Hi dear crocheters!

Easter is coming and I have the perfect easter-project for you! The sweet little pencil bunny. It is made in around an hour and suited for children from 3 up to 12 years – there might even be an adult friend of you that appreciates this cute gift. They can put the bunny on top of a pencil and suddenly drawing and writing becomes even more fun.

Want to go to a restaurant with the kids? Take the pencil bunny, some pencils and paper with you and the children can draw and play with the bunny the whole evening long.

You get the free pattern for the pencil bunny here on this blogpost.

Free pattern pencil bunny

Material

Cotton yarn in desired colour (like brown, white or grey), strand of black yarn or embroidery floss to embroider the face

2.5mm crochet hook

tapestry needle

small amount of stuffing

optional: stitch marker

Abbreviations and explinations

The pattern is written in US terminology.

R – Round

mr – magic ring

sc – single crochet

slst – slipstitch

hdc – half double crochet

dc – double crochet

inc – increase (in this pattern it is always sc increase)

dec – decrease (I recommend to use invisible decrease. Here it is always sc decrease)

even – when it is written sc even you make single crochet the whole round

Head

R1 – 6 sc in mr

R2 – [1 sc, 1 inc] x3

R3 – [2 sc, 1 inc] x3

R4 – sc even

R5 – [3 sc, 1 inc] x3

R6 – [4 sc, 1 inc] x3

R7-9 – sc even (3 Rounds)

R10 – [4 sc, 1 dec] x3 – start stuffing the head firmly

R11 – [3 sc, 1 dec] x3

R12 – dec even

Fasten off and wave in yarn

Ears (make two)

Ch14, 1 slst, 3 sc, 4 hdc, 4 dc, 2 sc (2nd sc is on the opposite side of the ch), 4 dc, 4 hdc, 3 sc, 1 slst. Fasten off and leave long tail.

Neck

R1 – Ch10

R2 – join with first sc, 9 sc

R3 – 11 sc even (10 sc per round)

Fasten off and leave a long tail.

Assembly

Pin the yarn from the tip of the ears through the ear to the bottom of the ear. Sew it to the head and hide the yarn. Embroider the eyes and the nose with black embroidery floss. Sew the neck to the head and hide the yarn.

Congratulations, your pencil bunny is ready!

Attention: because of its small parts, the pencil bunny is not suited for children under the age of three.

I hope you had fun crocheting your pencil bunny! Check out my shop if you like to crochet more wonderful masterpieces 🙂

Flurina