Brain Slug Plushie + Pattern

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The Brain Slug is one of my favorite creatures on Futurama, and quite possibly one of the easiest and most fun Halloween costumes I've done in a while. What's not fun about talking in a monotone voice, and if it falls off your head you can loudly exclaim, "I'm free of that nightmare!"

You'll need a few hours of time, and a basic knowledge of sewing to complete this cute little Brain Slug plushie.

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Step 1: Materials and Pattern

Materials:

Fleece (bright green)
Black and White scraps for the eye
Green thread
Pins
Scissors
Needle
Sharpie marker
Sewing Machine (optional)
Printer (for the pattern)
Stuffing (Poly-Fill)

Cutting the Pattern:

When you print out the pattern be sure that you don't shrink the image in any way. The image is already sized to 8.5 x 11, and reducing the size to "fit to margin" or anything like that will make things smaller than we want. Once you have the pattern printed out and cut up, you need to cut out some fleece for your Brain Slug.

You'll need:

(14) Feets
(1) Bottom
(2) Side Piece
(4) Antenna

Brain Slug Pattern.pdf281 KB

faxwork says: Dec 28, 2011. 9:34 PM

Finally got around to making one. I'm giving it away as a late Christmas gift. Made a few modifications like some stuffing behind the eye and a little bit in the antennae. Thanks for posting! :]

LegoBrickMaster7 (author) in reply to faxworkDec 28, 2011. 10:30 PM

Awesome work!

Lardyvegan says: Jan 9, 2012. 1:17 PM

Our mission was to go to the brain slug planet...

LegoBrickMaster7 (author) in reply to LardyveganJan 9, 2012. 8:03 PM

Great job!

ExquiseMarquise says: Jul 9, 2012. 12:15 PM

I love it and already made 4 for friends who happened to pass by and loved the one I had made for me.
I found the first one too big for my head so I made the others 75% of the original size. I put a little filling behind the eye and added a strip of fleece under the slug to attach a headband.

ExquiseMarquise in reply to ExquiseMarquiseJul 9, 2012. 12:16 PM

I also put some plastic from a Coke bottle in the antennae to keep them stiff.

LegoBrickMaster7 (author) in reply to ExquiseMarquiseJul 9, 2012. 6:29 PM

Looks great!

ExquiseMarquise says: Sep 21, 2012. 12:56 PM

Someone asked me how I put my brain slug on a head band, and I suppose it might interest other people too, so here are my tips :

*get the plainest and thinnest headband you can find. I used a thin black plastic one.
*before sewing the bottom to the sides (it is easier, you can do it once the brain slug is finished but it is tedious), cut a rectangular piece of fleece a little larger than the headband and sew along the lengths under the bottom.
*ensure the headband can go through it. Most likely the tube you have sewn will be too large and the brain slug might slip down, if so make another, tighter seam, keeping the headband in. You don't really have to undo the first seam.
*the tube should be tight enough now to hold the headband while allowing it to be taken off.

LegoBrickMaster7 (author) in reply to ExquiseMarquiseSep 21, 2012. 1:04 PM

Nicely done!

Just in time for Halloween.

rrhiannon99 says: Oct 5, 2012. 8:38 AM

I just wanted to say THANK YOU! This pattern and the directions worked perfectly! I now have two brain slugs ready for the invasion!

Only change I made was using a googlie eye instead of a felt one.

LegoBrickMaster7 (author) in reply to rrhiannon99Oct 5, 2012. 11:33 PM

Nice job!

nemalim says: Jan 8, 2013. 11:58 AM

We made one too - and my kid just love it!
I made a little change - I've added pipe cleaners to the antena, so now they're bendable.
Thanks for the great design!
Merav

voodooxfishy says: Sep 18, 2012. 10:56 PM

omg i love you for posting this! this is gonna be the best halloween costume ever! my sis, her bf, and i are gonna have brain slugs on our head as we zombie it around town. i'll make sure to post a photo of us when brain drain day comes around :)

crossfire says: Oct 24, 2011. 7:38 PM

This is the reason you should be able to like instructables on facebook!

The nerdling in reply to crossfireOct 25, 2011. 9:47 PM

wish you can like comments on instructables

Mauigerbil in reply to The nerdlingNov 12, 2011. 5:43 PM

Me too! Lol!

The nerdling in reply to MauigerbilNov 13, 2011. 2:34 PM

should pm, email, etc. the instructables administrator

Mauigerbil says: Nov 4, 2011. 8:26 PM

I LOVE FUTURAMA!! This is the first Futurama 'ible I have seen! LOVE IT!!!

dc_grimm says: Oct 25, 2011. 4:46 AM

How much green fleece is needed in total.
Like whats the minimum?

I wanna make one but I have no other uses for green fleece.

Awesome instructable

LegoBrickMaster7 (author) in reply to dc_grimmOct 25, 2011. 12:16 PM

If you fit everything together perfectly, the smallest you could go is a 1ft x 1ft square of fleece. I would suggest using more than that, like a 2ft x 2ft square, just for some leeway.