Plastic canvas minecraft cow experiment

My 8 year old is obsessed with minecraft!!!  We were at a store and he saw minecraft  plush toys,  they were not high quality  or anything  I was dieing to buy,  yet still cost quite a bit. The crazy person I am natrually came home and looked to see if I could find Crochet  pattern  for them.  I came across  a picture  of a plastic canvas mushroom,   the cow.  (which is the one he really  wanted at the store)  It didn't have a pattern or anything so I got brainstorming how I could make this happen.  Looking at pictures (Yay for them being pixilated)  Using graph paper I started drawing my pattern to use.  Hopping I could actually do it, I jumped in.   My grandma  made some pretty  elaborate  things from plastic canvas so I knew it could be done,  but this is only my second  attempt  at doing plastic canvas,  so wish me luck.  So far it's going fairly well,  I just wish I didn't start on the face before I figured out what I was doing.  Of course I messed up slightly figuring out what I was doing.  I didn't mess up bad enough to redo it just enough to wish I worked out some kinks before doing a crutial part of him.  I think  I'm going to make another smaller one cuz I made this guy 4 squares to every one graph paper square and I think  it would work out just fine smaller and make a few other characters  too.  Then I can make him some friends and foes. (creeper) :)  I'll have to update after I fully finish.

My not so pretty  plans.  :) 

Mushroom's  progress so far,  just one more piece to make,  until it's time for assembly.  :)  im excited  to see how it comes out and make more guys.  Fingers crossed that this will actually  be  a good Christmas  present  for the kiddo! 

When assembling,  don't sew entirely  shut before attaching the mushrooms and legs.  

I decided  to lightly stuff the body with some  wadded up news paper.  I did not feel like anywhere else other than the body needed it and even there I probably didn't need it.  

Mushroom  is done!  Other than he is bigger than I wanted (approximately 9 1/2 inches tall to the top of the  mushrooms)  I think he turned out great!  He isn't excessively  tall by any means,  I just prefer cute little  ones.