Mini strawberry hat for Build A Bears

If you know me, then you know I love my build a bear frog to the moon and back. However, one of the issues I've found with the BAB frogs is that the normal BAB hats (anything over the head really) don’t look great on them because of their eyes. This is why I wanted to make a mini hat just for my frog (Finn). Especially after some encouragement (demands) from my friends (Hi, Claire. If you’re reading this btw).

This hat is honestly adorable and super easy to make. Only took maybe an hour or two to put together and can probably be finished in just over an hour without sewing the seeds. I’m so happy with how this came out. This is also one of my first times writing a pattern so please let me know if you find any mistakes or have any questions!

Pattern

Notes: I stuffed the hat on mine and then sewed the bottom but this is completely optional. Since it's more sitting on top of the head than the head being inside like a normal hat I thought this gave the hat a better shape and made it look better. I also tied two long strings to the sides of my hat so I could tie it to my build a bear (didn't want it falling off).

Mini strawberry hat pattern.pdf

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Materials:

3.5 mm crochet hook

Red yarn

Green yarn

Scrap white/light yellow yarn

Key:

MR - Magic Ring

SC - Single Crochet

INC - increase (two SC in a single stitch)

FLO - Front Loop Only

Main hat (red)

​Row
1	SC into MR	(6)
2	2 INC, into every SC	(12)
3	(SC, INC) x 6	(18)
4-6	​SC in every stitch	(18)
7	​FLO: (SC, INC) x 6	(27)
8	3 SC, in every stitch	(81)
9	(SC, 3 SC in a single stitch) x 40, SC	(161)

Finish, leave short tail

Bottom of hat (red) (optional if you want to stuff hat)

Row
1	6 SC into MR	(6)
2	INC into every SC	(12)
3	(SC, INC) x 6	(18)

Stem (Green)

Row
1	5 SC into MR	(5)
2-3	​SC in every stitch	(5)
4	​(CH 3, SC in second CH from hook, SC in next stitch, ST in original SC at base of stem, ST into next SC at base of stem) x 5

Assembly

1. Using white scrap yarn, sew white “seeds” around the hat. (See pictures)

2. Sew the base of the stem to the top of the body of the hat.

3. Optional: Stuff the main body of hat, sew the bottom of the hat around the base of the inside of the hat. This can keep the shape looking better when being worn.

4. Optional: tie long strands of yarn to the bottom of the hat to be able to tie the hat to the bear. Use a colour that will blend with their fun (e.g green for sping green frog)