COMMUNITY : DIY HALLOWEEN 2007


Dr. Zoidberg of Futurama Costume! :)

(thank you for the direction into the forums! haha) :D :D :D



I didn't even know who Zoidberg was until my boyfriend told me that he was going to be HIM for halloween, right after we met haha. SO, I was wondering how he was going to do it and I had a few ideas...

I ordered a Lab Coat from AllHeart.com or something like that, and had it embroidered with "Dr. Zoidberg". For the Claws, he bought a hot glue gun and some felt and I was kinda puzzled as to how to make them .. cute/realistic/wearable, just make sure to have good scissors, stack the felt 2 at a time and wisely cut so that the 2 pieces match up. I used elastic to keep them on his wrist and stuffed them with polyester fill, to make them more functional. For the FACE...lol..we lucked out. Tripped over a bart simpson mask at Target and we ended up making the eyes into the shape of goggles, leaving tabs on the side for elastic attachment to hold them onto his head. The "mouth fingers" were a pair of women's gloves. (I cut the thumb off and hand sewed it shut and then took the part and attached it to ITSELF in the back, behind the mask, also stuffed the fingers a little. We then painted his head with some cream makeup from.. a halloween store ($1.50) and it goes a long way. You can cover the elastic with it too, but be careful not to dye your eyes red unless you are going to go as Zoidberg with PINKEYE. lol.

As he would say "bwoo bwoo bwoo bwoo bwoo!"

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egostner says: Oct 28, 2011. 11:32 AM
LoL nice xD
6stygos says: Oct 28, 2009. 2:09 AM
Very nice costume, with one flaw though - Zoidberg doesn't have ears ;)
FaqMan says: Jan 17, 2009. 2:16 PM
The costumes are so life like great job on them.
comodore says: Jan 17, 2009. 4:21 AM
haha! That's soooooo COOOL! I love Futurama, a great show ! And I like the Bart, looks like he is doing a Mr Burn impression, excellent! Great costumes!
crafty_crayons says: Jan 5, 2009. 5:14 PM
wowwwwwwwww niceeee
AnarchistAsian says: Jan 5, 2009. 1:06 PM
woahhh, zoidberg is TEH BEST!!!!!!!!!!!!!
canida says: Oct 30, 2007. 2:47 PM
Sweet! I love it.
kristylynn84 (author) says: Oct 30, 2007. 12:41 PM
hahha i like to pinch.
trebuchet03 says: Oct 29, 2007. 11:41 PM
Who has the upper claw now!?
whatsisface in reply to trebuchet03Oct 30, 2007. 12:04 PM
Once again, the conservative, sandwich-heavy portfolio pays off for the hungry investor.
Tool Using Animal in reply to trebuchet03Oct 30, 2007. 12:02 PM
By the way, i took the liberty of fertilizing your caviar.
Goodhart in reply to trebuchet03Oct 30, 2007. 8:55 AM
Yum, lobster claw LOL
kristylynn84 (author) says: Oct 30, 2007. 8:55 AM
thank you ! :D
gridworks1 says: Oct 30, 2007. 4:22 AM
I saw a really great Bender costume last year... but that Zoidberg pretty much rulz
NachoMahma says: Oct 29, 2007. 7:52 PM
. That is GREAT! (Dr Z is one of my favorite cartoon characters)
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. I think his "bwoo bwoo bwoo bwoo bwoo!" is copied from The Three Stooges. When Curly does it, it sounds a little more like "whoop whoop whoop whoop whoop." If you like physical comedy, the Stooges are great.
kristylynn84 (author) says: Oct 29, 2007. 6:49 PM
i tried to do that haha. but i didn't know what i was doing. :) i think that next time i make something, i am going to document it and make an instructable. :) i am getting the hang of this! haha :D and thank you! :)
Goodhart in reply to kristylynn84Oct 29, 2007. 7:00 PM
You're welcome.

And in case you haven't found them yet, here are two helpful places to go to help you on your way to created a great instructable:

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Goodhart says: Oct 29, 2007. 6:46 PM
That is really nice looking.....you should publish an instructable.
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