Brainstorm Costume

Halloween is the one time of the year to get creative and dress up in a unique one of a kind costume. I spend a lot of time to think of what to dress as. Each year I try to go out a few times so that I can dress up in various different ways. I spent some time brainstorming costumes and decided on an actual “brainstorm” (a pun/play on words).

I have seen people do the puns before - cereal killer, gold digger, deer in headlights, etc. - and have not seen the brainstorm done before. I decided to do this one week before Halloween so my time was a little limited.

I had to figure out exactly how I was going to do this. The first step was to search for people who had done rain/clouds/storm type of costumes. I did not want to carry an umbrella around so I chose to do a hat instead as the cloud. Then, I went shopping to find the items used for this costume.

Here are the items I used.

Wide Brim Hat
https://www.spirithalloween.com/product/accessories/hats/pirates/pirate-distressed-brown-hat/pc/1921/c/962/sc/964/5524.uts?thumbnailIndex=3

Bloody Brain Cap (does not look this bloody in person)
https://www.spirithalloween.com/product/bloody-brain-headpiece/93283.uts?keyword=bloody%20brain%20hat&thumbnailIndex=2

Strand of Beads
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B004CBWMTU?psc=1&redirect=true&ref_=oh_aui_detailpage_o01_s00

Yellow Fabric (Any craft store)
Cotton Filling (Any craft store); I used an old pillow
Craft Glue
Any Gray Shirt / Clothes you have
Safety Pins
Stapler

Steps:

Cut the beads into long strands to the length of your liking. Mine were about 18 inches.

Using a stapler, attach the beads to the hat.

Glue the cotton stuffing onto the hat to make a cloud. Leave the top center open to glue the brain.

Cut off the “bandage” part from the bloody brain.
Glue the brain onto the top center of the hat.

Print out a lightning bolt template online or free hand outline it on the fabric.
Safety Pin the lightning bolt to your shirt.


Options / Variations:
If you find a different brain, this can be attached more towards the front of the hat.
Instead of beads, pin cut out rain drops on the shirt.
Headband with smaller brain, clouds and a lightning bolt



I got many compliments from friends and people on my costume! They thought it as creative and clever. I am wearing a big clouds with beads as rain coming down, so people were in awe that I made my costumes so well.