Crochet Easter Bunny Eggs, Free Crochet Pattern

These crochet Easter Bunny Eggs are perfect for your Easter decoration! I designed them to make an Easter garland for our home and you will be able to find my Bunny Eggs Easter garland in my next post.

Besides garland, you can use these Easter Bunny Eggs for any other embellishment – for table decor, hang them on your door or window or just use them as appliques.

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Easter Bunny Egg – Crochet Pattern

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Abbreviations:

(See a list of crochet abbreviations used in patterns by yarn industry designers and publishers HERE)

Ch – chain

DC – double crochet

EDC – extended double crochet

HDC – half double crochet

Rnd – round

SC- single crochet

Sl St – slip stitch

St (Sts) – stitch (stitches)

TR – treble crochet

Finished Size:

This Easter Bunny Egg is about 7″ (18 cm) tall.

Yarn:

Lily Sugar ‘N Cream cotton medium weight #4 yarn

Hook and Other Materials:

Crochet hook US size 7/4.5 mm

Googly Eyes

Red embroidery floss

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Note:

How to make an Extended Double Crochet (EDC)

The extended double crochet stitch is a taller variation of standard double crochet.

Yarn over. Insert the hook into the next stitch, yarn over, and draw the yarn through the stitch. There are now 3 loops on the hook.
Yarn over and draw the yarn through the first loop on the hook. There are now 3 loops on the hook.
Yarn over and draw the yarn through 2 loops on the hook. There are now 2 loops on the hook.
Yarn over and draw the yarn through the 2 remaining loops on the hook.

Instructions:

Make an adjustable ring,

Round 1. Ch 3 (counts as DC), 11 DC into the ring, draw the loop closed. To make it easier to do, first, untwist the tail, then pull the tail to draw the loop tightly closed. Sl St to 3rd Ch of beginning Ch-3 to join. Total – 12 DC.

Round 2. Ch 3 (counts as DC), DC in same place, 2 DC in each St around, Sl St to 3rd Ch of beginning Ch-3 to join. Total – 24 DC.

Round 3. Ch 4 (counts as TR), 2 TR in next St, TR in next St, TR+EDC in next St, *2 DC in next St, DC in next St* – repeat 4 times;

First Ear: Ch 16, SC in 2^nd Ch and in next 2, HCD in next 3 Chs, DC in next 4 Chs, 4 DC in next Ch, DC in next Ch, HDC in next 2 Chs, SC in last Ch, Sl St in top of last DC of the Round;

EDC+TR+EDC in next St (top of the Bunny’s head);

Second Ear: Ch 16, SC in 2^nd Ch and in next 2, HDC in next 2 Chs, DC in next 5 Chs, HDC in next 3 Chs, SC in next 2, Sl St in top of last DC of the Round;

*DC in next St, 2 DC in next St* – repeat 4 times, EDC+TR in next St, TR in next St, 2 TR in next St, Sl St to 4th Ch of beginning Ch-4 to join.

Round 4. Ch 1, 2 SC in same St, *SC in next 2 Sts, 2 SC in next St* – repeat 4 times, SC in each of next 5 Sts;

working along the first side of the ear – Sl St in next 4 Sts, skip next St, Sl St in next 10 Sts, continue working along the second side of the ear – Sl St in next 2 Sts, SC in next 9 Sts, 2 SC in next 3 Sts, SC in next 4 Sts;

SC in same St where the ear is joined to the head, 2 SC in next St, SC in next St;

continue working along the first side of the second ear – Sl St in next 2 Sts, SC in next 11 Sts, Sl St in next 2 sts, continue working along the second side of the ear – Sl St in next 3 Sts, SC in next 10 Sts, Sl St in next 2 Sts;

SC in same St where the ear is joined to the head, SC in next 4 Sts, *2 SC into next St, SC into each of next 2 Sts* – repeat to the end of the round, Sl St to 1st SC to join. Fasten off.

Finishing

Block your Easter Bunny Eggs as necessary.

2. Embroider the mouth, attach googly eyes. (For babies and small children items – embroider the eyes on).

You can also embellish your Bunny Egg with small crochet Bow. For this Bow, I used a small amount of cotton light weight #3 yarn.