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:
- Start with a small skull base – this will become the shrunken head.
- Cover the skull in strips of masking tape to smooth out some of the features
- Use air dry clay to shape the features of the head
- 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.
- Paint the head with a variety of tones of brown acrylic paint, from light on the nose to dark in the eye sockets.
- Next gather supplies to assemble the head.
- 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.
- Trim off about 1/3 of the styrofoam from the back of two styrofoam balls and glue them into the eye sockets.
- Cut nine piece of twine 1.5 " long and glue to the mouth in a criss cross manner.
- Finish the eyeballs
- Paint small pupils and veins onto the eyes using acrylic paint.
- 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.
- 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.
- Finally, place the hat on your head, tuck the pvc shoulders into a belt and cover it all with the xl shirt.
- The witch doctor and shrunken head man make the perfect pair.
Witch Doctor Costume:
- Start by painting the viking hat black and tan.
- Add bits of raffia to the horns with hot glue. We used raffia from an old scarecrow costume!
- Glue fall leaves with long stems to the top of the helmet.
- Glue feathers onto an 8" length of felt material.
- Glue the feathers to the top of the hat.
- Be sure to reinforce the leaves with a strip of felt and hot glue if needed.
- Finish the witch doctor hat with a coat of mod podge if desired.
- Finally pair the hat with tan clothing, a raffia skirt, skull mask and skull accessories for a complete look.