Giant Plushie Microbes
Ever since I first heard about giant plushie microbes, I thought that whoever came up with the idea for these delightful stuffed animals was a genius!
Most stuffed animals represent something that we’re used to seeing in the real world, albeit usually in an even fluffier and cuter form. Giant plushie microbes are stuffed animals (to use the term loosely) that can’t actually be seen in real life. That’s because real microbes are way too tiny!
I’m sure that the creators of these giant plushie microbes used a lot of creative license when deciding exactly what each stuffed disease should look like. For example, microbes don’t have eyes in real life, because they’re way too small. Still I’m willing to accept the slight tweaks because these things are just so darn cute!
I think that the plushie microbes are great to give and receive as gifts. When else are you going to be able to say to your friends and family members “I gave you ebola!” without making them freak out? In addition, I think these could make great learning toys for explaining to young kids what bacteria are. Although you might want to emphasize the fact that bacteria aren’t as cute and harmless in real life (we don’t want kids to stop bathing because they’re worried about washing away all the microbes!)
Emma Squidoos 