Opinions? Advice? :D

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Hey all you crafty babes!

I need your opinions on something...
I'm working a couple plushies to submit to a contest, the other ones I had no problem with my ideas, but this one I'm kinda stuck on.



It's a polar bear. It's for a holiday themed contest. I'm not sure if I like it with the rosy cheeks or not, or with the claws.
Also, I was gonna put something between his paws, the only idea I liked was to put a little teddy bear there, but I wanted to do something a little more holiday-ish, that wasn't red & white like the rest of him.

I was gonna embroider one of these on the bottom/back of him, too. To make him stand out from the rest
Which one of these do you guys like better?

OR






& just for funsies, here's something else I've been working on. Not a real picture, just a scan of the front side before he got stuffed.

Notorious B.E.A.R.



opinions please! thanks a ton.