Create a charming handmade ice cream plush to brighten up your summer crafts or play kitchen, or you can use it as a keychain or AirPods holder.
This tutorial has step-by-step instructions on how to make ice cream and an ice cream stick, and also includes steps on how to embroider a mouth, sew the stick to the ice cream body, and add a button and ribbon.
Materials needed are Himalaya dolphin baby yarn with light pink, light brown, light blue, pink colors, a 4 mm crochet hook, 6-8 mm safety eyes, black cotton yarn to embroider the mouth, a keyring, fabric ribbon, a button, and a yarn needle.
Designer: Kaladovkina
Materials
- Himalaya Dolphin Baby 100g/120m
- 80303 (light pink), 80330 (light brown), 80306 (light blue), 80309 (pink)
- 4 mm crochet hook
- 6 mm/8 mm safety eyes
- Yarn needle
- Black cotton yarn for mouth
- Scissors
- Stitch marker
- Button
- Fabric ribbon
- Key ring
Abbreviations
Mr – magic ring
st – stitch
ch – chain
sl st – slip stitch
sc – single crochet
inc – increase
dec – decrease
FO – fasten off
Ice Cream
Begin crocheting from bottom to top. Feel free to change the colors to suit your taste.
Rnd 1: ch 13, start on the second chain from the hook: 11 sc, 3 sc in 1 st, 10 sc, inc (26)
Rnd 2-12: 26 sc all around for 11 rounds (26)
Rnd 13: 3 sc, 8 ch, skip 8 sc, 15 sc (26)
Rnd 14: dec, 11 sc, dec, 11 sc (24)
Rnd 15: (2 sc, dec) x 6 (18)
Rnd 16: 18 sc (18)
Rnd 17: (sc, dec) x 6 (12)
Put eyes between rounds 11-12-3/4 sts apart.
Rnd 18: 6 dec (6), sl st, FO
Make sure the decreaes are positioned on the sides. The way this round works out may differ from the written pattern depending on your yarn, hook size.
Ice Cream Stick
Rnd 1: 8 sc in a Mr (8)
Rnd 2-4: 8 sc all around for 3 rounds (8)
Leave a long tail to sew.
Assembly
- Embroider the mouth between the eyes.
- Sew an ice cream stick in the first row.
- Sew on a button (sew on the back where we skipped the 8 sc)
- Crochet a buttonhole
- You also need to crochet or use a fabric ribbon to create a hanging loop. Crochet 10 ch chain and sewed it in the last row or cut a 10-12 cm long fabric ribbon, fold it in hald, tie the ends into a knot and thread it in the last row.
