Free No-Sew Crochet Dinosaur Pattern – Easy Brontosaurus Plushie for Craft Fairs & Beginners

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Get your FREE No-Sew Dinosaur Pattern today! Easy-to-follow instructions for creating a cute cuddly crochet brontosaurus using the No-Sew CROCHET technique and Super Bulky Chenille yarn, including 1 detailed video tutorial. Perfect for beginners and crochet enthusiasts alike!

Dinosaur lovers — this one’s for you! I’m so excited to share my newest no-sew amigurumi pattern: the No-Sew Brontosaurus Dino. If you love fast, easy, and ultra-cute projects that don’t require any sewing, you’re going to fall head over heels for this cuddly prehistoric pal.

Craft Fair Bestseller Dino Brontosaurus

Made with soft green super bulky chenille Premier Parfait Chunky Yarn and a 4.5mm hook, this dino is squishy, beginner-friendly, and incredibly quick to work up. I designed it to be no-sew, just like my popular Leggy Froggy and Baby Turtle — because let’s be real, skipping the sewing step is a total game-changer! Whether you’re making this for a child, a dinosaur fan, or to sell at your next craft fair, this Bronto is a guaranteed crowd-pleaser.

This little guy was originally part of a Mystery Crochet Along (MCAL) and has since become a favorite among my testers and followers. He stands out on your market table, works up in under an hour or two, and is the perfect pattern to make again and again.

Let’s get crocheting — your dino adventure awaits!

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Get the PDF of the No-Sew Crochet Dinosaur Pattern

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More Free No-Sew or Amigurumi Crochet Patterns

If you like more free patterns, you might also like to try one of these:

1. No Sew Leggy Froggy
2. No Sew Baby Turtle
3. Cat Amigurumi
4. 3 differently sized Chocolate Covered Strawberries

So, let me now give you the supplies you need in order to crochet this adorable Dino pattern.

How to Crochet a No-Sew Dinosaur – Free Pattern

Materials you will need

• 4.5mm hook – I used the WeCrochet Dots Hook
• Premier Parfait Chunky Yarn (super bulky, 100% polyester, 131yd/ 100g)
  • key lime
• scissors
• tapestry needle
• Plastic eyes – I recommend this set for all the different sizes
• polyfill

Optional Substitute Yarns:

• Knitting Fever Ella Rae CUDDLE Yarn (100% Polyester, Super Bulky, 109 yds/100g) in color Aloe
• Bernat Baby Blanket Yarn in color Lemon Lime

Gauge

6 sts x 5 rounds = 2 square inches

Size

3 (w) x 8 (h) x 5.5 (l) inches

Stitches used in the pattern (US Terms)

Learn all the basic crochet stitches HERE

• st/sts = stitch/stitches
• ch = chain
• sk = skip
• sl st = slip stitch
• sc = single crochet
• inv sc dec = invisible single crochet decrease

Free Written No Sew Crochet Dinosaur Pattern with Video

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Written Pattern Notes

Keep in mind, that this pattern used to be a Mystery CAL, and therefore the pattern is broken up as such.

See video tutorials for a step-by-step pattern tutorial. Use a stitch marker for round changes. Close the magic ring unless mentioned otherwise.

Full Video Tutorial for the No-Sew Crochet Dinosaur Pattern

Please watch the full video here

Written Pattern Instructions

4 Legs (crochet 2 at the time)

1 Leg:

R1: MR, 9 sc

R2-4: 1 sc per st, cut yarn for 1st leg, not 2nd

Now make another leg the same way

Then connect 2 legs together this way:

ch 1, pull loop from 2nd leg through the 1st leg, 1 sc into ch 1, 1 sc per st around 2nd leg, 1 sc into ch 1, 1 sc per st around 1st leg.

Cut yarn after the first set is done, but not for the 2nd set of legs.

Now repeat for the 3rd and 4th legs the same way as the 1st and 2nd.

Connect both sets together, 5 sl sts.

Now you’re starting the body continued from the legs.

Body

R1: 8 sc evenly around each leg (32 sts)

R2-4: 1 sc per st

R5: 1 sc in 14 sts, ch 4, sk 6, 1 sc in 12 sts (30 sts)

R6: 1 sc per st

R7: 1 sc in 11 sts, 6 inv sc dec, 1 sc in 7 sts (24 sts)

R8: 1 sc in 10 sts, 4 inv sc dec, 1 sc in 6 sts (20 sts)

R9: 1 sc in 8 sts, 4 inv sc dec, 1 sc in 4 sts (16 sts)

R10: 1 sc in 6 sts, 4 inv sc dec, 1 sc in 2 sts (12 sts)

Stuff body

R11: 1 sc in 6 sts, 2 inv sc dec, 1 sc in 2 sts (10 sts)

R12-15: 1 sc per st

Stuff neck

R16: 1 sc, [2 sc] 3 times, 1 sc in 6 sts (13 sts)

R17: 1 sc in 2 sts, [2 sc] 5 times, 1 sc in 6 sts (18 sts)

R18: 1 sc per st

R19: (1 sc, 1 inv sc dec) 6 times (12 sts)

Add eyes between the last and the round before, about 4 sts apart

Stuff head

R20: inv sc dec 6 times (6 sts)

Close the hole by weaving through the front loops

Now crochet on the tail

R1: 12 sc evenly around the open hole on the back

R2: (1 sc in 4 sts, 1 inv sc dec) 2 times (10 sts)

R3: (1 sc in 3 sts, 1 inv sc dec) 2 times (8 sts)

R4: (1 sc in 2 sts, 1 inv sc dec) 2 times (6 sts)

Stuff

R5: (1 sc, 1 inv sc dec) 2 times (4 sts)

Close the hole by weaving through the front loops

Add the mouth like shown in the video

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