Easter is near! When I was younger, my mom would put together Easter Baskets for us every year and each year had a different theme. It was always like another Christmas to wake up to. Well, maybe not that serious but she always went all out for every holiday. If you set up baskets for your children, they would love this Zootopia Inspired Easter Basket Crochet Pattern! Not only is it inspired by Zootopia, but it could also double as an Easter Egg Hunting Basket!

I’m going to tell you something crazy. The EARLIEST memory I have is when I was searching for Easter Eggs under my grandmother’s dining room table and I was CRAWLING! I honestly have no idea how I remember that because I have the worst memory in the world, but I do!

What’s your earliest memory?

As you know, my child is a toddler so I have seen every single animated movie, new and old, at least a hundred times each. Zootopia is one of the ONLY movies I had to force my son to watch because I loved it so much! Haha! He didn’t like it at first, but he sure does now! Zootopia is definitely one of my favorites because I love the message it sends. My favorite line is,

At the beginning of the movie when Judy is about the board the train to Zootopia, her dad whips out a bag full of “goodies.” Did you catch it? It honestly only pops up for like a second, but it caught my eye and I thought it would make the cutest Easter Egg Basket or just a basket that you can stuff all your Easter goodies in! Except let’s ixnay the pepper spray and tasers around the children, mkay? 😉

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Pattern:

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Materials:

1 skein Red Heart Super Saver in Oatmeal
Small amount of yarn in white, black, and pink
Scissors
5mm/H Crochet Hook
4mm/G Crochet Hook
Stitch marker
Tapestry Needle

Abbreviations:

*All Sigoni Macaroni patterns are written in standard US terms *

Ch – Chain
Sc – Single Crochet
Hdc – Half Double Crochet
Dc – Double Crochet
Rep – Repeat
St(s) – Stitches

Notes:

Ch 1 at beginning of each row or round does not count as a stitch.
Ch 2 at beginning of each row or round does not count as a stitch.
Basket and cheeks worked in continuous rounds (no sl st at the end of each round)
Basket, handles, and cheeks are worked using a 5mm hook while the teeth/mouth and eyes are worked using a 4mm hook. (if you don’t happen to have a 4mm hook, using a 5mm hook will not make much of a difference. The 4mm hook is used just to create tighter stitches)

Zootopia Inspired Easter Basket Crochet Pattern

Basket:

Mark your first stitch at the beginning of each round with your stitch marker in order to keep your place. Count your stitches at the end of each row to make sure you have the correct amount of stitches!

Round 1: 10 dc in magic circle. (10)

Round 2: 2 dc in first st from prev round and each st around. (20)

Round 3: 2 dc in first st. 1 dc in next. [2 dc in next st, 1 dc in next st]. Rep [ ] around. (30)

Round 4: 2 dc in first st. 1 dc in next two st. [2 dc in next st, 1 dc in next two st]. Rep [ ] around. (40)

Round 5: 2 dc in first st. 1 dc in next three st. [2 dc in next st, 1 dc in next three st]. Rep [ ] around. (50)

Round 6: 2 dc in first st. 1 dc in next four st. [2 dc in next st, 1 dc in next four st]. Rep [ ] around. (60)

Round 7: 2 dc in first st. 1 dc in next five st. [2 dc in next st, 1 dc in next five st]. Rep [ ] around. (70)

Round 8: 2 dc in first st. 1 dc in next six st. [2 dc in next st, 1 dc in next six st]. Rep [ ] around. (80)

Round 9: 2 dc in first st. 1 dc in next seven st. [2 dc in next st, 1 dc in next seven st]. Rep [ ] around. (90)

Round 10: 1 dc in first st and each st around (90)

Round 11-22: Rep row 10

Tie off and weave in ends

Handles:

W/soft pink, Ch 5

Row 1: Hdc in 2nd ch and in next 3 ch

Row 2: Ch 1, hdc in first st and each st down (4)

Rows 3-16: Rep Row 2

Attach brown yarn to last st worked

Ch 1, 2 sc in same st

Turn work on side and sc 20 evenly across

2 sc in corner. 1 sc in each of the next 2 st. 2 sc in next st.

Turn work and sc 20 evenly across.

2 sc next st. 1 sc next two st. Sl st to first st and sl st to next st.

Ch 1, turn work

Row 1: Hdc in first st and in each of the next 5 st

Row 2: Ch 1, hdc in first st and each st down row.

Rows 3-38: Rep Row 2

Tie off leaving long tail for sewing

Cheeks:

W/ Pink yarn 5mm hook,

Round 1: 8 hdc in mag circ. (8)

Round 2: 2 hdc in first st of previous round and each st around. (16)

Round 3: [2 hdc in next st, 1 hdc in next]. Rep [ ] around. (24)

Round 4: [2 hdc in next st, 1 hdc in next two st]. Rep [ ] around. (32)

Sl st to first st and tie off leaving long tail for sewing

Eyes:

With 4mm hook and Black yarn, ch 5

Round 1: Sc in 2nd ch from hook and in each of the next two st. 3 sc in last st. (Turn work to work on opposite side of ch) 1 sc in next 2 st, 2 sc in next

Round 2: 2 sc in first sc from prev round, 1 sc in next 2 st, 2 sc in next 3 st, 1 sc in next 2 st, 2 sc in next 2 st. Sl st to first st

Tie off leaving long tail for sewing

Teeth/Mouth:

With 4mm hook and White yarn,

Row 1: Hdc 4 in mag circ. Ch 1, turn work (4)

Row 2: 2 hdc in each st. Ch 1, turn (8)

Row 3: [2 hdc in next st, 1 hdc in next st]. Rep [ ] across. Ch 1, turn (12)

Row 4: [2 hdc in next st, 1 hdc in each of next 2 st]. Rep [ ] across. (16)

Tie off. Attach black yarn to last st worked.

Row 5: Ch 1, [2 hdc in next st, 1 hdc in each of next 3 st]. Rep [ ] across. Ch 1, turn (20)

Row 6: [2 hdc in next st, 1 hdc in each of next 4 st]. Rep [ ] across. Ch 1, turn (24)

Row 7: Ch 2, 2 dc in first st, 1 hdc next 5 st, 2 sc in next st, 1 sc in next 5 st, 2 sc in next st, 1 sc in next 5 st, 2 hdc in next st, 1 hdc in next 4 st, 2 dc in last st. Ch 1

Turn work to side and sc 20 evenly across the top.

Sl st to first st and tie off leaving long tail for sewing

Assembly:

Sew on each piece with your tapestry needle as the photo shows below

For the handles, I sewed mine on from the inside with about 19 dc in between.

Nose:

After all of your pieces are assembled, use your tapestry needle and soft pink yarn to create the bunny’s nose by whip stitching back and forth until you’ve reached the desired look

I myself am a big kid. As much as I complain, I secretly love all animated kids movies. Back in the day, I would always draw cartoons of all kinds. Mostly Disney characters. So I thought it only fitting to include that style in my crochet work! I hope you enjoyed creating the Zootopia Inspired Easter Basket Crochet Pattern! This definitely won’t be the last Disney inspired crochet pattern!

What are your kids favorite animated movies? Let me know in the comments below and we’ll see about creating a pattern for them!

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