Sunflower Market Bunny – Crochet

This charming handmade bunny doll set brings together a sunflower dress, a market hat, a tiny produce bag, and a sweet chick companion. It has the cozy look many shoppers search for in an amigurumi doll, farmhouse nursery decor piece, spring bunny gift, or collectible crochet animal.

The warm golden palette, flower accents, and market accessories give this design the feel of a boutique handmade toy. It fits beautifully into searches for stuffed bunny decor, artisan rabbit doll, sunflower nursery gift, and seasonal handmade plush, while still being practical for makers who enjoy detailed amigurumi construction.

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Design Overview

This set includes five crocheted pieces shown in the image: the bunny, the sunflower hat, the sunflower pinafore dress with pocket, the market tote with carrots, and the small chick companion with its own hat and carrots. Every visible element is included so the finished set stays faithful to the picture.

The bunny has a soft round head, long downward ears, a compact body hidden beneath the dress, gently rounded arms, straight legs, beige shoes, black safety eyes, and a small pink nose with a short center stitch. The proportions are cute and balanced rather than long and skinny.

The dress is mustard yellow and shaped like a pinafore with narrow straps, a bib front, a full skirt, and a front pocket. Three sunflowers decorate the dress: one centered on the bib, one attached to the pocket, and one tucked at the pocket edge with a small bouquet effect.

The hat is a brimmed cloche style in mustard yellow with a neat band detail and one large sunflower on the right side. The tote is rectangular and textured, with two handles and small carrots peeking from the top. The tiny chick wears a matching hat and holds two carrots.

Materials

• Main bunny color: light cream or warm ivory cotton yarn, DK or light worsted
• Ear and shoe color: pale beige or oatmeal
• Dress, hat, tote, and chick accent color: sunflower mustard
• Sunflower center color: medium brown
• Leaf color: muted green
• Carrot color: warm orange
• Chick body colors: pale yellow, cream, and mustard
• Nose color: soft blush pink
• Hook sizes: 2.25 mm for the main doll and accessories, 2.0 mm for very small pieces if needed
• Eyes: 8 mm black safety eyes for the bunny, 5 mm black safety eyes for the chick
• Stuffing: polyester fiberfill
• Optional structure: a little plastic canvas or firm felt for the tote base, thin cardboard covered in plastic for display only
• Tapestry needle, stitch markers, scissors, sewing pins

Finished Size

• Bunny: about 11 to 12 inches tall from feet to hat top
• Tote: about 3 inches tall without handles
• Chick: about 4 to 4.5 inches tall including hat

Abbreviations

• MR = magic ring
• ch = chain
• sl st = slip stitch
• sc = single crochet
• inc = 2 sc in one stitch
• dec = invisible decrease
• hdc = half double crochet
• dc = double crochet
• BLO = back loop only
• FLO = front loop only
• st = stitch
• sts = stitches

General Notes

• Work in continuous rounds unless a row is clearly stated.
• Use a stitch marker at the start of every round.
• Stuff firmly but evenly, especially the head, feet, and chick body.
• Keep stitches tight so stuffing does not show.
• The sample in the image has a very smooth, compact fabric. Cotton or cotton blend yarn works especially well.
• For the cleanest result, sew accessories after lightly pinning them in place.

Bunny Head

1. With cream, make 6 sc in MR. 6 sts
2. Inc around. 12 sts
3. (Sc 1, inc) around. 18 sts
4. (Sc 2, inc) around. 24 sts
5. (Sc 3, inc) around. 30 sts
6. (Sc 4, inc) around. 36 sts
7. (Sc 5, inc) around. 42 sts
8. (Sc 6, inc) around. 48 sts
9. (Sc 7, inc) around. 54 sts
10. Sc around. 54 sts
11. Sc around. 54 sts
12. Sc around. 54 sts
13. Sc around. 54 sts
14. Sc around. 54 sts
15. Sc around. 54 sts
16. Sc around. 54 sts
17. Sc around. 54 sts
18. (Sc 7, dec) around. 48 sts
19. (Sc 6, dec) around. 42 sts
20. (Sc 5, dec) around. 36 sts
21. (Sc 4, dec) around. 30 sts

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Insert the 8 mm eyes between Rounds 11 and 12 with about 10 visible stitches between them. The face in the image is gentle and slightly wide set, so avoid placing the eyes too close together. Stuff the head firmly before closing later.

Embroider a small triangular pink nose centered between Rounds 13 and 14. Add one short vertical stitch below it for the mouth line. Do not create a large smile. The face in the image is minimal, calm, and soft.

Muzzle Shaping

To create the slight cheek fullness visible in the photo, add a very light face sculpt. Thread strong matching yarn from the neck opening, come out beside one eye, pass across the nose area, and return near the other eye. Pull gently, not deeply.

This shaping should only suggest a rounded muzzle. The doll in the image does not have dramatic indenting. A subtle pull is enough to make the nose area lift slightly while keeping the face smooth, plush, and childlike.

Bunny Body

1. Continue from the head or fasten off the head and join later if preferred.
2. From the 30-st round at the base of the head, work one round in BLO, sc around. 30 sts
3. Sc around. 30 sts
4. (Sc 4, dec) around. 25 sts
5. Sc around. 25 sts
6. (Sc 3, dec) around. 20 sts
7. Sc around. 20 sts
8. (Sc 4, inc) around. 24 sts
9. Sc around. 24 sts
10. (Sc 5, inc) around. 28 sts
11. Sc around. 28 sts
12. Sc around. 28 sts

The body is mostly hidden by the dress, so it only needs a neat pear shape. Keep the neck slim, the chest soft, and the lower body slightly rounded. Stuff firmly at the neck and moderately at the lower body so the doll stands balanced when displayed.

Legs and Feet Make 2

1. With beige, make 6 sc in MR. 6 sts
2. Inc around. 12 sts
3. (Sc 1, inc) around. 18 sts
4. (Sc 2, inc) around. 24 sts
5. Sc around. 24 sts
6. Sc 8, dec, dec, sc 8, dec, dec. 20 sts
7. Sc around. 20 sts
8. Change to cream in BLO, sc around. 20 sts
9. Sc around. 20 sts
10. (Sc 3, dec) around. 16 sts
11. Sc around. 16 sts
12. Sc around. 16 sts
13. Continue working straight for the leg for 14 more rounds. 16 sts

Stuff the foot firmly and the leg lightly. The feet in the image are rounded slippers rather than sharply shaped shoes. Flatten the sole slightly while stuffing so the doll can rest more steadily. Make the second leg identically and leave a long tail on one leg.

Join the legs with 4 chains. Attach to the first leg, sc around the first leg, sc across the chain, sc around the second leg, and sc across the other side of the chain. You should have roughly 40 sts. Adjust by one stitch if needed to keep the center balanced.

Work 2 rounds even on the joined legs. Then continue into the body instructions above if making the doll from the feet upward. If you already made the body separately, sew the legs neatly under the skirt line with the feet pointing forward.

Arms Make 2

1. With cream, make 6 sc in MR. 6 sts
2. Inc around. 12 sts
3. (Sc 1, inc) around. 18 sts
4. Sc around. 18 sts
5. (Sc 4, dec) around. 15 sts
6. Sc around. 15 sts
7. Add a tiny cuff detail: (sl st, ch 2, sl st in next st) repeated 5 times across one side only if you want the delicate ruffle look shown in the image.
8. Continue with sc around for 10 more rounds. 15 sts
9. Flatten and close with 7 or 8 sc through both sides.

The upper arms are softly rounded and slightly fuller near the shoulder. Stuff only the top half. Leave the lower arm lightly filled or empty so it hangs naturally. Sew the arms to the sides of the body just below the neckline and angle them slightly inward.

Ears Make 2

1. With beige, ch 21.
2. Starting in second ch from hook: sc 19, 3 sc in last ch, working on the other side of chain sc 18, inc. 42 sts
3. Sc around. 42 sts
4. Sc around. 42 sts
5. (Sc 5, dec) around. 36 sts
6. Sc around. 36 sts
7. (Sc 4, dec) around. 30 sts
8. Sc around. 30 sts
9. (Sc 3, dec) around. 24 sts
10. Sc around. 24 sts
11. Flatten and close the open edge.

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Do not stuff the ears. They should be flat, soft, and long enough to hang below the jawline and rest near the shoulders. Sew them to the head slightly behind the side line, not on top, so the hat can sit low over them.

Sunflower Pinafore Dress

The dress in the image looks like a one-piece pinafore layered over a pale underskirt edge. You can create the visible light trim by adding a small cream edging at the hem after the main skirt is finished.

Skirt Base

1. With mustard, ch 41 and join carefully, or begin with a foundation sc ring of 40.
2. Sc around for 3 rounds. 40 sts
3. (Sc 4, inc) around. 48 sts
4. Sc around. 48 sts
5. (Sc 5, inc) around. 56 sts
6. Sc around. 56 sts
7. (Sc 6, inc) around. 64 sts
8. Sc around. 64 sts
9. Sc around. 64 sts
10. Sc around. 64 sts

The skirt should flare gently, not dramatically. The photo shows a tidy A-line silhouette with horizontal rows clearly visible. Block the skirt lightly with steam from a distance if needed so it sits smoothly around the doll.

Bib Front

Lay the skirt flat and mark the front 14 stitches. Join mustard to the first marked stitch.

1. Sc 14, ch 1, turn.
2. Sc 14 for 7 rows total.
3. Next row: dec, sc 10, dec. 12 sts
4. Sc 12 for 2 rows.

Fasten off. The bib should be centered and high enough to reach the upper chest. It is rectangular with softly narrowed shoulders. Sew or crochet two narrow straps from the upper corners.

Straps Make 2

1. Ch 18.
2. Starting in second ch from hook, sc 17.
3. Fasten off, leaving tails for sewing.

Sew the straps to the back of the skirt so they sit straight over the shoulders. The straps in the image are narrow and neat. Keep them close enough together to frame the bib but not so close that they pull inward.

Hem Trim

With cream, join in a front loop or along the inside lower edge and create a soft scalloped underskirt detail. Work (sl st, ch 2, sl st in next st) around every second stitch. This creates the tiny light edge visible under the mustard skirt.

Front Pocket

1. With mustard, ch 17.
2. Starting in second ch from hook, sc 15, 3 sc in last ch, sc 14 on opposite side, inc. 34 sts
3. Sc around for 4 more rounds. 34 sts

Flatten lightly. Sew the pocket to the lower front of the dress, leaving the top open. Position it slightly above the hem so it matches the photo. The pocket is broad and softly curved, with enough depth to hold the tiny sunflower bouquet decoration.

Sunflowers

You need five sunflowers for the full set shown: one large hat flower, one medium bib flower, one medium pocket flower, and a small cluster of two flowers for the bouquet effect. You may also make a sixth tiny flower if you want extra fullness.

Sunflower Center Large

1. With brown, make 6 sc in MR. 6 sts
2. Inc around. 12 sts
3. (Sc 1, inc) around. 18 sts
4. Sc around. 18 sts

Sunflower Petals Large

Join mustard to any stitch. In each stitch work (sl st, ch 4, dc in second ch from hook, hdc in next, sc in next, sl st in next stitch). Repeat around to create layered narrow petals. Adjust so you end with about 9 petals.

Sunflower Center Medium

1. With brown, make 6 sc in MR. 6 sts
2. Inc around. 12 sts
3. Sc around. 12 sts

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Sunflower Petals Medium

Join mustard and work a shorter petal in each stitch or every other stitch: (sl st, ch 3, hdc in second ch, sc in next, sl st in next stitch). These smaller flowers are perfect for the bib, pocket, and bouquet cluster.

Leaves Make 6 to 8

1. With green, ch 6.
2. Starting in second ch from hook, sl st, sc, hdc, sc, sl st.
3. Fasten off, leaving a tail for sewing.

Sew one medium sunflower to the center of the bib. Sew another to the lower right of the pocket. Attach two smaller flowers and several leaves at the upper left pocket edge so they look tucked into the pocket as in the image.

Sunflower Hat

Hat Crown

1. With mustard, make 6 sc in MR. 6 sts
2. Inc around. 12 sts
3. (Sc 1, inc) around. 18 sts
4. (Sc 2, inc) around. 24 sts
5. (Sc 3, inc) around. 30 sts
6. (Sc 4, inc) around. 36 sts
7. (Sc 5, inc) around. 42 sts
8. (Sc 6, inc) around. 48 sts
9. Sc around for 8 rounds. 48 sts

Hat Brim

1. Work one round in BLO, sc around. 48 sts
2. (Sc 7, inc) around. 54 sts
3. Sc around. 54 sts
4. (Sc 8, inc) around. 60 sts
5. Sc around. 60 sts
6. Sl st loosely around or reverse sc for a tidy edge.

The hat should fit low over the forehead and sit close around the head. Add one horizontal surface-crochet band or a line of slip stitches around the base of the crown to mimic the band detail visible in the image.

Sew the large sunflower and two leaves to the right side of the hat. Angle the flower slightly upward. This placement matters because it helps match the picture very closely and balances the long drooping ears underneath.

Market Tote

Tote Base

1. With mustard, ch 13.
2. Starting in second ch from hook, sc 11, 3 sc in last ch, sc 10 on opposite side, inc. 26 sts
3. Inc at both rounded ends evenly to reach 30 sts.
4. Work one round in BLO. 30 sts
5. Sc around for 13 rounds. 30 sts

The tote in the image is straight sided with a softly rectangular shape. If you want it to hold shape for display, place a small insert of felt or plastic canvas in the base. Keep the top open and the sides lightly stuffed or unstuffed.

Tote Handles Make 2

1. With mustard, ch 18.
2. Starting in second ch from hook, sc 17.
3. Fasten off, leaving long tails.

Sew each handle neatly to the inner front and back of the tote. Keep the handles upright and slightly arched. The bag in the image also has a tiny carrot decoration on the front, worked as a simple embroidered motif or very small appliqué.

Tiny Front Carrot Appliqué

1. With orange, ch 4.
2. Starting in second ch from hook, sc 3.
3. Fasten off.
4. With green, add two tiny leaf stitches at the top.

Sew this small carrot to the lower front of the tote. The detail is subtle, so keep it miniature.

Carrots for Tote Make 3

1. With orange, 4 sc in MR. 4 sts
2. (Sc 1, inc) twice. 6 sts
3. Sc around. 6 sts
4. (Sc 2, inc) twice. 8 sts
5. Sc around for 2 rounds. 8 sts
6. (Sc 2, dec) twice. 6 sts
7. Sc around. 6 sts
8. Dec around to close. Lightly stuff if desired.

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With green, embroider or crochet a tiny leaf top. A simple leaf top can be made by joining green at the carrot opening and working ch 4, sl st back three times. Make the tops a little messy so they look like real carrot greens.

Chick Companion

The chick is small, round, and striped in pale yellow, cream, and mustard. It has tiny wings, black eyes, an orange beak, a little sunflower hat, and one carrot in each wing. Keep the overall shape egg-like rather than tall.

Chick Body

1. With pale yellow, make 6 sc in MR. 6 sts
2. Inc around. 12 sts
3. (Sc 1, inc) around. 18 sts
4. (Sc 2, inc) around. 24 sts
5. (Sc 3, inc) around. 30 sts
6. Sc around. 30 sts
7. Change to cream, sc around for 2 rounds. 30 sts
8. Change to mustard, sc around for 3 rounds. 30 sts
9. (Sc 3, dec) around. 24 sts
10. Sc around. 24 sts
11. (Sc 2, dec) around. 18 sts
12. (Sc 1, dec) around. 12 sts
13. Dec around to close. Stuff firmly before finishing.

Place 5 mm eyes between Rounds 6 and 7 with about 6 stitches between them. Embroider a tiny horizontal orange beak centered between the eyes. The expression should be bright and simple, matching the sweet miniature style in the photo.

Chick Wings Make 2

1. With pale yellow, make 6 sc in MR.
2. Sc around once.
3. Flatten and sew to the sides.

The wings are very small and sit close to the body. Sew them slightly forward so the carrots can be attached in front-facing positions.

Chick Hat

1. With mustard, make 6 sc in MR. 6 sts
2. Inc around. 12 sts
3. (Sc 1, inc) around. 18 sts
4. (Sc 2, inc) around. 24 sts
5. Sc around for 3 rounds. 24 sts
6. Work one round in BLO.
7. (Sc 3, inc) around. 30 sts
8. Sc around once, then finish with a loose slip-stitch edge.

Make one tiny sunflower using the medium flower instructions and sew it to the side of the chick hat. The flower on the chick is noticeably smaller than the bunny’s hat flower, so keep it delicate and compact.

Chick Carrots Make 2

1. With orange, 4 sc in MR. 4 sts
2. Sc around.
3. (Sc 1, inc) twice. 6 sts
4. Sc around once.
5. Dec around and close.

Add small green tops. Sew one carrot to each wing so the chick appears to be holding them. Angle the carrots upward slightly to copy the pose shown in the image.

Optional Stability Tips

• Insert a little extra stuffing into the bunny shoes so the feet stay rounded.
• A small pouch of pellets inside each foot can improve balance for display pieces.
• If the hat tips forward, sew it to the head with two or three hidden stitches behind the flower.
• If the tote collapses too much, line it with felt.

Color Placement Guide

• Bunny head, arms, body, legs: cream
• Ears and shoes: pale beige
• Dress, pocket, hat, tote: sunflower mustard
• Flower centers: brown
• Leaves: muted green
• Carrots: orange with green tops
• Chick: pale yellow top, cream middle, mustard lower section

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Final Assembly and Facial Detailing

Sew the ears first, then the head to the body if it is separate. Attach the arms evenly, followed by the dress. Add the pocket, then the bib flower and pocket flowers. Place the hat low on the head and secure it after checking the angle.

For the face, keep the eyes symmetrical and the pink nose tiny. The facial details should stay minimal. This design depends on soft proportions and clean placement rather than heavy embroidery. Finish by placing the tote to one side and the chick companion near the bunny’s feet.

Care Notes

Display pieces stay nicest when kept away from strong sunlight and heavy moisture. If the set is meant for gentle handling, sew all accessories firmly and avoid loosely attached decorations. The tote carrots and chick carrots should be attached securely if the set will be used around children.

Quick Checklist Before You Finish

• Eyes centered and level
• Nose small and soft pink
• Ears hanging evenly
• Dress bib centered
• Pocket open at the top
• Three flowers placed on the dress
• Large sunflower attached to the bunny hat
• Three carrots tucked into the tote
• Chick holds two carrots
• All loose ends woven in securely

Detailed Cleaning and Preservation Guidelines

Spot clean with a barely damp cloth and mild soap when possible. For deeper cleaning, hand wash gently in cool water without twisting. Press out excess moisture in a towel and reshape while damp. Let every piece dry flat, especially the hat brim, tote, and flowers.

Store the set in a clean, dry space. Acid-free tissue can help the hat and tote keep their shape. Avoid hanging the bunny by the ears or straps. When packed carefully, the sunflower details, pocket bouquet, and chick accessories will stay crisp and attractive for a long time.