My monster has two mommies

My friend Matt wanted me to make a handmade gift for his cousin's new(ish) baby's first birthday. I had been kicking around some designs in my head for a softie. These are some sketches I made:
Eventually, I decided I wanted my monster to be short and stocky with his knuckles dragging on the ground behind him.

I just sort of made the pattern up in my head. For the body I cut two squares of fabric, about 12"x12", pinned them right-sides together and sewed along the top and the two sides. I made 2" long cuts between along the bottom to separate the hands from the body/legs and sewed around them, but left the legs completely open.

To give the shoulders more depth I pinched seams of each of the shoulders together and sewed a 2" line of stitches perpendicular to the seams. There is probably a technical term for this. I do not know it. Next time I'll take more pictures as I go to better explain it, I promise.

Then I turned it right side out and top-stitched between the legs and above the space between the arms and the body. I cut out ovals and sewed them into the openings at the bottom of the legs. I also folded the ends of the arms backwards and put in a few stitches to make it look like he was dragging his knuckles on the ground.

The head was basically a miniature version of the body.

My favorite part is the tattoo of a heart that reads "MOMS" (because the monster is a lesbian love child).

Here is my best attempt at instructions: