I made this homemade Scarlet Macaw costume for my daughter when she was 4. We have done homemade animal costumes for all of her Halloweens and have been on a bird theme for the past three years (see flamingo section for her 3 year old costume).
I started with a leotard and added an entire case of red feather boas. My mother made the head piece which was like a hood that closed with Velcro under the chin. The beak and eyes are made of craft foam with wiggly craft eyes glued to them. The costume also had tail-feathers which were detachable and tied on with ribbon. They were cute as they trailed behind her when she ran.
The shoes are made of black croc-like knock off type shoes with chemical gloves with the thumbs cut off sewed to them. She wore black tights.
She loved this homemade Scarlet Macaw costume and won every costume contest that we entered, including one at the “Halloween capital of the world” in Anoka, MN. This year we hope to make an awesome peacock costume.
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She is so cute and so thrilled to be a parrot and flamingo! I think its great that there is actually a child that doesn’t always have to be a common princess or Spiderman
My daughters and I had coordinating costumes last year (we were Elmo, cookie monster and Oscar, and my oldest wants to be a peacock this year. I made the costumes last year, and I wanted to do it again. Well, my youngest got voted to be a parrot!This is awesome! I haven’t found anything I’ve liked for a parrot, but I love this one! Thank you soo much for sharing! Have a great Halloween!!
My granddaughter, 8, wants to be a parrot for Halloween and I have been elected to make the costume. I love what you did…it’s a fabulous costume. How did you attach all those feather boa strips? Did you sew them on? I bought a red hoodie and red shorts. Do you think they will work as well? I appreciate any advice you can give me. Thanks so much.