![]() I found the center and cut out a small hole for the head. I then used white, gray and black felt to cut out the eyes and eyebrow shapes and I hot glued those onto the cap on each side of the beak.įor Zazu’s costume, I cut out a large poncho, roughly in the shape of a square. I centered it on the front of the cap and sewed it on. Next, I cut out a beak shape out of orange fleece, sewed it and stuffed it with ordinary polyester stuffing. I serged the bottom of the cap so that it wouldn’t roll up or under, and I sewed the top of the cap. I started by making a generic “skull cap” out of blue fleece, to fit my actor’s head (it’s about 22 inches around). Zazu’s headpiece was made entirely out of material. One dark blue feather boa Enough plain white ribbon to go around your poncho and the tail feathers Material for simple capri-length pants Orange socks, white canvas shoes, orange dye The tail feathers were about twice the size of the regular feathers. ![]() My feathers were 8″ long by 4″ wide and the two sides are serged together. My costume used 32 feathers and 3 larger tail feathers. The number of feathers you need will depend on how large your poncho is. What You’ll Need to Create this Costume: Approximately 3 yards of blue fleece, or yardage to fit the size of your actor 1/8 yard of orange fleece for the beak Polyester stuffing to stuff the beak White, gray and black felt for the eyes and eyebrows Material for feathers: you can use the same color front and back or get two different colors of material.
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