GIANTmicrobes Plush Figures

Last night I did something on Twitter I’ve never done before, I asked for suggestions on what to blog about today. I thought why not ask, you never know what people might suggest! Then I got a tweet from @GIANTmicrobes suggesting I highlight their new line of stuffed animals that look like tiny microbes, only a million times their actual size. I headed over to their website and their figures are pretty cool.


GIANTmicrobes, created by Drew Oliver, are advertised as humorous, educational, and fun. Each GIANTmicrobes plush figure comes with an image and information about the real microbe it represents, and is both a learning tool and an amusing gift. What really blew me away after checking out the GIANTmicrobes website is the huge variety of microbe stuffed animals available for purchase. There’s everything from the Common Cold to E. coli and Athlete’s Foot!

Other popular GIANTmicrobes include The Flu, Sore Throat, Stomach Ache, Brain Cell, Kissing Disease, Ulcer, Martian Life, Beer & Bread, Black Death, Ebola, Flesh Eating, Sleeping Sickness, Dust Mite, Bed Bug, and Bookworm. You can order these and many more from the GIANTmicrobes online store here. Regular size GIANTmicrobes plush figures retail for $8.95, giant size figures retail for $29.95, and 3 mini-microbes in a Petri dish retail for $12.95 per set.