For Easter or just because they’re adorable, crochet yourself and your loved ones a bunny with this free, cute, quick, and easy crochet pattern.
Mini Bunny Free Crochet Pattern Notes
I made these little bad boys using continuous rounds. The legs are joined together to form the body, and the body leaves holes for you to attach the arms to. I used a 3.5 mm hook with medium weight yarn, and they worked up to be about 4.5 inches tall. Feel free to mix it up with different sizes of hooks and yarns to make an extra mini or not so mini bunny!
Stitches and Abbreviations
Here are the crochet stitches and abbreviations used in this pattern. Click the link if you need a refresher on how to do them!
- magic ring – mr
- chain -ch
- single crochet – sc
- slip stitch – slst
- increase – inc
- decrease – dec
Any parts of the pattern written in brackets [ ] will tell you that this part needs to be repeated. It will be followed by an ‘x’ to let you know how many times it should be repeated.
Materials
- 3.5mm crochet hook
- scissors
- tapestry needle
- stitch marker
- yarn for body (I used leftover yarn in a medium weight)
- fiberfill for stuffing
- safety eyes
- fabric paint or embroidery thread for the face
- white pompom for the tail
- hot glue gun
Mini Bunny Free Crochet Pattern
Start with the legs, fasten off the first one but continue on to the body on the second one.
Legs
Make 2.
Create a magic ring.
Round 1: 6 sc in mr (6)
Rounds 2-4: sc around (6)
Fasten off the first leg. DO NOT fasten off the second leg. Instead, continue to the body. Stuff the legs firmly. I like to use the back of my crochet hook to really push the stuffing in there.
Body (continued from legs)
Round 5: ch 6, 6 sc around the first leg, 6 sc across ch, 6 sc around second leg, 6 sc across other side of ch (24)
Round 6: [3 sc, inc] x 6 (30)
Round 7: [2 sc, inc, 2sc] x 6 (36)
Rounds 8-14: sc around (36)
In the next round, you are going to be creating holes where the arms will be attached. If you crochet much tighter or looser than I do, you might need to adjust where you put the chains and skipped stitches. Simply crochet more or less single crochets at the beginning of the round to make sure that the arm holes are centered in front of the body.
Round 15: 9 sc, ch 3, skip 3 stitches, 6 sc, ch 3, skip 3 stitches, 15 sc (36)
Round 16: 9 sc, 3 sc in ch, 6 sc, 3 sc in ch, 15 sc (36)
Rounds 17-20: sc around (36)
Add safety eyes between rounds 18 and 19 about 5 stitches apart. Start stuffing the body firmly and continue stuffing along the way. Make sure to really stuff down into the legs.
Round 21: [2 sc, dec, 2 sc] x 6 (30)
Round 22: [3sc, dec] x 6 (24)
Round 23: [sc, dec, sc] x 6 (18)
Round 24: [dec, sc] x 6 (12)
Round 25: dec x 6 (6)
Fasten off. Make sure the body is stuffed firmly to the top. Use the tail to close the opening, and hide the end.
Arms
Make 2.
Attach to the corner of the opening for the arm.
Round 1: 6 sc around the opening of the arm (6)
Rounds 2: sc around (6)
Round 3: sc around (6)
Fasten off. Push as much stuffing into the arm as you can. I use the back of my crochet hook to do this. Use the tail to pull the hole closed, and hide the end.
Face for Bunny Free Crochet Pattern
Using embroidery thread or fabric paint, give the bunny a lil nose and cheeks.
Ears for Bunny Free Crochet Pattern
Make 2.
Create a magic ring.
Round 1: 4 sc in mr (4)
Round 2: [inc, sc] x 2 (6)
Round 3: [in, 2 sc] x 2 (8)
Rounds 4-12: sc around (8)
Fasten off, and leave a tail. Pinch the bottom of the ear together, and sew through it to cinch it at the bottom. Sew both ears onto the very top of the head.
Tail for Bunny Free Crochet Pattern
Use a white pompom, and glue it to the butt of the bunny to make the tail.
And that’s it! You’re done! These make a great Easter gift (or anytime gift!) because they are so quick and easy! Thank you for choosing this pattern, and if you have any questions feel free to reach out to me!
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