Free Crochet Moving Turkey Hat Pattern
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This free crochet moving turkey hat pattern combines adorable Thanksgiving charm with a fun, interactive design. It features a cute turkey with playful moving features that bring it to life. This project is perfect for any crocheter looking to make something fun, festive, and creative for Thanksgiving!
This crochet moving turkey hat is the perfect blend of adorable Thanksgiving charm and playful fun. The cute turkey-inspired design features interactive moving parts that bring this handmade accessory to life. It’s a unique crochet hat that’s sure to turn heads and bring smiles wherever you go.
One of the best things about this design is its fun, interactive moving features. It’s a playful twist on a traditional crochet animal hat, making it perfect for Thanksgiving celebrations, fall festivals, dress-up play, or simply adding a little whimsy to your wardrobe. You can stick with traditional turkey colors or get creative with your own color combinations to make your crochet turkey hat truly unique.
This crochet turkey hat makes a handmade and playful gift for Thanksgiving celebrations, fall festivals or themed parties. It checks the box of something unique and fun to crochet as well bring smiles to everyone’s face!
This design is extra special because it’s part of the Moving Hats Mini Mystery CAL (Mini MCAL), which means you’re joining a whole community of crocheters stitching together, sharing progress, and enjoying a little creative surprise along the way. Welcome, and I can’t wait to share this fun collection of interactive crochet hats with you! Each moving hat has its own unique design and playful features, making this Mini MCAL a fun way to create handmade accessories for different holidays and occasions.
Moving Turkey Hat Details
If you love crochet and cute animal accessories, you will love this fun and interactive crochet turkey hat that’s sure to bring plenty of smiles and joy to your Thanksgiving celebrations. The adorable turkey design features feathers that actually move, bringing this playful Thanksgiving hat to life. It’s a fun and festive accessory that’s perfect for holiday gatherings, dress-up fun, or simply adding a little handmade charm to your Thanksgiving outfit.
This hat is a really fun design if you’re looking for something a little different to crochet. The moving turkey feathers make this hat stand out from traditional crochet animal hats, adding a playful and interactive touch. Not only is it adorable, but it’s also full of festive Thanksgiving charm. You can stick with traditional turkey colors like brown, red, orange, and yellow or get creative with your own color combinations to make your hat truly unique.
Ready to make your own crochet moving turkey hat? Grab your favorite yarn, your crochet hook, and get ready to stitch up a cute and playful Thanksgiving accessory that’s just as fun to wear as it is to make!
Get More Crochet Moving Hat Patterns
Did you know…this Moving Turkey Hat pattern is not my first Moving Hat Crochet Pattern? I have a lot more!
Get the PDF of the Crochet Turkey Hat with Moving Feathers Pattern
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So, let me now give you the supplies you need in order to crochet this fun project.
Free Crochet Moving Turkey Hat Pattern
Materials you will need
- WeCrochet Brava Yarn (100% Acrylic, Worsted, 218 yds/100g)
- 1 skein of Canary
- 1 skein of Brindle
- 1 skein of Red
- 1 skein of Grass
- 1 skein of Orange
- 1 skein of white
- Little bit of black
- 5.0mm hook
- scissors
- tapestry needle
- polyfill
- Air Pumps – click to get yours
Gauge
4 sts x 2 rounds = 1 square inch
Size
10 (width) x 8 inches (just that hat, one size (adult) – See reference table to adjust the size of the beanie for a different head size
Stitches used in the pattern
Learn all the basic crochet stitches HERE (US crochet terms and abbreviations)
- st/sts = stitch/stitches
- ch = chain
- sc = single crochet
- dc = double crochet
- sl st = slip stitch
- inc = increase
- dec = decrease
- Magic ring
- ATC = Alternative Turning Chain
- blo = back loop only
- invisible join
- Chainless foundation DC stitch (video is here)
Crochet Moving Hat Video Tutorial
Before starting your moving hat, I recommend watching the videos (for the beanie and extension arms) shown as part of the Unicorn Moving Hat here or the Moving Witch Hat here.
Crochet Moving Turkey Hat Pattern – Written Instructions
Quick note: First you’ll crochet the beanie, then the arm straps where the air pump gets inserted into, then the extra accessories. Then you assemble it all.
Use a stitch marker for rounds with no slip stitch.
Beanie
With Brindle
ALL first dc stitches are made as a ch3 or ATC (both count as stitch, I used the ATC)
R1: MR, ch 1, add 12 dc, close the ring, sl st to the first st
R2: 2 dc per st all around, sl st to the first st
R3: *1 dc in the first st, then 2 dc in the next st, repeat from * all around, sl st to the first st
R4: *1 dc in 2 sts, then 2 dc in the next st, repeat from * all around, sl st to the first st
R5: *1 dc in 3 sts, then 2 dc in the next st, repeat from * all around, sl st to the first st
R6: *1 dc in 4 sts, then 2 dc in the next st, repeat from * all around, sl st to the first st
R7-15: 1 dc per st all around, sl st to the first st
Now you’ll crochet the long “arms” hanging down one at the time.
With brindle.
**R1: 1 dc in the next 9 sts, now add 9 chainless foundation dc stitches, sl st to the first st
(Optionally, you can also crochet the arms separately and then sew them on later. In that case, make a chain of 18, sl st to the first st, and then crochet 1 dc per ch (18 sts) all around)
R2-22: 1 dc per st, sl st to the 1st st
Now use canary
R23: *1 dc, 2dc in the following st, repeat from * all around, sl st to the 1st st
R24-25: 1 dc per st, sl st to the 1st st
R26: dc dec all around, sl st to the 1st st
Fasten off (close the hole) and weave in your ends.
Reattach your yarn, 28 stitches from the 9th dc you made in R1 (opposite side of the beanie) if you crochet them on rather then sew them later. And repeat from ** for the 2nd arm.
2 White Eyes
R1: MR, 12 dc, close the ring, sl st
R2: 2 dc per st, sl st
R3: (1 dc, 2 dc) 12 times, sl st, fasten off
2 Inner Eyes
R1: with black MR, ch1, add 12 dc, close the ring, fasten off
Sew inner eyes to outer eyes.
Feathers (2 canary, 2 red, 2 grass, 2 orange)
R1: with white MR, ch1, add 6 sc, close the ring, continuous rounds, use stitch marker
R2: 2 sc per st
R3: (1 sc, 2 sc) 6 times
R4: 1 sc per st
Repeat R4 until 4.5 inches (mine were 20 rds).
Beak (orange)
R1: ch 9, start from 2nd ch from the hook, 1 sc per st, turn
R2: 1 sc dec, 1 sc per st, turn
Repeat R2 until 3 sts left, decrease over all.
Fasten off
Snood (red)
R1: Ch 11, start from the 2nd ch from the hook, 3 sc in the first ch, 1 sc in each ch until 1 left, 3 sc in the last ch, now turn 180 degrees and crochet into chains again, 1 sc per ch (that doesn’t have 3 sc already). Fasten off
Assembly
Now add the air pump mechanism, by adding the bulb through the long arms and squeeze half of the bent air flap (opposite side of the air pump) between 2 stitches 5 rounds from the bottom of the beanie) – right and left side of the face.
After you push the air flap through, put the one of the “feathers” over and sew them to the beanie. Now evenly sew the rest of the feathers in a line across the beanie (stuffed with polyfill). Make sure to sew on the “feathers” in an oval not a flat line or they won’t stand up.
Sew the eyes to the front, then the snood and then the beak. I also added a white line to the black pupils.
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Here are some other great moving hat crochet projects that you might like to try:
Find the free crochet patterns here:
- Crochet Moving Bat Hat
- Crochet Cow Hat with Moving Ears
- Crochet Reindeer Hat with Moving Ears
- Crochet Elf Hat with Moving Ears
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