Granny Square Christmas Tree Ornament

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How amazing is it that you have the skills to add beautiful crochet touches to your festive decor? This crochet Christmas tree pattern uses a unique granny square folded to make an adorable little tree.

You can hang them on your tree, string them in a garland, or use them as part of your gift wrapping. Plus, it’s a great stash-buster—perfect for using up all those scraps of green, red, and gold yarn!

Ready to crochet your way into the holiday spirit? Grab your yarn, hook, and a mug of something warm, and let’s get started on this easy and festive pattern! Keep reading for all the details and the free crochet pattern or you can purchase the PDF version here.

I got the idea to turn a granny square into a small Christmas Tree from Sarah at Repeat Crafter Me. She used a traditional granny square to make the cutest trees.

The nice part about using a traditional granny square is making the trees in multiple sizes. With the Fountain Flower square, you are a bit more limited with size options unless you change the size of your yarn and hook.

Related: Large Christmas Tree

Stitches

You’ll start with a magic circle and then use half double crochet, chain stitches, puff stitches, single crochet, and double crochet to make the square. While most of the stitches are basic, you’ll be placing them in ways that require a good grasp on parts of crochet stitches.

Related: Flat Christmas Trees

Yarn

These trees are a perfect scrap yarn project. You can grab any leftover worsted-weight yarn, use a combo of colors if you’d like, and whip up some unique Christmas ornaments quickly.

I used Anti-Pilling Everyday Yarn from Premier Yarns for my trees because I had just the colors I wanted on hand. If you order directly from Premier Yarns, be sure to sign up for their reward program where you’ll get a coupon and reward points and I’ll get reward points. 

Related: Tree and Star Garland

Skill Level

Once you get the hang of the square, they are super easy to make and whip up in a couple of minutes. However, the pattern is rated as an intermediate skill level because it uses stitches and stitch placements that aren’t basic stitches at a beginner/easy level.

Granny Square Christmas Tree Ornament Free Pattern

Skill Level: Intermediate

Gauge: not critical

Finished Size: 4.5” by 4.5”

Supplies

US size I/9, 5.5 mm crochet hook
Premier Anti-Pilling Everyday yarn (category 4, worsted weight yarn)

• Approximately 0.4 ounces (21 yds)/square

Large Eye Yarn Needle
Scissors
Optional: Gold Lapel Stars, Ribbon, ¾” Wooden Beads

Abbreviations

ch: chain
hdc: half double crochet
sl st: slip stitch
sc: single crochet
beg: beginning
puff: puff stitch (see special stitches)
st(s): stitch(es)
dc: double crochet
sp(s): space(s)

Notes

Brackets [ ] are used to indicate the instructions within the brackets will be repeated the specified number of times.

The ch 1 at the beginning of a round does not count as a stitch. The ch 2 that starts rounds 4 and 6 does count as a stitch.

Special Stitches

puff stitch: [yo, pull up a loop] 3 times (7 loops on the hooks), yo, pull through all 7 loops on the hook.

Pattern Instructions

Begin with a Magic Circle

Round 1: Ch 1, (does not count as a st here and throughout), 8 hdc in magic circle, tighten to close, join with a sl st to beg hdc. (8 hdc)

Round 2: Ch 1, [puff, ch 3 puff, ch 1] in each st around. (16 puff sts, 8 ch-3 sp, 8 ch-1 sp).

Round 3: [Sl st to ch-3 sp, 3 sc in ch-3 sp, sl st in ch-1 sp between next 2 puff sts] 8 times (24 sc)

For the next round, you will be working all stitches in the ch-1 sps between 2 puff stitches made in Round 2. You will work over the sl sts made in Round 3.

Round 4: Ch 2 (counts as a st here and throughout), (dc, ch 3, 2 dc) in same sp (between puff sts), [ch 2, skip 3 sc, dc in ch-1 sp between puff sts, ch 2, skip 3 sc (2 dc, ch 3, 2 dc) in next ch-1 sp] 3 times, ch 2, skip 3 sc, dc in ch-1 sp between puff sts, ch 2, skip 3 sc, join with a sl st to beg ch 2 (20 dc, 4 ch-3 sps)

Round 5: Ch 1, [sc in next 2 sts, 3 sc in ch-3 sp, sc in next 2 sts, 2 sc in ch-2 sp, sc in dc, 2 sc in ch-2 sp] 4 times, join with a sl st to beg sc (48 sc)

Round 6: Ch 2, dc in next 2 sts, (dc, ch 1, dc) in next st, [dc in next 11 sts, (dc, ch 1, dc) in next st] 3 times, dc in next 8 sts, join with a sl st to beg ch 2 (52 dc)

Folding into a tree

Turn the square so one corner is at the top then fold the two adjacent sides until they line up in the middle of the square. Whip stitch the sides together through the outer loops of each side. Fold the bottom corner up to close the bottom of the tree. Whip stitch through the outer loops. Fasten off and weave in ends.

Optional: Cut a 12” piece of ribbon and secure it to the bottom of the tree (I tied it like you tie on fringe) then add a large wooden bead to the ribbon.