As a crochet vendor at markets, my best-seller is always the cheapest: plushies from my minis basket. I sell these minis for $6 or 2-for-$10.
This minis basket was new for my market booth in 2025. Let’s see how well it performed at markets over the course of the year. I’m going to show you which patterns I use to make these miniature plushies, how many of each one I make, and how many sold at each market.
April 2025 Mini Plushie Basket
I started putting together this minis basket in March. Some of the tiny plushies, like the baby leggy frogs, I had been making already for a few years. But I wanted to add more variety, so I asked for pattern suggestions on my Instagram stories. So to start I had baby leggy frogs, whales, mini bees, octos, baby birds in 2 styles, and strawberries.
In April I attended the Bristol Borough Sunday Stroll. It was a pretty good market, and I ended up selling 33 of the 65 mini plushies. The whales sold the most, and my tiny birds sold out entirely.
This left me with 32 mini plushies.
May 2025 Mini Plushie Basket
I spent a few weeks restocking before my next market in May. This time, I added way more styles of tiny birds, as I was working to design all 16 styles for my Tiny Birds Pattern. I also restocked whales and octos, and added sharks.
The May Bristol Borough Sunday Stroll was my best market in 2025. I sold a total of 50 mini plushies out of the 87 I brought with me. I was happy to see the tiny birds were so popular, so after this market I finished all the styles and released the pattern. I also sold out of strawberries.
I was left with 37 mini plushies.
June 2025 Mini Plushie Basket
In June, I restocked the most popular mini plushies, but I also experimented with a few new mini plushie styles. I added the carrots, frog heads, boba, and cherries.
The June Bristol Borough Sunday Stroll was not as well attended as usual due to some unexpected rain during the setup hours. So this time I brought even more mini plushies than ever before (95 total), but only sold 20. The tiny birds were still most popular, and none of my new additions (like the carrots) sold.
I had 75 mini plushies left in June. Which turned out to be a good thing, as I didn’t have time to restock before my next market.
September 2025 Mini Plushie Basket
My usual markets skip the summer (which I’m happy about because I don’t want to sit out in the heat lol), so the next market was in September. I moved in the beginning of September, so I really did not have time to market prep at all. I was still painting and unpacking in my new house. Because of this, I completely forgot to take all my before pictures to make my usual minis basket update posts. But I started with the 75 minis I had left in June, and sold 33 of them.
November 2025 Mini Plushie Basket
I had more time to restock in October and November. I made plenty of the tiny birds, focusing on the styles I thought would sell most. I started November with 87 plushies in the minis basket.
I had two markets scheduled for the same weekend in November: the Bensalem High School Craft Fair and the Bristol Borough Sunday Stroll.
The Craft Fair went as expected, but the Sunday Stroll did NOT. We showed up to set up on the street as usual, but it was so windy that the fire department shut down the event. Luckily, the organizers managed to reschedule it for the next Sunday.
Between the two markets, I sold 40 mini plushies. Nearly half of those were tiny birds.
Summary
At this point, I’m sure you’re wondering: what sold best overall?
Here’s the top 5:
5. Strawberries
Strawberries seemed to be a hit or miss in the minis basket. Some times I sold a few, and other times I sold none. I sold a total of 15. Get the strawberry pattern by crochetwbay here.
4. Octos
Octos were more popular in the beginning of the year than the end. I sold a total of 20. The octo pattern is based on several patterns by All From Jade.
3. Baby Leggy Frogs
I was not expecting this to be one of my top sellers, considering how I didn’t make a single additional baby leggy frog from the initial batch of 22 I started with in April! But I ended the year with just one left, selling a total of 21. Get the baby leggy frog pattern by knotjaded here.
2. Whales
Whales were quite popular – I sold a total of 34. Get the whale pattern from All From Jade here.
1. Tiny Birds!
I’m sure you saw this one coming, but tiny birds were the most popular in the minis basket. I sold 59 of them!! Across all 16 styles, the top sellers were the chick (14), mallard duck (9), and the call duck (7). Get the tiny birds pattern here.
What tiny plushies should I add for 2026?
