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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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Oct 28, 2011. 11:32 AMegostner says:
LoL nice xD
Oct 28, 2009. 2:09 AM6stygos says:
Very nice costume, with one flaw though - Zoidberg doesn't have ears ;)
Jan 17, 2009. 2:16 PMFaqMan says:
The costumes are so life like great job on them.
Jan 17, 2009. 4:21 AMcomodore says:
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!
Jan 5, 2009. 5:14 PMcrafty_crayons says:
wowwwwwwwww niceeee
Jan 5, 2009. 1:06 PMAnarchistAsian says:
woahhh, zoidberg is TEH BEST!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Oct 30, 2007. 2:47 PMcanida says:
Sweet! I love it.
Oct 29, 2007. 11:41 PMtrebuchet03 says:
Who has the upper claw now!?
Oct 30, 2007. 12:04 PMwhatsisface says:
Once again, the conservative, sandwich-heavy portfolio pays off for the hungry investor.
Oct 30, 2007. 12:02 PMTool Using Animal says:
By the way, i took the liberty of fertilizing your caviar.
Oct 30, 2007. 8:55 AMGoodhart says:
Yum, lobster claw LOL
Oct 30, 2007. 4:22 AMgridworks1 says:
I saw a really great Bender costume last year... but that Zoidberg pretty much rulz
Oct 29, 2007. 7:52 PMNachoMahma says:
. That is GREAT! (Dr Z is one of my favorite cartoon characters)
.
. 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.
Oct 29, 2007. 7:00 PMGoodhart says:
You're welcome.

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

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