Valentine Bunnies

A free crochet tutorial for Valentine Bunnies by Tatyana Sokolova @tatsok_toys.

Using this pattern, you can crochet bunnies shaped like valentines. Any acrylic yarn and a suitable crochet hook will work for this amigurumi project. You can decorate the bunnies with heart-shaped buttons.

The finished toy is about 4.7 inches (12 cm) tall, including the ears.

Materials and tools

• Acrylic or cotton yarn: blue and pink (for the bunnies), red (for the bow)
• Iris yarn: black (for the eyes)
• Fuzzy yarn (for the tuft)
• 1.9 mm crochet hook
• Toy stuffing
• White felt
• Heart-shaped buttons
• Glue
• Acrylic paints
• Soft pastels or blush
• Slicker brush
• Needle for sewing pieces
• Scissors

Abbreviations

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

Crochet amigurumi Valentine Bunny pattern

Heart-shaped body

Lobes (make 2):

1. 6 sc in MR (6)
2. 6 inc (12)
3. (1 sc, inc) x 6 (18)
4. 1 sc, inc (2 sc, inc) x 5, 1 sc (24)
5. (3 sc, inc) x 6 (30)
6. 2 sc, inc (4 sc, inc) x 5, 2 sc (36)
7. (5 sc, inc) x 6 (42)
8. 6 sc, (inc, 13 sc) x 2, inc, 7 sc (45)
9. 45 sc (45)
10. (inc, 14 sc) x 3 (48)
11-12. 48 sc (48)

Leave a long tail for sewing. Keep the loop on the hook and do not fasten off. Crochet the second lobe the same way as the first.

Take both lobes. Place the loop left from the first lobe on the hook and work 41 sc around the first lobe. Skip 7 sc from the beginning of the second lobe and work 41 sc around the second lobe (82). Continue working in the round.

13. (11 sc, dec) x 2, 25 sc, dec, 11 sc, dec, 16 sc (78)

Now use the yarn tail from the first lobe to close the opening between the lobes with sl st. Fasten off. Continue working in the round.

14. 11 sc, (dec, 4 sc) x 2, dec, 24 sc, (dec, 4 sc) x 2, dec, 15 sc (72)
15. 9 sc, (dec, 5 sc) x 2, dec, 19 sc, (dec, 5 sc) x 2, dec, 12 sc (66)
16. 9 sc, (dec, 3 sc) x 2, dec, 20 sc, (dec, 3 sc) x 2, dec, 13 sc (60)
17. 8 sc, (dec, 3 sc) x 2, dec, 17 sc, (dec, 3 sc) x 2, dec, 11 sc (54)
18. 7 sc, (dec, 2 sc) x 2, dec, 16 sc, (dec, 2 sc) x 2, dec, 11 sc (48)
19. 48 sc (48)
20. 3 sc, dec, (6 sc, dec) x 5, 3 sc (42)
21. 42 sc (42)
22. (5 sc, dec) x 6 (36)
23. 36 sc (36)
Start stuffing.
24. 2 sc, dec, (4 sc, dec) x 5, 2 sc (30)
25. 30 sc (30)
26. (3 sc, dec) x 6 (24)
27. 24 sc (24)
28. 1 sc, dec, (2 sc, dec) x 5, 1 sc (18)
29. 18 sc (18)
30. (1 sc, dec) x 6 (12)
31. 12 sc (12)
Add more stuffing.
32. 6 dec (6)

Pull the opening closed. Fasten off and weave in the end.

Ears (make 2)

1. 6 sc in MR (6)
2. 6 inc (12)
3. (1 sc, inc) x 6 (18)
4-7. 18 sc (18)
8. (dec, 7 sc) x 2 (16)
9. (dec, 6 sc) x 2 (14)
10. (dec, 5 sc) x 2 (12)
11. 12 sc (12)
12. (dec, 4 sc) x 2 (10)
13-14. 10 sc (10)

Leave a long tail for sewing and cut the yarn. Fold the ear in half and sew it together. Fold it in half once more and sew. Brush out the upper part with a slicker brush.

Lower paws (make 2)

1. 6 sc in MR (6)
2. 6 inc (12)
3. (1 sc, inc) x 6 (18)
4-6. 18 sc (18)
7. (4 sc, dec) x 3 (15)
8. (3 sc, dec) x 3 (12)
9. (4 sc, dec) x 2 (10)

Leave a long tail for sewing and cut the yarn. Fold the paw in half and sew it together. Brush out the upper part with a slicker brush.

Muzzle

1. 6 sc in MR (6)
2. 6 inc (12)
3-4. 12 sc (12)

Leave a long tail for sewing and cut the yarn.

Tail

1. 6 sc in MR (6)
2. 6 inc (12)
3. (1 sc, inc) x 6 (18)
4-6. 18 sc (18)
7. (1 sc, dec) x 6 (12)
Stuff.
8. 6 dec (6)

Leave a long tail for sewing and cut the yarn. Brush out the tail with a slicker brush.

Upper paws (make 2)

1. 6 sc in MR (6)
2. 6 inc (12)
3. (1 sc, inc) x 6 (18)
4-6. 18 sc (18)
7. (1 sc, dec) x 6 (12)
Stuff.
8. 6 dec (6)

Leave a long tail for sewing and cut the yarn. Brush out the paws with a slicker brush.

Eyes

Cut two ovals from thin white felt and paint the eyes with acrylic paints. While the eyes are drying, sew on the finished pieces. Sew on the muzzle, lower paws, ears, tail, and upper paws.

Once the eyes are dry, glue them on either side of the muzzle. Thread a needle with Iris yarn and bring it out right next to one eye. Carefully apply glue around the eye with a toothpick, glue the yarn in place, then bring the needle out next to the other eye and attach the yarn the same way. Embroider the eyelashes, eyebrows, and mouth.

Boy bunny's tuft

Use any fuzzy yarn, such as Nako Paris or Cotton Grass. Ch 6, starting in the second ch from the hook, work 5 sl st; ch 6 again, starting in the second ch from the hook, work 5 sl st; then repeat once more: ch 6, starting in the second ch from the hook, work 5 sl st. Leave a long tail for sewing and cut the yarn. Sew the tuft to the top of the head.

Girl bunny's bow

Work into MR: ch 3, 2 dc, ch 3, sl st, ch 3, 2 dc, ch 3, sl st.

Pull the ring closed and shape the bow. Leave a long tail for sewing and cut the yarn. Sew the bow to the top of the head. Sew on a heart-shaped button.

Your Valentine Bunnies are ready!