5 Little Monsters: Crocheted Santa Bear

Crocheted Santa Bear

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Back in the fall I made a pumpkin teddy bear and I thought it would be fun to continue to make seasonal or holiday bears. I had a a couple of different Halloween bears planned, but didn't end up getting them done before Halloween. Well I got one done, but it was an complete fail, the picture I had in my mind didn't quite transfer to the finished bear and it was one of my designs that will never make it to the blog. Then I think after that I got a little discouraged with the bears and didn't make the other designs that I had in mind.


But with Christmas just around the corner I didn't want to let another holiday season pass without making another bear. I went with the most obvious Christmas design I could have done, but I thought a Santa Bear would be really cute, and it would go really well with the round shape of the pumpkin bear. 

The basic bear pattern is the same as the pumpkin bear so they are the same size and shape, but there are changes in color and accessories. 

Santa Bear has on a red coat with white trim, and a Santa hat with white trim and a pompom on the top. 



How to Crochet a Santa Bear


You will need:


Instructions:


The body and head are made in one piece, from the bottom up, the other pieces are made separately and sewn on at the end. All parts except the trim pieces are made starting with the magic ring. 


Body and Head


Begin with magic ring, using brown yarn

Round 1: in mr, ch 1, 6 sc (6 sc)

Round 2: 2 sc in each st (12 sc)

Round 3: [2 sc in first st, 1 sc in next st] repeat around (18 sc)

Round 4: [2 sc in first st, 1 sc in next 2 sts] repeat around (24 sc)

Round 5: [2 sc in first st, 1 sc in next 3 sts] repeat around (30 sc)

Round 6: [2 sc in first st, 1 sc in next 4 sts] repeat around (36 sc)

Round 7: [2 sc in first st, 1 sc in next 5 st] repeat around (42 sc)

Round 8: [2 sc in first st, 1 sc in next 6 st] repeat around (48 sc)

Round 9: 1 sc in each st (48 sc)

Switch to red yarn

Round 10: 1 sc in each st (48 sc)

Round 11: 1 sc in each st (48 sc)

Round 12: 1 sc in each st (48 sc)

Round 13: 1 sc in each st (48 sc)

Round 14: 1 sc in each st (48 sc)

Round 15: 1 sc in each st (48 sc)

Round 16: 1 sc in each st (48 sc)

Round 17: [sc2tog, 1 sc in next 6 sts] repeat around (42 sc)

Round 18: [sc2tog, 1 sc in next 5 sts] repeat around (36 sc)

Round 19: [sc2tog, 1 sc in next 4 sts] repeat around (30 sc)

Round 20: [sc2tog, 1 sc in next 3 sts] repeat around (24 sc)

Round 21: [sc2tog, 1 sc in next 2 sts] repeat around (18 sc)

switch to brown yarn, begin stuffing and continue to stuff as you work

Round 22: 2 sc in each st (36 sc)

Round 23: [2 sc in first st, 1 sc in next 5 st] repeat around (42 sc)

Round 24: 1 sc in each st (42 sc)

Round 25: 1 sc in each st (42 sc)

Round 26: 1 sc in each st (42 sc)

Round 27: 1 sc in each st (42 sc)

Round 28: 1 sc in each st (42 sc)

Round 29: 1 sc in each st (42 sc)

Round 30: 1 sc in each st (42 sc)

Round 31: [sc2tog, 1 sc in next 5 sts] repeat around (36 sc)

Insert Safety Eyes between rows 28 and 29, about 5 or 6 stitches apart

Round 32: [sc2tog, 1 sc in next 4 sts] repeat around (30 sc)

Round 33: [sc2tog, 1 sc in next 3 sts] repeat around (24 sc)

Round 34: [sc2tog, 1 sc in next 2 sts] repeat around (18 sc)

Round 35: [sc2tog, 1 sc in next st] repeat around (12 sc)

Round 36: sc2tog around (6 sc)

Finish off, weave around opening to close, weave in end

Arms (make 2)


Begin with magic ring, begin with brown yarn

Round 1: in mr, ch 1, 6 sc (6 sc)

Round 2: 2 sc in each st (12 sc)

Round 3: [2 sc in first st, 1 sc in next st] repeat around (18 sc)

Round 4: 1 sc in each st (18 sc)

Round 5: 1 sc in each st (18 sc)

Switch to red yarn

Round 6: [sc2tog, 1 sc in next st] repeat around (12 sc)

Round 7: 1 sc in each st (12 sc)

Round 8: 1 sc in each st (12 sc)

Round 9: 1 sc in each st (12 sc)

Round 10: 1 sc in each st (12 sc)

Round 11: 1 sc in each st (12 sc)

Round 12: 1 sc in each st (12 sc)

Finish off and cut yarn leaving a long tail for sewing

Legs (make 2)


Begin with magic ring, using brown yarn

Round 1: in mr, ch 1, 6 sc (6 sc)

Round 2: 2 sc in each st (12 sc)

Round 3: [2 sc in first st, 1 sc in next st] repeat around (18 sc)

Round 4: [2 sc in first st, 1 sc in next 2 sts] repeat around (24 sc)

Round 5: 1 sc in each st (24 sc)

Round 6: 1 sc in each st (24 sc)

Round 7: [sc2tog, 1 sc in next 2 sts] repeat around (18 sc)

Round 8: 1 sc in each st (18 sc)

Round 9: 1 sc in each st (18 sc)

Round 10: 1 sc in each st (18 sc)

Round 11: 1 sc in each st (18 sc)

Round 12: 1 sc in each st (18 sc)

Round 13: 1 sc in each st (18 sc)

Finish off and cut yarn leaving a long tail for sewing

Ears (make 2)


Begin with magic ring, using brown yarn

Round 1: in mr, ch 1, 6 sc (6 sc)

Round 2: 2 sc in each st (12 sc)

Round 3: [2 sc in first st, 1 sc in next 3] repeat around (15 sc)

Round 4: 1 sc in each st (15 sc)

Finish off and cut yarn leaving long tail for sewing

Muzzle


Begin with magic ring, using tan yarn

Round 1: in mr, ch 1, 6 sc (6 sc)

Round 2: [3 sc in first st, 1 sc in next 2 sts] repeat (10 sc)

Round 3: [2 sc in each of the next 3 sts, 1 sc in next 2 sts] repeat (16 sc)

Round 4: 1 sc in first 2 sts, 2 sc in each of next 2 sts, 1 sc in next 6 sts, 2 sc in each of next 2 sts, 1 sc in next 4 sts (20 sc)

Round 5: 1 sc in each st (20 sc)

Finish off and cut yarn leaving long tail for sewing, add safety nose just above the center of the muzzle 

Hat 


Begin with magic ring, using red yarn

Round 1: in mr, ch 1, 4 sc (4 sc)

Round 2: [2 sc in first st, 1 sc in next st] repeat (6 sc)

Round 3: [2 sc in first st, 1 sc in next 2 sts] repeat  (8 sc)

Round 4: [2 sc in first st, 1 sc in next 3 sts] repeat  (10 sc)

Round 5: [2 sc in first st, 1 sc in next 4 sts] repeat  (12 sc)

Round 6: [2 sc in first st, 1 sc in next 5 sts] repeat  (14 sc)

Round 7: [2 sc in first st, 1 sc in next 6 sts] repeat (16 sc)

Round 8: [2 sc in first st, 1 sc in next 7 sts] repeat (18 sc)

Round 9: [2 sc in first st, 1 sc in next 8 sts] repeat (20 sc)

Round 10: [2 sc in first st, 1 sc in next 9 sts] repeat (22 sc)

Round 11: [2 sc in first st, 1 sc in next 10 sts] repeat (24 sc)

Round 12: [2 sc in first st, 1 sc in next 11 sts] repeat (26 sc)

Round 13: [2 sc in first st, 1 sc in next 12 sts] repeat (28 sc)

Round 14: [2 sc in first st, 1 sc in next 13 sts] repeat (30 sc)

Round 15: [2 sc in first st, 1 sc in next 4 sts] repeat around (36 sc)

Round 16: [2 sc in first st, 1 sc in next 5 st] repeat around (42 sc)

Round 17: 1 sc in each st (42 sc)

Round 18: 1 sc in each st (42 sc)

Round 19: 1 sc in each st (42 sc)

Round 20: 1 sc in each st (42 sc)

Round 21: 1 sc in each st (42 sc)


Finish off and cut yarn leaving long tail for sewing

Pom Pom

Begin with magic ring, with white yarn

Round 1: in mr, ch 1, 6 sc (6 sc)

Round 2: 2 sc in each st (12 sc)

Round 3: sc2tog around (6 sc)

Finish off and cut yarn leaving long tail for sewing

Trim


The trim pieces are made in white yarn, you will crochet a ch, then hdc across the length of the ch
You can add or subtract ch as needed to fit around the sections

You will have 2 long trim pieces, 1 for the hat and one around the waist, 2 shorter pieces for the sleeve trim, and 1 slightly shorter than that for the center front. 

Hat and Waist Trim (make 2)

ch 50

hdc in 3rd ch from hook and each ch to the end (48 hdc)

Finish off and cut yarn leaving long tail for sewing

Sleeve Trim (make 2)

ch 20

hdc in 3rd ch from hook and each ch to the end (18 hdc)

Finish off and cut yarn leaving long tail for sewing

Center Front Trim

ch 14

hdc in 3rd ch from hook and each ch to the end (12 hdc)

Finish off and cut yarn leaving long tail for sewing


Bear Assembly


Sew the muzzle onto the front of the head below the eyes, lightly stuffing it as you sew it on.

Lightly stuff the ends of the arms and sew to the side of the body between body and head. 

Lightly stuff the ends of the legs and stitch them to the bottom of the body. I wanted my bear to be sitting so to determine the proper placement for the legs I just sat the bear body down and put the legs where I wanted them and sewed them in that place. 

Pull the hat onto the head and stitch in place. 

Sew Pom Pom to top of hat, fold over and stitch down to secure in place.

Add trim around the edge of the hat.

Sew the ears to the top side of the head over the hat, curving them to fit along the head.

Add the trim to the sleeves covering the color change. Stitch the shorter trim down the center front of the coat, and the last long trim piece around the bottom of the coat covering that color change. 



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