Homemade Centaur Costume

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  • Опубліковано 1 лис 2018
  • I always hand create my children's costumes and this years centaur sure was an attention getter!!! Pictures do not do this costume justice. Its seeing it in action that made it a hit at this years Halloween events. The back legs were attached to wheels so as she walked, the back hoofs actually moved up and down in a galloping like motion!
    I was looking for creative inspiration on pinterest and stumbled across a pin talking about how to create home made hoofs for a faun costume......my brain ran with that into creating a centaur. Now we love Disney's Fantasia and I toyed with the idea of recreating a pretty, colorful, flower covered centaur......but I wanted to bring in my own element for this creation and thought about mixing the look with a little bit of a woodland elf and more of a native warrior princess. I had my hubby create a simple PVC frame that was basically a backbone that then connected vertically, at the back hips, to the wheels. Then he made makeshift hips that the moving pieces of PVC would connect to for the legs. We used screws and bolts drilled through PVC to make the joints moveable as the wheels turned. Then I packed around the backbone with newspaper and masking tape (like you would if you were starting a paper mache project) and formed it to that of a horse body. I used foam to hold the needed shape of the legs. I attached the fur with spray adhesive at first and then hot glue as I cut needed shapes. The start of the backbone had a PVC T piece that I strung a belt through to attach to my daughter. I took a pair of her old jeans (the jeans came in handy for running the belt from horse for a better hold up of body) hot glued fur to them to be a separate piece so she could unattach from the horse body easily without wardrobe change. I used the same fur to create a crop vest and got some used belts from goodwill to accent. I made her arm cuffs out of cardboard and glued fake leather material to them and accented with leather string and cut up pieces from one of the belts. This costume cost approximately $100 to create with half of the cost being a $25 wig I bought for the horses tail and $25 nude body suit for warmth in our midwest trick or treating temps. I'd say the whole creating process took about 18 hours.
    My daughter is a shy one but she adored the attention!!! It was so fun to follow behind her and just watch the faces of passersby!! People were going nuts watching the mechanics, kids were pointing and tugging on thier parent's arms and moms everywhere were trying to Google where I bought it from, lol.

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  • @peachytea7608
    @peachytea7608 4 роки тому +117

    so THIS is how you make friends

    • @Myplaylists93
      @Myplaylists93 8 місяців тому +1

      Have nice things and show off. The ultimate how to make friends lol. (Sarcasm)

  • @elliottshockedseaguls2809
    @elliottshockedseaguls2809 4 роки тому +90

    I love seeing parents making cool costumes for their kids! My mother used to do this all the time and I loved it so much!!! Especially when we got to work together on it

  • @rubymetalcat18
    @rubymetalcat18 5 років тому +70

    That’s amazing!!! She’s so precious!

  • @BowsettesFury
    @BowsettesFury 7 місяців тому +1

    Omg that is so cute ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

  • @terrysteeth8232
    @terrysteeth8232 5 років тому +23

    Wow! That's amazing!

  • @agentbluedino1396
    @agentbluedino1396 7 місяців тому

    That is sick

  • @UnicornCentaur
    @UnicornCentaur 4 роки тому +15

    This is the coolest thing ever. Thank you UA-cam recommendations omg my life is complete

  • @charlotteno.5332
    @charlotteno.5332 3 роки тому +11

    The girl's living her dream 😍 🤩 😇
    I wish could've worn a costume like.

  • @romycake3995
    @romycake3995 2 місяці тому

    Very good

  • @JENOVA666
    @JENOVA666 2 роки тому +6

    This method to make the back legs move is genius!!
    I'm super inspired and will be adding the this video and your instructable tutorial to my costume/sewing folder!
    I just can't get over this.

  • @angeloftheshadows1344
    @angeloftheshadows1344 5 років тому +29

    It's cute

  • @user942918
    @user942918 3 роки тому +2

    bet ya she would definitely win a costume contest

  • @srevonniewolf6057
    @srevonniewolf6057 4 роки тому +9

    That costume was so cool! She is too cute!

  • @Bailey_Dreamfoot
    @Bailey_Dreamfoot Рік тому +2

    the wheel mechanism is genious omg

  • @fauncos5164
    @fauncos5164 4 роки тому +1

    holy... that's awesome

  • @dteam7441
    @dteam7441 4 роки тому +31

    So cool! Would you consider selling the instructions on how you did this or the costume itself?

    • @kristypolenske9567
      @kristypolenske9567  4 роки тому +16

      Hi!! I put detailed instructions on the website called Instructables!!

    • @KororaPenguin
      @KororaPenguin 9 місяців тому

      @@kristypolenske9567
      And given that Applejack, Big Macintosh, and Apple Bloom's parents' story in _My Little Pony_ is just begging to be made into an opera (if a suitable librettist-composer duo ever buys the rights to make it), this could, in such a production, help with the costumes.

  • @Wolfy_6414
    @Wolfy_6414 4 роки тому +5

    I love the back of the legs move as well!!!

  • @caffeinated_mess2557
    @caffeinated_mess2557 3 роки тому

    Awesome!!!!

  • @smolpeaches2634
    @smolpeaches2634 4 роки тому +3

    thats hella cool

  • @PocketRowlette
    @PocketRowlette 3 роки тому +3

    There's people on places like Etsy selling costume patterns and instructions. You should definitely do that with this costume.

  • @RemusthePyro
    @RemusthePyro 3 роки тому +6

    She's the centaur of attention

  • @Jesse_Field_00
    @Jesse_Field_00 3 роки тому

    That's a creative costume.

  • @alyssamargherone2765
    @alyssamargherone2765 Рік тому +1

    Do you happen to have like an instructional video on how you made the skeleton of the costume? My niece wants to be a Pegasus and I love what you have created. Seriously the best one I’ve seen! Great job.

    • @scottpolenske9224
      @scottpolenske9224 Рік тому

      There were detailed instructions that we uploaded to a website called instructables

  • @annieberardino8732
    @annieberardino8732 3 роки тому +2

    I always made my costume but damn...I wish I could’ve pulled this off

  • @softpeachy7853
    @softpeachy7853 5 років тому +10

    She most be cold🙁

    • @lalarhodes8964
      @lalarhodes8964 5 років тому

      SUGA 9302 no she has sleeves

    • @softpeachy7853
      @softpeachy7853 5 років тому +1

      @@lalarhodes8964 but still every other kids has a winter coat

    • @peachytea7608
      @peachytea7608 4 роки тому +2

      She has a top that matches her skin tone on i think

    • @kristypolenske9567
      @kristypolenske9567  4 роки тому +7

      Shes wearing a nude leotard with two thermal layers underneath, thanks for your concern :)

    • @katiepatterson3354
      @katiepatterson3354 3 роки тому

      Hi there

  • @cfd9724
    @cfd9724 2 роки тому

    Amazing

  • @luckymoonjoy1278
    @luckymoonjoy1278 3 роки тому

    I want one lmaooo

  • @masataka3253
    @masataka3253 3 роки тому

    凄いね~😁

  • @mayaavelarde6490
    @mayaavelarde6490 3 роки тому

    😆😆😆

  • @gosis
    @gosis Рік тому

    🦍🐕🐶🐩🦅🦉

    • @gosis
      @gosis Рік тому

      大波浪

  • @katiepatterson3354
    @katiepatterson3354 3 роки тому

    Hi there

  • @blahanger4304
    @blahanger4304 8 місяців тому

    You have that amount of money but you still make your kid go around begging for candy?