We also decided to add antennae to our bee! I will share the pattern I used for the stinger and the antennae below in case you want to add them to your Chubby Bees too!įind the FREE PATTERN for Annie’s Chubby Bee pattern HERE!ĪDDITIONS (both using black yarn and a 4 mm crochet hook):įasten off and leave long end for sewing.
We added our own stinger at the bottom and added one more increase round to the wings to make them a bit bigger. This pattern is perfect for beginners as you can practice increasing and decreasing, and there is minimal attaching required. With a new school year upon us, I was searching for a bee puppet for our church’s children’s ministry! The number of young families in our church is growing, and I am so thankful that we are all having children around the same time so we can support one another- as the saying goes, it takes a village to raise a child! I was looking for a bee puppet for the hello song in the young children’s routine- it goes like this: “ Ickity bickity bumble bee, won’t you say your name for me? Myla, Myla, well that’s a very nice name!” The child gets a chance to say his or her name and the rest of the children repeat it so that they can learn the name too! Since I couldn’t find a bee puppet, I decided to crochet a bee stuffie! I have been connecting with a fellow amigurumi artist and mama named Annie from Hong Kong ( on Instagram), and I saw that she had just released a free Chubby Bee pattern (download the pattern HERE)! It was perfect timing, so I decided to follow her pattern! I found some worsted weight black, yellow, and white yarn in my stash and started crocheting with my 4 mm hook!