Materials:
3.5 mm Hook
Stuffing
Scissors
Stitch marker
10 mm Safety eyes
Yarn in:
Shell top -Red, Orange, Yellow, light Green, Lighter blue, darker blue, Violet,
shell bottom -Tan,
Body -dark green
Abbreviations and stitches:
MC: Magic Circle [or chain 2 method if you prefer]
Sc: Single Crochet
Inc: Increase
Dec: Decrease
FO: Finish off
Notes:
Pattern written in US terms
Stitch count listed at the end of row in []
Repeat stitches within ** for x amount of times
There are a lot of color changes in this pattern. I use a method of pulling the new color as the final yarn over in the stitch. feel free to use your prefered method.
Shell top:
In red:
1.MC- Sc 6 [6]
2.*Inc* x6 [12]
Switch to orange
3.*Sc, Inc* x6 [18]
4.*Sc 2, Inc* x6 [24]
Switch to yellow
5.Sc around [24]
6.*Sc 3, Inc* x6 [30]
Switch to light green
7.*Sc 4, Inc* x6 [36]
8.*Sc 5, Inc* x6 [42]
Switch to light blue
9.*Sc 6, Inc* x6 [48]
10. Sc around [48]
Switch to dark blue
11. *Sc 7, Inc* x6 [54]
12. *Sc 8, Inc* x6 [60]
Switch to Violet
13.*Sc 9, Inc* x6 [66]
14. Sc 10, Inc* x6 [72]
FO and leave long tail for sewing
Shell Bottom
In Tan:
- MC- Sc 6 [6]
- *Inc* x6 [12]
- *Sc, Inc* x6 [18]
- *Sc 2, Inc* x6 [24]
- *Sc 3, Inc* x6 [30]
- *Sc 4, Inc* x6 [36]
- *Sc 5, Inc* x6 [42]
- *Sc 6, Inc* x6 [48]
- *Sc 7, Inc* x6 [54]
- *Sc 8, Inc* x6 [60]
- *Sc 9, Inc* x6 [66]
- Sc 10, Inc* x6 [72]
FO, weave in ends
Fins [make 4]
In dark green:
- MC- Sc 6 [6]
- *Inc* x6 [12]
- *Sc, Inc* x6 [18]
- *Sc 2, Inc* x6 [24]
- *Sc 3, Inc* x6 [30]
- *Sc 4, Inc* x6 [36]
Fold in half and Sc both sides together around the edge [18]
FO
Tail
In dark green:
-
MC -Sc 8 [8]
2.-5. Sc around [8]
6.Sc sides together [4]
Head
In dark green:
- MC-Sc 6 [6]
- *Inc* x6 [12]
- *Sc, Inc* x6 [18]
- *Sc 2, Inc* x6 [24]
- *Sc 3, Inc* x6 [30]
- *Sc 4, Inc* x6 [36]
- -12. Sc around [36]
Insert eyes between rows 7 and 8, on either side of the head
- *Sc 4, Dec* x6 [30]
- *Sc 3, Dec* x6 [24]
- *Sc 2, Dec* x6 [18]
- Sc around [18]
FO and leave a long tail for sewing
Assembly-
While sewing top to bottom, add the fins and tail around between the two edges and sew through all layers. See photos for more detail. 
Sew head on over top the body. 
How cute! I hope you enjoy your turtle.