Thread: Jack Skellington Question???

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I am attempting to build a large Jack Skellington to place on my roof for Christmas this year. I am wondering if anyone has any ideas for a Jack head? I plan on him being approximately 8-10 ft. tall.

my friend made this. he used paper mache and poly on the outside. you could probably use latex or something. if its going on the roof then it doesnt have to be detail perfect. so it doesnt have to be super smooth...

Search ebay for a jack mask. I got mine for about $10
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If you're making it 8' tall, the head doesn't need to be very large, given the proportions of Jack Skellington.

From what i can see, if Jack stands 8 feet, his legs are about 4 1/2 feet (roughly), his torso is about 2 feet, his neck just over a half foot, and his head making up the difference (around a foot high).

I would think paper mache is the way to go.
Simple sphere, and start building up on it from there.

Keep in mind, I think from his shoulder to finger tip is about as long as his legs, and the hand / fingers is about as long as his head and neck together (so, about a foot and a half for his hands...and 3 feet for arms).

if it's goind to be on the roof, you don't need the face to really be in 3D
you can paint a football , that's easy and cheap to find with this diameter, and you just paint the face on it.

If I were doing it, I would just start with a styrofoam sphere and whittle away at it. But that's just me.

Originally Posted by Cassie7

If I were doing it, I would just start with a styrofoam sphere and whittle away at it. But that's just me.

That's what I'm doing but i can't find big styro spheres here, the biggest was about 6" in diameter so I guessed it was the same everywhere else
I'll have to adjust the size of Jack because of this head diameter

Have you looked in craft stores like Michaels, A.C. Moore? I would think they have them.

Another good place to look for large foam blocks is behind furnature stores. We've found large pieces of foam about 2 x 1 foot blocks.

Well, I wish I could...but I live in France !!!!! lol

Duh, my bad. I didn't pay attention to where you were.