My five year old wanted an Oogie Boogie costume and he said it must have bugs, so we agreed. It took several days and some blood, burns, tears, and late nights to complete it. We used three yards of burlap, an inside liner with stuffing, hot fabric glued most of it, then hand sown the rest. … Read more
This Jack Skellington costume is completely homemade. It took over four months of design and planning for one of my favorite screen characters of all time to come to life in a costume. It has always been a recurring thought of mine to do Jack every year. This year I was finally afforded with enough … Read more
Since my husband and I got married and had children, I have always wanted to do a group Halloween costume, and this year, I finally got my wish, family Nightmare Before Christmas costumes! It started out with my son wanting to be Jack Skellington and then my husband decided he wanted to be Oogie Boogie. … Read more
We needed a baby costume for our family Nightmare Before Christmas theme, so we decided to create a Baby Zero costume for our newest addition. Any cloth will work as a cloak. Sew red ribbon around neck for collar. Buy a plain white baby hoodie. Buy a Styrofoam cone and cut it in half. Hot glue … Read more
How did we come up with this Mr. & Mrs. Skellington costume idea? A couple of years ago I was shopping for pumpkins at a local store. Carving pumpkin has always been one of my favorite activities for Halloween! As usual I was taking my time trying to find the perfect pumpkin for the design … Read more
My daughter is two and a half, and this year would be her first time really trick or treating. When I asked what she wanted to be for Halloween, she said “JACK!”( from the nightmare before Christmas-> her favorite movie, she watches it everyday) so naturally, I started trying to find a costume online. I … Read more
I have always loved the Nightmare Before Christmas! I know there are many fans of the movie and over the years, have seen some great costumes. At the same time there are some pretty cheap ones you can buy which just don’t do justice. Five years ago, I saw a great Jack Skellington costume walking … Read more
Our 8 year old daughter decided she wanted to be Oogie Boogie from Nightmare before Christmas this year. Of course this is not a costume you can find online or in stores – SO I knew I needed to get to work. I purchased burlap, hobby wire, black & brown embroidery floss, black yarn and … Read more
I have always enjoyed the movie, The Nightmare Before Christmas. Just so happens so do my kids! So I decided to make my son Jack. I had been looking from material for awhile and never found anything I liked for Jack Skellington. I finally found the perfect one online and ordered way too much. lol. … Read more
My son absolutely loves the movie “The Nightmare Before Christmas.” We watch the movie at least once a week, sometimes up to three times in just one day! So of course He decided he wanted to be Jack Skellington for Halloween. I looked everywhere and was unable to find a costume to purchase, so I … Read more
Halloween has always been my favorite holiday because I get be creative and the kids really like to challenge me to see if I can pull it off. This year I suggested that they be Jack and Sally from the Nightmare Before Christmas and they loved the idea. So now, off to work. The patchwork … Read more
This was my first time attempting to make a costume. And because I have 2 kids..I wanted the costumes to complement each other. I was surprised when both my kids told me they wanted to be none other than Jack Skellington..Now they’d been watching the movie almost every day a month before Halloween. I just … Read more