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How To Make A Twitter Bird Costume

blue sweats

Start with a blue sweat suit, a yellow ball cap, 3 yards of  lightweight blue fabric,
1/8 yard of white fabric, 1/2 yard of yellow felt, two 2″ styrofoam balls, black puffy paint

twitter logo

Trace out the Twitter logo onto the white fabric, cut it out, pin and sew it to the center front of the shirt
Trace along the outside edge of the word with the puffy paint.

feathers

Cut out teardrop shapes to form feathers from the blue fabric

feathers

Attach the feathers along the bottom edge of the shirt overlapping side to side and top to bottom.

twitter bird costume

Be sure not to cover the Twitter logo.

ball cap redesigned

Attach feathers to the ball cap, using larger feathers along the bottom and smaller ones closer to the beak.

twitter bird head

Paint eyes on the styrofoam balls and glue them onto the beak.

twitter bird feet

Cut bird feet from the yellow felt and attach them onto the pant legs.

twitter bird costume

Twitter Bird costume

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  • kim gellmanMay 3, 2010 - 11:35 pm

    This is too cute! How appropriate for all of the twitter lovers out there. Wish it was halloween!

  • IoannaFebruary 9, 2011 - 10:03 am

    Thank you, thank you thank you for the great idea 🙂 Here, in Greece we have next week our halloween and i was searching an idea for a twitter costume, when a friend sent me your site. Thank you again. I will send you a pic from the party 🙂

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  • megMarch 15, 2023 - 10:35 am

    WIOWOW i love this tweeter burd

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