I will become an aunt soon 😊 I can’t wait so I started crocheting small gifts for my little nephew. The teddy bear rattle was the first one. The rattling filling of the teddy bear’s head came from an old toy that was no longer usable. I hesitated whether my bear would have a bow tie or a ruffled collar. Our readers helped me decide filling a survey on our fanpage <3

What do you need to crochet the teddy bear rattle?

• Free crochet pattern, that you’ll find below
• Yarn: here Alize Cotton Gold in color 152 (beige) and Gazal Baby Cotton in colors: 3432 (snow-white), 3421 (cornflower), 3433 (black)
• Hook – here in size 2,5 mm
• Safety eyes
• Fiberfill
• Scissors

Teddy bear rattle – free pattern

Dictionary:
mr – magic ring
sc – single crochet
inc – increase
dec – decrease
ch – chain
st – stitch

Handle

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Start with beige yarn
1: MR [6]
2: Inc*6 [12]
3: (sc, inc)*6 [18]
4: (2 sc, inc)*6 [24]
5: (3 sc, inc)*6 [30]
6: (4 sc, inc)*6 [36]
7: (5 sc, inc)*6 [42]
8-10: sc in each st [42]
11: (5 sc, dec)*6 [36]
12-13: sc in each st [36]
14: (4 sc, dec)*6 [30]
15-18: sc in each st [30]
From this step, starting with blue yarn crochet alternately with white yarn every two rows
19-38: sc in each st [30]
Change into beige yarn
39-42: sc in each st [30]

Head

Start from beige yarn, safety eyes put between 14 and 15 row
1: MR [6]
2: Inc*6 [12]
3: (sc, inc)*6 [18]
4: (2 sc, inc)*6 [24]
5: (3 sc, inc)*6 [30]
6: (4 sc, inc)*6 [36]
7: (5 sc, inc)*6 [42]
8: (6 sc, inc)*6 [48]
9: (7 sc, inc)*6 [54]
10: (8 sc, inc)*6 [60]
11-17: sc in each st [60]
18: (8 sc, dec)*6 [54]
19: (7 sc, dec)*6 [48]
20: (6 sc, dec) [42]
21: (5 sc, dec)*6 [36]
22: (4 sc, dec)*6 [30]
23: (3 sc, dec)*6 [24]
24: (2 sc, dec)*6 [18]
25: (sc, dec)*6 [12]
26: dec*6 [6]

Ears

Start with beige yarn
1: MR [6]
2: Inc*6 [12]
3: (sc, inc)*6 [18]
4: (2 sc, inc)*6 [24]
5-7: sc in each st [24]

Muzzle

Start with white yarn
1: 5 ch, turn and starting from 2nd st crochet 3 sc, 3 sc in one st, 3 sc, 3 sc in one st [12]
2: 3 sc, 3 inc, 3 sc, 3 inc [18]
3: sc in each st [18]
4: 4 sc, 4 inc, 4 sc, 4 inc [24]
5: sc in each st [24]

Bow tie

Start with blue yarn
1: 30 ch [30]
2: Starting from 2nd st sc in each st [30]
3-7: ch, sc in each st [30]

Joining together

Using black yarn sew a nose on teddy bear’s muzzle. In the next step sew muzzle and ears together with a head. Finally, join the handle and teddy bear’s head and sew a bow tie.

Check out our ideas

If you are looking for more amigurumi inspirations (crochet toys) visit our Crochet section.

What is more, a lot of gift ideas for children you can find in our DIY gift ideas for kid section.

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