Chicken

• One white baby top
• One yellow baby bottom
• White felt (½ yard)
• Red felt ( 2 sheets 9 x 12 inches each)
• White feathers
• White baby pilot cap
• Stuffing (polyfil, felt scraps, tissue, or newspaper)

Tools

• Safety pins or fabric tape
• Hot glue gun and sticks
• Scissors

Don't get your feathers ruffled, this DIY Chicken is too cute to stress over! Plus, our reusable Primary essentials will keep your little chick happy and cozier than a roosting nest all night long.

For the feather body:

• Cut a large rectangle from white felt to fit over the front and back of the body.
• Cut out a circle in the center for the head, and glue the sides together.
• Glue white feathers all over the front and back of the bib.

For the hat:

• Use a white baby pilot cap for the base.
• Cut two pieces of wavy red head combs from felt. Glue and stuff together.
• Safety pin, glue, or use fabric tape to attach to the top of the hat.
• Cut red felt wattles and stuff and glue to the straps of the hat.

Pro-Tips

• Check out the rest of our animal Halloween costumes for kids and baby
  For a DIY kid Chicken, use our kids top in white and kids bottom in yellow!
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