Bubblegum Polar Bear Amigurumi Crochet Pattern

Snuggle up to winter with this cute Bubblegum Polar Bear Amigurumi. Crochet pattern and tutorial contributed by the utterly talented amigurumi designer, Lee Mei Li of AmiguruMEI. If you love the purple sleepy owl, Mr. Murasaki, you will love this Bubblegum Polar Bear Amigurumi as well.

Snow arrives early this year, some parts of the world are snowing for the first time since many years ago. Glad that many who have dreamt of getting a white Christmas got their wishes granted.

If it was as predicted by some scientists that the Earth is entering a period of global cooling, a great whoopee news to the adorable Polar Bear at the Arctic.

As the ice cap is reforming, the polar bear will have more secure land to live on and not afraid of drowning in the chilly sea. Their thick fur will once back to its original purpose – to protect them from the icy cold weather.

The thick fur reminded me a hilarious but sad story about the polar bear, it has to shave its fur in order to survive in a gradually warm up climate.

Do our part to heal the Earth and pray hard that the climate will become mild and moderate eventually.

Polar Bear Amigurumi

Bubblegum

Contributed by: Lee Mei Li of AmiguruMEI
Skill level: Easy
Duration: About 4 hours
Size: 5 ½” Tall

Abbreviations
• Ch: chain
• Sc: single crochet
• Dc: double crochet
• Inv dec: invisible decrease

Materials
• 3mm hook
• Acrylic yarn in white and cyan
• Crochet thread in black
• 3 x 4mm black brads
• White and pink felt
• Darning needle
• Polyester fiberfill

Body
With white yarn:
Round 1: Sc 6 in magic ring {6}.
Round 2: [Inc] around {12}.
Round 3: [Inc, sc 1] around {18}.
Round 4: [Inc, sc 2] around {24}.
Round 5: [Inc, sc 3] around {30}.
Round 6: [Inc, sc 4] around {36}.
Round 7: [Inc, sc 5] around {42}.
Round 8-27: Sc around {42}.
Round 28: [Inv dec, sc 5] around {36}.
Round 29: [Inv dec, sc 4] around {30}.
Round 30: [Inv dec, sc 3] around {24}.
Round 31: [Inv dec, sc 2] around {18}.
Flatten piece. Stuff body according to this flattened shape.
Round 32: [Inv dec, sc 1] around {12}.
Round 33: [Inv dec] around {6}.
Fasten off and weave in ends.

Ears
Make 2 with white yarn:
Round 1: Sc 5 in magic ring {5}.
Round 2: [Inc] around {10}.
Round 3: Sc around {10}.
Fasten off and leave a long tail for sewing.

Arms
Make 2 with white yarn:
Round 1: Sc 6 in magic ring {6}.
Round 2: [Inc] around {12}.
Round 3-9: Sc around {12}.
Fasten off and leave a long tail for sewing.
Stuff lightly.

Feet
Make 2 with white yarn:
Round 1: Sc 5 in magic ring {5}.
Round 2: [Inc] around {10}.
Round 3: [Inc, sc 1] around {15}.
Round 4-5: Sc around {15}.
Round 6: [Inv dec, sc 1] around {10}.
Fasten off and leave a long tail for sewing.
Stuff feet.

Tail
Make 1 with white yarn:
Round 1: Sc 5 in magic ring {5}.
Round 2: [Inc] around {10}.
Round 3-4: Sc around {10}.
Round 5: [Inv dec] around {5}.
Fasten off and leave a long tail for sewing.

Scarf
Row 1: Ch 5, sc 4 {4}.
Row 2-78: Ch 1, sc around{4}.
Fasten off, weave in ends but leave a long tail for sewing.

Assembly
1. Sew on the ears, scarf, arms, and feet.
2. Glue on a black brad for the nose, at the center of the body below Round 11.
3. Sew on eye indentations: bring a new strand of white yarn through from the back of the body to the front. Make a horizontal backstitch, three stitches away from the nose on the right. Repeat on the other side. Bring yarn to the back of the body and trim excess.
4. Cut white felt into two small crescent shapes, matching the size of the black brads. Pair them up with the black brads and glue them onto where the eye indentations are.
5. Use black crochet thread to sew on the lips. Do not pull the thread taut – leave it a little loose so you can make the stitches curvier by manipulating it with a darning needle.
6. Cut two pink felt circles and glue onto the cheeks.
7. Sew the tail onto the back of the body.

Flatten body piece and stuff accordingly.

Instead of having a spherical body, Bubblegum is shaped more like a bar of soap. Give the body a gentle squeeze to form this shape.

The side profile of the body should look like this.

Sew on the ears, scarf, arms, and feet.

Glue on the nose. Sew on the right eye indentation.

Sew on the left eye indentation.

Glue on the eyes.

Sew on the lips and manipulate the shape with a darning needle.

Glue pink felt onto the cheeks.

Sew on the tail.