This free crochet pattern for Anna and Elsa braided hats inspired by Disney’s Frozen will make your favorite little princess’s day a little more magical.

Are you a Frozen fan? We are over here. Yes, Thor loves Frozen.
It’s the music. He’s a huge music fan. I know another little girl who is a huge Disney fan as well.
She even shushes her mom when her mom tries to sing along with the movies. How cute is that?
I decided that I wanted to make her some fun Frozen inspired Anna and Elsa hats so she could pretend to be a princess.

You may have seen my first attempt for my niece over on Instagram. The pattern below should make it easy to create any size hat.
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These are so cute! I cannot even imagine how adorable a little toddler would look in these!!!
These are so stinking cute. Despite my girls having such long hair these would be a huge hit!
These are SOOOO adorable!
These are so adorable! My daughte would love me forever if I made her these – too bad I haven’t yet learned how to crochet. So cute – oh and thanks for the giveaway!
Made the Elsa hat as a gift for an 8 year old’s bday present- the party was a Frozen theme! Making the Anna hat tonight for my daughter- so cute, thanks for the patterns!
Thank you so much for these pattern iv made both hats for my daughter, she loves them!
Thanks so much for the pattern! My 3 year old granddaughter told me she wanted Elsa hair this morning and I had it finished for her by lunchtime. She loves her Elsa hair and runs around the house singing “Let it go”!
LOVE!!!! thanks SO much for sharing the pattern <3 my girls are gunna flip when they see their new hats after i make them 😀
What colors did you use?
Thanks for the pattern!
How I download the Elsa’s beanie. Thanks.
There is not a downloadable version at this time. The pattern is just in the post itself.
Thanks for the patterns. I had an idea in my head as to what I wanted to make, but wasn’t sure how to go about attaching the hair. 🙂
I love these! Your pattern helped me figure out how to attach the hair. Just so let you know, someone is using your photos to sell hats on ETSY. They of course cropped out your logo. 🙁 I sent you a message on Ravelry with the shop information so you can report it.
This is beautiful!!! I featured it in a round up at MNE Crafts!!
https://www.mnecrafts.com/2014/06/photography-props-round-up-18-free.html
What colors and brand yarn did you use? I love it and want to make it just like yours for my daughter.
I used Hobby Lobby’s I Love This Yarn for both hats. For the Anna hat I used dark raspberry and I believe the trim was hot rose. For the hair I used terra-cotta with a cream streak. For Elsa I think I used glacier with peacock.
I hope that helps.
What is the magic ring. [email protected]
Here’s a video on how to do the magic ring. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sLUaywX0-WE
Great pattern, worked up perfectly my granddaughters are going to love them.
I am having a difficult time with the braid on the Elsa hat. Any tips that you can share would be appreciated. Thank you.
It was easiest for me to braid all the braids while the hat was being worn. However, if you don’t have someone with a head that size handy, you can have someone use their hands to fill out that hat while you braid.
Does the hair go all the way around the hat? Great pattern thank you for sharing!
Yes. The hair goes all the way around.
These are adorable BUT with Elsa hat hair – when sweeping it to the side, you lose length so end up with very uneven hairs to braid! I used the 48 inch length but would recomend adding a bit more to compensate and just cut even once braided.
You do lose some length when evening up the braid, but it is still rather long. Although it never hurts to cut the yarn a little longer to begin with.
I am trying to make your pattern…which I love btw…but I think it’s going to take me more than 12 rows…is it because the yarn I’m using or did I do something wrong??
It’s probably the yarn you are using. Just do however many rows makes a good sized hat. The number of rows isn’t important.
Thanks so much amber!! I think I might double the yarn for the next one!! <3
I was just asked by a friend to make an Elsa hat/wig for her little girl, (she is 2.5) What is the gauge and sizing for these hats? And what brand of yarn and which colors did you use?
I would say that a 2.5 year old would be the toddler size, but it really depends on the child’s head size. I made the toddler size for this post and gave them to a 2 year old.
I used Hobby Lobby’s I Love This Yarn for both hats. For the Anna hat I used dark raspberry and I believe the trim was hot rose. For the hair I used terra-cotta with a cream streak. For Elsa I think I used glacier with peacock.
I hope that helps.
These are so too cute! I wish i had a daughter in the worst way! Luckily I have friends with daughters.
Hi! Question. I made the Elsa hat last week, and it has 10 rounds. When I logged back in to make the Anna hat it seems that the rounds and stitch counts have changed. Also, why would the toddler size have a larger stitch count then the child size? Can you look into it? Thanks!!
Ooops! Thanks for catching my mistake. I was trying to rewrite the pattern to make it easier to read and I forgot to delete some rows from the toddler pattern and change the numbers on all of the patterns. Good eye!
Thank you for confirming that I was NOT going insane lol. Could you let me know when it’s completed? Thanks so much!! I would love to send you a picture of the Elsa hat that’s almost complete (just waiting on some sparkles for the braid!)
Hi I was wondering what the circumference on the finished hats was so i could appropriately guestimate what i need to make for my daughters. Thanks
The toddler size is approximately 18 inches. I don’t have a hat on hand to measure. I just measured my son’s head which I used for sizing when creating the pattern.
Making these for friends for Christmas. Heads measure 19 and 21 inches, should I use toddler or child size. They are so cute thanks for the pattern.
Thanks. I would say probably toddler for the 19″ and child for the 21″. I hope they like them.
What is a magic ring? Thanks!
Magic ring is a way to start crochet in the round that will leave almost no hole at the top. There are some good video tutorials on youtube.
Do you have any photos of what these look like on? I’m having a hard time picturing how the hair would look with it going all of the way around like that.
I don’t have any pictures of the hats on, but the hair is basically all gathered around and braided over the front of the left shoulder for the elsa hat. You can check out the projects page on ravelry to see what others have done.
Thank you so much for the free patterns. My grandaughter has fallen in love with Frozen and will love this… Thanks again for your kindness!
These are so adorable Amber!
MUST HAVE SOME OF THESE~!!!
OMGosh – my grand daughters would go crazy for these!
Oh my they are adorable! I’ve pinned them to my Disney board.
Very cute! I’m sure some little girls would be thrilled to wear such cute hats!
What are the finished dimensions for the toddler and child sizes? I can’t wait to start both of them for my 2 granddaughters. One is 5 years old and the other 1.5 years. Thanks for posting this adorable pattern.
also wondering what your gauge was for these hats?
You did a beautiful job and the are just adorable! This would make a lovely homemade Christmas gift for my daughter so I will be pinning this to begin working on in September 🙂
Totally ADORABLE, I am definitely going to consider those for gifts this Christmas!
Thank you so much for sharing these patterns!! I have a friend that is going to be Elsa for Halloween and her daughter Anna and I really wanted to make them the hats!!
I do have a quick question for you. I started making the adult hat last night and the 11 rounds for the hat do not seem to be enough. Am I doing something wrong? I’m using the I Love This Yarn yarn you said you used and wanted to make sure it wasn’t something I completely missed! Thanks =)
We’re making a toddler size Elsa hat and a child size Anna hat… How many skeins of each yarn do you recommend for each hat in those sizes?
I think each skein of Hobby Lobby’s I Love This Yarn can make 2+ hats.
Thanks so much for that info! I’m in Finland and I’m going to get a family member in USA to shop for the yarn at Hobby Lobby and send it to me because they do not ship internationally. I was wondering how much yarn I’d need. I’m going to make an Adult and a Child size of both hats. Does that mean I’d just need one skein of all the colours? That’s how I interpreted your post.
Yes, you only need 1 skein of each color. However you may want 2 skeins of the white for Elsa’s hair. One will probably work, but I would order 2 just to be safe.
If this helps, I’ve made 4 sets of the Anna and Elsa hats, and have plenty of each color (1 skein of each) left over.
The pattern only has 11 rows? Is this right? How would it be big enough? HELP
This pattern does only have 11 rows. You can add more if you need to, but using a J hook and double crochet stitch creates tall rows.
Hi Do you have any pictures of the girls wearing the hats. Just would like to see how they look before I start to make them. Thanks for the pattern!’
I do not. But you can check out the ravelry projects for this pattern and see what others have made.
Elsa: https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/frozen-inspired-elsa-braided-hat/people
Anna: https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/frozen-inspired-anna-braided-hat/people
In your list of yarn you say you used Ivory but in the directions you say white??? Is it white instead?
You could use white instead, but I used Ivory. Sorry for the confusion.
Would you recommend the child size for a 4 year old?
I would, but it would also depend on your crochet gauge and the size of the child’s head. I’ve been told that the child size is too big for some 5-year-olds but I made the toddler size for a 2-year-old and it fit perfectly.
How fantastic ; I love your Anna and Elsa hats!!! Thank you very much! 🙂
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Lee Ann
Crochetgottaloveit.blogspot.com
Thanks so much for your pattern. I made the Anna hat with pink and yellow hair as that is what I had. I purchased blue and white though not the hobby lobby brand. The granddaughters love them. Now to make 2 more elsa hats. The magic ring is a great help. Thanx for sharing your pattern.
Thank you SOOO much for sharing (and for free) your wonderful pattern! my girls are going as Elsa and Anna for Halloween and this solves the dilema of both keeping them warm here in Canada and not having to buy two $16 wigs for one night.
I am just having a hard time understanding the braid instructions for the Anna hat in toddler size. I know I need to cut 96 strands, but how many of them should be white? It sounds like 6, but in the picture it looks more like 10 or so…Thank so much.
I’m glad you like the pattern. There are only 6 strands of white in the toddler Anna hat. When you do the braid the white will be at the front of the middle segment and you just braid it carefully so that the white stays on top of the red to show through.
No Hobby lobby near where I live, want would be a substitute yarn I could use for these 2 cute hats?
You can use any worsted weight yarn. Or you can order yarn from Hobby Lobby online.
I just started to crochet and made my first newborn beanie, this might be a little more advanced but I’m itching to head to hobby lobby! Thank you so much for the inspiration! And the patterns your a truly helping me make some happy faces come christmas! Bless you!
What size would I make for 21.5″ head. Both girls have the same size head and 1 wants Elsa and the other Anna.
I think the child size would work best.
I loooove this pattern! I was wondering if I could sell this to friends (posting the picture on my personal Facebook) and at craft fairs. I didn’t see anything on here that said we couldn’t but I wanted to check with you first!
The picture would be of the one I make. I see someone posted your pic was being used on etsy. Anything posted on my fb would be my own work.
Ness,
You can totally sell your creations. I just ask that you do indeed use your own images and site me as the pattern designer. Thanks. Happy crocheting.
Awesome. Thank you! I bought the yarn today and can’t wait to start!
Just finished Anna hat and love it.going to do Rosa hat now.thank you for sharing. I tryed to do the email but wouldn’t let me enter my email.
Its elsa hat oops.
I’m glad you love the Anna hat. Thanks for letting me know about the email issue. I’ll look into it.
How much yarn do I need to buy for the child’s hats? Wanna get started on these… Thanks!
One skein of each color will make 2-3 hats. The only exception is the Elsa hair. Depending on how many Elsa hats you are making you might need multiple skeins. One skein will definitely do one Elsa hat with some left over.
I am planning to make these for party favors for my daughter’s 8th birthday in January! SUPER excited to get started!!
I bet those will be some super excited little girls.
These are so cute! Thank you for sharing. I have two great-nieces that LOVE Frozen, so I’m headed to Hobby Lobby to buy some yard 🙂
Such cute patterns. But I am to the last row of the toddler pattern using correct yarn and hook and it will not fit in any way. Making it for an 18month old. It looks like a Jewish beanie cap thingee. Please can you give measurements. And how far down on their head should the last row be? I am going to have to start all over 🙁
Ana is her name pronounced Ona….different than Anna 😉 Nice Pattern, thank you!
Did you find that when you made the Anna braids that the circumference of the hat shrank?
I did not find this to be an issue, but depending on how tightly you braided the hair I can see this happening.
What does “*dc, 2 dc*” mean? Thanks!
It means double crochet in the first stitch, 2 double crochet in the next stitch. The * mean that you would repeat what is between them. So dc, 2 dc, dc, 2 dc, etc.
Thank you so much for the pattern and making it free! I’m making the Elsa hat for a little friend who is fighting neuroblastoma. She’s bald from chemo and loves Frozen. I can’t wait to give it to her.
The ivory yarn has kinks in it from being in the skein. What’s the best way to straighten the yarn, (I was thinking of wetting it and letting it hang to dry over night) or can I braid it as is? Yours appear smooth and straight in the picture.
That is so nice of you Judy. I think wetting it would work. I didn’t do that to mine. I just braided it together kinks and all. You can always try that and if it doesn’t look right then get it wet and let it lay out to dry.
Just finished crafting the Elsa Hat, can’t wait to see it on my friends daughter.A joy to create.
Hi Amber
Just wanted to make sure you were aware that on Etsy someone is selling this pattern with your images. For all I know this is your etsy page. Just wanted to make sure you knew just in case. https://www.etsy.com/listing/232007413/super-cute-anna-elsa-disneys-frozen?ref=shop_home_active_22
Brandi,
Thank you for bringing this to my attention. I have had a lot of issues with people doing this lately so I have added the words “Free Pattern” right in the middle of the images. Hopefully that will stop people from using my photos. I will be contacting them ASAP to stop using my photos. Thanks again.
When you say to double the length of the yarn so you can fold it in half, did you use 2 feet for Ana and 4 feet for Elsa or did you do 4 feet for Ana and 8 feet for Elsa
I used about 2 feet for Anna & 4 feet for Elsa. I folded them in half and braided them. Anna’s braids are about 1 foot long and Elsa’s is about 2 feet long.
Hi Amber,
Thanks you so much for the patterns ,,I love those hats,,but I saw the hat with the names on them ,,Wondering how you did it,What yarn did you use ,,
I haven’t made any with names on them, but it would be easy enough to do. I would just hand stitch them on with a yarn needle.
Hi. Thank you sooo much for the idea. I have knitted the hat (I am a better knitter than a crocheter) and added Elsa’s hair. I will be making the Anna inspired hat straight away 🙂
I bet they look great knit! I would love to see them. If you share on social media please tag me or use #myrickabamboo.
I work for Ben Franklin in Monroe WA and would like permission to use the hat I made as a display with a sign showing the website the pattern was obtained. please email me back.
You are more than welcome to use it as a display. Thank you for including info on where to find the pattern.
I will try to make these. I currently am making hats fir cancer kids. These would be perfect!
Oh, that is such a wonderful thing to do. I am sure they will love them!
I am excited to find a free pattern for Frozen girls. I will be making these for cancer kids! Anxious to get started!