My mom made this Sally costume using hand-dyed colored burlap from Fabric on a Whim. She hand-cut the patches, sewed them on and used black thread to stitch it to an old dress I had that was kind of stretchy. She used dark purple and brown Sharpie brush tip markers to draw patterns on the … Read more
My son wanted to be Jack Skellington this year and wanted to make his own costume. My son is four so I knew I was in for a treat with doing most of the work. But I didn’t mind at all we are very crafty people. I started looking up on how to make Jacks … Read more
My daughter wanted to be Sally from Nightmare before Christmas this year for Halloween. Not wanting to spend $50 on an outfit that honestly was going to fall apart before the end of the night, we set out to make our own. We went to JoAnn’s and picked out 14 fat quarters at $1 a … Read more
Ok, so this year i wanted to be something completley different from the things i have done in the past. after looking online at different costumes and ideas, i brought it upon myself to tackle making a full Jack Skellington costume. First of all i started off with a regular beach ball, covered it in … Read more
My son wanted to be Frankenstein but I really couldn’t figure out how to make a Frankenstein costume. So I remembered how much he like the movie Nightmare Before Christmas. He wanted his face painted and wanted to be different this year. Perfect, Jack Skellington! He was so excited about it. I got his black … Read more
Sally’s dress is made up of stitched patchwork felt pieces and embellished with puffy paint patterns. Jack’s suit is accessorized with his signature bat tie made of felt, white puffy paint and wiring to hold the ‘wings’ out. The real homemade magic of these costumes was our makeup details!
My daughter won best costume at her Anime Club with this Sally costume. My aunt sewed the dress, but I did the rest. The tights were dyed blued with Koolaid, and the arms are the tops of men’s long socks, also dyed with Koolaid. I used a black sharpie marker to draw on the stitches. … Read more
I wanted to do something out of the ordinary and thought Jack would be great as a disguise. I have never seen anyone do it, so I challenged myself to do it. For the outfit I used a dress suit that I bought at Salvation Army for $6.99 and then painted stripes on it. I … Read more
My son is obsessed with the Nightmare before Christmas movie. Obsessed!! It has been his favorite movie since he was 3. So when I asked him what he wanted to be for Halloween, I should not have been surprised when he announced Jack Skellington. Little did I know this costume would become my obsession over the course … Read more
Our Jack costume came about with my second to oldest 11 year old son going to Disney land this summer and coming back obsessed with Jack. So naturally when Halloween came around he asked his father for a Jack costume. We waited with anticipation for the box but, when we opened it there was the … Read more
We were going to Disneyland for Halloween night and we wanted to make his stroller into something so we decided on the Nightmare Before Christmas and his stroller would soon be transformed into the Mayers car complete with flashing lights, interior exterior lights,”zero” the dog floating along the car, lit up a speaker coming out the … Read more
This year my son wanted to be Jack Skellington from Nightmare before Christmas. For his costume I bought super cheap ($1.50 yard) black and white striped fabric. I sewed simple elastic pants and then used a jacket as a pattern to make his coat, adding the tails and lapels. His bow tie is hot glue, … Read more