This adorable bunny doll is perfect for little ones and makes a wonderful handmade gift. With its bright red dress and charming facial features, it’s sure to bring a smile to any child's face. Whether as a toy or a decorative piece, this bunny will surely warm hearts.

Cute Bunny Doll

Materials:

• Yarn: Worsted weight yarn (medium size 4) in white and red (about 150 yards of red and 100 yards of white)
• Hook: 3.5 mm (E/4) crochet hook
• Stuffing: Polyester fiberfill
• Safety eyes: 8 mm (black)
• Tapestry needle for sewing
• Scissors

Gauge:

Exact gauge is not crucial for this project, but 4 single crochets (sc) = 1 inch. To check gauge, crochet a 4x4 inch swatch in sc and measure.

Abbreviations:

• ch - chain
• sc - single crochet
• inc - increase (2 sc in the same stitch)
• dec - decrease (single crochet 2 stitches together)
• sl st - slip stitch

Instructions:

Body:

1. Using white yarn, make a magic ring.
2. Round 1: 6 sc in the magic ring. (6)
3. Round 2: inc in each stitch around. (12)
4. Round 3: (sc in next stitch, inc) repeat around. (18)
5. Round 4: (sc in next 2 stitches, inc) repeat around. (24)
6. Rounds 5-14: sc in each stitch around. (24) - This forms the body of the bunny.
7. Round 15: (sc in next 2 stitches, dec) repeat around. (18)
8. Round 16: (sc in next stitch, dec) repeat around. (12)
9. Stuff the body with fiberfill.
10. Round 17: dec around. (6)
11. Fasten off and weave in ends.

Arms (make 2):

1. Using white yarn, make a magic ring.
2. Round 1: 6 sc in the magic ring. (6)
3. Round 2: inc in each stitch around. (12)
4. Round 3-6: sc in each stitch around. (12)
5. Fasten off, leaving a long tail for sewing. Stuff lightly.

Legs (make 2):

1. Using white yarn, make a magic ring.
2. Round 1: 6 sc in the magic ring. (6)
3. Round 2: inc in each stitch around. (12)
4. Round 3-7: sc in each stitch around. (12)
5. Fasten off, leaving a long tail for sewing. Stuff lightly.

Ears (make 2):

1. Using white yarn, ch 12.
2. Row 1: sc in 2nd ch from hook and in each ch across. (11)
3. Row 2-5: ch 1, turn, sc in each stitch across.
4. Fasten off, leaving a long tail for sewing.

Dress:

1. Using red yarn, make a chain of 28.
2. Row 1: sc in 2nd ch from hook and in each ch across. (27)
3. Row 2: ch 1, turn, sc in each stitch across.
4. Row 3: (1 sc, inc) repeat across. (40)
5. Row 4-6: ch 1, turn, sc in each stitch across.
6. Row 7: (1 sc, dec) repeat across. (30)
7. Fasten off but leave a long tail for sewing the dress to the body.

Assembly:

1. Attach the arms to the body using the tails.
2. Attach the legs below the body.
3. Sew the ears on top of the head.
4. Sew the safety eyes on the face and use a black yarn to stitch a little nose and mouth.
5. Wrap the dress around the body and sew it into place.

Finishing:

Weave in all ends and gently stuff if necessary. Optionally, block your bunny doll to shape it nicely. This little bunny is now ready to be loved!

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