After searching for an authentic looking “Jack” mask and realizing there weren’t any, I gave up the search and decided to try to make my own Homemade Jack Skellington Halloween Costume. Looking at several “Nightmare before Christmas” web-sites I found my favorite “Jack Face” picture. Tried looking at a variety of baskets, bowls or anything … Read more

For the boy’s costume, I couldn’t find a pin striped suit in his size so I bought a “Beetlejuice” adult costume and hemmed the pants and sleeves. I attached a rubber black bat to his neck as a bowtie, pinned a Jack button that I bought at Hot Topic to the center, and painted his … Read more

Once my twins, Winston and Trudy saw The Nightmare Before Christmas last year, they said they wanted to be Jack and Sally for Halloween. Of course, being only 4 years old, my husband and I figured they’d change their minds for sure a year later, but… nope! They were adamant about being Jack and Sally! … Read more

This costume was inspired by one of my all time favorite films so it wasn’t difficult to decide on a costume for this year. Every Halloween I like to dress up as something unique that I have not seen anywhere I have gone out for Halloween, also I hate having to explain to people who … Read more

This is the Nightmare Before Christmas Sally Adult Halloween Costume I made for myself in 2008. It started with a dress found on clearance for $10 that could be used as a base. The outer portion of the dress is made of coarse burlap “borrowed” from my office. Each piece was cut to shape then … Read more

This Do it Yourself Jack and Sally Couple Halloween Costume was inspired by my favourite movie of all time, “The Nightmare Before Christmas”. The head of Jack was made by paper macheing a large rubber playground ball, then popping and carving the face. After that a piece of sponge and some straps were added inside … Read more

I was at a loss, I couldn’t find any suitable Beetlejuice costumes for kids so I went to work, with two weeks until Halloween night. I was a little scared because as my daughter was being the Corpse Bride, I wanted her little brother to match so my son, being an avid Jack Skellington fan, … Read more

This Jack Skellington Unique Halloween Costume Idea is 100% homemade. I made the bow tie out of fabric and wire hangers, hand painting the Bat head in the center. The jacket is a suit jacket with white tape attached for pin stripes. For the makeup, first I used Ben Nye white cream foundation. I then … Read more

I started this Homemade Jack Skelllington Costume with a black and white striped suit, added a button up long sleeve shirt. The face and hair paint were the hardest – have a 7 year old sit still for that long! I did make a head piece for Jack but my son didn’t want to wear … Read more

My son Trey LOVES the pumpkin king! He has been wanting to do this Jack Skellington DIY costume for years and this was the year! He was very thrilled with the final product… We picked up a pin-striped suit from Goodwill, which I cut to resemble a tuxedo with tails. I gathered the back and … Read more

This is my husband, Shawn, as Oogie Boogie from the Nightmare Before Christmas. I made it out of burlap and yarn, along with some wire. When I first put the mask on him, it looked so bad that I almost gave up. The lesson that I learned – was that you should never give up … Read more