Welcome to my child teddy bear crochet applique pattern. This teddy bear is going to be a part of my teddy bears picnic blanket that I’m making.

Other patterns that are in the teddy bears picnic blanket series include the blanket, the plaid picnic blanket, picnic basket, airplane, the kite, picnic table, food for the picnic table, food for the picnic blanket, barbecue, barbecue apron and utensils, pram, tree, blossoms and swing, teddy bear applique, baby teddy bear, teddy bear with accessories, teddy bear and combining the teddy bears picnic baby blanket.

There’s also a video tutorial for this pattern available on my YouTube channel at child teddy bear crochet tutorial.

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This pattern will be using US terminology. If you would like to view the UK version, go to child teddy bear crochet pattern (UK Version).

Child Teddy Bear Crochet Pattern

Abbreviations

st – stitch

sts – stitches
ch – chain
sl st – slip stitch

sc – single crochet
hdc – half double crochet
dc – double crochet

tr – treble crochet

Materials Used

3 or 4 colors of cotton or wool, I used 4 ply crochet cotton.
Crochet hook, I used a 1.25mm hook.

Scissors.
Thread to sew together.
Sewing needle.

Darning needle to weave in ends.

Head

Using main color make a magic loop.

Row 1: 1 ch, work 3 hdc, 3 dc, 6 hdc, 3 dc and 3 hdc into circle. Pull circle tight and join with a sl st in top of 1^st st.

Row 2: 1 ch, work 1 hdc in same st as ch, 1 hdc in next st, 2 hdc in following st, 2 dc in each of next 3 sts, 2 hdc in following st, 1 hdc in each of next 4 sts, 2 hdc in following st, 2 dc in each of next 3 sts, 2 hdc in following st, 1 hdc in each remaining st. Sl st in top of 1^st st.

Row 3: 2 ch, work 1 dc in same st as ch, 1 dc in each of next 4 sts, 2 dc in each of following 5 sts, 1 dc in each of next 8 sts, 2 dc in each of following 5 sts, 1 dc in each st to end. Join with a sl st in top of 1^st st. Fasten off.

Ears

Join contrast cotton to head where shown.

Row 1: 2 ch, work a hdc cluster over the same st as the ch and the next 2 sts. Fasten off.

Work the 2^nd ear to correspond with the 1^st ear.

Around the Ears

Join main color cotton 1 st before the first ear.

Work 2 sc in each st around ear, sl st into next st on head, sl st in each st to halfway between the 2 ears, 2 ch, miss 1^st ch and work 1 sl st in next ch, sl st into same place on head, 3 ch, miss 1^st ch and work 1 sl st in each remaining ch, sl st into same place on head, sl st along head until st before 2^nd ear. Work 2 sc in each st around ear. Sl st into head and fasten off.

Muzzle

Using contrast color make a magic loop.

Row 1: 2 ch, work 14 dc into circle, pull circle tight and sl st into top of 1^st st. Fasten off.

Nose

Using black make a magic loop.

Work 2 ch and 2 hdc in circle. Pull circle tight but don’t join. Fasten off.

Eyes (Make 2)

Using black make a magic loop.

Work 1 ch and 4 sc into circle. Pull circle tight and sl st in top of 1^st st. Fasten off.

Neck and Arms

Row 1: Using main color work 9 ch (for 1^st arm), work 1 hdc in each of 5 centre sts at bottom of head, 11 ch. Turn.

Row 2: Miss 2 ch, work 1 hdc in each ch, 2 hdc in 1^st st on body, 1 hdc in each of following 3 sts, 2 hdc in next st, 1 hdc in each ch to end. Fasten off.

Body

Join main color cotton 3 sts before centre st.

Row 1: 2 ch, work 2 hdc in same st as ch, 1 hdc in each of next 5 sts, 2 hdc in following st. Turn.

Row 2: 2 ch, work 2 hdc in 1^st st, 1 hdc in each st to last st, 2 hdc in last st. Turn.

Rows 3-4: 2 ch, work 1 hdc in each st to end. Turn.

Rows 5-6: 2 ch, work a joined hdc over 1^st 2 sts, 1 hdc in each st to last 2 sts, a joined hdc over last 2 sts. Turn. Don’t Fasten off.

1^st Leg

Row 1: 2 ch, work 1 hdc in same st as ch, 1 hdc in each of next 2 sts. Turn.

Rows 2-4: 2 ch, work 1 hdc in each of the 3 sts. Turn.

Row 5: 2 ch, work a hdc cluster over all sts. Fasten off.

2^nd Leg

Join cotton to 3^rd last st of body as shown.

Row 1: 2 ch, work 1 hdc in same st as ch, 1 hdc in each of next 2 sts. Turn.

Rows 2-4: 2 ch, work 1 hdc in each of the 3 sts. Turn.

Row 5: 2 ch, work a hdc cluster over all sts. Fasten off.

Neatening Row

Join main color cotton to join of neck and head.

Work 1 sc in each st around arms, body and legs back to the neck, sl st into join of neck and head. Fasten off.

To Make Up

Weave in ends. Embroider a white dot on each eye.

Sew the nose to the muzzle and embroider a mouth to the muzzle under the nose.

Stitch the muzzle to the head with the top of the muzzle just covering over the centre circle.

Attach the eyes to the head just above the muzzle.

And there’s the finished child teddy bear applique. I’ve also made it in different sizes and colors.

If you’ve liked this pattern, you may also like my other teddy bear patterns. I’ve got two teddy bear appliques at older teddy bear applique and new teddy bear applique, a teddy bear with a dress and accessories, a teddy bear pilot and a baby teddy bear.

Child Teddy Bear Crochet Pattern