Winnie-the-Pooh with a Honey Pot
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A free crochet christmas present pattern: a tiny amigurumi polar bear cub peeking out of an open green gift box. The little bear wears a red ribbon bow between its ears, rests its paws on a red lid band and has a gold ring on top for hanging. It is worked in the round in single crochet with fingering yarn and a 2 mm hook and stands about 7.7 cm (3 in) tall, with safety eyes and nose (or embroider them) and the ears, bow, paws and ribbon sewn on. Follow it row by row with stitch counts and turn the interactive 3D model to check every piece; it also makes a cute gift topper.
How to crochet the Polar Bear in a Gift Box Ornament
Intermediate · 8 cm tall · about 2 h · fingering yarn · 2 mm hook
- Crochet the 15 pieces in rounds: Gift box, Lid band, Bear body, Head, Bow knot, Bow loop ×2, Hanging loop, Ear ×2, Muzzle, Cheek ×2, Paw ×2 (74 rounds in all).
- Stuff and put it together in 12 steps; each one lights up where it goes on the 3D model.
- Add the face: safety eyes by round and stitch, or embroider them for a child under 3.
Every round with its stitch count is in the Pattern tab below, and in the free printable PDF.
What you'll need
0 of 11 gathered
Gauge
1 sc ≈ 3 mm wide, 1 round ≈ 2.7 mm tall (10 cm ≈ 33 sc × 37 rounds); yarn about 1.4 mm thick. The gauge sets the size of the toy; crochet tightly so the stuffing does not show.
Worked in
Continuous spiral rounds. Don't join. Move a stitch marker up every round.
Parts
0 of 56 rounds done
- Size before assembly: an oval about 5.3 × 3.5 cm at the widest, 3 cm long; 16 rounds. The piece is oval: the rounds go around the chain, and on the finished toy the chain (the long side of the oval) runs side to side; the starting chain is at the bottom of the piece (on the finished toy). The round-start marker is in the middle of a long side (the piece's centre line), while R1 starts at a turn: after R1 shift the round start — sc 3 more (not counted in any round) and place the marker there. The increases fall on the turns.
- With forest green: ch 8.
- Fasten off leaving a long tail (30–40 cm) for sewing. Do not stuff.
- Size before assembly: about 5.3 cm at the widest, 1.1 cm long; 4 rounds.
- Fasten off leaving a long tail (30–40 cm) for sewing. Do not stuff.
- Size before assembly: about 2.5 cm at the widest, 2.2 cm long; 11 rounds.
- → Start stuffing (firmly) and keep adding as you decrease.
- Top up the stuffing if needed. Fasten off leaving a 15 cm tail; with the needle weave it through the front loops of all 6 stitches of the last round, pull tight and hide the end inside.
- Size before assembly: about 4.2 cm at the widest, 2.9 cm long; 17 rounds.
- → Insert the safety eyes now (positions: see “Face”) and fix the backs. Start stuffing (firmly) and keep adding as you decrease.
- Top up the stuffing if needed. Fasten off leaving a 15 cm tail; with the needle weave it through the front loops of all 6 stitches of the last round, pull tight and hide the end inside.
- Size before assembly: about 0.9 cm at the widest, 1.1 cm long; 4 rounds.
- → Start stuffing (firmly) and keep adding as you decrease.
- Top up the stuffing if needed. Fasten off leaving a 15 cm tail; with the needle weave it through the front loops of all 6 stitches of the last round, pull tight and hide the end inside.
- Size before assembly: about 1.6 cm at the widest, 1.5 cm long; 6 rounds.
- → Start stuffing (lightly) and keep adding as you decrease.
- Press the piece flat to about 7 mm thick (oval cross-section).<!-- press the piece flat by 55 % --> Top up the stuffing if needed. Fasten off leaving a 15 cm tail; with the needle weave it through the front loops of all 12 stitches of the last round, pull tight and hide the end inside.
- Size before assembly: about 1.5 cm at the widest (lies flat); 2 rounds. Each piece is two circles (front and back): make 2 circles — 1 as below and 1 plain in gold (same rounds, no colour changes).
- Fasten off. Hold a front and a plain circle wrong sides together and sc around through both layers: 16 sc. Do not stuff. Leave a long tail (~30 cm) for sewing.
- Size before assembly: about 1.9 cm at the widest, 1 cm long; 4 rounds.
- Change to snow (pull it through on the last yarn-over of R1).
- → This piece is not stuffed.
- Fasten off leaving a 15 cm tail; with the needle weave it through the front loops of all 6 stitches of the last round, pull tight and hide the end inside. Do not stuff. Shape it into a dish: rounds 1–2 are the front of the piece, the magic ring its centre. Push the centre in so the front is concave (about 1.6 mm at the centre) and turn rounds 3–4 to the back: they make a thick rounded rim (about 5.9 mm thick) and lie behind as a second layer; the piece is about 19 mm across.<!-- (dish 50 %) -->
- Size before assembly: an oval about 1.6 × 1 cm at the widest, 0.9 cm long; 4 rounds. The piece is oval: the rounds go around the chain, and on the finished toy the chain (the long side of the oval) runs side to side; the starting chain is at the front of the piece (on the finished toy). The round-start marker is in the middle of a long side (the piece's centre line), while R1 starts at a turn: after R1 shift the round start — sc 1 more (not counted in any round) and place the marker there. The increases fall on the turns.
- With snow: ch 4.
- Fasten off leaving a long tail (30–40 cm) for sewing. Insert the safety nose/eyes now, while the piece is open (positions: see “Face”). Stuff lightly just before sewing it on; a little less near the edge, then add a pinch when the seam is nearly done.
- A flat circle about 1.2 cm across; 2 rounds.
- Fasten off leaving a long tail (30–40 cm) for sewing. Do not stuff.
- Size before assembly: about 0.9 cm at the widest, 1.1 cm long; 4 rounds.
- → Start stuffing (firmly) and keep adding as you decrease.
- Top up the stuffing if needed. Fasten off leaving a 15 cm tail; with the needle weave it through the front loops of all 6 stitches of the last round, pull tight and hide the end inside.
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