Parrot

• One red kids top
• One yellow kids bottom
• Red felt (1 yard)
• Dark blue felt (6 sheets 9x12 inches each)
• Green felt (5 sheets 9x12 inches each)
• Yellow felt (6 sheets 9x12 inches each)
• White felt (1 sheet 9x12 inches)
• Red beanie
• Black marker
• Stuffing (felt scraps, newspaper, tissue, or polyfil)
• Double sided fabric tape (optional)
• Safety pins
• Hot glue gun and sticks
• Scissors

For the head:

• Cut two curved beak shapes from yellow felt. Stuff and glue together and glue or safety pin to the center front of the red beanie. Cut two large circles from white felt and glue or use fabric tape to attach to either side of the beak. Cut two smaller blue circles, and two smaller white circles from felt for the eyes and glue one set of eyes on top of the bigger white circles. Use a black marker to draw a small dot on each eye.

For the wings:

• Cut two curved wing bases from red felt the length of your child’s arms to the mid back. Cut a red felt rectangle to connect the wings together in the middle of the back and glue to each wing. Cut leaf shaped feathers from dark blue, green, yellow, and red felt and glue in tiered colors onto the red wing bases. Glue red felt straps where the shoulders and wrists meet onto the back of the wings to wear.

For the tail:

• Cut a red felt triangle base for the tail. Cut leaf shaped feathers from dark blue, green, yellow, and red felt and glue in tiered colors onto the tail. Safety pin to the back of the tee.