You are wonderful to help the animals. When I first moved to Birmingham, Alabama there was a group (FCDF) who went to the schools to educate the kids about responsible pet ownership and they took small stuffed cat or dog faces. I volunteered to stuff them and sew them shut. And I made a few more. The simpler the better. I used a flair pen. Trace a cat head, draw the eyes, a nose, (a heart is cute) and below the heart nose a "J" with the bottom of the J going to the right on one side and the left on the other side. Then draw a few whiskers each side. The dog could be 2 squares of fabric with eyes and a nose and a mouth and after turning with fronts facing each other to sew (like a pillow) you can insert a floppy ear on each upper corner. if you wish. Turn right side out and stuff and sew opening shut. Often I sew around the cat face , stuff, sew shut and trim around the face with pinking scissors. I'm putting all this here so maybe someone else will be inspired to make some for their local need. They can't be too ugly because it will be determined to be adorable, no matter what it looks like. You can use up your scraps and it is not a toy and not for children who might suck on it because of the ink but it is an inexpensive reminder of the lesson someone cared enough to share with them.