Full-body puppet/costumes of Big Bird created for various stage shows and public appearances. Costumes used in Sesame Street Live are exactly 8' 2", the exact same height as the Big Bird puppet on Sesame Street itself. Whenever Big Bird appears in Sesame Street Live, he always wears a striped tie (to hide the vision hole in Big Bird's neck, very similar to certain occasions when Big Bird would perform on location in the TV specials.)

As of 1985, the Big Bird costume for Sesame Street Live productions cost $30,000.^[1]

Full Body Puppet/Costume	Year	Stage Production	Notes
	1978	Holiday on Ice, and Christmas Eve on Sesame Street
	1987	Sesame Street Live
	2003	Out of This World
		Sesame Place	Big Bird appears as a park walk around character at Sesame Place. The silent full body character shakes hands, poses for pictures and signs autographs. Big Bird also appears in parades and stage shows, to a vocal track by Caroll Spinney.

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1. ↑ Pittsburgh Post-Gazette - Jan 22, 1985