Santa Jack Skellington - The Nightmare Before Christmas
Worn:
December 2021 - Christmas content only
Ottawa Comic Con 2023 (Ottawa, ON)
Status: Active / Seasonal
Why Santa Jack?
To be quite honest making this costume was very spur of the moment. I never imagined that I'd cosplay one of my childhood favourites like this. Yes there are many, but Jack was never actually a character I planned on. I wanted to make a new Christmas costume, but I was running out of time to get a big costume done in time for the holiday 2021. Then it hit me, Santa Jack. Relatively simple and also very rarely done. Perfect.
Construction:
Hat - The hat was the easiest part, sewing a very long triangle (the hat stops around my waist/hips), and hand sewing the fur trim into place, making the fur face up instead of down like most Santa hats. I used a premade fur pom pom on the end. For my own flair there's a gold bell sewn in place onto the pompom.
Coat - I made my own pattern for the coat, trying to draft it as closely as I could to the shapes of Jack's. Getting wear it sits in front was a bit tricky with it being covered by the fake Santa beard in most pictures. I didn't bother with hemming this cosplay in all honesty given the fabric doesn't fray, and it seemed more true to the style of the film. The coat does up with snap fasteners, with Halloween and Christmas themed buttons over top of them. A personal touch.
Pants - Same pattern as the ones for Lucifer and Neuro just again, tailored differently.
Wig is a Magnum in White from Arda Wigs Canada. Makeup is all done with Mehron AQ Paradise. The gloves are from Spirit Halloween that I'd bought in October.
December 2021 - Christmas content only
Ottawa Comic Con 2023 (Ottawa, ON)
Status: Active / Seasonal
Why Santa Jack?
To be quite honest making this costume was very spur of the moment. I never imagined that I'd cosplay one of my childhood favourites like this. Yes there are many, but Jack was never actually a character I planned on. I wanted to make a new Christmas costume, but I was running out of time to get a big costume done in time for the holiday 2021. Then it hit me, Santa Jack. Relatively simple and also very rarely done. Perfect.
Construction:
Hat - The hat was the easiest part, sewing a very long triangle (the hat stops around my waist/hips), and hand sewing the fur trim into place, making the fur face up instead of down like most Santa hats. I used a premade fur pom pom on the end. For my own flair there's a gold bell sewn in place onto the pompom.
Coat - I made my own pattern for the coat, trying to draft it as closely as I could to the shapes of Jack's. Getting wear it sits in front was a bit tricky with it being covered by the fake Santa beard in most pictures. I didn't bother with hemming this cosplay in all honesty given the fabric doesn't fray, and it seemed more true to the style of the film. The coat does up with snap fasteners, with Halloween and Christmas themed buttons over top of them. A personal touch.
Pants - Same pattern as the ones for Lucifer and Neuro just again, tailored differently.
Wig is a Magnum in White from Arda Wigs Canada. Makeup is all done with Mehron AQ Paradise. The gloves are from Spirit Halloween that I'd bought in October.