I love the show ‘How I Met Your Mother’ so when I saw the episode where Lily dressed as a Parrot I decided I had to go with the homemade parrot Halloween costume idea and be a parrot for Halloween 2010.
I started by purchasing feather boas from a website that sold them at wholesale price. I then bought bags of individual feathers from Michaels. At this point I was not sure how I would actually execute the costume. I used red, yellow, lime green and kelly green feather boas for the skirt portion of my costume and sewed them in rows on an old black skirt I didn’t wear anymore. Then I took an old tank top and cut the straps off so it would look more like a tube dress when it was all on.
I hot glued individually each feather all over the bodice of the tank front and back with the kelly green colored feathers then glued blue on the top so they peaked out (this was the longest most time consuming part!). I took some blue feathers and a jewelry making kit and made blue feathered fishhook earrings. I bought a pair of blue tights, found a website online that sold parrot beaks (this was the hardest to come across… not a lot of places carry parrot beaks apparently it’s not a popular costume! lol).
Then while shopping at Michael’s looking for something I could use to make my head dress I found a kids headband with cat ears and a cat nose that hung down the front. I bought this and cut all the fur off, glued kelly green, lime green and blue feather down the sides of the head band and down the back.
On a random trip to the Halloween store I found fake eyelashes with red feathers on the ends. It turned out great! I was so happy with the finished product and EVERYONE loved my homemade parrot Halloween costume idea! I also kept a kelly green feather boa in tact to hold on my arms kind of like wings!
I won most creative at the Halloween party I was at!!!
Related costumes:
12 Coolest Homemade Parrot Costume Ideas 
Coolest Parrot and Porcupine Costumes 
Babywearing Pirate and Parrot Costume 
Coolest Blue Macaw Parrot Costume 
Top 10 Stunning Homemade Peacock Costumes to Inspire Your DIY Costumes 
Coolest Child Parrot Costume 
Perky Parrot Nation, Unique Parrots in Extravagant Costumes 
Parrot and Pirate Couple Costume
I LOVE your costume! My boyfriend and I love How I Met Your Mother and we’re going to be pirate and parrot for Halloween this year. Your instructions are soooo helpful. Do you have any extra tips? Where did you get the beak from?
The beak I bought is not on the website anymore where I got it…but here is an ebay link for the same one!
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Child-Parrot-Toucan-Bird-Nose-Beak-Costume-Animal-Toy-/220876825813
This costume was so fun to make! Be careful though…the feathers dye comes off ALL over your skin! HAHA!
Hey love the costume! I too have adored and coveted Lily’s parrot so I plan to use your recipe for creating. How many boas did you end up using? I want to make it look really full and feathery like yours but don’t want to overbuy. Thanks!!
Hey! I believe I used 6 boas all together. Red, yellow, blue, light green, and 2 dark green…one for the skirt and one for my arms!