Zazu Crochet Pattern

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ยฉ Oneโ€™s Creative Mind 2025

 

 

Happy June!

This monthโ€™s Mini Tier pattern is Zazu the hornbill bird from The Lion King.

IMPORTANT NOTE: When I started to crochet, I only had the light shade of blue which I decided to just use for Zazu. After a deep dive into my yarn stash, I managed to find the correct shade. So, my colours are inverted (i.e. light blue body/wings and medium blue eyelids). If you want to stay true to the original colours for Zazu just do medium blue body/wings with light blue eyelids.

The werenโ€™t many opportunities for mixed media in this project so Zazu I all crocheted except for the felt accents for his eyebrows and mouth. (I did not have any light orange felt for the beak detail when I took the final pictures, so it is missing. I will update the pictures once I add it).

Zazuโ€™s beak very nearly defeated me. It looked so simple at first but once I broke it down, I just could not visualise how I could make it work. Five attempts later I have my beak โ€“ but it could do with a tiny tweak later down the line.

For the neck, I did not use craft wire to support it as it wide enough to support itself. However, if you want some added stability, you are more than welcome to use some craft wire for neck support.

Zazuโ€™s overall measurements are approximately 6inches / 15cm tall (including the eyebrows) and 10inches / 25cm long (from the tip of the beak to the tip of the tail).

 

MATERIALS

  • DK acrylic yarn in Light Blue, Medium Blue, Dark Blue, White, Orange and Black

  • 2.5mm crochet hook

  • Yarn needle

  • Fire retardant fibrefill

  • Black, pink, dark red and orange/mustard felt

  • Felt glue

  • Scissors

  • Pins

  • Stitch marker

 

ABBREVIATIONS

A full list of the abbreviations that I use in my patterns:

  • MR# โ€“ magic ring with the specified number of single crochets

  • SC โ€“ single crochet (double crochet English)

  • HDC โ€“ half double crochet (half treble English)

  • DC โ€“ double crochet (treble English)

  • TC โ€“ treble crochet (double treble English)

  • INC โ€“ single crochet increase

  • #in1 โ€“ the specified number of SC in the same stitch (i.e. 3in1)

  • #DCin1 โ€“ the specified number of DC in the same stitch (i.e. 3DCin1)

  • #HDCin1 โ€“ the specified number of HDC in the same stitch (i.e. 3HDCin1)

  • hdcINC โ€“ half double crochet increase

  • dcINC โ€“ double crochet increase

  • trINC โ€“ treble crochet increase

  • DEC โ€“ invisible decrease (if it is a DEC in BLO I tend to use the 2TOG decrease method)

  • 2TOG โ€“ two stitches together decrease (non-invisible method)

  • *_______* X# โ€“ repeat sequence within the asterisks the specified number of times e.g. *SC, INC* x6 (may also be seen as โ€ข SC, INCโ€ข x6)

  • #in1DEC โ€“ the specified number of stitches in a decrease (invisible method) (e.g. 3in1DEC)

  • FLO โ€“ front loop only

  • BLO โ€“ back loop only

  • CH โ€“ chain stitches

  • CC โ€“ colour change

  • CH1T โ€“ chain a stitch then turn your work

  • SS โ€“ slip stitch

  • ST/STS โ€“ stitch/stitches

  • OFFSET โ€“ a term I use when adding or taking away additional stitches in order to line up or get the right placement

  • = # ROWS โ€“ repeat the stitch sequence for the row the specified number of times e.g. 32SC (32) = 5 ROWS

  • FO โ€“ fasten off

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