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 spray painted it (yes, spray paint!) with Rust-Oleum White Gloss Paint. It stunk up the whole garage! However, when it dried, I knew it would be waterproof! When the tape was pulled off, the magic started
The shirt was a plain white T-shirt and Jack’s bat bow tie was made from Crayola Black Model Magic and black foam board. The model magic was epoxied to the foam board tie and the graphics painted on. I also found a pair of long white gloves at a costume store for $2.00. For the face, it was just black and white paint to mimic Jack and I used the wash-out white spray for his hair. I think that I should used more, but only had five minutes to get him dressed for his school party and that included his makeup!
His father, clearly more artistic than myself, felt that his son should have a mask and he made one out of paper mache’ and painted it up. I thought both versions were pretty good, but favor the makeup because at night there is no obstruction from the mask. Next year, he wants to be Jack again for middle school, but I have a feeling that I’m going to be looking for a biggest black suit to tape off and paint.
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