This year, my daughter wanted to be Jewel, the girl blue macaw from the movie “Rio.” I love making my kids’ Halloween costumes, so I was definitely up for the challenge! To make Jewel’s head, I used a pattern that I had from my daughter’s costume last year, when she was a pink flamingo (she … Read more
My husband was a pirate and our baby was his little parrot. For the Homemade Pirate and Parrot Halloween Costumes we used black pants and a frilly white shirt. We had actually used both last year with a cape and teeth for a vampire costume. I cut about a 5 inch width of red satin … Read more
I used Simplicity patterns 3663 and 2834 for this Homemade Lady Buccaneer Pirate with her Parrot Couple Costume . The Parrot. I used red fleece for the main part of the costume. I then hand sewed 7 red feather boas, 1 blue boa and 1 yellow boa. It took hours and hours of hand sewing. … Read more
Pirates and parrots go together like peas and carrots. Well, sometimes they do, other times they fight like cats and dogs (or at least at my house). Although not used for Halloween, my boys dressed as a pirate and parrot for a costume contest (the boys finished in the pairs contest). The pirate was sewn … Read more
We went out last Halloween in a Pirate and Parrot Coupld Costume. The pirate costume was made with various bits of old clothing. A Johnny Depp wig for the head. A trip through the children’s section at Walmart finished off all the weaponry. We attached the parrot‘s leg to the pirate’s waist with plastic chain … Read more
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 … Read more
This Homemade Parrot Costume was such a fun time. A fun time to make and a fun time to wear. My most favorite part was the rubber gloves on the feet! I had some basic flats on then just slid yellow rubber gloves over them. I was able to walk around all night without foot … Read more
3rd Place Winner of our 2007 Homemade Halloween Costumes ContestClick Here to View Other Winners For this Scarlet Macaw parrot costume, I used: chicken wire, masking tape, hot glue gun and sticks, heavy duty cardboard, newspapers, flour and water for paper Mache, red and black spray paint, craft paint in colors appropriate for eyes, face … Read more
This Parrot Infant Costume was amazingly easy! I needed something that wouldn’t be too hot for South Florida. I bought a plain, white, long sleeve onesie and died it red. Then using blue, yellow and red felt, I cut out the wings and tail shapes. The wings are two sided (one blue, 2 yellow and … Read more
I’ve wanted to dress up like a pirate for years. Now that I have a child I had the perfect excuse! I decided that she would be my parrot so for her parrot costume I first bought a red one piece outfit on EBay. Then I bought coordinating felt in four colors. I created a … Read more
My girlfriends and I love to theme our costumes together every year. This year we thought of doing Jungle Animals. Right away I thought of a Parrot. Well, turns out, they all backed out on me. I still ran with the Homemade Parrot Costume idea. I got a red petticoat and sewed 4 layers of … Read more
This baby parrot costume was a last minute idea to match the pirate costumes my partner and I wore. It came together quite well and was a hit at the party. The feather boa was purchased at a local craft warehouse along with some cheap felt for the eyes and nose. I selected a knitted … Read more