DIY FAMILY BEETLEJUICE COSTUME TUTORIAL
This DIY Family Beetlejuice Costume is so fun for Halloween! Follow the step-by-step tutorials to make an epic Beetlejuice costume this year.
Yield: 5
Materials
- Small skull form 4-6″ big
- Small black wig
- Scissors
- Air dry clay
- Clay shaping tool
- 1 ″ Styrofoam balls
- Acrylic paint
- Paintbrush
- Mod podge
- Twine
- Thin black fabric
- Two PVC poles about 3′ and 2′ in length
- Two large sponges or foam blocks
- XL tan shirt
- Hat
- Viking helmet
- Black felt material
- Silk fall leaves
- 20-40 feathers
- Raffia material
- Hot glue gun
- Hot glue
- Masking tape
- Tan pants
- Tan top
- Skull mask
- Skull necklace & bracelet
Instructions
SHRUNKEN HEAD COSTUME:
1. Start with a small skull base – this will become the shrunken head.- 2. Cover the skull in strips of masking tape to smooth out some of the features
- 3. Use air dry clay to shape the features of the head
- 4. Make the eyebrows larger, the nose more pronounced, add forehead rolls and holes around the mouth. Use a clay shaping tool to score lines into the face and allow to dry completely.
- 5. Paint the head with a variety of tones of brown acrylic paint, from light on the nose to dark in the eye sockets.
- 6. Next gather supplies to assemble the head.
7. Cut a swath of black hair about 10 inches long and tie it in the center to form a pony tail. Glue this to the top of the head with hot glue.8. Trim off about 1/3 of the styrofoam from the back of two styrofoam balls and glue them into the eye sockets.9. Cut nine piece of twine 1.5 ” long and glue to the mouth in a criss cross manner.10. Paint small pupils and veins onto the eyes using acrylic paint.11. Glue the head and black fabric to the top of a hat. Tip: be sure to use enough see through fabric to drape over the face and neck.12. Now create large shoulders to fit into the xl shirt. We used two pieces of pipe connected with a “t” and two large yoga blocks to create shoulders. You could also use pool noodles and large sponges.13. Finally, place the hat on your head, tuck the pvc shoulders into a belt and cover it all with the xl shirt.WITCH DOCTOR COSTUME:
- 1. Start by painting the viking hat black and tan.2. Add bits of raffia to the horns with hot glue. We used raffia from an old scarecrow costume.3. Glue fall leaves with long stems to the top of the helmet.4. Glue feathers onto an 8″ length of felt material.5. Glue the feathers to the top of the hat.6. Be sure to reinforce the leaves with a strip of felt and hot glue if needed.7. Finish the witch doctor hat with a coat of mod podge if desired.8. Finally pair the hat with tan clothing, a raffia skirt, skull mask and skull accessories for a complete look.
