I made an elephant (or "effephant," as Lil' Dude calls it) based on this free Lion Brand Yarn pattern, with a couple of modifications.

My sweetie took one look at it and said, "Trunkus erectus"—which doesn't exactly inspire confidence. There are certainly some better elephant patterns out there, but this was only the second amigurumi I started, so I figured it would be an easy intro. Lil' Dude liked it and decided that Baby Joël had to have it, and that was adorable in itself.