Costume Ideas – Mary Poppins

The spring show at the local theatre is Mary Poppins. Yay! It's one of my favourite shows. It's on the big stage this year for the 25th anniversary of the theatre school (that's a big deal as that stage is usually reserved for "professional" groups!). As there aren't very many speaking roles, the little kids are going to be in the dancing/singing scenes as sweeps and birds. I've been asked to come up with some ideas for the birds so I thought I'd see if you clever ladies had any suggestions. Here are the criteria: - must be easy to produce in multiples (like 30!!) - must not require expensive materials - no masks - easy to put on/take off For the headpiece, we're thinking about something that goes around the head with a beak extending down or out from the forehead but leaves the eyes and face uncovered. For the "wings", some sort of fabric that represents wings maybe that attaches to the neck and wrists. Neither can be too fussy as some of the kids are quite small and they will need to dress themselves. In terms of colour, they will be pigeons (i.e. grey/black/brown) as there's a crossover between birds and sweeps. There wont be a complete costume change, just the addition of headpiece/wings. Any suggestions welcome! TIA!