So for once I wanted to make a totally different costume. I usually get into creepy costumes with contacts. BUT unfortunately my contacts ripped *and they are prescribed*. I had to come up with some new. Well I got this idea for a Sally from Nightmare Before Christmas Halloween costume one day searching online for make … Read more
I have been wanting to make an Oogie Boogie costume since I one, fell in love with the Nightmare Before Christmas, and two, realized that the only commercially available costume was hideous! I finally set my mind to doing a glowing Oogie Boogie costume this year and I think it came out alright. I used … Read more
He is four, and his favorite movie is The Nightmare Before Christmas. It’s Halloween time, so he wants to be Jack the Pumpkin King, of course! How can we say no to that? Well, we couldn’t, and we nearly ran out of time figuring this one out! But, we did it, and here’s how we … Read more
In our house we love the Nightmare before Christmas. This inspired me to create new characters for Halloween last year. I looked up pictures of Sally and let my imagination go. First I created my husband’s costume. I took an old suit and hat and my bag of bits and I went to work making … Read more
Started out with the head. Classic paper mache with a mix of DIY products to harden the mold (plaster, cornice cement and aquadere) (also had to be scary to have the effect with the young kiddies at the party.. Ha ha ha…). Bought a suit from second hand shop and then pin striped with a … Read more
I have always loved Nightmare Before Christmas, so I decided to make a Sally Rag doll costume out of scraps of material and a few of my old clothing laying around. The first time I did the makeup I used LOTS of blue liquid eyeshadow and powder eyeshadow. I finally found an awesome makeup at … Read more
Halloween is our favorite holiday and we enjoy the creative process as much as the party and night itself. We are not the type of people that start our costume planning the NIGHT of Halloween. We have ideas years in advance and plan for months each year to have our costumes ready. Our Nightmare Before Christmas costumes … Read more
To make this Oogie Boogie costume you will need: • lots of burlap • Velcro • Scissors • A Stapler • A Hot-Glue Gun • A Sharpie • Plaster gauze, (or paper maché) • Aluminum foil • Pins • Garbage Bag How to make the mask: • We covered my face in plaster gauze. We … Read more
My son’s favorite character is Jack Skellington and I promised him that I would make him a costume. I also told him that my version of the head would be makeup and his father thought that Jack should have a mask! I bought an old black suit at the Salvation Army, taped it off and … Read more
I had been contemplating this idea of a Jack Skellington Nightmare Before Christmas Costume for quite some time (since the movie first came out). I have seen other costumes that were really great. But one thing always seemed to bother me. The proportions of Jack are so surreal, that no costume worn by the average … Read more
My son is obsessed with the Nightmare before Christmas movie. Obsessed!! It has been his favourite 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 … Read more
First I drew a sketch of Sally, The Nightmare Before Christmas costume, while watching the movie and labeled the colors and design of the patches. I then went to the Salvation Army store and bought a brown dress and three shirts, yellow(not very bright),purple,and a greysih blue. I don’t know how to use a sewing … Read more