Bunny Rabbit Cupcake (Free Crochet Pattern)

Hello my fellow amigurumi enthusiasts,

I'm super excited to share with you my newest free amigurumi design, the Bunny Rabbit Cupcake!

The Bunny Rabbit Cupcake is a sweet, little amigurumi dessert that you can admire and pet, but not eat!  This zero-calorie treat isn’t meant to be consumed, but rather, serve as a lovely gift or provide you cute and cheerful company during your day! You can easily customize your Bunny Rabbit Cupcake using different yarn colors as “flavors” or “frostings”, adding sprinkles, attaching beads, or adding other embellishments.

There are many holidays and occasions to use it as a present, such as for Valentine’s Day, Easter, Christmas, birthdays, anniversaries, appreciation or thank you gifts, and more!

Here's another extra-sweet treat, too.  The Bunny Rabbit Cupcake  is friends with the Unicorn Floral Cupcake!  Both are free patterns on my blog.  Click here for the Unicorn Floral Cupcake pattern~

Unicorn Floral Cupcake (Free Pattern)

Don't they both just look so adorable together?  I wonder what they like to do when they hang out...

Unicorn Floral Cupcake (Free Pattern)

If you like this design of mine, you can check out my other amigurumi designs, or click here to see all the free patterns I have on my blog!

You can also PIN it for later!

Scroll down for the free, written pattern instructions.  If you would like to download the beautifully-formatted, ad-free, and easy-to-read PDF version with photo references (see preview below), click here to purchase it for a small fee in my shop.  This pattern, along with most of my other designs, is also available in my Etsy shop.  Thank you for supporting Sweet Softies designs!

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BUNNY RABBIT CUPCAKE

Free Amigurumi Crochet Pattern

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Introduction:
The Bunny Rabbit Cupcake is a sweet, little amigurumi dessert that you can admire and pet, but not eat! This zero-calorie treat isn’t meant to be consumed, but rather, serve as a lovely gift or provide you cute and cheerful company during your day! You can easily customize your Bunny Rabbit Cupcake using different yarn colors as “flavors” or “frostings”, adding sprinkles, attaching beads, or adding other embellishments.

There are many holidays and occasions to use it as a present, such as for Valentine’s Day, Easter, Christmas, birthdays, anniversaries, appreciation or thank you gifts, and more!

Finished Measurement: 

Height: 4-½ inches (11.5 centimeters) 

Level: 

• ★★☆☆☆ Easy / Familiar Beginner
• Requires familiarity with stitches used (below), attaching safety eyes, and sewing parts together.

Stitches/Terms Used (US Terminology):

• MR: magic ring 
• Sl st: slip stitch 
• Sc: single crochet 
• Dc: double crochet
• Inc: increase 
• Dc-inc: double crochet increase (insert 2 dc in same st)
• Dec: decrease
• BLO: back loops only
• FLO: front loops only

Materials:

• Medium weight 4 yarn in desired colors (such as: light pink, dark pink, green, white, brown)
• 2.75mm crochet hook 
• Pair of 10mm plastic safety eyes 
• Fiberfill stuffing
• Yarn needle
• Scissors
• Cardboard scraps for base of cupcake (to provide rigidity)
• Optional: blush powder and q-tip

~ CROCHET INSTRUCTIONS ~

Important Note (Read before beginning!)

• Step-by-step photo references are available in the PDF pattern file purchase for a small fee.

CUPCAKE TOP

Use white colored yarn. 

R1: In MR, sc 6. (6 sts)
R2: Inc around. (12 sts)
R3: (Sc, inc) x 6. (18 sts)
R4: (Sc 2, inc) x 6. (24 sts)
R5: (Sc 3, inc) x 6. (30 sts)
R6: (Sc 4, inc) x 6. (36 sts)
R7: (Sc 5, inc) x 6. (42 sts)
R8-R12: Sc around. (42 sts)
R13: In FLO, (insert 3 sc in first st, insert 2 sc in next st) around.

Fasten off and weave in the ends.

CUPCAKE BOTTOM

Use brown colored yarn.
R1: In MR, sc 6. (6 sts)
R2: Inc around. (12 sts)
R3: (Sc, inc) x 6. (18 sts)
R4: (Sc 2, inc) x 6. (24 sts)
R5: (Sc 3, inc) x 6. (30 sts)
R6: (Sc 4, inc) x 6. (36 sts)
R7: In BLO, sc around. (36 sts)
R8: Sc around. (36 sts)
R9: (Sc 17, inc) x 2. (38 sts)
R10: (Sc 18, inc) x 2. (40 sts)
R11: (Sc 19, inc) x 2. (42 sts)

Fasten off with a long tail for sewing later.

EARS (x2)

Use white colored yarn.

R1: In MR, sc 6. (6 sts)
R2: Inc around. (12 sts)
R3: (Sc, inc) x 6. (18 sts)
R4-R9: Sc around. (18 sts)

Fasten off with a long tail for sewing later.

FROSTING

Use light pink colored yarn.

R1: In MR, ch 2, dc 12. *Join with a sl st to the first dc. (12 sts)
R2: Ch 2, dc-inc around. *Join. (24 sts)
R3: Ch 2, (insert 4 dc in first st, sl st in next st) around.

Fasten off with a long tail for sewing later.

STRAWBERRY

Use dark pink colored yarn.

R1: In MR, sc 6. (6 sts)
R2: Inc around. (12 sts)
R3: Sc around. (12 sts)
R4: (Sc 2, dec) x 3. (9 sts)
R5: (Sc, dec) x 3. (6 sts)
Stuff the berry lightly.
R6: Dec 3. (3 sts)

Fasten off with a long tail for sewing later.

LEAF

Use green colored yarn. 

R1: In MR, (ch 2, dc, ch 2, sl st) x 5. 

Pull ring tight. 

Fasten off with a long tail for sewing later.

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~ FINISHING INSTRUCTIONS~

1. Add blush to the ears if desired. Check out my video tutorial for adding blush using blush powder & q-tip!
2. Pinch the bottom of the ears in half to create a crease.  Sew them onto the frosting.
3. Sew the strawberry to the leaf. Then, sew the leaf to the frosting.
4. Sew the frosting to the top half of the cupcake.  Also insert 10mm plastic safety eyes (I put mine between R9-R10, 9 sts apart.)
5. Cut out a circle of cardboard that would fit in the base of the bottom half. This will provide rigidity and allow your cupcake to stand better.
6. Sew the bottom and top halves together, using the yarn tail from the bottom half to go into the unworked back loops of R13 in the top half. Make sure you stuff the cupcake firmly before stitching it up completely.

Congratulations on finishing your Bunny Rabbit Cupcake!

If you enjoyed this free project, you can make a donation to support my work!  Any amount is greatly appreciated and will go directly towards the yarn and supplies I use to keep creating new designs!

Also, if you would like to download the beautifully-formatted, ad-free, and easy-to-read PDF version with photo references (see preview below), click here to purchase it for a small fee in my shop.  This pattern, along with most of my other designs, is also available in my Etsy shop.  Thank you for supporting Sweet Softies designs!

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Best wishes,