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Brain Slug Plushie + Pattern

[monotonous] "I got you an official Bender hat."

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 1Materials 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

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14 comments

Dec 28, 2011. 9:34 PMfaxwork says:

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! :]

Dec 28, 2011. 10:30 PM

LegoBrickMaster7 (author) says:

Awesome work!

Jan 9, 2012. 1:17 PMLardyvegan says:

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

Jan 9, 2012. 8:03 PM

LegoBrickMaster7 (author) says:

Great job!

Oct 24, 2011. 7:38 PMcrossfire says:

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

Oct 25, 2011. 9:47 PMThe nerdling says:

wish you can like comments on instructables

Nov 12, 2011. 5:43 PMMauigerbil says:

Me too! Lol!

Nov 13, 2011. 2:34 PMThe nerdling says:

should pm, email, etc. the instructables administrator

Nov 4, 2011. 8:26 PMMauigerbil says:

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

Oct 25, 2011. 4:46 AMdc_grimm says:

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

Oct 25, 2011. 12:16 PM

LegoBrickMaster7 (author) says:

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.