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
• Stuffing (felt scraps, newspaper, tissue, or polyfil)

Tools 

• Double sided fabric tape (optional)
• Safety pins
• Hot glue gun and sticks
• Scissors
• Black marker

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.