You might find a plant holder or an upside down chandlier and adjust the arms to look like 2 back legs and 2 front legs. That wil hold the floor or ground. I think a piece of yellow craft foam or a piece of a plastic from a soft back ntoebook might make a tongue. Just keep extra around in case it breaks up in a few years.

Not sure if this can be done, but you said you did legs with wire and beads. My bb with glass globs always has spaces between the globs. How about drilling holes just big enough for the wire and use some glue and insert the wire. Let dry and the shape the legs. They drill bb at the allies so would think this would solve your prob.

Thanks everyone for the replies. I had been trying to figure out the legs for about a week but never really had time to concentrate on it. I just could not conceptualize what might work. Then it dawned on me! All I had to do was bend a little bit of the wire covered with the beads and then I could glue the bent part to the ball. It gave me a fairly decent size gluing space. When I finally figured out this very simple solution it made me feel so silly. It was so easy to do! But, I really appreciate the ideas. I had thought about drilling but wasn't at all sure how easy it was to drill a hole in that very solid ball. Has anyone tried it?
Mindy