Brighten Up Easter With These 17 Crochet Patterns (2024)

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Kathryn Vercillo

Kathryn Vercillo is an award-winning crochet expert who has designed patterns and written about the craft of crochet for over a decade. Kathryn has authored three books, "Crochet Saved My Life," "Hook to Heal," and "Mandalas for Marinke," and she is a columnist for the digital crochet site Happily Hooked.

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Updated on 03/16/21

Brighten Up Easter With These 17 Crochet Patterns (2)

Easter patterns are fun to crochet. It's delightful to work with the bright, pastel colors of the season, and Easter-themed animals are hard to beat for cuteness. In addition to favorite holiday characters, you can craft gifts for filling Easter baskets and even crochet the baskets themselves. You'll have a blast making everything you need for this springtime festivity with these crochet patterns.

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Easter Bunny Toy Pattern

Any child would be thrilled to play with this lovable, huggable crochet Easter bunny. Those soft, cozy feetand oversized floppy ears bring out the essence of all that is cute about this holiday's favorite animal. Gift it for Easter, and the child will enjoy it all year long.
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Mini Bunny and Boy Pattern

This cute, contemporary take on a classic Easter bunny is made in miniature. These little Easter buddies are perfect to include in this year's baskets. You'll find two patterns rolled into one: the mini bunny and a boy bunny.
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Amigurumi Easter Eggs Pattern

Replace real or faux eggs this holiday with the prettiest crochet Easter eggs. They do double-duty because you can give these away as Easter gifts, or you can arrange them in a bowl for decoration. If you have a mantel, display the eggs standing up in a row, or nestle them in an Easter garland. These amigurumi eggs are made from a simple free pattern, and you can decorate them with tiny embroidered flowers.
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Easter Egg Cozie Pattern

Keep all of your Easter eggs safe (not to mention super cute) when you wrap them up in egg cozies. This free crochet pattern features a beautiful design with a classic buttoned-up look. Unlatch the button, and reveal the decorated egg inside. Or, use them after the holiday to keep your hardboiled eggs warm on the plate.
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Baby Easter Outfit Pattern

Celebrate your baby's first Easter in this soft and cuddly diaper cover with a matching sun hat. The baby crochet set is perfect for Easter photos as well as any activities that baby will attend this year. It's the perfect color combination for a boy or girl.
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Colorful Easter Chick Pattern

Crochet a brood of colorful Easter chicks to decorate your desk at work or your table at home and still have enough to fill every child's Easter basket. Use up your scraps of yarn to make these double crochet animals. These colorful stuffed birds are large enough to hug.
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Easter Bunny Egg Cup Pattern

This crochet pattern combines an adorable floppy-eared Easter bunny with an egg cup that holds an egg. You could also put candies or other small items in the egg cup if you want to use this bunny as an Easter gift.It's a cheery gift that can be used to serve breakfast well after the holidays.
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Easter Basket Pattern

This unusual two-tone crochet Easter basket is a clever way to collect eggs during the hunt. The design includes a small traditional basket in the center surrounded by pockets holding half a dozen eggs. The pattern uses basic single crochet stitches. Add cute ribbons and flourishes, such as silk buds and florals. Kids can use the crochet basket after the holidays to hold trinkets and toys.
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Egg Cover Pattern

Create a delicate egg cover that can either jazz up a bland plastic egg or lets pretty egg designs show through. Thisthread crochet design is inspired by the popular crochet-covered stones trend and includes a triple (treble) crochet stitch.
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Bunny Hat Pattern

You'll have the best Easter pictures when you dress your little one in this precious crochet bunny hat. Plus, this pattern comes sized for all ages so you can get the whole family in a bunny hat photo. Use basic skills, including single crochet decrease stitches, to make this sweet Easter hat that can also be used all winter long.
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Chick Hat Pattern

This baby chick hat pattern features a very simple design created for children. The beanie is easy to make using the popular magic circle technique. The chick emerges when you add eyes, a beak, and some feathers on top. By varying the colors, you can make all sorts of different birds, such as a bluebird, cardinal, or crow.
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Crochet Easter Basket Pattern

Make sure your little one is well equipped for the Easter party with a handmade, personalized crochet basket. It's built around a plastic canvas base that you can find at any craft store. The pattern uses easy stitches, such as the reverse single crochet, resulting in a basket that's perfect for collecting eggs or holding Easter gifts.
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Easter Mandala Pattern

Use this free crochet tutorial to learn how to make a granny circle, also called a mandala. Choose pastels or bright springtime colors for each round to create a mandala perfect for Easter. Use your creation as a placemat, doily, wall art, or small rug. Creating circles can be a good project to help you better develop the use of tension in crochet.
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Easter Bunny Snuggly Pattern

A snuggly, also known as a lovey, combines a stuffed animal with a small blanket, and young children love them. The Easter bunny amigurumi doll at the center of this snuggly is perfect for Easter. The colors of the classic granny-square blanket are bright and lovely, ideal for the springtime season.
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Easter Chick Lovey Pattern

Here's another little lovey blanket that's easy to hold. It features a little amigurumi chick in the center of a blanket brightly sprinkled with crochet flowers. Hint: Use a dark color for the blanket to hide dirt and fingerprints.
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Lamb Lovey Pattern

Here's a third lovey blanket pattern to complete your Easter collection. It's an 18-inch-square security blanket made from worsted wool. This adorable lamb blanket doubles as a baby gift any time of year, but it's especially fitting for Easter.
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Easter Egg Afghan Pattern

This colorful crochet lap coverlet (measuring 57 inches by 45 inches) will brighten and warm up your home for the Easter season. The oval-in-a-square design is abstract enough to fit in your home any time of the year. Use less vivid colors for a more neutral design.