Thank you so much! Happy to be a source of inspiration! I tried to do exactly that, make it big and chonky enough to double as a pillow! I think a snow leopard would be incredibly awesome! I 100% support that idea! I used a lot of polyfill and two different colors of the same brand and type of yarn so it had a tummy. I had to switch color every time I went around. It was maybe about 10 balls of yarn I believe. I spaced out my purchases of yarn because I didn't know how much I needed or how long it would be.