This fantastic girl of mine doesn't like American Girl, Barbie, or Princesses...she loves reptiles, dinosaurs and dragons! One day off school, the kids made stuffed animals with my mom (magnificent seamstress & grandma extraordinaire) Avery wanted a dragon, a pattern my mom didn't have so Avery drew her own pattern, cut it out of fabric, sewed it and drew the details. (my mom only attached the wings because they ran out of time and had to come home) I am impressed with how well she did, hard to believe she's only 8.