It was my first Holiday with my husband, then boyfriend, 2007. He told me that he was going to be Zoidberg for Halloween and I had no idea what that was. So he had to show me by playing some Futurama episodes. I still thought he was weird, but I always want to make things happen. I brainstormed for a while and surprised him by putting the costume together for him. He was very surprised and impressed with what I had come up with and he wore it to a Halloween party with my friend and I that year. (I had done the post cards for the party, so I got free drinks that night. ;) haha.)
As he would say "bwoo bwoo bwoo bwoo bwoo!" - or however it goes. :)
As he would say "bwoo bwoo bwoo bwoo bwoo!" - or however it goes. :)
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Scissors
Hot Glue Gun
Hot Glue
Elastic
Bart Simpson Mask
Red Face Paint
Red Glove
4 Pieces of Red Felt
Lab Coat (embroidered)
Needle, thread
A Dude with Dr. Zoidberg's stature
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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.
Hot Glue Gun
Hot Glue
Elastic
Bart Simpson Mask
Red Face Paint
Red Glove
4 Pieces of Red Felt
Lab Coat (embroidered)
Needle, thread
A Dude with Dr. Zoidberg's stature
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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.
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Seriously, great job!
For the claws I did the same as yourself. Thanks for that by that way.
For the head I bought a red faceless balaclava (I have a beard and I didn't want to shave it). I got two small funnels, cut them to size and curved them to my face. I glued the lens' from a pair of those 3d glasses that you get in the cinema for 3d movies to cover in the holes for the pupils. Then I used the strap and nose bridge from a pair of swimming goggles to hold it onto my head.
I'm quite happy how it turned out. The only thing I didn't think about was adding air holes around the eyes because the lens kept steaming up. Many thanks for your description of work. It really came in handy, particularly for the claws.
I stretched cling film over a table tennis ball and coated half of it with white mastic.
If you are careful you can get it quite smooth, you could always invert it so the smooth inside becomes the outside.
Just use a hole punch to make the pupil.
A table tennis ball was the right size for what I needed but for this would need a bigger ball.
Finally read the instructions and I gotta say it's amazing in its simplicity! Good job!
Thanks for sharing!
-Why not Zoidberg?
I love this, nicely done.
and then glue on the Simpson eyes for a creepily realistic zoidberg! :)
I'm now loking forward to the next costumes...
Using a Bart mask for the eyes for a futurama character was inspired - simple solution, awesome results.