To dress up as Big Bird, you may have to turn to eBay or sew your own this season Stores across the country have been selling out of Big Bird costumes since the first debate While adult costumes ...

A group of thieves returned a stolen "Big Bird" costume valued at $160,000 with an apology note for being "such a big birden." The "Big Bird Bandits" stole the costume from the Sesame Street ...

“In the past this hasn’t been a very popular costume, so when Big Bird flew the coop in such high numbers, it was definitely a big surprise,” said Heimerl, who would not provide specific ...

Thieves calling themselves the “Big Bird Bandits” stole a $118,000 costume of the iconic “Sesame Street” character from a children’s circus in Australia. A few days later, they returned ...

NEW YORK — Big Bird was the unlikely star of last week's presidential debate. Now the 8-foot-tall "Sesame Street" regular is poised to be this year's breakout Halloween costume. Employees at New ...

For instance, Big Bird's head weighs four-and-a-half pounds. And the puppet head is in my hand, and that rises a full foot above the top of my head, which is bent over. SIEGEL: He was 91 when he died.

Kermit Love, the costume designer who helped puppeteer Jim Henson create Big Bird and other "Sesame Street" characters, has died. He was 91. Love died from congestive heart failure Saturday in ...

NEW YORK (CBSNewYork)-- The New York-based Sesame Workshop was not pleased this week with a Halloween costume now on the market, depicting Big Bird in a "sexy" women's outfit. Yandy.com advertises ...

The toddler, named Eli, strutted down his neighborhood street in an elaborate Big Bird costume handmade by his mom, Jenna Thomas. Eli wore the costume a few days before Halloween during a trick-or ...