Mini Superman Free Crochet Pattern

James Gunn's Superman was released in July 2025, and the world has been watching closely! As the creative wife of a self-proclaimed nerd, I have been getting into creating crochet patterns based on many of your favorite heros (and some villians are in the works as well)! So to all the rest of the fans out there with crafty relatives or significant others (or the crafter reading this), here is a simple pattern that works up in just a few hours that would make a SUPER surprise! Any size/texture yarn can be used, so it is completely up to you! I hope this free pattern makes you all as happy as it made my husband!

~A. Sparks

Materials:

-Blue thread

-Red thread

-Yellow thread

-Beige thread

-Black thread

-Hook of appropriate size for thread of choice (I tend to use a size down!)

-Stuffing

-Safety Eyes (if desired, otherwise eyes will be sewn on at the end)

NOTE: Slip Stitch the last stitch of the row to first stitch of the row and stuff as you go; DO NOT stuff arms

Legs (make 2)

Start in Red

1. MR 6 (6)

2. SC, INC around (9)

Change to Blue

3-6. SC around (9)

Don’t cut thread at end of second leg

Body

Start in Red

7. SC 4 on leg 2, keep tension and continue onto leg 1, SC 9, keep tension and continue back to leg 2, SC 5 (18)

8-9. SC around (18)

Change to Yellow

10. SC around (18)

Change to Blue

11. [SC 4, DEC] x3 (15)

12. SC 15 around (15)

13. [SC 3, DEC] x3 (12)

14. SC 12 around

15. [SC 4, DEC] x2 (10)

16. SC 10 around (10)

Arms (make 2)

Start in Beige

1. MR 6 (6)

2-3. SC around (6)

Change to Blue

4-9. SC around (6)

Head

Start in Black

1. MR 6 (6)

2. INC x6 (12)

3. [SC, INC] x 6 (18)

4. [SC 2, INC] x 6 (24)

5. SC around (24)

6. SC 6, change color to Beige, SC 8, Change color to Black, SC 10 (24)

7. SC 5, Change color to Beige, SC 8, Change color to Black, SC 11 (24)

~If using safety eyes, add them between rows 5 &6, 2 spaces apart~

8. SC 3, Change color to Beige, SC 10, Change color to Black, SC 11 (24)

9. SC 2, Change color to Beige, DEC, SC 2, DEC, SC 2, DEC, Change color to Black, SC 2, DEC, SC 2, DEC, SC 2, DEC (18)

10. SC, Change color to Beige, DEC, SC, DEC, SC, SC, Change color to Black, DEC, DEC, SC, DEC, SC, DEC (12)

Change color to Beige

11. [SC4, DEC] x2 (10)

Cape

In Red

1. CH 5, turn

2. INC in 2nd chain from hook, SC 3, CH 1 & turn (5)

3. INC in 2nd chain from hook, SC 4, CH 1 & turn (6)

4. INC in 2nd chain from hook, SC 5, CH 1 & turn (7)

5. INC in 2nd chain from hook, SC 6, CH 1 & turn (8)

6. INC in 2nd chain from hook, SC 7, CH 1 & turn (9)

7. INC in 2nd chain from hook, SC 8, CH 1 & turn (10)

8. INC in 2nd chain from hook, SC 9, CH 1 & turn (11)

9. INC in 2nd chain from hook, SC 10, CH 1 & turn (12)

10. INC in 2nd chain from hook, SC 11, CH 1 & turn (13)

11. INC in 2nd chain from hook, SC 12, CH 1 & turn (14)

12. INC in 2nd chain from hook, SC 13, CH 1 & turn (15)

13. INC in 2nd chain from hook, SC 14, CH 1 & turn (16)

14. INC in 2nd chain from hook, SC 15, F/O (17)

Emblem

In Yellow

1. CH 2, turn

2. INC in 2nd chain from hook, SC 1, F/O (3)

Assembly:

-Use Blue thread to sew opening on Head to opening on Body and to sew Arms to Body between rows 15 & 16

-Use Red thread to sew Cape to Body at nape of neck and to add belt loops across Yellow belt as desired

-Use Yellow thread to sew Emblem onto chest

-Use Black thread to sew on eyes if not using safety eyes (between rows 5-6; 2 spaces apart) and mouth (between rows 9-10; 4 stitches wide; secure loop with a single stitch in the middle of the mouth between rows 10-11 to create smile)