1 Hour Easy Child’s Crochet Hat Pattern With Toddler Sizes

This slightly slouchy easy child’s crochet hat pattern works up in about an hour. It’s a perfect beginner crochet hat for kids because it’s made from a simple rectangle.

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Kids Crochet Hat Pattern With Toddler Sizes

This extremely easy child’s crochet hat will be ready for whatever you need it, whether it’s Christmas crunch time or there’s snow in the forecast for the first time in years.

It’s worked flat in a rectangle and then seamed to form a beanie, making this a super speedy, mindless project to whip up in. Finish the toddler size hat in about an hour. The child and adult beanies take just a few minutes longer.

Skills You’ll Practice

Crocheting this kids hat will allow you to practice double crochet and seaming, which are covered in the tutorial below. This is a very beginner-friendly crochet hat pattern for boys or girls!

Recommended Yarn For Making a Kids Beanie

To crochet this simple beanie, you’ll need a CYC category #5 yarn. A category 5 means it’s chunkier than a worsted weight yarn, but not so bulky that your kid’s ears will sweat off.

This weight of yarn allows you to whiz through projects while maintaining some lovely stitch definition and flexible fabric texture–perfect for adding a little slouch to this kid’s crochet beanie pattern!

The yarn I used in the crochet toddler hat pictured here is called Color Made Easy and it delivers on its name with a beautiful palette of modern, hip colors.

Unfortunately, it’s been discontinued. I now recommend Lion Brand Hue + Me as a great alternative.

Related: 35+ Easy Chunky Beanies to Crochet

Pattern Preview Video

If you’d like to see me whip up one of these crochet hats in just one hour (or actually, in just one short one-minute video), I’ve included a fun timelapse of this pattern coming together below.

1 Hour Child’s Beanie – Free Crochet Toddler Hat Pattern

Supplies:

• Lion Brand Color Made Easy (Weight: 5/bulky – 247 yds, 7 oz) – 1 ball
– Colors pictured: Millennial (195-194), Huckleberry ((195-110) and Alabaster (195-098)
• Tapestry needle
• Size L (8 mm) crochet hook
• Stitch markers or safety pins
• Fur pom pom or pom pom maker/small piece of cardboard

Sizes + Yarn Required:

When choosing your hat size, follow the guidance below to determine how much yarn you need.

Hat Size	Head Size	Yarn Amount Required
Preschool / Toddler	18-20″ circumference	approx. 125g
Older Child	19-21″ circumference	approx. 160g
Adult	21-23″ circumference	approx. 200g

Notes on sizing: This pattern is quite forgiving in fit. If a slouchier fit is desired, create foundation chain for next size up, but work total number of rows for appropriate size. This will require additional yarn.

Gauge:

5.25 rows = 4”
11 dc = 4”

Abbreviations and Glossary (US Terms):

ch – chain
dcblo – double crochet through the back loop only
tch – turning chain
st – stitch
sk – skip
RS – right side
WS – wrong side
rep – repeat

How to Crochet a Hat for Beginners – Video Tutorial

You can learn how to crochet a hat even if you’re a complete beginner.

In this ribbed beanie tutorial, you’ll find a step-by-step video tutorial that covers each part of the pattern slowly and clearly.

While the stitch counts in the video tutorial differ from the kids pattern below, this tutorial is still an excellent resource for learning how to make this easy child’s crochet hat pattern (or the adult size too!) 

Watch the video tutorial! learn how to crochet a rectangle beanie ⇨

Notes:

• Pattern is written in smallest size with larger sizes following in parenthesis. Preschool (Child, Adult)

• Depending on your crochet experience, plan for the preschooler size to take about an hour to create and the larger sizes 15-45 minutes longer.

• To substitute a yarn, try holding two strands of worsted weight together. In this case, it’s a good idea to make a small gauge swatch to ensure the hat will fit.

• Find a video tutorial covering all the skills (just with different stitch counts than those listed below) in the 1.5 Hour Beanie pattern.

Main Hat Rectangle:

Notes:
• This toddler beanie crochet pattern is worked back and forth in rows and seamed at the end. These rows will become the vertical ribs on the hat.

• The ch 3 at the beginning of each row doesn’t count as a st.

• After Row 1, the double crochet stitches are worked only under the back loop of the stitch from the previous row. This is always the loop farthest away from you, regardless of which side of the crocheting is facing you. (This is called dcblo.)

Foundation Row: Ch 30 (34, 42).

Row 1: 1 dc in the fourth ch from the hook and each ch to end of row; turn. (27 (31, 39)

Row 2: Ch 3, dcblo in each dc to end of row; turn. (27 (31, 39)

Rep Row 2  20 (22, 24) more times to create a total of 22 (24, 26) rows.

Fasten off, leaving a 24” tail.

Before seaming into a hat, the rectangle dimension should measure approximately:

Hat Size	Rectangle Dimensions (Inches)
Preschool / Toddler	16.75” x 9.75″
Older Child	18.25” x 11.25″
Adult	19.75” x 14.25″

The photo below shows what your rectangle will look like before you seam it into a hat shape.

Seaming Rectangle:

Notes:
• To determine the RS and WS of your fabric: If you’re right handed, the tail of your final row should be on the bottom left when the WS is facing. Left-handed crocheters: the tail of your final row should be on the top left when the WS is facing. (See photo above.)

• To best disguise the join, seam is worked only through the chain stitches and the loop of each dc st that is closest to the seam.

The photo below shows how to work the yarn needle through chain stitches to seam your crochet kids hat.

Lay rectangle horizontally with WS facing up. Use stitch markers or safety pins to pin seam if desired.

Thread tapestry needle with tail from fastening off. Work from the top of dc st into top of corresponding ch. Then work from bottom of next ch into the bottom of the next corresponding dc. Continue like this through the top of one dc to the top of one ch and then through the bottom of one ch and the bottom of one dc. Repeat until end.

Tie a simple sewing knot by inserting needle in crochet fabric to create a loop of yarn, then inserting needle through loop of yarn and pulling tight. This will prevent seam from puckering in next step. Do not fasten off.

Closing Top of Hat:

Using tapestry needle and strand of yarn left over from previous seam, whip stitch around the top of the hat, working one whip stitch into each crochet row. Tighten circle and use tapestry needle to sew up any remaining opening in top of hat.

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Attaching Pom Pom to the Crochet Kids Beanie:

Create a pom pom with a large pom pom maker or 2.5” piece of cardboard. See a step-by-step pom pom tutorial here.

Use tail from seam to sew fur or yarn pom pom to hat.

Fasten off and weave in ends.

Congratulations

Woohoo, you made your own children’s crochet hat from a rectangle! Give your hook a high five and start planning your next project.

Pop your new kids beanie on their noggin’ and get to work on making one for everyone you know!

Frequently Asked Questions

We’ve gathered the most common questions about how to make a children’s crochet hat. Read on to learn the answers.