Poppy Bath Puppet Toy!
How many of you have some Troll loving kids?! We do!! I don’t think any movie trailor has ever made us laugh quite as much as this did, and the music in the film was just plain awesome! This Poppy Bath Puppet was the very first puppet I ever made!! And it has lead to many many more. This puppet was specifically made with cotton yarn for the bath, and has been enjoyed immensely here.
Materials:
Lily Sugar ‘n Cream, Cotton: Hot Pink, Rose Pink, Blueberry, Hot Green, White
Bernat Handicrafter Cotton Delux: Seaspray
Crochet Hook size G – 4.25
Tapestry Needle
Terms and abbreviations to know:
Rnd – round
Ch – chain
St, sts – stitch, stitches
Sl st – slip stitch
Sc – single crochet
Inc – increase, 2 sts into one sts
Sctog – single crochet together, decrease
Inv – invisible
Invsc2tog – invisible single crochet 2 together; this is essentially a decrease, but done in such a way as to make the continuous stitching smoother, and the decrease not as noticeable.
- Insert hook into front loop only of next stitch, DO NOT yarn over.
- Insert hook into front loop of second stitch.
- Yarn over. Pull through 2 loops.
- Yarn over and pull through last loop.
Notes: this pattern is worked from the top down in continuous rnds with no joining. When changing colors, finish last st in previous color by pulling the next color through the 2 loops . As a free pattern, this pattern has not been tested, but is accurate to the best of my abilities. Please let me know if you find any errors! You can click the pattern title below to get to the printable PDF (text only), still free!
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Poppy Bath Puppet
Body, starting with the hair, Hot Pink
Begin with a magic ring.
Rnd 1: sc 4 in the magic ring and pull to close; 4 sts
Rnd 2: (sc in next st, inc in next st) 2x; 6 sts
Rnd 3: sc in each st around; 6 sts
Rnd 4: (sc in next 2 sts, inc in next st) 2x; 8 sts
Rnd 5: (sc in next 3 sts, inc in next st) 2x; 10 sts
Rnd 6: (sc in next 4 sts, inc in next st) 2x; 12 sts
Rnd 7: (sc in next st, inc in next st) 6x; 18 sts
Rnd 8: sc in each st around; 18 sts
Rnd 9: (sc in next 2 sts, inc in next st) 6x; 24 sts
Rnd 10: sc in each st around; 24 sts
Rnd 11: (sc in next 3 sts, inc in next st) 6x; 30 sts
Rnds 12-15: sc in each st around; 30 sts
Switch to Rose Pink
Rnds 16-17: sc in each st around; 30 sts
Rnd 18: (sc in next 4 sts, inc in next st) 6x; 36 sts
Rnd 19-21: sc in each st around; 36 sts
Rnd 22: (sc in next 4 sts, invsc2tog) 6x; 30 sts
Rnd 23: sc in each st around; 30 sts
Rnd 24: (sc in next 3 sts, invsc2tog) 6x; 24 sts
Rnd 25: (sc in next 2 sts, invsc2tog) 6x; 18 sts
Drop Rose Pink, but don’t cut yet, switch to Blueberry
Rnd 26: sc around, Blueberry in first 17 sts, Rose Pink in the last st; 18 sts drop and cut Rose Pink
Rnd 27: all Blueberry now, (sc in next 2 sts, inc in next st) 6x; 24 sts
Rnd 28: (sc in next 3 sts, inc in next st) 6x; 30 sts
Rnd 29: sc in next 4 sts, inc in next st, ch 4, sk next 4 sts, inc in next st, (sc in next 4 sts, inc in next st) 2x, ch 4, sk next 4 sts, inc in next st, sc in next 4 sts, inc in next st; 36 sts, counting the chs
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Leave the arms open. We will return to those later!
When changing colors, leave two loops of previous color on hook, and pull through the other color.
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Rnd 30: sc in each st and ch around; 36 sts
Rnd 31-38: sc in each st around; 36 sts Drop and cut Blueberry, switch to Seaspray Rnd 39-42: sc in each st around; 36 sts Attach White. Carry both white and Seaspray around for next row. Rnd 43: (sc white in next st, sc seaspray in next 2 sts) 12x; 36 sts
Always pull the next color through at the end of the previous st.
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Rnd 44: sc in each st around; 36 sts Fasten off, leaving long tail for sewing on a few flowers in front.
Using your tapestry needle and your long white end, embroider 3 flowers onto the front.
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Arms (2) in Rose Pink |
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1. Ch 3 in black.
2. Pull Hot Pink through for the 4th ch.
3. Turn and sc 3 across.
4. Ch 1 and turn.
5. Sk the first st (last st worked from the last row), and only sc into each of the last 2 sts.
6. Sk first st (last st worked from the last row), and only sc into the last st, for 1 final st. Fasten off.
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Closed Eyes (2)
Begin with a ch in black Ch 3 Instead of making the 4th ch with more black, this time pull your Hot Pink yarn through. Drop and cut your black yarn, leaving a long tail to sew on the eye lashes. Working with Hot Pink now, Row 1: sc in each ch across; 3 sts Row 2: ch 1 and turn, sk the first st, sc in last 2 sts; 2 sts Row 3: ch 1 and turn, sk the first st, sc in last st; 1 st Fasten off and leave long tail for sewing. Sew the eyes centered on the face, and embroider on 3 eye lashes per eye with black yarn.Using extra of your Hot Pink, embroider a triangular nose just below and between the eyes. Ears (2) Rose Pink Begin with a magic ring Rnd 1: sc 6 in magic ring; 6 sts Rnd 2: sc in next 2 sts, 2 hdc in each of the next 2 sts (these are increases with hdc instead of sc), sc in next 2 sts; 8 sts Rnd 3: sc in next 3 sts, 2 hdc in each of the next 2 sts (these are increases with hdc instead of sc), sc in next 3 sts; 10 sts Rnd 4: sc in next 4 sts, 2 hdc in next st, hdc in next st, fasten off here, leaving the rest of the row unworked, and a long tail for sewing. Sew the ears into place on the sides.
Each ear is worked up exactly the same, so to get the same look on both side, I just turned one of them inside out. Once sewn on, you can hardly tell!
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Ch 5
Row 1: turn, sl st in first ch, sc in next 3; 4 sts
Row 2: ch 8, sl st in first 2 chs, sc in next 5, sc in the loop at the end that is not quite a st, ch 1 and turn; 9 sts
Row 3: sc in next 5 sts, sl st in next st, leave last 2 sts unworked; 6 sts
Row 4: ch 2, turn and sl st in first ch, sl st in all remaining sts; 7 sts (right side)
Fasten off, leaving a long tail for sewing
Sew into place, on the puppet’s left side of the face.Hair, Right side of face (your left with puppet facing you)
Ch 8
Row 1: sl st in first 2 chs, sc in next 5 chs; 7 sts
Row 2: ch 1 and turn, sc in next 2 sts, inc in next st, sc in next 2 sts, sl st in next st, leave last st unworked; 7 sts
Row 3: ch 1 and turn, sk next st, sl st in next st, sc in next 5 sts; 6 sts. (right side)
Fasten off, leaving a long tail for sewing.
Sew into place on the puppet’s right side of the face. Headband, Hot Green
Ch 16
Row 1: sc across in each ch; 15 sts
Fasten off, leaving long tail for sewing.
Sew across the head, just at the hairline.Headband Flowers (3) Blueberry
ALL worked inside a magic ring: (ch 2, 2 dc, ch 2, sl st back into magic ring) 3x
Sew 1 in the center of the headband, and other 2 to the sides.
Lastly (optional), I attached hot pink yarn to the back of the top of her hair, with a sl st, ch 4, attach again with sl st a few sts over, and sew in the ends. This will give you a nice hook to hang her up in the shower!
I am trying to make the ears for the poppy bath puppet and after making the ring it says to do 6 sc in the ring and then 2 sc in the next two stitches. this is where I get confused if I just did 6 sc in the ring where are the other stitches to do 2 sc? I may not be asking that correctly but do I close the ring and then do 2 sc in the beginning of the 6 sc I just did? and continue on around? I tried that and the ears are too small.
No matter how many times I try it doesn’t come out right or large enough for ears as shown on the one in the picture.
Ears (2) Rose Pink
Begin with a magic ring
Rnd 1: sc 6 in magic ring; 6 sts
Rnd 2: sc in next 2 sts, 2 hdc in each of the next 2 sts (these are increases with hdc instead of sc), sc in next 2 sts; 8 sts
pjwilliamson –
Hi! The ears are worked in rounds, so Rnd 1 is the 6 sc in the magic ring. Rnd 2 picks up back at the beginning of Rnd 1. Maybe I am misunderstanding your question, but it looks like you might be reading the ‘2’ from ‘Rnd 2:’ as “2 sc in next 2 sts. It is actually only 1 sc in each of the next 2 ts. Rnd 2 reads, “sc in next 2 sts, 2 hdc in each of the next 2 sts (these are increases with hdc instead of sc), sc in next 2 sts; 8 sts. So, of the 6 sts in rnd 1, you are only increasing in the middle 2 sts for rnd 2.
I hope that is helpful! But please let me know if I am not fully understanding your question. Thanks!
Ok so I close the ring and start round two with a sc in the next two stitches from the previous row. than increase, Ok that makes sense now. thank you.