Crochet Baby Rattle Pattern

How to make a Homemade Baby Rattle.

These homemade crochet baby rattles are so cute and a perfect project for any beginner crocheter.

They make wonderful keepsake gifts and have an added bonus of being very inexpensive to make too.

Supplies needed to crochet these adorable rattles:

• Cotton or acrylic yarn
• 5.0 mm crochet hook
• Stuffing
• Small plastic rattle inserts
• 12mm Safety eyes
• Black embroidery floss
• Embroidery needle

Skill level: Beginner

Crochet terminology:

St – Stitch
SC – Single Crochet
INC – Increase
INV DEC – Invisible Decrease

How to Make a Bear Baby Rattle

We​ ​are​ ​going​ ​to​ ​start​ ​off​ ​with​ ​the​ ​bear​ ​head:

Rnd 1: start with a magic circle (6sc)
Rnd 2: INC in all 6 stitches (12sc)
Rnd 3: SC in the next st, INC, Repeat 6 times (18sc)
Rnd 4: SC in the next 2 st, INC, Repeat 6 times (24sc)
Rnd 5: SC in the next 3 st, INC, Repeat 6 times (30sc)
Rnd 6: SC in the next 4 st, INC, Repeat 6 times (36sc)
Rnd 7-14: SC in the next 7 rows
Rnd 15: SC in the next 6 st, INV DEC, Repeat for 5 rows (18sc)

Rattle Handle:

Rnd 1: start with a magic circle (6sc)
Rnd 2: INC in all 6 stitches (12sc)
Rnd 3: SC in the next st, INC, Repeat 6 times (18sc)
Rnd 4: SC in the next 18 rows.

Bear Ears​ ​X2:

Rnd 1: start with a magic circle (6sc)
Rnd 2: INC in all 6 stitches (12sc)
Rnd 3: SC for 1 row (12sc)
Rnd 4: SC in the next 2 st, INV DEC, for 1 row (9sc)

Now​ ​it’s​ ​time​ ​to​ ​sew​ ​everything​ ​together.

1. Sew the head and the body together leaving an opening for you to attach the safety eyes, ( It’s easier to put the eyes on after sewing the head and body together, that way you don’t have to worry about keeping the eyes in the middle when sewing ) stuffing, and rattle insert.

2. Place your safety eyes in the middle row of the head, about 10 stitches apart.

3. Using the embroidery thread, sew on the nose and mouth on the row that’s just below the eyes.

4. Attach the ears, they can be as high or low on the head as you’d like. A good place is starting on the 4th row from the middle.

That’s it! You have an adorable new baby rattle!

If you don’t want to make one yourself, you can find pre-made rattles on illuminecreative.com

Printable Illumine Creative Bear Baby Rattles Intructions