Now it turns out that the shoes I was using for Fluffy* back in the days were way too small, so they cramped up my feet.

Aside from such a minor details, they were also absolutely ruined after the first fight in the forest (nobody but me noticed, luckily)

.. and my inspiration for making this project was the award show…. so my first pair of critterfeet would have to be Faun feet – that means goat hooves.

Normally I’d make the hooves black, but since the fur is already black, it’d look dull, so I opted for brownish on a grey base (and I will be adding more detailing to the hooves once I get some more latex).

Step one: Get a pair of shoes that you like to wear but don’t mind never using for anything else ever again. I happen to have an old pair of trecking sandals that are just perfect. They will sit tight, even if we add a bit of weight, and they will hopefully help alleviate some of the absolutely horrendous heat that tends to build inside things that are covered in foam and faux fur.



Step two: A piece of foam. A bit of foam removed in a straight cut down the middle to help it bend a bit better around the foot. This is made from an old mattress, and this will become the hoof

While the glue gun is heating up, wonder what the sound is. Turn around, and realise that a butterfly had been hibernating in the faux fur in the hobby storage room, and it is now fluttering helplessly in the window… Poor thing will die tonight, but it will get at least the day in beautiful frosty sunshine



Clean up the little mess from the glue gun that formed while you were catching the butterfly and letting it out

Hotglue the foam to the sole and hold tight!

I opted for a few stitches to hold the edges onto the shoe. It’ll help securing the whole thing

Once moth shoes are glued and secured it is tie to go to town with a pair of scissors that you don’t love.

Round the shape, remove material and form the hooves until they are just as you want them

Goat hooves has a cleft down the middle. Getting them to be somewhat similar is a pain in the nether regions… but it is worth the effort. Also add in a little wedge on the top to cover the top of the shoe

It is perfectly fine for the hooves to float a bit over the ground – it’ll keep them sturdy (and whole) for longer and nobody will be able to tell once you start walking.

This is a great time to take a look at the floor and go “How on earth did I make such a mess in such a short time?!”

Next step is latex.

A word of advice: If you are caught doing this in the living room, do NOT blame me.

Be responsible and cover everything in a 1 mile radius with newspapers. Once liquid latex gets on anything more porous than steel, it’ll never come off. This includes your clothes.

Give the hooves a couple of layers of just latex, and then blend in a bit of paint in the colour you want in the last layer.

Use a rag to pat the latex onto the hooves, and have a bin reado to toss the rag in when it’s too messy to work with any more… Do not put away. Do not think you can reuse and for the love of your preferred Deity, DO NOT THROW IN THE LAUNDRY!

while drying, do NOT let the hooves touch. If they touch at any time before the powdering, they will become hopelessly stuck and you’ll be better off starting over…

Once they are dry, they will still be sticky.

Dust them with talkum (if you like the colour they have), or a coloured powder. I wanted a more reddish look, so I dusted mine with dollar store rouge. Use a sponge or a rag and pat rather than stroke.

Once powdered, the hooves are safe.

Use some scrap fabric to find out just how to cut out that little piece of fur that’ll cover the rest of the shoe. Measure twice, then measure once more before cutting.

All that is left now is to hotglue the cuff to the sole and the top of the hoof

Congratulations! The Goaty McGoat shoes are done

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I didn’t like the look, so I fiddled with the Hooves