Coolest Homemade Sally and Jack Skellington Costumes

My husband and I decided to dress in Homemade Sally and Jack Skellington Costumes.

Jack’s mask was the most intricate part of the costume. My husband blew up a punching bag and applied multiple layers of paper mache, also using this process to form the eyes and the nose. This process took about two weeks. Afterwards, he painted the face, drew on the mouth and filled in the eyes with netting. He positioned a bicycle helmet on the inside for easier wear.

The suit was one we picked up from the thrift store; he then painted vertical white lines with fabric paint from top to bottom. He extended his height by nailing several 2x4s together, strapping a pair of boots to them and wrapping additional striped material to the finished product.

For Sally I used a pre-made dress; I cut several different kinds of fabric and fabric-glued these to the dress to give the impression of a multi-piece garment. When the glue had dried, I sewed the dress seams with black yarn. I purchased the yarn wig, black boots, striped socks and white stockings.

I used, as a base, white face paint and then dusted over the paint with an aqua blue eye- shadow until I had a good sheen. I also dusted my stockings with the eyeshadow as well. I drew stitches on myself with black eyeliner.

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