Flower Opossum with Baby Bee Possums: Pattern Overview

Crocheted green opossum plush with a white face, pink crocheted flower petals around its neck, and two small yellow and black striped baby bees with white wings resting on its back.

Flower Opossum with Baby Bee Possums Crochet Pattern Overview

Crocheted green opossum plush with a white face and pink crocheted flower petals around its neck, with two small bee plushes with black and yellow stripes and white wings resting on its back, photographed on beige fabric.

Crocheted opossum with a green body, white face and pink snout, surrounded by a collar of pink crochet petals, with small yellow and black striped bee babies on its back, photographed from above on gray fabric.

Crocheted opossum with a green body, white face and pink tail, wearing purple crocheted petals around its neck and carrying three small bee babies with black and yellow stripes and white wings on its back, standing on a wooden table.

Close-up of a crocheted opossum with a white face and green body, wearing yellow crocheted flower petals around its neck, with three small black and yellow baby bees with white wings resting on its back, shown in front of a blurred second f

Two crocheted flower opossums with white faces, one with yellow petals and one with purple petals, each carrying a small black and yellow baby bee possum on its back, posed on a light wooden table next to a plain beige mug in warm window li

This design features a flower possum carrying baby bee possums on its back. The original creator, Nichet Crochet, published these add-on instructions so crafters can build their own version of this popular plush. Before starting, note the structure: the free material here is an addition to the paid Posm Crochet Pattern. You must purchase that base pattern from the designer’s shop to make the finished item. For the complete base instructions and the specific pattern link, visit the Original designer’s pattern and instructions.

The add-on covers two main components: the flower petals positioned around the possum’s neck and the baby bee possums themselves. If you prefer a finished plush, the designer’s site also offers a way to request a physical version.

Here is the link to the Posm Crochet Pattern: https://www.nichetcrochet.com/shop/p/crochet-opossum-pattern-pdf-

Posm Color Changes

Crocheted opossum with a green body and white face seen from the front, with yellow petal shapes around its neck and three small bee figures resting on its back.

Before attaching the flower parts, the base possum requires specific color swaps so the body reads as green foliage beneath the petals. Work through the list below and apply each change where the base pattern calls for the original shade.

Body: Make the face white, and work the body in green wherever the pattern says to use gray.
Feet: Keep the feet light pink as you normally would.
Legs: Use dark green in place of black, and green in place of gray, matching the body shade.
Tail: Keep pink where the pattern says pink, use dark green in place of black, and use the same green as the body in place of gray.
Ears: Skip them entirely.

Everything else in the Posm Pattern stays as written. Because the color changes are the only difference, you can finish nearly the whole possum before any flower component is attached.

Your Posm should look like this so far.

At this stage, the possum is assembled and colored but still bare. The base pattern remains unchanged apart from the swaps above, and the flower parts come last, so set the finished body aside and move on to the add-ons.

Crochet pattern for the Flower and Bee Addons

Materials

Gather the following supplies before beginning the petals and bees. The yarn specified is Weight 4, worsted weight acrylic, in the colors listed below.

4mm crochet hook
Polyester stuffing
Scissors
Darning needle
Pink, purple, or any color you want the petals to be
A different pink for the noses of the bees
Yellow for the bees
Black for the bees
White for the faces and wings of the bees
Green in the same shade used for the Posm’s body

Abbreviations

Familiarize yourself with these standard crochet abbreviations used in the add-on pattern:

Sc: single crochet
Inc: increase, meaning you work two single crochet into one stitch
Dec: decrease, meaning single crochet two together, or an invisible decrease
FO: fasten off, meaning slip stitch into the following stitch, chain one, then pull and cut the yarn
Slst: slip stitch
Ch: chain

Petals (Make 7 to 9 petals)

Crocheted green opossum with a white face, black bead eyes and a pink nose, surrounded by a ring of green and yellow crocheted petals, with small striped bee figures resting on its back, photographed on a soft cream cloth.

Single light purple crocheted petal piece lying flat on a plain beige fabric background

Crocheted opossum amigurumi with a white face, green body and purple crocheted flower petals arranged around its neck, with two small yellow and black crocheted bees resting on its back, photographed on a plain light surface.

Crocheted opossum head in white and green held in one hand while a purple crocheted petal is sewn to the neck with a tapestry needle and purple yarn.

Crocheted opossum with a white face, green body and pink-tipped tail, surrounded by purple crocheted petals, standing on a linen cloth with a blurred brass thimble and plant in the background.

Choose pink, purple, or whatever color you want for the petals. The petals are worked in rounds and shaped with increases and decreases, with specific stitch counts given at each stage in the source. Two rounds in the middle are worked even. When the shaping is done, press the petal flat and single crochet it shut using four Sc stitches, then fasten off and leave a long tail for sewing.

Once you have at least seven petals, begin sewing them onto the possum around the face. Position them between the two rounds where the head color changes from white to green. After seven are attached, check whether you need one or two more petals to fill the circle, make them, and sew them on.

Baby Bees (Make 3)

Crocheted bee body with black and yellow stripes, a white face and a small pink nose tip, resting on a pale speckled ceramic plate.

Close-up of a crocheted bee with a white head, a small pink nose and yellow and black striped body, with a metal tapestry needle and yellow yarn sewing the forehead, resting on a beige fabric surface.

Gros plan d'une tête d'abeille en crochet avec un museau rose, une face blanche et des rayures jaunes et noires, posée sur un tissu beige.

Three small black crocheted round ear pieces with long yarn tails laid on a light wood surface, with a wooden crochet hook and balls of yarn blurred in the background.

Hand holding a small crocheted bee head with black ears, a white face, a pale pink nose and a yellow and black striped body, on a wooden surface.

Crocheted baby bee head seen from the front, with a white face, small pink nose, yellow widow's peak marking on the forehead, black ears and yellow and black striped body, resting on beige fabric.

Close-up of hands using a metal needle and black yarn to sew the face of a small crocheted bee with black and yellow stripes, a white muzzle and a pink nose, resting on a beige fabric with a thimble and thread spool nearby.

Close-up of a crocheted baby bee head in white, yellow and black yarn held between fingers, with a strand of black yarn being sewn across the white face above a small pink nose

Small crocheted bee with a white face, pale pink nose, black ears, black and yellow striped body, white wings and a green hanging loop, resting on beige fabric.

Crocheted baby bee amigurumi with yellow and black striped body, white face with pink nose, black bead eyes, yellow ears, white wings and a small green crocheted loop underneath, photographed on a wooden surface.

Crocheted baby bee on a cream background with a black head, a yellow triangle marking on the forehead, black bead eyes, two small black ears, joined white wings, a yellow and black striped body, a pink nose and stinger at the bottom, and a

Crocheted baby bee with a golden yellow head, small ears, black bead eyes and a yellow tuft, round white wings on each side, a yellow and black striped round body, a black stinger and a green yarn loop at the bottom, photographed on a dark

A small crocheted bee with a white face, pink nose, black bead eyes and black ears, a yellow and black striped body with yellow wings, held in an open hand, with a short green crocheted chain loop beneath it.

Small crocheted baby bee with a white face, pink nose, black ears and white wings, striped in yellow and black, suspended by a green crocheted loop against a plain light grey background

Three finished crocheted baby bees with yellow and black striped bodies, white wings, black heads with yellow faces and small green hanging loops, lined up on a light wooden surface.

Finished crochet baby bee with a white head, pink nose, black bead eyes, a small yellow patch on the forehead, a yellow and black striped body, two white wings on its back and a green crochet chain loop beneath it, resting on a pale stone.

Close-up of a finished crochet baby bee with a yellow face, black ears, white wings, shiny black eyes, a pale pink nose, and a black and yellow striped body with a green crocheted hanging loop at the neck.

Crocheted baby bee with a white head, small pink nose, black ears and eyes, yellow and black striped body, white wings on its back, and a black stinger, with a green crocheted chain loop hanging below it against a plain light green backgrou

Each bee is worked in continuous rounds, starting in pink and changing to white, then yellow, then black as the head and body take shape. The head and body form one piece. Stuff the head before you carry on into the body, and stuff the body before the final decrease round. The stinger is created at the very end with slip stitches and chains. Fasten off and weave in the end, then use a small amount of yellow yarn to sew a little widow’s peak onto the forehead.

Ears are made two per bee, each beginning with a long tail for sewing or weaving into the body. After that, embroider the eyes in black yarn, placing them about two rounds above the nose and about three stitches apart. The wings are worked in two rounds; fasten off the first wing, and on the second wing work a single crochet that joins the two wings together, then slip stitch and fasten off, leaving a tail for sewing. Sew the connected wings onto the back of the bee.

For the hanging loop, use green yarn, slip stitch to the bottom of the bee, and chain until the loop can wrap around the full-size flower possum, which the designer notes is about 36 to 40 chains, then slip stitch to the bottom closer to the head, fasten off, and weave in the ends. Once the third baby bee is finished, the project is complete.

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