Amigurumi bees run the full size range, from a 2-inch charm you finish in under an hour to a 17-inch plush big enough to actually hug. The techniques vary too: some rely on plain single crochet for a smooth body, while others use loop stitch to give the bee a genuinely fuzzy texture. These seven patterns cover both ends.
From the hour long charm to the huggable plush, fiberfill and safety eyes cover every version here.
Bee patterns to explore
1. Chubby Bee
Supergurumi’s Chubby Bee is made from Schachenmayr Catania (100% cotton, 125 m per 50 g, sport weight) with a 2.5 mm hook, which produces a small, dense bee about 15 cm long and 8 cm tall. It uses black, white and yellow yarn, 6 mm safety eyes, polyfill, a stitch marker and a tapestry needle. Cut the yarn generously when finishing, as the pattern instructs.
2. Chubby Bee
Annie’s Chubby Bee began as a bee puppet for a church children’s ministry, and All About Ami shares the pattern along with instructions for a stinger and antennae if you want to add them. The page recommends 12 mm safety eyes placed between rounds 5 and 6, about 7 stitches apart, and describes the bee as round and a perfect huggable size. The stinger and antennae are extras you can add to the basic bee.
3. Chubby Bumble Bee
StringyDingDing’s Chubby Bumble Bee uses loop stitch around the body (from round 18 in the pattern) for a fuzzy, textured finish, and the page includes step-by-step photos of how to work a loop stitch. She recommends Big Twist, Red Heart Super Saver or Hobby Lobby’s I Love This Yarn in medium weight, and after the body you make the wings, legs and antennae and shape the face. A printable PDF is sold separately, though the pattern is on the page.
4. Barnabee Bumbles
Barnabee Bumbles by The Loopy Lamb is about 17 inches tall and worked in WeCrochet Snuggle Puff, a heavy worsted/aran weight pima cotton and nylon roving yarn in the colors Chick, Vixen and Lamb. The designer says the roving construction means it doesn’t split, even with the 3.5 mm hook the pattern calls for. It is a big project by amigurumi standards, so plan on a lot of stuffing and time.
5. Bumble Bee Amigurumi Keychain
Dana’s bee is made as a keychain: it uses medium weight yarn, a 6 mm hook, 8 mm safety eyes and toy stuffing, and there is a free video tutorial. You work stripes in yellow and black, add the eyes 3 stitches apart, make two wings in white, and stitch blush cheeks with pink yarn. The larger hook keeps the stitches loose so the little bee stays soft.
6. Amigurumi Bee
Lauren Bergstrom’s Móhu bee is about 5 cm (2 inches) long in worsted yarn on a 3.5 mm (E) hook, and she says exact gauge isn’t important, since thicker or thinner yarn just changes the size. It needs about 11 yards each of black and yellow and 1 yard of white, plus a sewing needle and a yarn needle. That tiny amount of yarn makes it an easy scrap project, and it is quick enough to make a whole swarm.
7. Baby Bee Amigurumi
Holly Lanier’s baby bee is about 3 inches tall, worked in worsted-weight (4-ply) yarn on an F (3.75 mm) hook with 7.5 mm black safety eyes, fiberfill and a little black embroidery floss. The sample uses Hobby Lobby I Love This Yarn in black and white. The page pairs the bee with free Valentine’s Day printables, so you can tie the bee to a card, and there is a video tutorial. Assembly is done with a bent-tip tapestry needle.
