Butterfly baby rattle crochet pattern

This gorgeous Butterfly Baby Rattle Crochet Pattern makes a wonderful gift for your lovely newborn. The toy develops baby’s touch, hearing and fine motor skills.

Use organic cotton yarn to surround your little one with only the purest things!

Supplies:

• Yarnart Begonia (100% cotton, 170 m / 50 g). You’ll need three colors for eyes (white, black and blue or green) and six more colors for the butterfly itself. All colors are up to you!
• Simple plastic rattle of 35 mm diameter. If you don’t have such a big one, use the smaller one and put it into the tail.
• Stuffing
• Two 8-10 mm wooden beads for antennae (put them inside). If you don’t have them, just stuff these parts firmly.
• Sewing needle
• 1.75-2.0 mm crochet hook
• Scissors

Note: when crocheting for babies, please be sure to avoid the use of small parts or buttons.

Skill level: intermediate

Amigurumi butterfly baby rattle
Free crochet pattern

Abbreviations:
sc = single crochet
ch = chain
st = stitch
sl st = slip stitch
inc = increase (2 sc in one stitch)
dec = decrease (2 sc together)
(..) = repeat the space in brackets the given number of times
[..] = total number of stitches

Work in continuous rounds, don’t join. Use a yarn marker.

Start crocheting with a head:
Rnd 1: 6 sc in magic ring or in the second ch from hook [6]
Rnd 2: (inc) repeat 6 times [12]
Rnd 3: (sc in next st, inc) repeat 6 times [18]
Rnd 4: (sc in next 2 st, inc) repeat 6 times [24]
Rnd 5: (sc in next 3 st, inc) repeat 6 times [30]
Rnd 6: (sc in next 4 st, inc) repeat 6 times [36]
Rnd 7: (sc in next 5 st, inc) repeat 6 times [42]
Rnd 8-17 [= 10 rounds]: sc in all 42 st [42]
Don’t fasten off. We’ll come back to this part.

Make the eyes. It’s easier to sew them when the head is not ready.

Eyes:
Start with black yarn.
Rnd 1: 6 sc in magic ring or in the second ch from hook [6]
Change to blue (or green/brown) color.
Rnd 2: (inc) repeat 6 times [12]
Change to white color.
Rnd 3: (sc in next st, inc) repeat 6 times [18]
Cut off leaving a tail for sewing the flecks of light.
Sew the eyes next to each other between Rnd 7 and Rnd 13 counting from the top. Embroider the flecks of light, tie off and hide the ends.

Insert the rattle into the head and continue crocheting it:
Rnd 18: (sc in next 5 st, dec) repeat 6 times [36]
Rnd 19: (sc in next 4 st, dec) repeat 6 times [30]
Rnd 20: (sc in next 3 st, dec) repeat 6 times [24]
Rnd 21: (sc in next 2 st, dec) repeat 6 times [18]
Don’t fasten off. You’ll come back to this part.

Antennae (make 2):
Rnd 1: 6 sc in magic ring or in the second ch from hook [6]
Rnd 2: (inc) repeat 6 times [12]
Rounds 3-7 [= 5 rounds]: sc in all 12 st [12]
Insert the wooden bead.
Rnd 8: dec, dec, sc in the next 2 st, dec, dec, sc in the next 2 st [8]
Rounds 9-12 [= 4 rounds]: sc in all 8 st [8]
Cut off leaving a tail for sewing.
Sew antennae to the head. Embroider the mouth.

Continue crocheting the body:
Attach another color.
Rnd 22: (sc in next 2 st, inc) repeat 6 times [24]
Rnd 23: (sc in next 3 st, inc) repeat 6 times [30]
Rnd 24: (sc in next 4 st, inc) repeat 6 times [36]
Rounds 25-32 [= 8 rounds]: sc in all 36 st [36]
Rnd 33: (sc in next 4 st, dec) repeat 6 times [30]
Rnd 34: (sc in next 3 st, dec) repeat 6 times [24]
Rnd 35: (sc in next 2 st, dec) repeat 6 times [18]
Rnd 36: (sc in next 4 st, dec) repeat 3 times [15]
Change color.
Rnd 37: (sc in next 4 st, inc) repeat 3 times [18]
Rnd 38: (sc in next 2 st, inc) repeat 6 times [24]
Rnd 39: (sc in next 3 st, inc) repeat 6 times [30]

Stuff the previous ball tightly.
Rounds 40-46 [= 7 rounds]: sc in all 30 st [30]
Rnd 47: (sc in next 3 st, dec) repeat 6 times [24]
Rnd 48: (sc in next 2 st, dec) repeat 6 times [18]
Rnd 49: (sc in next st, dec) repeat 6 times [12]
Change color (the fourth ball):
Rnd 50: (sc in next st, inc) repeat 6 times [18]
Rnd 51: (sc in next 2 st, inc) repeat 6 times [24]
Rounds 52-57 [= 5 rounds]: sc in all 24 st [24]
Stuff the third ball.
Rnd 58: (sc in next 2 st, dec) repeat 6 times [18]
Rnd 59: (sc in next st, dec) repeat 6 times [12]
Rnd 60: (sc in next 2 st, dec) repeat 3 times [9]
Change color (the fifth ball):
Rnd 61: (sc in next 2 st, inc) repeat 3 times [12]
Rnd 62: (sc in next st, inc) repeat 6 times [18]
Rounds 63-66 [= 4 rounds]: sc in all 18 st [18]
Stuff the fourth ball.
Rnd 67: (sc in next st, dec) repeat 6 times [12]
Rnd 68: (dec) repeat 6 times [6]
Stuff the fifth ball.
Finish off: when you have 6 stitches left, cut the yarn and take the yarn out of the last stitch. Use the hook to weave this end through the stitches and draw all 6 stitches together closing the hole. Fasten off and hide the end inside.

Wings:
At first, crochet 2 separate parts.
The first part:
Rnd 1: 6 sc in magic ring or in the second ch from hook [6]
Rnd 2: (inc) repeat 6 times [12]
Rnd 3: (sc in next st, inc) repeat 6 times [18]
Rnd 4: (sc in next 2 st, inc) repeat 6 times [24]
Rounds 5-10 [= 6 rounds]: sc in all 24 st [24]
Cut off leaving a small tail. You’ll need it later! Pull the yarn out.

The second part:
Rnd 1: 6 sc in magic ring or in the second ch from hook [6]
Rnd 2: (inc) repeat 6 times [12]
Rnd 3: (sc in next st, inc) repeat 6 times [18]
Rnd 4: (sc in next 2 st, inc) repeat 6 times [24]
Rnd 5: (sc in next 3 st, inc) repeat 6 times [30]
Rounds 6-11 [= 6 rounds]: sc in all 30 st [30]
Don’t cut the yarn, continue crocheting with it further.
The photo shows how to put the parts together. The arrow shows the direction of crocheting.

First, please read the description of Round 12!
Rnd 12: sc in the next 13 st, make a decrease with the first wing part joining them together, sc in the next 10 st, dec, sc in the next 9 st, dec – joining with the second part, sc in the next 12 st. It’s necessary to leave 1 stitch of each part between them (one stitch should have the yarn end left from the first part) [49 + 2 stitches between the parts].

Rnd 13: Crochet this round with 2 decreases at the sides. The arrows on the photo below show the places of decreases [47]

Use the yarn left between the parts to sew the 2 skipped stitches.

Sew the spots on the wing at this step, it’s more convenient that way.

Spots:
Two spots:
Rnd 1: 6 sc in magic ring or in the second ch from hook [6]
Rnd 2: (inc) repeat 6 times [12]
Cut off leaving a tail for sewing.

One spot:
Rnd 1: 6 sc in magic ring or in the second ch from hook [6]
Rnd 2: (inc) repeat 6 times [12]
Rnd 3: (sc in next st, inc) repeat 6 times [18]
Cut off leaving a tail for sewing.

Sew the spots of different size on two wing parts. Fasten off and hide the ends.

Continue crocheting the wing.
Rnd 14-23 [= 10 rounds]: crochet sc making decreases at each side of the wing [27]

Cut off leaving a tail for sewing. Sew one more spot on the wing. Crochet the second wing in the same way. Sew both wings to the body.

If you want the wings to rustle, put some rustling paper or wrapping inside.
That’s all. Your beauty is done!

Thank you! Hope this Butterfly Baby Rattle Crochet Pattern will be useful 🙂 If you would like to crochet an animal baby rattle, please follow the link.