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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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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 guides you through crocheting a Baby Sunflower amigurumi with a textured center, two-layer petals, and a cuddly green body. It uses sport/fingering weight or cotton thread and small hooks for a neat finish. The clear step-by-step rounds and photographed steps make it easy to follow along and achieve polished results.

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

You will work in continuous spirals for most parts and attach petals, leaves and limbs by sewing or thread-joining. The pattern also includes helpful tips for invisible decreases and finishing touches.

Why You'll Love This Baby Sunflower Amigurumi Pattern

I absolutely love this pattern because it combines simple amigurumi shapes with playful petal details that really bring the sunflower to life. I enjoy how the layered petals create depth and character with only a few additional rounds. The pattern is versatile so I can make tiny keychain versions or slightly larger cuddly toys by changing yarn and hook. Every time I finish one I feel delighted by the personality the little face and embroidered details give the toy.

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 how easy it is to customize this pattern by changing yarn and hook size to create different finished sizes.

Try pastel yarns and softer hooks to make a delicate baby-friendly version with gentler colors.

Use bulky yarn and a larger hook to make a plush, chunky sunflower perfect for cuddling or display.

I often add tiny accessories like a crocheted bow, a felt hat, or a miniature watering can to give each sunflower personality.

Swap colors for the petals: use ombre or variegated yarn for a unique multi-tonal look that makes each petal subtle and interesting.

For a seasonal set, crochet multiple sunflowers in matching or contrasting colors and arrange them in a small bouquet or pot.

Embroider different facial expressions by changing eye placement and mouth shape to create shy, smiling, or sleepy sunflowers.

Try safety eyes of different sizes or embroidered eyes for a fully handmade option safe for small children.

Make the limbs posable by adding a thin wire core before stuffing for adjustable arms and legs (wrap wire ends securely and cover with yarn).

I also like to create a mini family set by making the same pattern in three sizes — tiny, small, and medium — using thread, fingering, and sport yarn respectively.

Common Mistakes & How to Fix Them

✗ Not using a stitch marker while working in continuous spirals leads to lost round starts; place a marker at the first stitch of each round and move it after each round to keep accurate counting. ✗ Overstuffing the head or body makes shaping difficult and bulges the stitches; stuff gradually and add small amounts of fiberfill while shaping to maintain smooth curves and correct proportions. ✗ Skipping the step of weaving the tail into the front loops for the head edge can cause a messy rim; follow the 'straight edge' weaving method described to secure and hide the tail neatly. ✗ Forgetting to make holes for safety eyes may tear stitches when pushing them in; widen the holes slightly using a wooden skewer before inserting safety eyes for an easier and cleaner placement.

Baby Sunflower Amigurumi Pattern

Make a charming Baby Sunflower amigurumi with this detailed crochet pattern. You will create a tiny sunflower toy with layered petals, a sweet embroidered face, and posable limbs. The pattern includes step-by-step rounds, photos, and clear assembly instructions so you can follow along easily. Perfect for gifting or displaying, this pattern brings a little sunshine to your crochet projects.

Intermediate 5-7 Hours

Materials Needed for Baby Sunflower Amigurumi Pattern

— Main Fabric

  • 01
    Sport weight yarn (Fine yarn) or Fingering (super fine) for 100% cotton yarn
  • 02
    Green yarn - approx. 30g (used for body, arms, legs, leaves)
  • 03
    Brown yarn - approx. 15g (used for face/center)
  • 04
    Yellow yarn - approx. 10g (petals)
  • 05
    Blue yarn - approx. 10g (optional - for Ukrainian sunflower accent)
  • 06
    Mustard yarn - a few meters (for petal edging)
  • 07
    Black and white yarn - a few meters each (for small details and eye highlights)
  • 08
    Schachenmayr Catania (50g/125m, 100% cotton) colors used: green (0414 - moose), mustard (0383 - zimt), yellow (0208 - sonne), black (0110 - schwarz), white (0106 - weiß)
  • 09
    Scheepjes Catona (50g/125m, 100% cotton): brown (388 - rust)

— Tools Required

  • 01
    Crochet hook suitable for your yarn (pattern used 1.75 mm)
  • 02
    Optional crochet hook 1.5 mm (for a larger tight finish with 8/6 cotton)
  • 03
    Optional crochet hook 0.75 mm (for cotton lace - tiny version)
  • 04
    Safety eyes 6 mm (2 pieces)
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    Scissors
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    Tapestry needle for sewing and weaving ends
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    Stitch markers (I use a piece of yarn)
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    Pins for assembly
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    Polyester stuffing (fiberfill)
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    Stuffing tool (wooden skewers and tweezers recommended)
  • 11
    Strong thread for thread joining (for attaching limbs)

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— Read Me :

Info :

Decreases: In order to make an invisible decrease, insert the hook only under the FRONT loop of one stitch, then under the FRONT loop of the second stitch (p.1,2), yarn over and pull through these two front loops (p.3), yarn over and pull through two loops left on the hook (p.4).

— Arms (make 2) :

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. Later we will attach the arms to the body.

— Legs (make 2) :

Info :

Work with green yarn.

Item Name (Ch) :

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. 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).

Info :

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

Info :

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)

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).

Info :

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.

Info :

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).

Info :

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

  • Fix the head on the body with pins as close to the green leaves as possible so the face looks slightly upwards, then sew the head to the body using the yarn tail left from crocheting the body by grabbing a stitch on the head and a stitch on the body repeatedly.
  • Position and pin the legs between rows 6 and 7 of the body and the arms between rows 13 and 14 before thread-joining to ensure correct placement and symmetry.
  • Use strong thread (about 50 cm for each limb) and grab several stitches from inside the leg, pull the needle through the body and repeat to secure the legs; squeeze the legs, pull up both thread ends, tie several knots and weave in securely.
  • Attach the arms using the same thread-joining method but grab only 1-2 stitches on each arm to keep them firmly attached without distorting the shape.
  • Embroider the nose with 3-4 stitches over the magic ring using the same brown yarn used for crocheting the face, then embroider whites and eyelashes using white and black yarn as instructed.
  • After embroidery, pull all ends to the back of the head, tie and weave them in; remove any fiberfill threads pulled out during embroidery using tweezers.

Important Notes

  • 💡Use stitch markers to keep track of the rounds, especially when working continuous spirals and during color or loop changes.
  • 💡Stuff firmly but in small increments while shaping the head and body to avoid lumps and maintain smooth curves.
  • 💡Pin all parts in place and check symmetry before sewing to ensure accurate positioning of head, arms, and legs.
  • 💡Weave in ends as you go when possible to avoid a long finishing session and to keep the inside tidy for thread joining.

This Baby Sunflower amigurumi pattern brings a little sunshine to your crochet basket with a sweet face and layered petals. Make pocket-sized or slightly larger versions by changing yarn weight and hook. Perfect as a handmade gift or a tiny decor piece to brighten any shelf. 🧶🌻😊

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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; sizes may vary with different yarn weights and hooks.

Can I use different yarn weights for this pattern?

Yes, you can use different yarn weights, but this will affect the final size and stitch tension; adjust your hook size accordingly and check gauge or make a test piece.

Do I need prior crochet experience for this pattern?

This pattern is rated intermediate and assumes you are comfortable with single crochet, increases, decreases, working in FLO/BLO, and basic embroidery; beginners may succeed with patience.

How long does this project typically take to complete?

Most crocheters complete this project in 5-7 hours, though time may vary depending on experience, customization, and size variations.