It's kind of hideous, all in all, but it is still clearly meant to be him. Baby's first attempt at making something like that, and all.

The praise is weird, and he hitches one shoulder with an almost shy sort of duck of his head. "Didn't want anyone touching me. Thought maybe the magic plants could be tricked." Or impressed by the creative measures to get around them, he supposes, but he's not ascribing that much intelligence to a bunch of plants.