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" Glue &amp;quot;feathers&amp;quot; made of fabric squares to a crewneck shirt for this colorful costume idea. Finish it off by decorating a baseball cap with a beak and eyes, and they&amp;#039;re ready to survey the yard with a true bird&amp;#039;s-eye view!   Skill level: Beginner   Materials:    About 100 4-inch fabric squares in blues, oranges and yellows (see Note) Hot-glue gun and glue sticks Light blue crewneck sweatshirt or long-sleeve T-shirt Tracing paper Pencil Cardstock: orange, blue, white, black Blue baseball cap Orange feather Blue capri-length leggings Orange knee socks   Note: Precut fabric squares are often available at stores selling quilt fabrics, or you can cut your own with scissors or pinking shears.   Directions:   1. Starting near lower edge of shirt, glue upper corners of squares to front of shirt in overlapping layers, alternating colors. Glue several rows of squares around lower edge of each sleeve.   2. Trace cap brim. At outer curved edge, extend line about 2 inches to form beak shape. Cut beak from orange cardstock; glue to cap brim.   3. Cut 2 ovals, each about 2 inches long, from white cardstock for eyes. Cut 2 smaller circles from blue cardstock; glue to eyes. Cut 2 small circles from black cardstock for pupils; glue to eyes.   4. Glue eyes to front of cap. Glue feather to top of cap.   5. Dress child in T-shirt, leggings, socks and cap. "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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