Bella the Brown Bear Free Amigurumi – Easy Bear Crochet Pattern

If you love sweet woodland animals and cozy handmade toys, you’ll adore the free amigurumi crochet pattern of Bella the Brown Bear — a soft and cuddly amigurumi bear dressed in a charming little jumpsuit.

Bella is designed to be a beginner-friendly crochet pattern, yet detailed enough to create a beautiful handmade toy that children and collectors will treasure. With her round face, tiny ears, and cozy suspenders outfit, Bella makes a wonderful baby shower gift, nursery decoration, or handmade toy for little ones.

This adorable bear is crocheted using sport weight yarn and a 2.5 mm hook, creating a soft and detailed finish that is perfect for amigurumi lovers.

Whether you’re making Bella for your child, as a thoughtful handmade gift, or adding her to your amigurumi collection, this pattern will guide you step-by-step with clear instructions.

So grab your hook, prepare your yarn, and let’s begin making Bella the Brown Bear.

Enjoy Crocheting!

Pattern Details

Skill Level: Beginner
Pattern Type: Amigurumi
Construction: Worked in continuous rounds
Finished Size: Approx. 7 inches (18 cm) tall

Materials & Tools

• Sport weight yarn
  Main Color (Light Brown)
  Yarn used in this pattern: Alize Silky Effect #261
  or any light brown yarn
  
  Dark Brown for facial details
  Yarn used in this pattern: DMC Happy Cotton #777
  or any dark brown yarn
  
  Jumpsuit
  Yarn used in this pattern: Schachenmayr Catania #00173 Light Blue

Other Tools

• 2.5 mm crochet hook
• Yarn needle for sewing
• 10 mm safety eyes (2 pieces)
• Poly-fiber filling
• Stitch marker
• Scissors

Abbreviations (US Terminology)

CH ➜ chain
sc ➜ single crochet
sl st ➜ slip stitch
inc ➜ increase (2 sc in same stitch)
dec ➜ decrease (single crochet 2 together)
DC ➜ double crochet
HDC ➜ half double crochet

( ) ➜ number of stitches at the end of the round

Pattern Notes

• This pattern is worked in continuous rounds unless otherwise stated.
• Use a stitch marker to mark the end of each round.
• Make sure the stitch count matches the number inside parentheses at the end of each round.
• The pattern uses the “X” single crochet stitch.
• Stuff the parts gradually as you crochet to achieve a smooth shape.

Written Pattern

Legs

Use light brown yarn.

Left Leg

– round 1: Magic Ring, 6 sc (6)

– round 2: Inc all around (12)

– round 3: (2 sc, inc) repeat 4 times (16)

– rounds 4-11: Sc around (16) – 8 rounds

Make 2 slip stitches, fasten off and cut yarn leaving 15 cm tail for sewing the gap between legs.

Right Leg

– round 1: Magic Ring, 6 sc (6)

– round 2: Inc all around (12)

– round 3: (2 sc, inc) repeat 4 times (16)

– rounds 4-11: Sc around (16)

This will be the end of the round for the legs. But do not fasten off nor cut. Now, proceed to the Body part.

Body

– round 1: 4 sc, Ch 4, connect the left leg by 1 sl st on the 6th stitch before the first slip st, 16 sc, Ch 4, connect the right leg by 1 sl st, 16 sc (40)

With the 15cm yarn tail of the left leg, use yarn needle and sew together both CH 4 made from current round. This is to merge or close the middle part.

– round 2: (9 sc, inc) repeat 4 times (44)

– round 3: Sc around (44)

– round 4: (10 sc, inc) repeat 4 times (48)

– round 5: Sc around (48)

– round 6: 23 sc, inc, 23 sc, inc (50)

– rounds 7-11: Sc around (50)

– round 12: 12 sc, dec, 36 sc (49)

– round 13: 12 sc, dec, 22 sc, dec, 11 sc (47)

– round 14: 10 sc, dec twice, 33 sc (45)

– round 15: Sc around (45)

– round 16: 9 sc, dec, 20 sc, dec, 12 sc (43)

– round 17: 10 sc, dec, 31 sc (42)

– round 18: Dec, 17 sc, 21 sc (40)

– rounds 19-20: Sc around (40)

– round 21: (8 sc, dec) repeat 4 times (36)

– round 22: 8 sc, dec, 26 sc (35)

– round 23-24: Sc around (35)

Begin stuffing the legs and body.

– round 25: (5 sc, dec) repeat 5 times (30)

– round 26: (4 sc, dec) repeat 5 times (25)

– round 27: (3 sc, dec) repeat 5 times (20)

Fasten off leaving long tail for sewing the head.

Head

Using light brown yarn.

– round 1: Magic Ring, 6 sc (6)

– round 2: Inc all around (12)

– round 3: (1 sc, inc) repeat 6 times (18)

– round 4: (1 sc, inc, 1 sc) repeat 6 times (24)

– round 5: (3 sc, inc) repeat 6 times (30)

– round 6: (2 sc, inc, 2 sc) repeat 6 times (36)

– round 7: (5 sc, inc) repeat 6 times (42)

– round 8: (3 sc, inc, 3 sc) repeat 6 times (48)

– round 9: (7 sc, inc) repeat 6 times (54)

– round 10: (4 sc, inc, 4 sc) repeat 6 times (60)

– rounds 11-21: Sc around (60)

Insert 10 mm safety eyes at round 17, leaving 8–9 stitches between them.

– round 22: (8 sc, dec) repeat 6 times (54)

– round 23: (7 sc, dec) repeat 6 times (48)

– round 24: (6 sc, dec) repeat 6 times (42)

– round 25: (5 sc, dec) repeat 6 times (36)

– round 26: (4 sc, dec) repeat 6 times (30)

Stuff the head firmly.

– round 27: (3 sc, dec) repeat 6 times (24)

– round 28: (4 sc, dec) repeat 6 times (20)

Slip stitch and fasten off leaving long sewing tail.

Ears

Make 2 using light brown yarn.

– round 1: Magic Ring, 6 sc (6)

– round 2: Inc all around (12)

– round 3: (1 sc, inc) repeat 6 times (18)

– round 4: Sc around (18)

– round 5: (1 sc, dec) repeat 6 times (12)

– round 6: Sc around (12)

Leave long tail for sewing.

Arms

Make 2 using light brown yarn.

– round 1: Magic Ring, 6 sc (6)

– round 2: Inc all around (12)

– rounds 3-22: Sc around (12)

Stuff to half with fiberfill the arms.

– round 23: Folding two pieces and crochet both sides: 6sc (6) Cut the yarn leaving a long tail for sewing.

Fasten off leaving long sewing tail.

Muzzle

Same color of yarn used for the head

– round 1: Magic Ring 6sc (6)

– round 2: Inc in all 6sc (12)

– round 3: 1sc, inc *repeat 6x (18)

– round 4: 1sc, inc, 1sc *repeat 6x (24)

– round 5: 3sc, inc *repeat 6x (30)

– round 6-7: Sc all 30sc (30)

Cut a long tail of yarn for sewing.

Jumpsuit

Using light blue yarn.

– round 1: CH 50, join with slip stitch to form a ring

– rounds 2-5: CH 3, DC around, join with sl st (50)

Working on the left side of the trousers leg

– round 6: CH 3, 1dc in each 20st, connect the sides of the piece with sl st into the third chain (20)

– round 7: CH 3, 1dc in each st, sl st. (20)

– round 8: CH 1, sl st, CH 1 repeat 20x (20)

Fasten off, cut the yarn.

Tie a new yarn to the first stitch for the right trouser leg and crochet 10 DC in the back and 10 DC in front of shorts, sl st into the third CH. Repeat the round 7–8. Fasten off, cut the yarn. Sew the hole between the legs.

Top part and Suspenders of the jumpsuit

Tie a new yarn at the front of the pants, start from the right side (around half trouser leg):

– round 1: CH 2, 14 HDC, turn (14)

– round 2: CH 2, 14 HDC, turn (14)

– round 3: Ch2, 1hdc in each st (14st), don’t cut the thread, dress the Bear and start doing suspenders: Ch24 (maybe you need to crochet some more chains, depending on the yarn you use), join with a sl st crosswise to the back, 7 sl st on back of shorts, and again 24ch and join in front of top.

Fasten off and cut the yarn.

For the embroidered heart, follow a heart shape and embroider it using slip stitches.

Check the Assemble Page in this pattern to see how to assemble the
suspenders.

Assembly

1️⃣ Sew the head to the body.
2️⃣ Attach the ears just below round 6 of the head.
3️⃣ Sew the muzzle onto the face and lightly stuff it.
4️⃣ Embroider the nose, mouth, and eyebrows using black or dark brown yarn.
5️⃣ Sew the arms to the sides of the body.
6️⃣ Dress Bella in the jumpsuit and adjust the suspenders.

Your Bella the Brown Bear is now ready to cuddle!

Voila! You did it!

Beginner Tips for Success

• Use a smaller hook if stitches appear loose.
• Stuff the amigurumi little by little to avoid lumps.
• Keep stitches tight to prevent stuffing from showing.
• Count stitches often to keep your shape correct.

Pattern Support

If you need help or want to ask questions about the pattern, please contact us on our Contact page. If you choose to modify the pattern or use a different yarn weight or crochet hook size, you can share your questions to our Facebook WCC Woolshie Crochet Club. I would love to help and other members too!

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These beginner-friendly designs are perfect for growing your handmade toy collection.

Accessibility Statement

This pattern is written in beginner-friendly crochet terms and is designed to be accessible to crocheters of all skill levels. This guide is carefully structured to ensure that even first-time amigurumi makers can follow along and enjoy crocheting along the way.

Copyright

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