Bear and Bunny

Free crochet pattern for Bear and Bunny by Yuliya Maltseva @mimishki.igrushki.

With this pattern, you can crochet a bear and a bunny in a hat. Any cotton blend yarn and a matching crochet hook will work for these amigurumi toys. You can make the pom-pom for the hat yourself or use a ready-made one.

Finished toy size: about 16 cm.

Materials and Tools

• YarnArt Jeans or Alize Cotton Gold yarn
• 2 mm crochet hook
• Safety eyes
• Toy stuffing
• Stitch markers
• Needle for sewing pieces together
• Scissors

Abbreviations

• MR — magic ring
• sc — single crochet
• dc — double crochet
• inc — increase
• dec — decrease
• (...) x n times — repeat n times

Crochet Amigurumi Bear and Bunny Pattern

Head

Rnd 1. 6 sc in MR (6)
Rnd 2. inc x 6 (12)
Rnd 3. (1 sc, inc) x 6 (18)
Rnd 4. 1 sc, inc, (2 sc, inc) x 5, 1 sc (24)
Rnd 5. (3 sc, inc) x 6 (30)
Rnd 6. 2 sc, inc, (4 sc, inc) x 5, 2 sc (36)
Rnd 7. (5 sc, inc) x 6 times (42)
Rnd 8. 3 sc, inc, (6 sc, inc) x 5, 3 sc (48)
Rnd 9. (7 sc, inc) x 6 (54)
Rnd 10. 4 sc, inc, (8 sc, inc) x 5, 4 sc (60)
Rnd 11. (9 sc, inc) x 6 (66)
Rnd 12-19. (8 rounds) (66)
Rnd 20. (9 sc, dec) x 6 (60)
Rnd 21. (1 round) (60)

Insert the eyes between rounds 16 and 17, 5 visible stitches apart.

Rnd 22. 4 sc, dec, (8 sc, dec) x 5 times, 4 sc (54)
Rnd 23. (7 sc, dec) x 6 times (48)
Rnd 24. 3 sc, dec, (6 sc, dec) x 5 times, 3 sc (42)
Rnd 25. (5 sc, dec) x 6 times (36)
Start stuffing the head.
Rnd 26. 2 sc, dec, (4 sc, dec) x 5 times, 2 sc (30)
Rnd 27. (3 sc, dec) x 6 times (24)
If you are going to sew the head to the body, fasten off and cut the yarn. If you are going to use a cotter pin or plastic joint, choose the size you need now (mine is 30 mm) and continue crocheting:
Rnd 28. (2 sc, dec) x 6 times (18)
Insert the cotter pin or plastic joint.
Rnd 29. (1 sc, dec) x 6 (12)
Rnd 30. dec x 6 (6)

Close the opening if needed.

Muzzle (for the Bunny)

Crochet with white yarn. The marker runs exactly along the bottom of the muzzle!

Rnd 1. 6 sc in MR (6)
Rnd 2. inc x 6 (12)
Rnd 3. 1 sc, 3 inc, 3 sc, 3 inc, 2 sc (18)
Rnd 4. 3 sc, 3 inc, 6 sc, 3 inc, 3 sc (24)
Rnd 5-6. (2 rounds) (24)

Fasten off, leaving a yarn tail for sewing.

Muzzle (for the Bear)

Crochet with beige yarn. Make sure the marker runs exactly along the bottom of the muzzle!

Rnd 1. 6 sc in MR (6)
Rnd 2. inc x 6 (12)
Rnd 3. 1 sc, 3 inc, 3 sc, 3 inc, 2 sc (18)
Rnd 4. 3 sc, 3 inc, 6 sc, 3 inc, 3 sc (24)
Rnd 5. 5 sc, inc, 1 sc, inc, 9 sc, inc, 1 sc, inc, 4 sc (28)
Rnd 6-7. (2 rounds) (28)

Fasten off, leaving a yarn tail for sewing.

Arm

Make sure the marker runs along the inner side of the arm. Crochet with the main color:

Rnd 1. 6 sc in MR (6)
Rnd 2. inc x 6 (12)
Rnd 3. (3 sc, inc) x 3 (15)
Rnd 4-5. (2 rounds) (15)
Rnd 6. 2 dec, 9 sc, dec (12)
Rnd 7. dec, 8 sc, dec (10)
Change to the sweater color:
Rnd 8-10. (3 rounds) (10)
Change to the stripe color:
Rnd 11-12. (2 rounds) (10)
Change to the sweater color:
Rnd 13-15. (3 rounds) (10)

Crochet 2 more sc, fold in half, and crochet 5 sc through both layers. Fasten off, leaving a yarn tail for sewing.

Leg

Start with beige yarn:

Rnd 1. 6 sc in MR (6)
Rnd 2. inc x 6 (12)
Rnd 3. (1 sc, inc) x 6 (18)
Rnd 4. 1 sc, inc, (2 sc, inc) x 5, 1 sc (24)
Change to the main color:
Rnd 5. (3 sc, inc) x 6 (30)
Rnd 6-8. (3 rounds) (30)
Rnd 9. 7 sc, 8 dec, 7 sc (22)
Rnd 10. 5 sc, (1 sc, dec) x 4, 5 sc (18)
Rnd 11. (1 round) (18)
Rnd 12. (4 sc, dec) x 3 (15)
Rnd 13-17. (5 rounds) (15)

For the left leg, crochet 5 additional sc, fold in half, and crochet 7 sc through both layers. Fasten off and cut the yarn. For the right leg, crochet 2 additional sc, fold in half, and crochet 7 sc through both layers. Fasten off and cut the yarn.

Tail

Rnd 1. 6 sc in MR (6)
Rnd 2. inc x 6 (12)
Rnd 3. (1 round) (12)
Rnd 4. dec x 6 (6)

Fasten off, leaving a yarn tail for sewing.

Body

Crochet from top to bottom (if you have a cotter pin, make this body version). Make sure the marker runs along the side. Crochet with the main color:

Rnd 1. 6 sc in MR (6)
Rnd 2. inc x 6 (12)
Rnd 3. (1 sc, inc) x 6 (18)
Rnd 4. 1 sc, inc, (2 sc, inc) x 5, 1 sc (24)
Rnd 5. (3 sc, inc) x 6 (30)
Rnd 6. (1 round) (30)
Change to the additional color:
Rnd 7. (1 round) (30)
Rnd 8. 2 sc, inc, (4 sc, inc) x 5, 2 sc (36)
Rnd 9. (5 sc, inc) x 6 times (42)

Insert the cotter pin/plastic joint into the MR and secure it.

Change to the stripe color:
Rnd 10-11. (2 rounds) (42)
Change to the additional color:
Rnd 12. 3 sc, inc, (6 sc, inc) x 5, 3 sc (48)
Rnd 13. (1 round) (48)
Rnd 14. (7 sc, inc) x 6 (54)
Change to the stripe color:
Rnd 15-16. (2 rounds) (54)
Change to the additional color:
Rnd 17-19. (3 rounds) (54)
Change to the main color:
Rnd 20. Crochet in back loops only (54)
Rnd 21. (1 round) (54)
Rnd 22. 33 sc, 7 sc joining the right leg and body, 3 sc, 7 sc joining the left leg and body, 4 sc (54)
Rnd 23. (7 sc, dec) x 6 (48)
Rnd 24. 3 sc, dec, (6 sc, dec) x 5, 3 sc (42)
Rnd 25. (5 sc, dec) x 6 (36)
Start stuffing the body.
Rnd 26. 2 sc, dec, (4 sc, dec) x 5, 2 sc (30)
Rnd 27. (3 sc, dec) x 6 (24)
Rnd 28. (2 sc, dec) x 6 (18)
Rnd 29. (1 sc, dec) x 6 (12)
Rnd 30. dec x 6

Close the opening, fasten off, and weave in the yarn tail.

Ear (for the Bunny)

Rnd 1. 6 sc in MR (6)
Rnd 2. (2 sc, inc) x 2 (8)
Rnd 3. (1 sc, inc) x 4 (12)
Rnd 4. (3 sc, inc) x 3 (15)
Rnd 5. (1 round) (15)
Rnd 6. (4 sc, inc) x 3 (18)
Rnd 7. (2 sc, inc) x 6 (24)
Rnd 8-12. (5 rounds) (24)
Rnd 13. (6 sc, dec) x 3 (21)
Rnd 14. (5 sc, dec) x 3 (18)
Rnd 15. (4 sc, dec) x 3 (15)
Rnd 16. (1 round) (15)
Rnd 17. (3 sc, dec) x 3 (12)
Rnd 18. (1 round) (12)

Fold in half and crochet 6 sc through both layers. Fasten off, leaving a yarn tail for sewing. Then fold the ear.

Ear (for the Bear)

With beige yarn.

First piece (make 2)

Rnd 1. 6 sc in MR (6)
Make a chain stitch and turn your work:
Rnd 2. inc x 6 (12)

Fasten off and cut the yarn.

Second piece: (make 2)

Crochet the same way as the first piece, but with brown yarn and do NOT cut the yarn. Place the first piece against it, crochet an increase through the stitches of both pieces, then 1 sc, inc, 1 sc, inc, and continue crocheting around with regular single crochet stitches. Make a sl st, fasten off, and leave a yarn tail for sewing.

Assembly and Finishing

• Make the eye tightening
• Sew on the muzzle and embroider the nose
• Embroider the whites around the eyes, then embroider the eyebrows and other details with black thread
• Sew on the arms
• Sew on the ears (the bear's ears are placed between rounds 10 and 14; the bunny's ears are placed between rounds 8 and 9)
• Sew on the tail

Next, make the edging. For the bear, work 1 sc into each stitch through the remaining front loops, then make a sl st at the end of the round, fasten off, and hide the yarn tail. For the bunny, work 2 dc into each stitch through the remaining front loops, then make a sl st at the end of the round, fasten off, and hide the yarn tail. Try the hat on your toy and crochet as many rounds as needed, making ear openings where necessary, because the placement may not match if the ears were sewn on at a different distance.

I am sharing the way I crocheted this hat for the bunny. Use the same principle to crochet the bear's hat. Remember to try the hat on the head and adjust the number of stitches if needed.

Hat

Crochet every row in back loops only.

Row 1. Ch 35, starting from the second chain from the hook, crochet 34 sc
Row 2-14. (15 rows) (34)
Row 15. 17 sc, ch 6 and skip 6 sc on the fabric, 11 sc (34)
Row 16. 11 sc, 6 sc along the chains, 17 sc (34)
Row 17-26. (10 rows) (34)
Row 27. 17 sc, ch 6 and skip 6 sc on the fabric, 11 sc (34)
Row 28. 11 sc, 6 sc along the chains, 17 sc (34)
Row 29-60. (32 rows) (34)

Fasten off, leaving a long yarn tail for sewing.

Next, sew the hat and then start cinching the top closed. Cinch it until the opening is closed. Make a pom-pom and attach it to the hat. The toys are ready!