Coca-Cola Polar Bears (1993 – Present)

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The Creature Shop designed, built, and maintains a fleet of walk-around polar bear costumes in Atlanta, Orlando and Las Vegas.

MOSCHINO (2021) Fashion Show The Creature Shop fabricated 36 marionettes based on top models and major fashion world figures for Moschino’s Spring/Summer 2021 fashion show The What The Creature Shop collaborated with Creative Director Jeremy Scott for Moschino’s Spring/Summer 2021 Fashion Show for Milan Fashion Week, fabricating 20 puppets that resembled current top models and…

EARTH TO NED (2020-2021) Television Series/Disney+ The Creature Shop designed and built all puppet characters for this critically acclaimed Disney+ talk show series The What Earth to Ned is a show about an alien whose plans for world domination are foiled by his budding love of all the pop culture Earth has to offer. The Creature…

COME PLAY (2020) Feature Film The Creature Shop created a hyper realistic practical version of a monster named Larry to use in tandem with a CGI version The What The Creature Shop created a practical version of a monster named Larry, who manifests itself through smart phones and mobile devices. The Why Director (and Henson…

THE DARK CRYSTAL: AGE OF RESISTANCE (2019) Limited Series/Netflix An Emmy Award-winning 10-episode prequel series for Netflix inspired by the groundbreaking 1982 feature film, The Dark Crystal, directed by Jim Henson and Frank Oz. The What An Emmy Award-winning 10-episode prequel series for Netflix inspired by the groundbreaking 1982 feature film, The Dark Crystal. The Why…

The What

The Creature Shop designed, built, and maintains a fleet of walk-around polar bear costumes in Atlanta, Orlando and Las Vegas.


The Why

The Coca-Cola polar bears are widely beloved, and people embrace the chance to meet one in person, part of the Coca-Cola experience at Coke stores. The bears have also made appearances at the Olympics, the New York Stock Exchange and other high-profile live events.


The How

The Creature Shop relied on the prime time/commercial experience and expertise of its artists and applied it to engineering a polar bear suit—with the attention to detail of a television show or feature film character, yet sturdy enough to endure the rigors of day-to-day, live appearances.

The head of this iconic bear is a hand puppet with mechanics that operate eye blinks and ear wiggles. There is a camera in the nose that gives the performer a live image of what is in front of the bear.

In order to allow for performer comfort and to accommodate both left and right arm dominant performers, the costume is specially designed to allow the performer to switch arm positioning within the suit during performances.