Coolest Jack Skellington DIY Halloween Costume

I decided to make my children the Sally and Jack Skellington costumes from a nightmare before Christmas for last Halloween. To make the Jack costume, I bought some black trousers, waistcoat and t-shirt as I could not find a jacket suitable at a reasonable price. I painted the white stripes on using fabric paint and then put a white t-shirt under the other t-shirt and waistcoat.

To make the head of the Jack Skellington costume, I cut a hole in a football and sprayed it white with spray paint. I then cut out eye holes and drew the mouth on with black marker pen and put black netting in the eye holes to cover my sons eyes. I made the cat bow tie out of black card and drew the details on with white pen.

For the Sally costumes, I took school dresses and painted each bit of the pattern on by hand. This took about a week of painting in the evenings to complete. I then drew all the stitches on with black pen. If I could sew, I would have done it that way but I can’t. I used white tights for the legs and drew stitches on them. I made the wigs out of orange wool which I cut to the required length and then hand-sewed it on to the base of a pair of tights. I then used face paint to do the faces.

Total time was probably about 2 weeks on and off for all 3 costumes and total cost was about $50.

My children won the school costume competition and my 2 eldest won at a party and my youngest won at another party.