 2, inc* repeat around. (24 sts)
Round 5: *Sc 3, inc* repeat around. (30 sts)
Round 6: *Sc 4, inc* repeat around. (36 sts)
Round 7: Sc in each st around. (36 sts)
Fasten off, leaving a long tail. This is the cream layer — it should peek out between the two dark layers like real cookie filling.
Shell Bottom — “Bottom Cookie” (dark brown)
Round 1: Magic ring, 6 sc into the ring. (6 sts)
Round 2: Inc in each st around. (12 sts)
Round 3: *Sc 1, inc* repeat around. (18 sts)
Round 4: *Sc 2, inc* repeat around. (24 sts)
Round 5: *Sc 3, inc* repeat around. (30 sts)
Round 6: *Sc 4, inc* repeat around. (36 sts)
Round 7: *Sc 4, invdec* repeat around. (30 sts)
Round 8: *Sc 3, invdec* repeat around. (24 sts)
Stuff lightly with fiberfill, fasten off, and close the opening with a yarn needle.
Assembling the Shell
Stack the three pieces: bottom cookie, cream filling ring, top cookie. Using the long tails, whipstitch the layers together around the edge so the cream ring shows evenly all the way around. This is your Oreo!
Head (sage green)
Round 1: Magic ring, 6 sc into the ring. (6 sts)
Round 2: Inc in each st around. (12 sts)
Round 3: *Sc 1, inc* repeat around. (18 sts)
Rounds 4–5: Sc in each st around. (18 sts)
Attach the safety eyes between Rounds 4 and 5, about 6 stitches apart.
Round 6: *Sc 1, invdec* repeat around. (12 sts)
Round 7: Sc in each st around. (12 sts)
Stuff firmly, then
Round 8: invdec around. (6 sts) Close, fasten off, leaving a tail to sew the head to the front of the shell.
Flippers (make 4, sage green)
Round 1: Magic ring, 6 sc into the ring. (6 sts)
Round 2: *Sc 1, inc* repeat around. (9 sts)
Rounds 3–5: Sc in each st around. (9 sts)
Round 6: *Sc 1, invdec* repeat around. (6 sts)
Round 7: Sc in each st around. (6 sts)
Flatten the opening, fasten off with a tail for sewing. Sew two flippers to the front sides of the shell and two to the back sides, angled slightly outward.
Tail (sage green)
Round 1: Magic ring, 6 sc into the ring. (6 sts)
Rounds 2–3: Sc in each st around. (6 sts)
Fasten off, sew to the back of the shell between the rear flippers.
Sophie’s Tips
- Keep your stitches nice and tight — if you can see stuffing through the fabric, go down a hook size.
- For a gift for a very small child, embroider the eyes with black yarn instead of using safety eyes.
- This turtle is endlessly customizable: try a mint “filling” for a mint-Oreo look, or a peanut-butter-tan filling ring!
Go make a cookie that hugs back!
