Beaded Teddy Bear Pattern

Welcome to the 3-D beaded Teddy Bear pattern instructions! If you have any difficulty following this tutorial, please post a comment at the bottom of the page on which you are stuck, and we'll do our best to help!

Step 16

Step 16: In this diagram, we are looking at one of the bears's legs. The 5 beads circled in green. This could be either leg as they are both facing the same direction and look identical. Both legs will be made exactly the same way, so just start over from this diagram to make the second leg. The orientation of this diagram is that the top of the diagram is the bear's top side (towards the head) and the bottom of this diagram is towards the bear's pelvic region and tail. So basically the leg starts out with a bead circle of 5 beads, then works outwards bead rows going around and around this bead circle. Now note that the bead circles in the outer row all consist of 4 beads each, and actually stick out of the page, rather than outwards horizontally, as it looks on the diagram. Your beads circled in green (beads 68, 46, 69, 70, 71) are already in the pattern, so don't add them, but string your way towards them so you can start stringing at bead 68 (or start a new thread here). Beyond bead 71, we are restarting the numbering system at bead 1. All beads beyond bead 1 are new, so add them as you bead.

Step 17

Step 17: This diagram is the exact same orientation as the previous diagram, with the beads faded out because they are no longer being used in this step. We are beading outwards in rows of bead circles, as usual, except with the legs, because the bead circles consist of 4 beads each only, the pattern will actually start to stick out of the page rather than outwards as the diagram seems to show. Start at bead 10 in this diagram, where we left off in the previous diagram. Beads 2, 4, 6, 8, and 10 in this diagram are from the previous step and you will only be passing through them with the thread rather than adding new beads in those positions. Make 5 circles of 4 beads each in this step.

Step 18

Step 18: Although this diagram looks more complex, it's actually the exact same orientation as the previous diagram. We are still building outwards on the bear's leg. At this point, we have reached the bear's foot. We are simply beading an outer bead row around the beads of the previous step. Note that the toes are in this diagram as two bead circles of 4 beads each (at the top of the diagram), and they branch off of the two bead circles in the foot consisting of 6 beads each, where the foot is wider. The bottom 3 bead circles in the diagram form the heel of the bear's foot, and consist of 4 beads each. Start at bead 20, where you left off in the previous step. Beads 12, 14, 16, 18, and 20 are from the previous step, so just string through those ones, but all other beads are new here. Now, the beads bordered in black are going to be important in the next step. We are going to be closing up the foot from the other side of the foot, so those border beads are going to be in common with the next diagram, and numbered the same way for your reference, so remember which beads they are.

Step 19

Step 19: In this diagram, we are still looking at the foot from the same direction as before, except we are covering pad of the foot in this diagram, whereas in the previous diagram, we were doing the dorsal part of the foot (so imagine that if you're standing up, we were doing the side of your foot with your toenails, facing up, and now we are doing the bottom of your foot, facing the floor). Don't turn your bear at all, you are looking at him from the same direction. You may turn him of course if it's a more comfotable beading position for you, but read the diagram as if he doesn't turn at all. Start at bead 39, where we left off in the previous step. Notice that because the bear didn't turn, bead 39 is on the same side (right side of the diagram). Now, as stated in step 18, the beads bordered in black are the only beads in common with the previous step, whereas all the other beads are new. In total, 8 beads are new in this step, and 11 beads are already in your pattern (border beads). Start stringing your beads, starting with a circle of 6 beads, with three old beads and three new beads, then another circle of 6 beads, then a circle of 4 beads in the center of the foot, then another circle of 6 beads, and finally a circle of 5 beads at the top of the foot (you can imagine this as the back of the toes). Now just because the beads in this diagram are spaced widely apart, in actual fact, they will be quite closely knit in your pattern. We are merely trying to show a 3D object in a 2D pattern.

Step 20

Step 20: Here we are looking at the same diagram of the head and shoulders (isn't that a shampoo?) diagram of step 7 on page 2. Looking down at your bear from above is the orientation of this diagram, but his head is omitted. We are adding the bow tie in this step. It's consisting of 7 red 4mm beads. Make sure you are doing this to the front side of your teddy bear! Now Take bead 1 in this diagram (the middle bead between the two circles of 5 beads each, forming the top of the teddy bear's chest. String to this bead from the foot, or start a new piece of thread to get here. What you're going to do first is form a sort of bead circle of 2 beads to connect bead 1 of the chest to the first bead of the bow tie. Just wrap them together and cross the red bead with both ends of the thread. Form a loop between them. I don't know how many other ways to say this. Then, from that center red bead, form two other bead circles of red beads, 4 beads per circle, as shown in the diagram. You're done the teddy bear! Enjoy him, he'll make a great valentine's present. Stuff him with brown cotton (before closing him up) and he'd make a great kid's "plush" toy! If you have any questions post them here.

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Beader Comments:
eveline pham on June 12, 2010:
Many many thanks to Jen for the answer...By the way, this pattern that you have here are the best of all ...It's very beautiful n' very very clear instruction, i wish that someone out there can physically show me one time.....Thanks again Jen ......
Jen on June 11, 2010:
Hi Eveline, there is no video! Just this written tutorial with images.
eveline pham on June 11, 2010:
where do i find the video how to beaded teddy bear just like the one you had it in this pattern.
Manoela on May 18, 2010:
Thank you sooo much for sharing! This is the best teddy bear tutorial I've ever seen!
Tania on December 15, 2009:
Thank you så much! I made one with brown acrylic bicone beads, but now I guess the next step is to make them with crystals. :)
Anne 8000 on November 9, 2009:
Thank you very much, this teddy bear is really friendly
MARIA on September 21, 2009:
THANK YOU
chutatip on September 19, 2009:
Thank you very much
kat on June 6, 2009:
it looks complicated.. very challenging!! i'll try this! (^_^)
pod on March 28, 2009:
i dont get how to do the bow tie
Tania on March 2, 2009:
Thank you. It is very clear. I'll try this.
descamps sophie on February 24, 2009:
merci et encore merci pour cet ours , merci +++++++
KIKI on February 19, 2009:
I dont understand the directions but its pretty pretty hard joke but that is true nice teddy bear
Laura on February 13, 2009:
Shirley, you are very welcome. We have all been working on different parts of the pattern in order to get it done by our deadline - Valentine's Day - so we were successful! I'm glad you like it and be sure to let us know how you get on with the pattern - whether it was simple enough to follow, which parts (if any) were unclear, etc. All feedback is good as it means we can learn from it.
Shirley on February 13, 2009:
Wow!. I have been waited wanting to know how to do it.. It look very very challenging to me.. But look attractive also.. I will try my best to do it ;) Thanks ya for the tutorial. Thank you very much.
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