Light-up Ampharos Plush - Free Pattern!

Check out this gif of Ampharos with its lights turning on and off!

Oh man, I'm excited I finally get to post this! I had to keep him a secret until my friend's birthday.

So yeah, here's an Ampharos plush which lights up! It stands up about 19 inches tall to the top of the horns, made with sunshine, snow white, and charcoal minky with embroidered smile and eyes. It's got a battery pack which takes 3 AA batteries which can be switched on and off, as well a zipper on the back of the plush which allows the battery pack to be crammed into the stuffing of the plush if you want to hide it. In retrospect I probably should've used a AAA battery holder, but oh well. The battery pack is also removable if you don't care about that stuff and don't want the plush to be weighed down by the battery pack. It's still not particularly huggable though because of the circuitry; this is definitely a display piece and not something you'd hug. (The other Ampharos plush I made is the huggable one!)

The orbs are resin casted pieces. I deliberated a long time about what to do for the orbs until by chance, a person who I work with mentioned that her husband could cast translucent orbs like I wanted, and I think they look fantastic. They don't glow as uniformly as shown in the picture; cameras aren't the best at taking pictures of lights in the dark. It does look quite vibrant in the dark nonetheless. 

Comes with a free pattern and tutorial for those of you who'd like to make your own Ampharos plush in my style! Check out the links below.

I might be doing commissions in the future, just a heads up. I won't accept commissions for light-up plushies though, I don't trust my soldering skills and they're honestly not as amazing as they sound. They might be cooler if I learn how to integrate the switch directly into the plush though. Maybe...

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