Crocheted Mickey Mouse Hat for an American Girl Doll

If you follow my blog, you know I am a huge Disney fan.  Recently I have begun to fall in love with crocheting again . . . so this project combines those two things for a crocheted Mickey Mouse hat! I really was making this pattern up as I went along, but it was just too cute not to share! So here is my free mickey mouse hat crochet pattern!

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Crocheted Mickey Mouse Hat Supplies

I started off with some black Red Heart Super Saveer yarn that I had left over from a blanket I made YEARS ago.  Honestly the brand of the yarn does not matter. Usually I will get the softest yarn I can find, but since this was just going to be a crocheted Mickey Mouse hat for an American Girl Doll I was not worried about that.

I used a G crochet hook for this project.

I started off with the free crocheted doll beanie hat pattern that I found HERE.  Since that pattern goes into the steps for the beanie hat so well, I will let you jump over there. Just make sure to come back here to see how I turned into a crocheted Mickey Mouse hat.

The pattern is all double crochet and chain stitches, so it is easy to make.  If you have never crocheted before, I recommend picking up a beginners crochet book.

For this free Mickey Mouse hat crochet pattern we will be working in a round. Once you create your round, you just keep building on that.

Then you just keep building on that circle, with a slight increase in stitches as you go.

You will end up with a little “beanie” style hat like this. We are making this one for a doll, but you could size it up for a person to wear.

Free Mickey Mouse Hat Crochet Pattern

Now for the part where I turn this beanie into something more magical. This is where I added my own creativity to the original pattern.  I used the basic idea that I learned in the Teach Me To Crochet book by Leisure Arts

There is a pattern in that book for a circular pillow, and I used that but only doing the first three rounds to make two little black circles that I attached to the beanie hat to create Mickey Mouse Ears for an American Girl Doll!

To see some of my other crochet projects, including the circular pillow that inspired the ears for this project, just click HERE.

You could easily do variations on this same pattern and add a bow to make it a Minnie Mouse hat! Or do it in different colors, for example a red and green one for the holidays! Make sure to check out Amazon for other American Girl Doll clothing and accessories!