Crocheted Handmade Toy Dolphins

Toy Dolphins hand-crocheted in soft plush are delightfully hugable for kids, and great for collectors of dolphins and other sea creatures.  

Plush Toy Dolphins on Etsy

Dolphins at Play

Dolphins are a very sociable and playful sea animal. The crocheted plush dolphins in my Etsy Shop are as playful as any in the ocean. In the wild, bottlenose dolphins are found in the shallow waters of warm seas around the world. They live in groups, called pods, and the group often works together to harvest fish to eat.

Toy Bottlenose Dolphin

Plush Bottlenose Dolphin

Most bottlenose dolphins are gray with a lighter gray belly. This plush Bottlenose Dolphin is a crocheted, stuffed toy version of a favorite sea animal. He is handmade in two shades of gray acrylic yarn and filled with a soft polyester fiberfil. Gray dolphin is ready to swim his way into your heart. And at 14-1/2 inches long and 8 inches across his side fins, he's the perfect size to hold and love.  This gray dolphin has sold, but another can be created upon request at Coastal Crochet Crafts on Etsy. 

Pink Plush Dolphin

Pink Toy Dolphin in Crochet

Besides the gray bottlenose dolphin, there are other kinds of dolphins that are dark gray with a white belly and also black and white like an Orca whale. Then there is a very rare kind of dolphin, mostly found in the Amazon River in South America, which is pink in color. It's actually an albino dolphin. I read a fascinating article about pink dolphins  and the story gave me the idea to create a toy pink dolphin in crochet. I used a bright pink yarn for the topside and a lighter pink yarn for the underside. The pink yarn makes me consider this plush version a girl dolphin! She measures 14 inches long and 9 inches across her side fins and is stuffed with a soft, squeezable fiberfil. 

Dolphins mostly eat fish and squid. These crocheted toy dolphins don't eat anything, making it very easy to care for them. They are very patient and won't mind if you go have dinner or a snack. They happily wait for you to come back and play.

I bet you can guess which football team is the favorite of these plush toy dolphins. Of course, it's the Miami Dolphins! When you think about it, a regulation size football is 11.5 inches x 6.5 inches, so these toy dolphins are close to the same size. Because they are a soft toy, they can easily be 'tossed around' much like a football.

Sleeping with a Dolphin

Dolphin Sea Fleece Blanket

When it's bedtime, you and your plush dolphin can cuddle together and snuggle under a warm dolphin fleece blanket. This warm soft throw is lightweight and at 58 x 80 inches it is just the right size for keeping you and your toy dolphin warm anytime.  

This blanket has a 'swimming sea dolphins' design of a photo in full color printing and is machine washable and dryable.  It is available on Amazon.

More Sea Creatures

Several of my other crocheted sea critters are just as much fun as these toy bottlenose dolphins. 

My Baby Harp Seal is happily playing while waiting his turn to join your family. A toy gray harbor seal and a plush walrus can all be seen with the little harp seal in their story about Two Seals and a Walrus.


(c) Wednesday Elf

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