Crochet Easter Egg Bunny – free amigurumi pattern

Would you like to crochet this cute Easter egg bunny? This is a fun project that you can whip up in an hour or two, so if you are looking for something quick, this crochet pattern will be excellent for you.

Materials

• Yarn in white, pink, and yellow colors calling for a 3,5 mm hook
• Size 2.5 mm crochet hook
• Poly-Fil Fiberfill stuffing
• 5 mm black glass or plastic eyes (or embroider instead)
• Embroidery floss in black color for nose, eyelashes, and eyes if not using buttons
• Ribbon bow 
• Blush or pink eye shadow and brush (optional)
• Yarn needle, stitch marker, pins, and scissors

What did I use?

I used Schachenmayr Catania yarn, 100% Cotton, 1.76 ounces = 137 yards/50 grams = 125 meters. 

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Gauge and Measurements

Work 10 sts and 10 rows in sc measure 3,5 x 3,5 cm (1,37 x 1,37 inches). The finished toy measures 2.36  inches (6 cm) tall without counting the length of the ears. 

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Abbreviations (US terms)

Here are the crochet abbreviations used in this Easter egg bunny crochet pattern. Note that instructions are written in US terms.

BLO – through back loop only

Ch – chain stitch

Dc – double crochet stitch

Inc – single crochet increase (Sc in indicated stitch 2 times)

InvDec – invisible decrease (single crochet two stitches together front loop only)

Sc – single crochet stitch (i.e. 3 Sc means to crochet Sc in next 3 sts)

St(s) – titch(es)

Slst – slip stitch

[…] x n – repeat instructions in brackets n times

(…) – total number of stitches made in current rnd

The resource you may find helpful in following this pattern: Crochet Abbreviations.

PDF Pattern

The PDF crochet pattern is a great solution for those who want to print the instructions and work offline, or just want to support my work. You can find the PDF pattern in my shop.

Egg

Use yellow yarn. Crochet in a continuous spiral with a stitch marker.

R1: start 6 sc in a magic ring (6)

R2: Inc in each st (12)

R3: [1 Sc, 1 Inc] x 6 (18)

R4: 1 Sc, 1 Inc, [2 Sc, 1 Inc] x 5, 1 Sc (24)

R5: [3 Sc, 1 Inc] x 6 (30)

R6: 1 Sc in every st (30)

R7: 2 Sc, 1 Inc, [4 Sc, 1 Inc] x 5, 2 Sc (36)

R8-10: 1 Sc in every st (36)

R11: 1 Sc in every st, remove marker, change color to white in the last step of next sc (Photo 1 and 2). Fasten off yellow yarn.

R12.1 Sc in every st BLO (36, Photo 3)

R13-17: 1 Sc in every st (5 Rnds)

R18: 2 Sc, 1 InvDec, [4 Sc, 1 InvDec] x 5, 2 Sc (30)

R19: 1 Sc in every st (30)

R20: [3 Sc, 1 InvDec] x 6 (24)

R21: 1 Sc in every st (24)

R22: 1 Sc, 1 InvDec, [2 Sc, 1 InvDec) x 5, 1 Sc (18). Stuff firmly.

R23: [1 Sc, 1 InvDec] x 6 (12). Stuff.

R24: 2 InvDec, break the yarn, leaving a 6 inches (15cm) tail, thread it onto a needle, and guide into each front loop of the round (Photo 4 and 5). Fasten off the hole (Photo 6) and hide the end of the yarn inside the egg. Check out the video to see how to gather stitches.

The egg is ready (Photo 7)

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Little skirt

Use pink yarn.

Hold the egg yellow part up, return to the remaining front yellow loops, insert your hook into any front loop, pink yarn over (Photo 1), pull the yarn through this loop, Сh 1 (Photo 2),

then crochet {1 Sc, 1 Dc, 1 Sc} in this loop (Photo 3), 1 Slst into next loop (Photo 4), 

repeat [{1 Sc, 1 Dc, 1 Sc} in one loop, 1 Slst in next loop] x around to the end (Photo 4). Break the yarn and weave in the end. Ready (Photo 5).

Ear (make 2)

Using white yarn crochet Chain 13

R1: 2 Dc in 4th chain from the hook, 8 Dc along the chain, 8 Dc into the last chain from the hook, now work along the other side of the foundation ch: 8 Dc, 2 Dc in the chain, where we have already crocheted 2 Dc at the beginning of the round, finish with 1 Slst into the place as shown on Photo 1 and2 (30). Break the yarn, pull the yarn tail through the last stitch completely and weave in the ends on the wrong side.

R2: Insert the hook into the slst we have just made, pink yarn over (Photo 3), pull the yarn through this st, crochet Ch 1 and 2 Sc into the same (Photo 4), 

then [2 sc into the same st] x 2 (Photo 5), 9 Sc, [2 Sc into the same st] x 6 (Photo 6), 9 Sc, [2 sc into the same st] x 2, 1 Slst into the 1st sc of the round. Break the yarn, pull the yarn tail through the last stitch completely and weave in the ends on the wrong side.

Crochet the second ear, break the yarn, leaving a 8 inches (20 cm) tail and pull the yarn tail through the last stitch completely.

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Assembly

Hold the second ear, thread the yarn tail that we left before, fold the ears as shown on Photo 1 and sew them together at the bottom, then sew them to the top of the egg as shown on Photo 2. Hide the yarn tail inside the egg.

Embroidering

Try on black glass eyes between round 17 and 18 with a distance of 4 stitches between them. Mark a nose with a pin on a round 16 as shown on Photo 1. Then remove the eyes and embroider eyelashes with 2 strands of black embroidery floss as shown on Photo 2. Glue the eyes on, or alternatively, use embroidery floss in black color to embroider the eyes. 

Use 3 strands of pink embroidery floss and embroider a stitch nose (Photo 3).

Decoration

You can make some color in cheeks and ears with decorative cosmetics. Sew ribbon bow as shown on photo below.

Congratulations, your bunny egg is ready! I hope you have fun. I’d love to see your toy, be sure to tag me @gorbunova.dolls on Instagram. If you are on Facebook join my group Crochet patterns by GorbunovaDolls and share a photo! If you enjoyed this Easter egg bunny crochet pattern, subscribe for more!

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