Ever since he won it at some game at the fair my son has been carrying around this little stuffed alligator. He takes it to school in his book bag, he takes it on car rides, he sleeps with it, he even took it on our last trip overseas.
So last week he told me about the mama alligator and the babies that were part of his imagination which prompted me to find a pattern for an alligator. I found this really cute pattern here: http://www.topcrochetpatterns.com/free-crochet-patterns/crochet-crocodile-pencil-case
I changed it to fit my needs and made a smaller version as well. See for yourself:
