Sesame Street Halloween costumes (Ben Cooper)

Ben Cooper began producing Sesame Street costumes in 1980, with a set of seven: Big Bird, Ernie, Bert, Cookie Monster, Oscar the Grouch, Super Grover, and the Count. The costumes included a mask, a vinyl smock, and a trick or treat bag.

In 1981, Ben Cooper produced another set of three costumes, in a one-piece poncho style: Big Bird, Cookie Monster, and Oscar.

The company produced a Honkers costume in 1983, a one-piece costume with a full-face character mask. The mask had a built-in noise maker in the nose that would honk when it was squeezed. Ben Cooper also produced a Marshal Grover costume, sold as "Western Grover."

In 1985, Ben Cooper produced a "Dodo Bird" costume, based on Marie Dodo, Big Bird's adoptive sister in Follow That Bird.

Poncho Big Bird costume

Poncho Big Bird costume

A child wearing the Honker Halloween costume

See also

• Muppet Babies costumes (Ben Cooper)

External links

• Tough Pigs: Muppet Fan Halloween Parade: article on Ben Cooper costumes
• Plaid Stallions 1980 Ben Cooper Halloween Catalog