Mini Toys

Free Mini Toys crochet tutorial by Elizaveta Igoshina @plyshatoys.

With this tutorial, you can crochet plush animals: a bunny, a kitty, and a teddy bear from one pattern. For this amigurumi project, you can use any plush yarn of your choice. All three toys are made using one pattern and differ only in the ears and tails. For the faces, you need plastic eyes and noses, as well as smooth black and white embroidery thread. Shape the faces by making eye sculpting.

Materials and Tools

• Plush yarn (for example, Wolans Bunny Baby, Himalaya Dolphin Baby, etc.)
• Cotton blend yarn YarnArt Jeans: 01-white (for eye details), 53-black (for eye details, eyebrows, and face details)
• 3.5 mm crochet hook
• 8 mm safety eyes
• 7x9 mm safety nose: pink (for the bunny and kitty), black (for the teddy bear)
• Synthetic poly filling
• Stitch markers
• Pins
• Needle for sewing pieces
• Scissors

Abbreviations

• MR - magic ring
• ch - chain stitch
• sl st - slip stitch
• sc - single crochet
• inc - increase
• dec - decrease
• (...) x n - repeat n times

Amigurumi Plush Animals Crochet Pattern: Kitty, Bunny, and Teddy Bear from One Pattern

Upper Legs (2 pieces)

1. 5 sc in MR or 2 ch, 5 sc in the second chain from the hook (5)
2. inc x 5 (10)
3-6. 10 sc (10)
Stuff only the very bottom of the leg lightly.
7. Fold in half, crochet dec x 2, sl st.

Leave a tail for sewing.

Lower Legs (2 pieces)

1. 6 sc in MR or 2 ch, 6 sc in the second chain from the hook (6)
2. inc x 6 (12)
3-7. 12 sc (12)

On the first leg (the right one), finish with a sl st. Continue crocheting the body from the second leg.

Body

1. 2 ch, join to the left leg and crochet 12 sc on it, 2 sc across the chains, 12 sc on the right leg, inc x 2 across the chains
2. 5 sc, inc (side increase), 13 sc, inc (side increase), 5 sc, (1 sc, inc) x 2 to shape the belly
3-6. 32 sc
7. (6 sc, dec) x 4 (28)
8. (5 sc, dec) x 4 (24)
Start stuffing the legs and body.
9. (4 sc, dec) x 4 (20)
10. (3 sc, dec) x 4 (16)
11. (2 sc, dec) x 4 (12)
12. (1 sc, dec) x 4 (8)

Continue directly with the head.

Head

1. inc x 8 (16)
2. (1 sc, inc) x 8 (24)
3. (2 sc, inc) x (32)
4-6. 32 sc (32)
7. (6 sc, dec) x 4 (28)
8. (5 sc, dec) x 4 (24)
9. (4 sc, dec) x 4 (20)
10. (3 sc, dec) x 4 (16)

Insert the eyes between rounds 7 and 8, with about 3-4 sc between the eyes. Stuff the head, paying special attention to the neck; push fiberfill into the neck so the head holds its shape.

11. (2 sc, dec) x 4 (12)
12. (1 sc, dec) x 4 (8)
13. dec x 2, then close the opening by tightening the ring with a hook or needle

Bunny Ears

1. 5 sc in MR or 2 ch, 5 sc in the second chain from the hook (5)
2. inc x 5 (10)
3-7. 10 sc (10)

Fold in half and crochet 5 sc. Fold in half again, crochet 2 sc, sl st. Leave a tail for sewing.

Bunny Tail

1. 6 sc in MR or 2 ch, 6 sc in the second chain from the hook (6)
2. 6 sc (6)

Leave a tail for sewing.

Teddy Bear Ears

1. 6 sc in MR or 2 ch, 6 sc in the second chain from the hook (6)
2. (1 sc, inc) x 3 (9)
3. 9 sc (9)

Fold in half, crochet 3 sc through both layers, finish with sl st. Leave a tail for sewing.

Teddy Bear Tail

1. 6 sc in MR or 2 ch, 6 sc in the second chain from the hook (6)
2. 6 sc (6)

Kitty Ears

1. 3 sc in MR or 2 ch, 3 sc in the second chain from the hook (3)
2. inc x 3 (6)
3. (1 sc, inc) x 3 (9)

Fold in half, crochet 4 sc through both layers. Leave a tail for sewing.

Kitty Tail

1. 11 ch
2. starting in the second chain from the hook, 10 sc

Leave a tail for sewing.

Sculpting and Face Details

Cut a strand of yarn for eye and muzzle sculpting.

Sculpt the eyes. Insert the needle into the first round of the head from below, roughly under the inner corner of the eye you want to sculpt.

Bring the needle and yarn out at the outer side of the eye, pass the yarn to the inner side. Bring the needle and yarn out in the same round where you inserted it, but offset by 1 sc. Secure the sculpting for one eye. Repeat the same for the second eye.

Tie a knot in the center between the eyes.

You will have one long end left for sculpting the muzzle. Insert the needle with yarn approximately between the eyes and bring it out again to round 1 where the yarn tail is. Tighten.

Sew All Pieces Together

• Sew the arms between rounds 10 and 11 of the body. Use the lower legs as a guide; the upper legs should be directly above them.
• Sew the ears wherever you like. First place them on the head and pin them in place; if you like the look, sew them on.
• Sew the tail onto the lower back.

Your plush baby animals are ready! Please tag the author on social media: @plyshatoys.