What a lovely idea! My gown has been in our closet for 28 years. Maybe it will get a new life someday.
Years ago, my MIL took a fur coat of her mother's and had bears made for my SIL and me. The coat made the body of the bear, the collar made the ears and the lining was the underside of the paws and the bottom of the feet. To this day, it is the gift I treasure the most!