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Baby Sunflower Amigurumi Pattern

Baby Sunflower Amigurumi Pattern
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5-7 Hours Time Needed
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Intermediate Level

Ideal for those with basic crochet experience, featuring slightly more advanced stitches and techniques to expand your skills.

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Weekend Treat

Takes 5-7 hours, making it an enjoyable project to finish over a couple of days.

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Cute Companion

An adorable friend to cherish, handcrafted with love to bring comfort and joy for years to come.

About This Baby Sunflower Amigurumi Pattern

This pattern creates an adorable Baby Sunflower amigurumi with a textured center, layered petals, and a cuddly green body. The design includes two sizes shown in the testing results and uses front/back loop techniques for realistic petal placement. Step-by-step instructions and photo references guide you through assembling and embroidering the face.

Baby Sunflower Amigurumi Pattern crochet pattern - detailed view of completed project

You will crochet the head, petals, body, arms and legs in continuous spirals and assemble them using thread joining. The pattern includes helpful tips for invisible decreases and shaping.

Why You'll Love This Baby Sunflower Amigurumi Pattern

I absolutely love this pattern because it transforms simple crochet stitches into a charming character with personality. I enjoyed designing the layered petals—they give the sunflower a lively, playful look that always makes me smile. The combination of small details like embroidered whites of the eyes and tiny nose really brings the face to life. Making this pattern feels rewarding and quick enough to finish over a weekend.

Baby Sunflower Amigurumi Pattern step 1 - construction progress Baby Sunflower Amigurumi Pattern step 2 - assembly progress Baby Sunflower Amigurumi Pattern step 3 - details and accessories Baby Sunflower Amigurumi Pattern step 4 - final assembly and finishing

Switch Things Up

I love to customize this pattern by changing color palettes — for a softer look I use pastel yellows and mint greens, or go bold with deep orange and emerald green.

You can make the toy larger or smaller by changing yarn weight and hook size; bulky yarn with a larger hook gives a chunky sunflower while thin cotton and a tiny hook make a mini keychain version.

I often add tiny accessories like a crocheted scarf or a mini hat to give each sunflower its own personality.

Try embroidering different expressions by moving the eyes and adjusting the nose stitch location to create shy, happy or surprised looks.

If you want posable limbs, add a thin wire inside the arms before stuffing to bend and pose them safely.

Mix yarn types for texture — a fuzzy acrylic for the body with smooth cotton for the petals adds nice contrast.

Use safety eyes for convenience, or embroider eyes for a fully washable, kid-safe toy.

I sometimes stitch loops at the top of the head to hang the sunflower as an ornament or to turn it into a pocket pal with a sewn loop on the back.

For a set, make different color combinations and sizes to create a family of sunflowers as a charming gift set.

When experimenting, always check gauge on a small swatch so the petal count and head size stay consistent with the pattern instructions.

Common Mistakes & How to Fix Them

✗ Skipping stitch markers makes it hard to track spiral rounds and leads to lost stitch counts; place a marker at the start of each round to stay on track. ✗ Not stuffing gradually causes lumps or mis-shaped parts; stuff the head and limbs little by little as you work and shape as you go. ✗ Forgetting to work into the correct loop (FLO/BLO) changes the petal placement and texture; mark the row and check whether the round says FLO or BLO before starting. ✗ Pulling yarn too tight when closing openings can distort shapes; use the recommended tension, pull evenly, and check shape before final tightening. ✗ Attaching eyes without making a small hole can tear stitches or crowd the fabric; widen the hole gently with a skewer and then insert safety eyes as instructed.

Baby Sunflower Amigurumi Pattern

Make a sweet Baby Sunflower amigurumi that brings a little sunshine to your handmade collection. This pattern walks you through crocheting the body, head, petals and assembly with clear step-by-step rounds and helpful photos. You will enjoy shaping the petals and giving your sunflower a playful expression. Perfect as a gift or a cheerful decoration.

Intermediate 5-7 Hours

Materials Needed for Baby Sunflower Amigurumi Pattern

— Main Fabric

  • 01
    Sport weight yarn (Fine yarn) for cotton+acrylic or Fingering (Super fine yarn) for 100% cotton
  • 02
    Green yarn - approx. 30g (example: Schachenmayr Catania green 0414 - moose)
  • 03
    Brown yarn - approx. 15g (example: Scheepjes Catona brown 388 - rust)
  • 04
    Yellow yarn - approx. 10g (Schachenmayr Catania yellow 0208 - sonne)
  • 05
    Blue yarn - approx. 10g (optional, for Ukrainian sunflower details)
  • 06
    Mustard yarn - a few meters (Schachenmayr Catania mustard 0383 - zimt)
  • 07
    Black and white - a few meters for eye details
  • 08
    Safety eyes 6 mm (2 pieces)

— Tools Required

  • 01
    Crochet hook suitable for your yarn (pattern author used 1.75 mm; testing used 1.5 mm and 0.75 mm for smaller/larger toys)
  • 02
    Safety eyes 6 mm (2 pieces)
  • 03
    Scissors
  • 04
    Tapestry needle for sewing and weaving ends
  • 05
    Stitch markers (or a piece of yarn)
  • 06
    Polyester stuffing (fiberfill)
  • 07
    Stuffing tools (wooden skewers and tweezers recommended)
  • 08
    Pins for assembly
  • 09
    Strong thread for thread joining

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— Arms :

Info :

Work with green yarn. Do not stuff the arms.

Round 1 :

6 sc in a MR (6)

Round 2-4 :

(3 rows) 6 sc (6)

Round 5 :

inc, 5 sc (7)

Round 6 :

3 sc in 1 stitch, 2 sc, dec, 2 sc (8)

Round 7 :

(inc, 1 sc) * 2, dec, 2 sc (9)

Round 8 :

(dec, 1 sc) * 2, 2 inc, 1 sc (9)

Round 9-11 :

(3 rows) 9 sc (9)

Round 12 :

(dec, 1 sc) * 3 (6)

Info :

Cut the yarn off leaving a tail for closing the opening. Insert the yarn tail into a needle, go under the front loops of all 6 sc (p.5), tighten the thread and weave in the yarn ends.

Info :

Later we will attach the arms to the body.

— Legs :

Info :

Work with green yarn. Ch 5.

Round 1 :

From the 2nd ch from the hook (p.8): inc, 2 sc, 4 sc in 1 stitch, 2 sc along the other side of the chain, inc (12)

Info :

Continue working in spirals.

Round 2 :

inc, 4 sc, 2 inc, 4 sc, inc (16)

Round 3 :

16 sc (16)

Round 4 :

4 sc, 4 dec, 4 sc (12)

Round 5 :

3 sc, 3 dec, 3 sc (9)

Info :

Stuff the foot.

Round 6 :

9 sc (9)

Round 7 :

(inc, 2 sc) * 3 (12)

Round 8 :

(inc, 3 sc) * 3 (15)

Round 9-10 :

(2 rows) 15 sc (15)

Round 11 :

(dec, 3 sc) * 3 (12)

Info :

Lightly stuff the top part of the leg, so that the shape of the leg is almost flat (p.9).

Round 12 :

6 dec (6)

Info :

Cut the yarn off, close the opening, weave in the yarn end.

Info :

Later we will attach the legs to the body.

— Head :

Info :

Work with brown yarn.

Round 1 :

6 sc in a MR (6)

Round 2 :

6 inc (12)

Round 3 :

(inc, 1 sc) * 6 (18)

Round 4 :

(inc, 2 sc) * 6 (24)

Round 5 :

(inc, 3 sc) * 6 (30)

Round 6 :

(inc, 4 sc) * 6 (36)

Round 7-8 :

(2 rows) 36 sc (36)

Round 9-10 :

(2 rows) FLO 36 sc (p.10) (36)

Info :

Cut the yarn off leaving 15-20 cm and weave in the end using the "straight edge" method. Insert your needle into the 2nd stitch of the row (skip one stitch, insert the needle into the 2nd one) (p.11). Insert it into the last stitch of the row (between the front and the back loops of the stitch) (p.12). Pull the needle out, tighten the thread, and weave in the end (p.13).

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Turn the detail inside out, the tail of the MR should be outside (p.15).

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Attach green yarn to the back loop of the last stitch of the previous row (p.17,18). Continue crocheting clockwise (p.16).

Round 11 :

BLO 36 sc (36)

Info :

Mark the back loop of the 1st stitch of 11th row, we will need it in 13th row.

Round 12 :

The whole row is crocheted FLO (watch this video before starting to crochet this row): (in one stitch: sl st, ch 2, 1 hdc, 1 dc, ch 2, sl st into the 2nd ch from hook, into the next stitch: 1 dc, 1 hdc, ch 2, sl st, into the next stitch: 1 sl st) * 12 (12 leaves) (p.19,20)

Round 13 :

Work into the BLO of 11th row (start from the loop you marked before) (p.21): 36 sc (36)

Round 14-16 :

(3 rows) 36 sc (36)

Info :

Insert the safety eyes between the 4th and 5th rows of the head. But first, make holes for the eyes to make it easier to insert them. I use a wooden skewer, insert it between the stitches and widen the hole (p.22). Attach safety eyes (p.23).

Round 17 :

(dec, 4 sc) * 6 (30)

Round 18 :

(dec, 3 sc) * 6 (24)

Info :

Start to stuff the head, add stuffing as you go.

Round 19 :

(dec, 2 sc) * 6 (18)

Round 20 :

(dec, 1 sc) * 6 (12)

Round 21 :

6 dec (6)

Info :

Cut the yarn off, close the opening, weave in the yarn end.

— Petals :

Info :

Watch this video before starting to crochet petals. Attach yarn of blue color (if you want a Ukrainian sunflower) or yellow color (if you want a regular sunflower) to the front loop of the last brown row (p.26,27).

Round 1 :

1 sc, ch 6 (p.28), turn, work on the wrong side of the chain (into the loops indicated in the p.28)

Round 2 :

From the 2nd ch from hook: 5 sc (p.29), sl st into the back loop of the base sc (p.30), turn

Round 3 :

From the 2nd stitch from hook (skip sl st, work into the last sc of the previous row, p.31): 1 sc, 3 hdc, 2 sc in 1 stitch, ch 3, sl st into the 3rd loop from the hook (p.32), 1 sc into the same sc (the last stitch) (p.32), work along the other side of the chain, 1 sc, 3 hdc, 1 sc (p.33), sl st into the front loop of the base sc (p.34)

Info :

The first petal is ready (p.35).

Round 4 :

2 sl st into the front loops on the head

Info :

Repeat instructions 1-4 11 more times. The first row of 12 petals is ready (p.36).

Info :

If you crocheted this row with blue yarn, fasten off, and attach yellow yarn to the front loop of the next stitch (p.37). If you crocheted with yellow yarn, continue to crochet.

Info :

The 2nd row is made almost in the same way, the only difference is that you start with 4th instruction (make 2 sl st, p.38) and then make instructions 1-3. The petals of this row should close the spaces between petals of the previous row. Repeat instructions (4, 1-3) 12 times. Fasten off.

Info :

Attach yarn of mustard color to the next front loop (p.39). Ch 4 (p.40), sl st into the next stitch (p.41,42), repeat 35 more times (till the end of the row) (p.43). Cut the yarn off, weave in the end (p.44).

— Body :

Info :

Work with green yarn.

Round 1 :

6 sc in a MR (6)

Round 2 :

6 inc (12)

Round 3 :

(inc, 1 sc) * 6 (18)

Round 4 :

(inc, 2 sc) * 6 (24)

Round 5 :

(inc, 3 sc) * 6 (30)

Round 6 :

(inc, 4 sc) * 6 (36)

Round 7-11 :

(5 rows) 36 sc (36)

Round 12 :

14 sc, (dec, 1 sc) * 3, 13 sc (33)

Round 13 :

12 sc, (dec, 1 sc) * 3, 12 sc (30)

Round 14 :

(dec, 3 sc) * 6 (24)

Round 15 :

24 sc (24)

Round 16 :

(dec, 2 sc) * 6 (18)

Round 17-19 :

(3 rows) 18 sc (18)

Info :

Stuff the body firmly.

Info :

Cut the yarn off leaving 20-30 cm for sewing the body to the head.

— Assembling :

Info :

Embroider the nose using the same yarn you used for crocheting the face. Make 3-4 stitches over the MR (p.47,48).

Info :

Embroider the whites of the eyes with white yarn (p.49-51).

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Embroider eyelashes with black thread following instructions (p.52-54). I use 4 ply yarn, divide it in half and embroider in 2 threads. You can also use embroidery thread.

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Pull all the ends out at the back of the head, tie them together and weave in. If during embroidery some fiberfill threads were pulled out on the face, remove them using tweezers.

Info :

Fix the head on the body with pins as close to the green leaves as possible, the face should look a little upwards (p.55-57). Sew the head to the body with the thread left from crocheting the body. Grab a stitch on the head (p.58), then a stitch on the body (note, not a loop, a stitch - p.59). Add stuffing to the neck before you completely close the opening. Weave in the yarn end.

Info :

Thread joining: Count the rows from the bottom of the body. Pin the legs between rows 6 and 7 and the arm between rows 13 and 14 (p.61,62). Use a strong thread (we will need about 50 cm for the arms and 50 cm for the legs). Grab several stitches from the inside of the leg (p.63), pull the needle through the body (p.64,65), grab several stitches on the inner side of the second leg (p.66), and pull the needle back through the body (p.67). Repeat these steps several times (2-3 will be enough), inserting the needle into the same holes and trying to grab the same stitches on the legs. Squeeze the legs a little (p.68), pull up both ends, tie them together several times and weave them in.

Info :

Attach the arms using the same method, but grab just 1-2 stitches on the arms (p.69).

Assembly Instructions

  • Embroider the nose with the same yarn used for the face, making 3-4 stitches over the MR and weave in ends.
  • Embroider the whites of the eyes with white yarn, then embroider eyelashes with black thread (divide 4-ply yarn into two strands or use embroidery thread).
  • Pin the head to the body close to the green leaves so the face tilts slightly upward; sew using thread left from crocheting the body, grabbing a stitch on the head and a stitch on the body (not a loop).
  • Count rows on the body and pin the legs between rows 6 and 7, and the arms between rows 13 and 14; use a strong thread to join by grabbing several inner stitches and pulling the needle through the body several times, then tie and weave ends.
  • Add stuffing to the neck before completely closing the opening to maintain shape and secure the head firmly to the body.

Important Notes

  • 💡All parts are worked in continuous spirals (without slip stitch and ch) unless noted otherwise; use a stitch marker to track rounds.
  • 💡Make holes for safety eyes before inserting them by widening stitches gently with a wooden skewer to avoid splitting stitches.
  • 💡Stuff gradually and evenly for neat shaping; overstuffing can distort the toy and under stuffing will make it floppy.
  • 💡Pin parts in place before sewing to ensure correct positioning and symmetry during assembly.

This cheerful Baby Sunflower pattern brings a tiny burst of sunshine to your hands and home. Create a lovable, handcrafted buddy perfect for gifts or sunny decor. Enjoy making each petal and watching your little sunflower bloom in your crochet basket. 🌻🧶

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FAQs

What size will the finished piece be?

The finished amigurumi measures approximately 12 cm (4.7 inches) tall when using the recommended yarn and hook size; different yarns and hooks will change the size.

Can I use different yarn weights for this pattern?

Yes, you can use different yarn weights but the finished size will vary; choose an appropriate hook for your yarn and check the testing results for examples using other hook sizes.

Do I need prior crochet experience for this pattern?

This pattern is rated intermediate and assumes you know single crochet, increases, decreases, working in FLO/BLO, and sewing pieces together.

How long does this project typically take to complete?

Most crocheters finish this project in 5-7 hours, though time will vary with experience, size, and amount of detailing you add.