Disley family entertain village with ‘Scooby’s lockdown antics’

Madcap mum Zoe Lofthouse, 43, has come up with a new scene every day for 69 days - wowing neighbours and passers-by.

In wacky poses over the last two months stuffed animals including Pooh Bear, Piglet and Tigger have been seen accompanying the mystery cartoon character in bizarre recreations.

They include a ride in a neighbour’s yellow Ferrari, a snooker game, scuba diving, a huge zip wire across the street, horse racing, The Beatles crossing Abbey Road complete with custom-made zebra crossing and a wedding.

The family has raised over £1,500 for Diabetes UK with the crazy characters - as people drop donations off at the end of their driveway.

Zany Zoe, who admitted ‘I have to find some way of regaining normal life’, told how ‘Scooby’s lockdown antics’ started with a VE Day party.

She said: “People kept coming and taking pictures and after we took them off the drive they were asking us to do some more.

“One of my daughter’s friends has diabetes and people with the condition are badly-affected by coronavirus so we thought we’d try and raise some money.”

Former PE teacher Zoe told how as the weeks went by the family decided to develop the Scooby narrative - introducing him to wife-to-be ‘Scwifey’.

The screwball family even hosted a wedding party at the end of their driveway - with Scwifey dressed in a real wedding dress and Piglet dressed as bridesmaid.

However, never ones to pass up on a party, the family hosted a night-time wedding reception on their drive - with neighbours dancing along with the loved-up stuffed animals.

Following the ‘shotgun’ wedding, Scooby and Scwifey gave birth to ‘Scuppy’ - named after a Facebook poll - and are now on their ‘Scoobymoon’.

Side-splitting photos show the entire party enjoying scuba diving and even croquet on-deck.

Zoe, who admits having help from her two daughters Amber, 10, and Skye, 8, coming up with new ideas, said: “It’s just gradually got bigger and bigger.

“It’s a good job I’ve got all the time in the world because my house looks like a bomb’s hit it.

“The girls think I’m nuts but they absolutely love it and Pete thinks I’ve lost it but he gets just as involved.

“I’ll just wake up in the morning and say ‘I think we’ll have them doing horse racing today - I need you to make some horse jumps’, and he says ‘you what?’”

Though many of the props for Scooby’s lockdown antics have come from Zoe’s own home Scwifey’s wedding dress was donated by a friend clearing her house out.

Much of the rest, Zoe sourced from online selling sites.

To make a donation to the family’s Diabetes UK crowdfunding page click HERE.

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