Mr. Brush Crochet Pattern

Mr. Brush has been a class mascot in my art room for a number of years. He’s been a key motivator in getting my wild n’ wacky kindergarteners to focus on our art lesson. Because #REALTALK? If you teach kindergarten art, you know they’re like herding kittens!

Anyways, I’d been using Mr. Brush in my art room for a couple years when one of my littles asked, “Does Mr. Brush have a girlfriend?” 

My entire room of kinders erupted into a giggling fit. 

A little girl in the back replied, “He needs a guuuurl!”

A boy hammered back, “No he doesn’t!”

Because the idea of Mr. Brush having a lady friend was beyond reproach. I had to wonder if they perceived him as this singling n’ mingling, oily beau hunk of a paintbrush. Uh-huh.

So I called their bluff!

Meet Mrs. Brush!

When we returned from the winter break that year, I told them tales of his exciting travels. He’d been to Amsterdam, Rome, London, and Paris and sent postcards back. The last postcard included a snapshot of the Seine de Paris and a doe-eyed girl named, “Camille.”

I informed them that Camille would be joining us in a few short weeks once she got her passport. ((chuckles))

They couldn’t have been more excited when she appeared next to him at the front of my art room. Two smiling, happy paintbrushes in luuuuuuve! Oui, oui.

It’s she lovelyyyy? It’s she WONDERFUL? 

Of course it didn’t take long for them to ask when they were getting hitched. So by the spring, they announced their engagement and June wedding plans.

The following school year, I started receiving comments from the peanut gallery…..errrr, kinders, about ‘when the baby’s gonna arrive.’ OH YEAH. Cuz that’s how kinders ROLL.

At some point that year, the baby did eventually arrive but I’ll save that for another post. In the meantime, if you’d like to create your own Mr. Brush (and Mrs. Brush, too!), here’s the crochet pattern I designed.

You can use any super bulky weight yarn or double up a couple worsted weight yarns to equal the thickness of the yarn I chose.

Get hookin’ peeps!

Mrs. Brush Crochet Pattern

The Mrs. Brush pattern is similar to the Mr. Brush pattern in

• Skill Level: Advanced Beginner
• Finished Size:
• Yarn: Lion Brand Hometown USA; 1 skein each of Minneapolis Purple, Dallas Gray, and Los Angeles Tan
• Hook: 9 mm, USN-13 hook
• Notions: Yarn needle; black and white felt; fiber fill; hot glue gun
• Project Overview: This project is worked in the round from the bottom up beginning with the blue brush handle, ending at the tan brush top. Decorations are added for the face using felt.

BEGIN BRUSH

With purple yarn, ch 2.

RND 1: Working in 1st ch, sc 8 times, sl st to first sc; 8 sc

RND 2: Ch 1, 2 sc in each sc around, sl st to first sc; 16 sc

RND 3: Ch 1, 2 sc in first sc, *(sc in next sc, 2 sc in next sc), rep from * around until last sc, sc in last sc, sl st to first sc; 24 sc

Note: As you work, stuff with fiber fill.

RNDS 4 – 31: Ch 1, sc in each sc around, switching to gray yarn in last sc at the end of RND 31, sl st to first sc; 24 sc

RND 32: Ch 1, working in bk lps only, sc in each sc around, sl st to first sc; 24 sc

RNDS 33 – 38: Ch 1, working in both loops, sc in each sc around, sl st to first sc; 24 sc

RND 39: Ch 1, *(sc in next 6 sc, dec) three times, sl st to first sc; 21 sc

RND 40: Ch 1, *(sc in next 5 sc, dec) three times, sl st to first sc; 18 sc

RND 41: Ch 1, *(sc in next 4 sc, dec) three times, switching to tan yarn in last sc, sl st to first sc; 15 sc

RND 42: Ch 1, working in bk lps only, *(sc in next 2 sc, inc), rep around, sl st to first sc; 20 sc

RND 43: Ch 1, working in both lps, *(sc in next 4 sc, inc), rep around, sl st to first sc; 24 sc

RND 44: Ch 1, *(sc in next 5 sc, inc), rep around, sl st to first sc; 28 sc

RNDS 45 – 51: Ch 1, sc in each sc around, sl st to first sc; 28 sc

Finishing

Fold the opening of Mrs. Brush’s head in half. Ch 1, working though both thicknesses of fabric, sc across. Finish off; 14 sc

Using the eye and eyelash templates, cut out pieces from felt according to color listed. Glue pieces together, then onto brush.

Mr. Brush Crochet Pattern

• Skill Level: Advanced Beginner
• Finished Size:
• Yarn: Lion Brand Hometown USA; 1 skein each of Detroit Blue, Dallas Gray, and Billings Chocolate
• Hook: 9 mm, USN-13 hook
• Notions: Yarn needle; black and white felt; fiber fill; hot glue gun
• Project Overview: This project is worked in the round from the bottom up beginning with the blue brush handle, ending at the brown brush top. Decorations are added for the face using felt.

BEGIN BRUSH

With blue yarn, ch 2.

RNDS 1 – 41: Work as for Mrs. Brush, switching to brown yarn at the end of RND 41

RND 42: Ch 1, working in bk lps only, *(sc in next 2 sc, inc), rep around, sl st to first sc; 20 sc

RND 43: Ch 1, working in both lps, *(sc in next 4 sc, inc), rep around, sl st to first sc; 24 sc

RND 44: Ch 1, *(sc in next 5 sc, inc), rep around, sl st to first sc; 28 sc

RNDS 45 – 49: Ch 1, sc in each sc around, sl st to first sc; 28 sc

RND 50: Ch 1, *(sc in next 5 sc, dec) four times, sl st to first sc; 24 sc

RND 51: Ch 1, *(sc in next 4 sc, dec) four times, sl st to first sc; 20 sc

RND 52: Ch 1, *(sc in next 3 sc, dec) four times, sl st to first sc; 16 sc

RND 53: Ch 1, *(sc in next 2 sc, dec) four times, sl st to first sc; 12 sc

RNDS 54-55: Ch 1, sc in each sc around, sl st to first sc; 12 sc

RND 56: Ch 1, dec around, sl st in first sc. Finish off; 6 sc

Finishing

Using yarn needle, stitch top of head closed.

Using the eye templates, cut out pieces from felt according to color listed. Glue pieces together, then onto brush.

Class Mascots

If you’re going to create a class mascot for your art room, be prepared to be creative with not only its appearance, but it’s backstory. Make it wacky and wild, but also cover yourself. Make sure you have some physical proof of that story. It makes it more fun to have your students buy into and play along.

Have you made this Mr. Brush class mascot? I’d love to know how it turned out! Leave me a comment below with a link to where I can see your version. There are so many little adjustments you can make to this idea to personalize it. It would be fun to add glitter to her eyes like eyeshadow. Or add some crocheted paint splatters on the body. Ohhhhh, that would be fun!