Hi friends,

Candy Corn – you either love it or hate it! I happen to love it 😋, but even if you don’t you’re sure to love this easy to make Crochet Candy Corn Pumpkin. The pattern is quick to make and will add a little whimsy to your Fall decor.

Disclosure: Some of the links on my site are affiliate links, meaning, at no additional cost to you, I will earn a small commission if you click through and make a purchase. As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases.

The Crochet Candy Corn Pumpkin is made with worsted weight yarn and an H/5mm crochet hook. I used I Love This Yarn in Yellow and White and a double strand of I Love This Yarn Sport Weight for the Orange because the worsted weight didn’t have the shade I wanted. You can use your favorite worsted weight yarn to stitch up your pumpkins.

The pattern is below and there’s also a link to a free PDF for easy printing.

Crochet Candy Corn Pumpkin 

Worsted Weight Yarn – I used I Love This Yarn in Yellow and White. For the orange, I used 2 strands held together of I Love This Yarn Sport Weight Orange because the worsted weight didn’t have the color I wanted. 

H/5mm crochet hook

Poly-fil

Yarn needle 

Stitches used in US terms:

Foundation Single Crochet – fsc

Single Crochet – sc

Row 1: with Yellow, work 40 fsc, leaving a long tail at the beginning for a running stitch for gathering the bottom of the pumpkin. Turn. (40 stitches)

Rows 2-9: ch 1. sc in each stitch across. Turn. (40 stitches)

Change to Orange, leaving a long tail of yellow for sewing. 

Rows 10-15: ch 1. sc in each stitch across. Turn. (40 stitches)

Change to White leaving a long tail of the White at the beginning and ALSO leaving a long tail of Orange for sewing. 

Rows 16-21: ch 1. sc in each stitch across. Turn. (40 stitches)

Fasten off leaving a VERY LONG tail for a running stitch and to add shaping to pumpkin.

This is how your piece will look after Row 21.  I wove in the shorter tails of orange before sewing the ends together.

Fold piece in half and whip stitch edges together, using the yarn tails of each color. Fasten off and weave in ends of each color after sewing.

Turn piece so seam is on the inside. You will still have a long tail of yellow at the beginning and a very long tail of white at the end.  

Using the long tail of Yellow from the beginning, run a gathering stitch around the bottom of the pumpkin. Pull tightly to close the pumpkin and run a few stitches back and forth across the opening to make sure it is completely closed. Fasten off and weave in end. 

Stuff pumpkin with poly-fil and gather the top in the same manner, using the very long tail of White. Do not cut the yarn.

Shaping the Pumpkin:

Using your yarn needle, draw the white yarn through the center top of the pumpkin to center bottom of the pumpkin. You’ll have to squish your pumpkin to get the needle through. Wrap the yarn around to the top of the pumpkin and pull it through again, pulling it tightly to form a “ridge”. Do this 5 or 6 times to give the pumpkin “ridges” for the pumpkin shape. Tie it off tightly at the bottom after the last wrap around and weave in your end. 

Glue a small stick to the center top of the pumpkin for the stem. Tie with natural twine or ribbon if you’d like. I used E6000 clear adhesive to glue my sticks to the center of my pumpkins.

The finished pumpkins measure about 4 inches across and 2.75 inches tall before adding the stem.

Heres’s the link to the free PDF…

You can easily make this cute pumpkin in a single color, too. Make several in all orange and all white to add to the candy corn pumpkins. Fill up a dough bowl with all of your pumpkins for a cute centerpiece. You can also adjust the size of your pumpkins by adding or subtracting stitches from your starting foundation row and adding or subtracting the number of rows.

I used pieces of sticks from my yard to make the stems of my pumpkins. Pieces of cinnamon sticks would also work – and they would smell good, too!

By the way, why isn’t there a candy corn emoji?? 🤷🏼‍♀️

Anita