Rainbow Lorikeet

Cooper was invited to another birthday party for a classmate.  On the invitation it said, "Dress as your favorite animal." The minute I read that I knew exactly what he would choose and I was right. He wanted to be a rainbow lorikeet.  Of course I agreed because I knew how much it meant to him and because I love a challenge. I had never sewn any clothing before and thought this would be a good first project.  And, I figured all those feathers would cover any mistakes I made.

I gathered a ton of feathers, some green felt, orange felt and a mask. I also purchased a red t-shirt. I really had no clue what I was doing, but I channeled a good friend (Thank you, Corey) and made it all work. I put all the parts together then Cooper and I spent the week gluing feathers on different parts of the costume.

It turned out pretty well if I do say so myself.  Cooper LOVED it. Tucker wants one of his own. It was a huge hit at the party. And, I am SO glad it is done. :)

Cooper, the rainbow lorikeet

Cooper told me he just wanted to wait a bit to join the party.
He stood on one leg and said "I want to wait like a real bird."

The back of the costume.

The party was at a local parkland. There were tons of
waterbirds there. Coop managed to get some bread from a
random family to feed the birds.

The kids playing "Statues" or "Freeze Dance" as we call it.

Things got a little overwhelming for Coop. He took off his
 costume, found a shady spot under a tree and spent a little time on his own before rejoining the group.

He found some great sticks. Nice and sharp for
cutting the grass....

Then he was back in the swing of things with his buddies from
school, Marco and Louie.

Cake time!

Waiting for cake.

One the way back to the bus, Coop stopped to talk
with some HUGE geese...

to wave to a cockatoo in a tree....

and to chat with some black swans.

It was a wonderful afternoon for Coop. He was surrounded by friends he likes, birds he could talk to and chocolate cake. Not sure life can get much better for him.