inspiration: elephant ottoman idea?

well how did everyone's weekend go??  3 day weekends are the best...especially when you don't even leave your apartment hah!  okay i may have left...once.  this morning i had a follow up interview-they're basically offering me a job...except they don't really have the approval to offer me said job so i'm not really sure how that's going to work out...?  

so i'm not really a maternally inclined kinda gal, i was always the one girl in the group who didn't want kids...ever.  but despite that, i still think that kids always get the cute stuff!  i mean really, gap kids needs to start making their stuff in grown up sizes!!  

anyway, i was thinking about that which got me to thinking about all the elephant paraphernalia that goes along with kids-elephant stuffed toys, elephant mobiles, elephant nurseries, you get the idea.  so i got to thinking about making a stuffed elephant, well more like trying to convince myself to make one because even though i hate stuffed animals and think they're a complete waste of space...they're so cute!!  then i stumped across this guy and for some reason i thought 'ottoman'.  giant stuffed elephant ottoman anyone?  i think it'd be awesome, i'm sure it'd fit in a lot better in someone's nursery but i think i just might need to make one for myself.  in my living room that doesn't even have a couch...  

(elephant pincusion)

but the next question...what color?  i really like the polka dots, but i'm thinking it might look a little silly at the scale i'll be making the elephant.  i kinda wanted a pattern, maybe stripes or chevron but with the way the fabric is cut for the pattern i think it might be difficult to get it match up.  so then i thought maybe just a simple white canvasy type fabric?  removable of course so i can wash all the nasty foot filth the dirt off...  i think i may have to add 'prototype elephant ottoman' to my to-do list...