Coolest Jack Skellington Costume 12
by Bea and Zedd
(Winnipeg, Canada)
Jack Skellington the Pumpkin King
My son Zedd has always been infatuated with Tim Burton so Jack Skellington costume was a natural for him this Halloween.
We researched the Jack costumes from this site and used some previous readers tips. (Thank you so much).
We were fortunate to find a petite ladies suit with pinstripes at Value Village for $12. I took the pants in to fit my 10 year old and then chopped up the blazer into a tux/tails jacket. We then painted the stripes with metallic white paint.
The head was made with papier mache using an over sized balloon and we used cardboard for the brow and mache'd several layers over that.
Zedd wanted spooky Jack eyes and we cut them out and covered them with black stockings. Zedd painted on the mouth and nose. He also designed the tie out of cardboard and we mache'd over that to give it some texture. We let his brother, Eh paint that because everyone wanted to work on this project!
The head was fit by shaping it to my son?s shoulders so that it rested naturally and didn't wobble.
He was the hit of the parade at school.
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