Miniature Bear

Free crochet tutorial for a Miniature Bear by Oksana Popovich @ksuschat.

With this pattern, you can crochet a small bear. Any acrylic, cotton, or cotton blend yarn and a matching crochet hook will work for this amigurumi project. You can decorate the bear with a ribbon. The nose can be embroidered or you can use a ready-made one.

The finished toy is about 12 cm tall.

Materials and tools

• Acrylic or cotton yarn
• 2 mm crochet hook
• Embroidery floss
• 6 mm safety eyes
• Toy stuffing
• Safety nose
• Satin ribbons for decoration
• Soft pastels for shading
• Needle
• Scissors

Abbreviations

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

Amigurumi miniature crochet bear pattern

Arms (make 2)

Crochet with flesh-colored yarn.

1: 6 sc in MR
2: (sc, inc) x 3 (9)
3-7: 9 sc
Add stuffing
8: (sc, dec) x 3 (6)
9-10: 6 sc

Pull the stitches closed. Cut the yarn, leaving a tail for sewing.

Legs (make 2)

Crochet with flesh-colored yarn.

1: 4 ch
2: sc in the 2nd chain from the hook, sc, 3 sc in one stitch, sc, 2 sc in one stitch (8)
3: inc, sc, 3 inc, sc, 2 inc (14)
4-5: 14 sc
6: 5 sc, 2 dec, 5 sc (12)
7: (2 sc, dec) x 3 (9)
8: 9 sc
Add stuffing
9: (sc, dec) x 3 (6)
10-11: 6 sc

Pull the stitches closed. Cut the yarn, leaving a tail for sewing.

Body

Crochet with colored yarn.

1: 6 sc in MR
2: (inc) x 6 (12)
3: (sc, inc) x 6 (18)
4: (2 sc, inc) x 6 (24)
5: (3 sc, inc) x 6 (30)
6-10: 30 sc
11: (dec, sc) x 10 (20)
12-15: 20 sc
16: 5 sc, 5 dec, 5 sc (15)
17: (dec, sc) x 5 (10
Add stuffing
18: (dec) x 5 (5)

Pull the stitches closed. Cut the yarn.

Head

Crochet with flesh-colored yarn.

1: 6 sc in MR
2: (inc) x 6 (12)
3: (sc, inc) x 6 (18)
4: (2 sc, inc) x 6 (24)
5: (3 sc, inc) x 6 (30)
6: (4 sc, inc) x 6 (36)
7-11: 36 sc
12: (4 sc, dec) x 6 (30)
13: (3 sc, dec) x 6 (24)
14: (2 sc, dec) x 6 (18)
15: (sc, dec) x 6 (12)
Add stuffing
16: (dec) x 6 (6)

Pull the stitches closed. Cut the yarn, leaving a tail for sewing.

Ears (make 2)

8 sc in MR

Cut the yarn, leaving a tail for sewing.

Muzzle

Crochet with white yarn.

1: 6 sc in MR
2: (inc) x 6 (12)
3: 12 sc

Cut the yarn, leaving a tail for sewing.

Head finishing

Step down 3-4 rounds from the top of the head and sew the ears to the sides. Add a little stuffing to the white muzzle and sew it on slightly below the center. Using embroidery floss, embroider a line starting from the plastic nose. Glue on the plastic nose. If you do not have a ready-made plastic nose, you can embroider it instead.

Mark the eye placement on both sides of the upper part of the white muzzle. Make eye indentations at those points. Shade the eye area. Glue on the half beads. Using embroidery floss, embroider the brows above the eyes.

Toy assembly

Sew on the arms and legs. Sew on the head. Decorate with a ribbon. Our bear is ready!