It would be a shame to leave a Prince-themed costume out of our DIY costume repertoire this Halloween, for three compelling reasons:
1. Everyone admires Prince.
2. We live in Minneapolis, a city that holds Prince in its heart.
3. He epitomizes what it means to be an artist. He is a legend.
So this Halloween, we’re paying tribute to Prince with a Purple Rain-inspired costume. Read on to find out what we did…
Materials
- Sunhat – we ordered this one because it’s large and white.
- Poly-Fil Polyester Fiber
- Purple satin ribbon
- Purple glitter paper
- Glue gun
Step
Shape small balls out of the Poly-fil and attach them to your hat with a glue gun. To be most cloud-like, your balls should range in size of about a baseball to a softball.
Step
Cut raindrops out of your glitter paper. We stacked two sheets of glitter paper and cut so that our drops could be glued together with a sparkly side out.
Step
Cut ribbon in varying lengths (ours were about 2-3 feet long).
Step
Using your hot glue gun, put a dab of glue on the inside (no-glitter side) of a raindrop, place your ribbon down the center of the drop and place the matching raindrop on top to make a completely glittery raindrop. Repeat, spacing your raindrops as you like.
Step
Sew one end of your ribbon-y raindrops to your hat. Repeat.
Don’t miss our other Halloween costume this year: Slash and Axl Rose