Begonia Balcony Bunny – Crochet

This charming amigurumi bunny doll set is designed to match the garden-inspired scene in the photo, with a soft peach-and-cream palette, layered floral trimming, a wide-brim hat, lace-up sandals, and sweet balcony accessories. It has the look collectors search for when shopping for a handmade bunny doll or heirloom-style spring décor.

The finished set also includes a tiny companion pup, a crocheted tote, a flower pot arrangement, and a small folded mat or handkerchief accent. The overall look feels polished, giftable, and display-ready, making it ideal for makers who love boutique-style crochet stuffed animal designs, nursery gifts, and artisan market pieces.

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Design Overview

This pattern creates a standing bunny with a large round head, long floppy ears, a small neck, a tapered upper body, a bell-shaped skirt, slim legs, rounded feet, and short arms tucked under soft sleeves. The styling depends on clean shaping, even tension, and careful placement of every flower.

The bunny in the image has a calm face with glossy black eyes, a tiny stitched nose, and a short straight mouth detail. The ears hang low and frame the face. The hat sits low on the forehead, and the floral trim wraps around the crown like a blooming garland.

The outfit appears in three main layers: a cream body base, a peach wrap-style bodice effect across the chest, and a wide skirt with peach striping and a dense flower border around the hem. Small flower clusters also sit at the neckline and waist.

The accessories are essential to the final look. Do not skip them if you want the display to match the photo. The basket tote, flower pot, folded cloth accent, and tiny dressed pup all contribute to the storybook balcony scene and should be made in matching scale.

Materials

• Main bunny yarn: light worsted or sport cotton in warm cream
• Accent yarn: soft peach, blush pink, rose pink, coral, red-orange, terracotta, leaf green, dusty mauve, and mustard gold
• Pup yarn: cream, warm brown, dark brown, royal blue, white, peach, pink, green
• Hook sizes: 2.25 mm for most pieces, 2.0 mm for tiny flowers and accessories
• Safety eyes: 8 mm for bunny, 5 mm for pup
• Stuffing: polyester fiberfill
• Floral wire or pipe cleaner: optional for hat brim support
• Tapestry needle
• Stitch markers, pins, sharp scissors
• Thin ribbon or crocheted ties: for sandals if preferred

Abbreviations

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

Finished Size

The main bunny is approximately 11 to 13 inches tall from the soles to the top of the hat. Without the hat, the bunny stands about 9.5 to 10.5 inches. The tiny pup is approximately 4 inches tall. The tote is about 2 inches tall, and the flower pot is about 1.75 inches high.

Gauge and Tension Notes

Use a tight fabric so the stuffing does not show. The stitches in the photo are neat, small, and dense, with very little visible gap. Keep the head and body especially firm. Flowers should be made with slightly tighter tension so they hold their curled petal shapes.

If your bunny becomes taller and narrower than the image, go down a hook size. If the face looks flat or wide, add more stuffing at the muzzle area before closing the head. The skirt should gently flare instead of standing straight out like a stiff bell.

Main Bunny

Legs Make 2

1. Round 1: 6 sc in MR.
2. Round 2: inc around. 12 sts.
3. Round 3: sc around.
4. Round 4: 4 sc, 4 inc, 4 sc. 16 sts.
5. Round 5: sc around.
6. Round 6: 5 sc, 3 dec, 5 sc. 13 sts.
7. Round 7: sc around.
8. Round 8: BLO sc around.
9. Round 9: sc around.
10. Round 10: 4 sc, dec, 5 sc, dec. 11 sts.
11. Rounds 11–24: sc around for lower leg.

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Stuff the foot firmly and the leg lightly. The legs in the image are slim and straight, with only a slight ankle transition. Flatten the tops and fasten off the first leg. Do not fasten off the second leg.

Body

1. Join the legs with 4 ch. Round 1 of body: sc around first leg, sc across 4 ch, sc around second leg, sc across other side of chain. 30 sts.
2. Round 2: 2 inc at front, sc 11, 2 inc at back, sc 11, 4 sc over bridge. 34 sts.
3. Round 3: sc around.
4. Round 4: inc, sc 15, inc, sc 16. 36 sts.
5. Rounds 5–8: sc around.
6. Round 9: dec, sc 16, dec, sc 16. 34 sts.
7. Round 10: sc around.
8. Round 11: dec, sc 15, dec, sc 15. 32 sts.
9. Round 12: sc around.
10. Round 13: dec, sc 14, dec, sc 14. 30 sts.
11. Round 14: sc around.
12. Round 15: dec, sc 13, dec, sc 13. 28 sts.
13. Rounds 16–18: sc around.

The upper body should be softly pear-shaped, not cylindrical. Add stuffing gradually and keep the belly mild. The dress will cover most of this area, but the body still needs a smooth silhouette so the wrap bodice and skirt sit correctly.

Neck

1. Round 19: dec around. 14 sts.
2. Rounds 20–22: sc around.

Stuff the neck firmly. A weak neck will not support the large head and hat. Add a rolled scrap of firm stuffing or a short support tube if needed. The bunny in the image holds the head upright without wobbling.

Head

1. Round 1: working from neck, inc around. 28 sts.
2. Round 2: inc, sc 6 around. 32 sts.
3. Round 3: inc, sc 7 around. 36 sts.
4. Round 4: inc, sc 8 around. 40 sts.
5. Round 5: inc, sc 9 around. 44 sts.
6. Round 6: inc, sc 10 around. 48 sts.
7. Rounds 7–16: sc around.

Insert 8 mm eyes between rounds 11 and 12 of the head, spacing them about 10 stitches apart. In the image, the eyes sit low and wide enough to create a gentle, childlike expression. Do not angle them upward too much.

1. Round 17: dec, sc 6 around. 42 sts.
2. Round 18: sc around.
3. Round 19: dec, sc 5 around. 36 sts.
4. Round 20: dec, sc 4 around. 30 sts.
5. Round 21: dec, sc 3 around. 24 sts.
6. Round 22: dec, sc 2 around. 18 sts.
7. Round 23: dec around. 9 sts.

Stuff the head very firmly, shaping the cheeks smooth and round. Close the opening and weave in the end. The face in the photo is almost perfectly spherical, with a slight muzzle suggestion created by stuffing and the small nose embroidery.

Arms Make 2

1. Round 1: 6 sc in MR.
2. Round 2: inc around. 12 sts.
3. Rounds 3–4: sc around.
4. Round 5: dec, sc 4, dec, sc 4. 10 sts.
5. Rounds 6–16: sc around.

Stuff only the hand and lower forearm. Flatten the top and sew closed. The arms in the image are short and mostly hidden under gathered sleeves, so keep them slim and lightly stuffed near the top.

Ears Make 2

1. Round 1: 6 sc in MR.
2. Round 2: inc around. 12 sts.
3. Round 3: inc, sc 1 around. 18 sts.
4. Round 4: inc, sc 2 around. 24 sts.
5. Round 5: inc, sc 3 around. 30 sts.
6. Rounds 6–10: sc around.
7. Round 11: dec, sc 8, dec, sc 8, dec, sc 9. 27 sts.
8. Round 12: sc around.
9. Round 13: dec, sc 7, dec, sc 7, dec, sc 8. 24 sts.
10. Rounds 14–22: sc around.

Make an inner ear panel in peach by chaining an oval shape slightly smaller than the outer ear and working sc around for 6 to 8 rounds. Sew the inner panel onto the ear front. Do not stuff. Fold the ear top slightly before attaching.

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Sew the ears to the head at each side, slightly below the hat line. They should hang straight down and curve inward a little at the bottom. The ears should reach to about the waistline area when draped.

Facial Embroidery

Use pale pink or blush embroidery yarn. Stitch a small horizontal nose centered between the eyes, about two rounds below the eye line. Add a short vertical line downward, then a tiny shallow “V” or straight split line. Keep it delicate. The face must remain minimalist.

Dress and Bodice

Skirt Base

The skirt is crocheted separately and sewn or dressed onto the bunny. It begins at the waist and flares outward. The photo shows a cream upper section with peach banding and a wide flower border around the hem.

1. Round 1: In peach, ch 28 and join carefully, or match your bunny waist circumference. Sc around.
2. Round 2: sc around.
3. Round 3: inc every 4 stitches. 35 sts.
4. Round 4: sc around.
5. Round 5: inc every 5 stitches. 42 sts.
6. Rounds 6–7: sc around in cream.
7. Round 8: inc every 6 stitches. 48 sts.
8. Round 9: sc around.
9. Round 10: switch to peach and sc around.
10. Round 11: inc every 7 stitches. 54 sts.
11. Round 12: sc around.
12. Round 13: hdc around for a softer drape.

Test the skirt on the bunny. It should flare gently but still fall downward. The hem must be wide enough to display the flower border without collapsing inward. If you crochet tightly, add one more increase round before the final hem round.

Wrap Bodice Panel

The upper garment in the image appears like a crossed wrap in pale peach over a soft blouse. Recreate this effect with two long triangular panels worked in rows and crossed over the chest.

1. Panel A: ch 14. Row 1: sc across.
2. Rows 2–8: ch 1, dec at one side each row, sc across.
3. Make Panel B the same.

Sew one panel from the shoulder toward the opposite waist. Cross the second panel over it. Keep the neckline open and softly slanted. Add a narrow waistband strip in peach, wrapping around the waist and fastening at the back.

Puff Sleeves

The sleeves should mimic airy gathered sleeves. Crochet them lightly so they do not look stiff. Use cream or a very pale warm beige.

1. Round 1: ch 18, join, hdc around.
2. Round 2: 2 hdc in every 3rd stitch.
3. Rounds 3–5: hdc around.
4. Round 6: dec evenly until the opening fits the wrist.

Sew the sleeves around the upper arm openings and tack them to the bodice. Add a tiny gathered cuff by surface stitching or a final narrow round at the wrist. The sleeve should puff outward softly and stop above the hand.

Hat

The hat is a key feature. It has a rounded shallow crown, a medium-wide brim, and a full floral garland around the base. The brim angles slightly downward and frames the face without hiding the eyes.

1. Round 1: In peach, 6 sc in MR.
2. Round 2: inc around. 12 sts.
3. Round 3: inc, sc 1 around. 18 sts.
4. Round 4: inc, sc 2 around. 24 sts.
5. Round 5: inc, sc 3 around. 30 sts.
6. Round 6: inc, sc 4 around. 36 sts.
7. Round 7: inc, sc 5 around. 42 sts.
8. Rounds 8–12: sc around for crown depth.
9. Round 13: BLO sc around.
10. Round 14: inc every 4 stitches.
11. Round 15: sc around.
12. Round 16: inc every 5 stitches.
13. Round 17: sc around.
14. Round 18: inc every 6 stitches.
15. Round 19: crab stitch or sc edging.

If the brim droops too much, lightly steam it or add a hidden flexible support at the edge. It should still look soft, not rigid. The hat sits low and wide, with the floral trim covering most of the crown base.

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Flowers and Leaves

Large Rose Make Many

1. Ch 26.
2. Row 1: 1 sc in second ch, then alternate hdc and dc increases to create a ruffled strip.
3. Roll the strip tightly from one end and stitch the base closed.

Small Rosebuds

1. Ch 12.
2. Work sc, hdc, dc, hdc, sc pattern along chain to form a compact curl.
3. Roll and sew closed.

Leaves

1. Ch 5.
2. Work along one side: sc, hdc, dc, ch 1.
3. Rotate and work dc, hdc, sc on the other side.
4. Fasten off with a long tail.

Use a mix of coral, dusty pink, rose, peach, terracotta, and deep red flowers. The photo shows a generous amount of blossoms, especially on the hat and skirt hem. Make more than you think you need, then arrange them before sewing.

Flower Placement

• Hat: create a full crown garland with overlapping blooms and leaves
• Neckline: add two clustered sprays, one on each side of the chest
• Waist: sew one medium cluster at the front-right side
• Skirt hem: attach a continuous floral border around the lower edge

The hem flowers should be dense enough to read as a blooming border but spaced so the peach and cream skirt still shows through. Alternate flower sizes and colors to avoid a flat or repetitive look.

Sandals

The sandals are peach and lace up around the ankles. They are open at the top and leave the cream toes visible. Make the sole first, then add slim straps.

1. Ch 6. Work an oval sole around the chain for 3 rounds until it matches the bunny foot.
2. Work one round in BLO for sidewall.
3. Add a toe strap across the front.
4. Add side straps and long ties crossing over the front of the ankle.

Tie each sandal neatly so the crossed laces resemble the photo. Keep the sandals close-fitting. Oversized shoes will spoil the delicate proportions of the legs and skirt.

Crocheted Tote

1. Round 1: In warm tan, 6 sc in MR.
2. Round 2: inc around. 12 sts.
3. Round 3: inc, sc 1 around. 18 sts.
4. Round 4: inc, sc 2 around. 24 sts.
5. Round 5: BLO sc around.
6. Rounds 6–14: sc around.

Flatten the tote slightly into an oval-rectangular form. Add two handles by chaining 12 to 14 stitches and anchoring them on opposite sides. The basket should stand upright and be simple, with no extra trim.

Potted Flowers

Use a tiny brown or terracotta pot. If you prefer, crochet the pot; otherwise use a miniature craft pot. For a fully crocheted version, make a small cup shape in terracotta with a slightly flared lip.

1. Pot Round 1: 6 sc in MR.
2. Round 2: inc around. 12 sts.
3. Round 3: inc, sc 1 around. 18 sts.
4. Round 4: BLO sc around.
5. Rounds 5–8: sc around.
6. Round 9: hdc around with slight increases for the rim.

Make 5 to 7 tiny flowers and several leaves. Stitch them into a compact bouquet and glue or sew them into the pot. The arrangement should echo the same floral colors used on the bunny outfit.

Folded Cloth Accent

This small piece appears like a folded handkerchief or mini mat. Crochet a tiny rectangle in cream or off-white, about 1.5 inches square, then fold once. Add a simple embroidered flower in peach and gold if desired. Keep it understated.

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Tiny Balcony Pup

Head

1. Round 1: 6 sc in MR.
2. Round 2: inc around. 12 sts.
3. Round 3: inc, sc 1 around. 18 sts.
4. Round 4: inc, sc 2 around. 24 sts.
5. Rounds 5–8: sc around.
6. Insert 5 mm eyes between rounds 6 and 7.
7. Round 9: dec, sc 2 around. 18 sts.
8. Round 10: dec, sc 1 around. 12 sts.
9. Round 11: dec around. 6 sts.

Embroider a black nose and short mouth. The pup’s face is smaller and more upright than the bunny’s. Add two brown floppy ears, narrower than the bunny ears and attached slightly behind the eye line.

Body, Arms, and Legs

Make a compact body with a slightly rounded belly, short legs, and short arms. Use the same basic amigurumi shaping as the bunny but on a smaller scale. Keep the limbs simple because the blue dress covers much of the body.

Dress and Hat

• Dress: royal blue skirt, white bib collar, tiny blue neckline trim
• Hat: peach brim hat with a blue band and one rose cluster

The pup should visually complement the main bunny rather than compete with it. Keep the details crisp and small. The finished height should land around the bunny’s calf area when displayed side by side.

Final Assembly and Facial Detailing

Sew the arms to the body just below the neck. Dress the bunny with the skirt and crossed bodice panels, then add sleeves. Attach the ears so they hang evenly. Place the hat low but not over the eyes. Finally, sew every flower with hidden, secure stitches.

Check the face from the front before locking the nose embroidery in place. The eyes, nose, and mouth should form a gentle triangle. A tiny amount of blush yarn shading under the eyes can be added, but keep the expression soft and clean.

Care Notes

• Display indoors away from direct moisture
• Handle the floral trim gently when moving the doll
• Do not hang the bunny by the hat or ears
• Store with tissue support around the brim if packed away

Quick Checklist Before You Finish

• Head is firm and centered
• Ears hang evenly
• Hat brim sits balanced
• Skirt flares softly, not stiffly
• Flower colors are mixed across the trim
• Sandals are tied symmetrically
• Tote, pot, cloth, and pup match the main palette

Detailed Cleaning and Preservation Guidelines

Dust the set gently with a soft dry brush. For spot cleaning, use a barely damp cloth and blot rather than rub. Avoid soaking, especially around stuffed floral clusters. Reshape the hat brim and skirt by hand while drying flat.

If storing long term, wrap each accessory separately and keep the flowers from being crushed. Acid-free tissue works well for the hat crown and ear area. Keep away from high heat and prolonged sunlight so the peach, coral, and rose shades stay bright.