Bender is a robot character from the cartoon Futurama whose soul purpose is drinking beer to stay sober and operate. And when he doesn’t drink he gets 12 o’clock rust and begins to malfunction and act like he is drunk. My Bender costume was a first price winner at multiple competitions. To begin with, Bender … Read more
Last year i did a lego man costume. But this Bender costume required a lot more thought. But it came together very quickly and easily. The body is made of all carboard. Cut the circly for the top, cut the hoke for my head, then attached cardboard all around. I put slits in the cardboard … Read more
We decided to be Lila and Fry at our first Halloween together. We colored my hair violet and his hair orange. I made a big eye and found a blaster. Then we just wore the same clothes as characters do in cartoon and-voila! Here we are simple and fast. P.S. I made my eye from … Read more
I made this costume for a 1st annual Comic Con in Grand Rapids Mich. I already had a Bender costume from last year’s Halloween party. So I just needed to make him into Super Bender. He was a huge hit with the fellow Cosplayer’s. Everyone seemed to relate to Bender, even more so as the … Read more
I LOVE making my own costumes and I have created a few that I still have to this day. This is by far my favorite and most elaborate: Bender from Futurama. More details on all the pieces. But the Q&D is: Head: main part part (cylindrical) cement post mold (for cement posts, Home Depot) and … Read more
This was our first Halloween together! We are both full time college students so we needed this Halloween to be as close to free as possible. He wanted something extremely simple and I wanted to be a bad ass chick! So this is what we came up with…Leela and Fry from Futurama! LEELA: White tank, … Read more
The first step is to choose your meme. I for one chose the Futurama Fry Meme. But you could be any of the hilarious internet picture memes. The first step would be to find yourself clothing to match the character you have chosen. In my example I had to find a white t-shirt, red sweater … Read more
Here is how I made my Futurama’s Leela and Bender Couple Halloween Costume: Bender: Small Trash Can for head spray painted grey Styrofoam ball eyes Chest Peiece was a molding for cement bought at local hardware store. Mouth basically made out of hard plastic stitching boards with holes in it from local craft store. Cigar … Read more
I spent two, make that 2 months, hundreds of hours, and over $250 in materials and pieces to make this Bender from Futurama costume come to life. It is by far the best Bender costume. I haven’t seen a better one in all my research online. The eyes, antenna, arms, and inner door light up with … Read more
I wanted to do something special this year so I chose the “Gender” Bender. For Bender I spent a lot of time on Bender’s head. It was important to get the right look. The cutting of the cardboard visor was a tricky part. The head is constructed of cardboard rolled and taped. The dome of … Read more
This awesome Bender and the Head of Lucy Liu Halloween couple costume was made by me, but let’s face it – Bender and Lucy were made for each other. Bender was made first and is constructed of cardboard, clothes hangers, LOTS of duct tape, aluminum foil, and old radio aerial, Styrofoam for the eyes and … Read more
I built this Bender from Futurama costume from scratch, mostly stuff from a surplus supply store, Lowes and Hobby Lobby. It took me 2 weeks to complete working on it every day after work. I actually see through the teeth area, and the top of the antenna is 7’10” tall. There is a battery operated … Read more