Christmas Bunny crochet pattern

This precious crochet bunny dressed up in Christmas elf costume is a great choice for holiday crocheting!

Use our Christmas Bunny Crochet Pattern to make an adorable gift or fun home decor. This is an easy pattern that works up quickly so you could easily make a toy using the yarn that already exists in your stash.

Supplies:

• Yarnart Jeans (55% cotton, 45% acrylic, 160 m / 50 g) in beige, red, green and white colors
• 2.25 mm crochet hook
• 7 mm safety eyes
• Fiberfill
• Black embroidery floss for eyelashes and nose
• Scissors and sewing needle

The finished Christmas Bunny is about 20 cm (7.9”) tall (including ears).

Christmas Bunny
Free crochet pattern

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

Head:
Crochet with beige yarn.
Rnd 1: 6 sc in magic ring [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: (sc in next 6 st, inc) repeat 6 times [48]
Rnd 9-15: sc in all 48 st [48]
Insert safety eyes between Rnd 11 and Rnd 12, at the distance of 8 stitches between them.
Rnd 16: (sc in next 6 st, dec) repeat 6 times [42]
Rnd 17: (sc in next 5 st, dec) repeat 6 times [36]
Rnd 18: (sc in next 4 st, dec) repeat 6 times [30]
Rnd 19: (sc in next 3 st, dec) repeat 6 times [24]
Rnd 20: (sc in next 2 st, dec) repeat 6 times [18]
Fasten off and weave in the end. Stuff with fiberfill.

Ears (make 2):
Work with beige yarn. Don’t stuff.
Rnd 1: 6 sc in magic ring [6]
Rnd 2: (sc in next st, inc) repeat 3 times [9]
Rnd 3: sc in all 9 st [9]
Rnd 4: (sc in next 2 st, inc) repeat 3 times [12]
Rnd 5: sc in all 12 st [12]
Rnd 6: (sc in next 3 st, inc) repeat 3 times [15]
Rnd 7: sc in all 15 st [15]
Rnd 8: (sc in next 4 st, inc) repeat 3 times [18]
Rnd 9-14: sc in all 18 st [18]
Rnd 15: (sc in next st, dec) repeat 6 times [12]
Rnd 16-17: sc in all 12 st [12]
Fasten off leaving a tail for sewing.

Fold the ears at the base (like in the picture) and sew them to the head between Rnd 5 and Rnd 6.

Christmas hat:
Start crocheting with green yarn. Don’t stuff.
Rnd 1: 6 sc in magic ring [6]
Rnd 2-3: sc in all 6 st [6]
Rnd 4: (sc in next st, inc) repeat 3 times [9]
Rnd 5-7: sc in all 9 st [9]
Rnd 8: (sc in next 2 st, inc) repeat 3 times [12]
Rnd 9-11: sc in all 12 st [12]
Rnd 12: (sc in next 3 st, inc) repeat 3 times [15]
Rnd 13-15: sc in all 15 st [15]
Rnd 16: (sc in next 4 st, inc) repeat 3 times [18]
Rnd 17-19: sc in all 18 st [18]
Rnd 20: (sc in next 5 st, inc) repeat 3 times [21]
Change to red yarn.
Rnd 21-23: sc in all 21 st [21]
Rnd 24: sl st in all 21 st [21]
Fasten off leaving a tail for sewing.

Arms (make 2):
Start crocheting with beige yarn. Stuff a little bit as you go.
Rnd 1: 6 sc in magic ring [6]
Rnd 2: (sc in next st, inc) repeat 3 times [9]
Rnd 3-5: sc in all 9 st [9]
Change to red yarn.
Rnd 6-8: sc in all 9 st [9]
Change to green yarn.
Rnd 9-16: sc in all 9 st [9]
Flatten the edges and crochet sc in next 4 st through both layers. Fasten off leaving a tail for sewing.

Legs (make 2):
Start crocheting with beige yarn. Stuff with fiberfill as you go.
Rnd 1: 6 sc in magic ring [6]
Rnd 2: (inc) repeat 6 times [12]
Rnd 3: (sc in next st, inc) repeat 6 times [18]
Rnd 4: sc in all 18 st [18]
Rnd 5: sc in next 7 st, dec, dec, sc in next 7 st [16]
Rnd 6: sc in next 6 st, dec, dec, sc in next 6 st [14]
Rnd 7-8: sc in all 14 st [14]
Change to red yarn.
Rnd 9-10: sc in all 14 st [14]
Change to white yarn.
Rnd 11-12: sc in all 14 st [14]
Change to red yarn.
Rnd 13-14: sc in all 14 st [14]
Change to white yarn.
Rnd 15-16: sc in all 14 st [14]
Change to red yarn.
Rnd 17-18: sc in all 14 st [14]
Change to white yarn.
Rnd 19-20: sc in all 14 st [14]
Change to red yarn.
Rnd 21: sc in all 14 st [14]
For the first leg:
Rnd 22: sc in next 7 st. Fasten off and weave in the end.
For the second leg:
Rnd 22: sc in next 14 st. Don’t fasten off, continue working.

Crochet sc in next 7 st of the first leg beginning from the next stitch after the last one. At this point mark the following stitch as the beginning of the next round.

Rnd 23-24: sc in all 28 st [28]

Body:
Change to green yarn and continue crocheting. Stuff as you go.
Rnd 25-26: sc in all 28 st [28]
Rnd 27: sc in all 28 st in back loops only [28]
Rnd 28-31: sc in all 28 st [28]
Rnd 32: (sc in next 5 st, dec) repeat 4 times [24]
Rnd 33-35: sc in all 24 st [24]
Rnd 36: (sc in next 4 st, dec) repeat 4 times [20]
Rnd 37-38: sc in all 20 st [20]
Rnd 39: (sc in next 8 st, dec) repeat 2 times [18]
Rnd 40: sc in all 18 st [18]
Fasten off leaving a tail for sewing.

Skirt:
Crochet in front loops left after crocheting Rnd 27, beginning from the middle of the back.
Keep the body upside down while working, crochet in the opposite direction (see photo).
Rnd 1: 1 ch, sc in next 28 st, join with sl st [28]
Rnd 2: (sc in next 3 st, inc) repeat 7 times [35]
Rnd 3: (sc in next 4 st, inc) repeat 7 times [42]
Rnd 4: (sc in next 5 st, inc) repeat 7 times [49]
Rnd 5: sc in all 49 st [49]
Change to red yarn.
Rnd 6-8: sc in all 49 st [49]
Rnd 9: sl st in all 49 st [49]
Fasten off and weave in the end.

Scarf:
Crochet in turning rows. Start with red yarn.
Row 1: 5 ch
Row 2: sc in next 4 st beginning from the second ch from hook [4]
Row 3: 1 ch, sc in next 4 st [4]
Alternate two rows of white yarn and two rows of red one. Crochet this way up to your desired length.

Assembly:
1. Embroider a nose between Rnd 13 and Rnd 14.
2. Embroider a mouth between Rnd 15 and Rnd 16.
3. Embroider eyelashes.
4. Sew head to the body adding some fiberfill into the neck area.
5. Sew arms at the sides of the body between Rnd 39 and Rnd 40.
6. Sew hat on the top of the head.
7. Tie the scarf.

Your Christmas Bunny is ready to delight your guests!