How to Crochet Mini Christmas Bear Amigurumi (Polar Bear & Grizzly)

Want a 25-minute Christmas amigurumi for selling at craft fairs or last-minute gifting? With a tutorial from Xuxu, learn how to crochet these two no-sew and miniature Christmas bear keychains, including a polar bear and grizzly bear, each wearing a beautiful Christmas beanie and a bow tie, making them gift-ready. The pattern is kept basic, focusing on the sitting bear amigurumi with fuzzy pom-pom and hat bottom. To surprise you, the crochet beanies are removable and can be adjusted for large amigurumi, too. So, whether you use one as a Christmas ornament, bag charm, or pocket pet, they are worth crocheting.

So, if you have made up your mind to crochet these festive mini bears, continue reading this post till the end. There you will find the complete tutorial.

About the Designer: The designer behind this Christmas bear keychain is @xuxucrochet – her animal and flower bag charms, ornaments, and pouches are always oh-so-cute. She also crochets the accessories and wearables, all with beautiful touches. Her popular crochet ideas are a mushroom, an octopus, a bouquet and flower keychain, a bunny, and a frog in a bikini. She has a whole series of quick crochet Christmas projects, including Christmas wreaths, Santa capybara, Christmas tree, and much more, of which the animal tree is my favorite!

Note: In respect of the creator’s rights, there will be no provision of the written pattern. You can watch the tutorial with on-screen written instructions at the end of this post.

Mini Christmas Bear Keychain

Skill Level: Beginner – Intermediate. The whole bear pattern is worked as a single piece by working in rounds using no-sew techniques, surface stitching, and a single color. You will be using a magic ring, single crochet, chain, slip stitch, increase and decrease, plus BLO and BO (bobble stitch) for certain regions, like BLO while going from head to body, and BO for arms and legs. For ears, use the double crochet, slip stitch, and a bit of sewing for neatness. The hat is crocheted using a pattern of double crochet and half-double crochet. Working with the fuzzy yarn is also needed.

Tutorial timing: Approximately 26 minutes (you will learn the very versatile no-sew animal body pattern that can be used for crocheting a kawaii sitting cat, plush polar bear, dog, and other bears with just color-change, embroidery, and a bit of other changes. You will learn a unique hat pattern that is different from Santa and can be customized for a large wearable size, plus how to crochet the ears using surface-stitching, plus improve your no-sew techniques.)

Personalization tips: As mentioned, you can choose from polar bear and grizzly bear colors for the body of the bear, plus green or red for the beanie. You can also use the normal yarn for crocheting the beanie bottom if you don’t find one or are inexperienced with it. Retain the brown thread for the embroidery, as the black one won’t look nice on the light brown body. Crochet one using the plush yarn, too.

Pattern Type: An on-screen written pattern is available if you find written instructions easy to follow along with. The instructions are written using US terms.

Materials Suggested

The tutor specifies this list of materials and tools for the mini Christmas bear project for beginners. Gather all for similar results:

1. Option 1: Susan 5 (5-ply, approximately 2mm thickness)
2. Option 2: Chunky or fuzzy yarn (approximately 3mm thickness)
3. Hook: 2.5mm & 7mm
4. Stuffing
5. Pom Poms: 10mm
6. Colors: 18 for red & 01 for white respectively

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Techniques Used

Here are the quick crochet guides for crocheting each stitch mentioned and used in the tutorial for crocheting this bear amigurumi:

1. Magic Ring (MR): Wrap yarn in a loop, insert hook, yarn over, pull up a loop, then work stitches into the ring.

2. ch (Chain): Yarn over, pull through loop on hook.

3. sc (Single Crochet): Insert hook, yarn over, pull through, yarn over, pull through both loops.

4. slst (Slip Stitch): Insert hook, yarn over, pull through stitch and loop on hook.

5. inc (Increase): Work 2 single crochets into the same stitch.

6. dec (Decrease): Insert hook in next 2 stitches one by one, yarn over, pull through, yarn over, pull through all loops.

7. BLO (Back Loop Only): Work stitch into the back loop only of the stitch.

8. BO (Bobble Stitch): Yarn over, insert hook, yarn over, pull through, yarn over, pull through 2 loops—repeat 4–5 times in same stitch, yarn over, pull through all loops.

9. dc (Double Crochet): Yarn over, insert hook, yarn over, pull through, yarn over, pull through 2 loops, yarn over, pull through 2 loops.

10. hdc (Half Double Crochet): Yarn over, insert hook, yarn over, pull through, yarn over, pull through all loops.

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