How to make paper lantern of Jack Skellington

This is my favorite Halloween craft project- How to make paper lantern of Jack Skellington

I wanted to hang a fairly large pumpkin man in the corner of the room for our Family Halloween party.

Looking through my party stash I found a large orange paper lantern and a black and white toile looking paper lantern.

I knew I could turn it into something fun!

My granddaughter suggested that we could turn it into Jack Skellington from Nightmare before Christmas!

And so we did!

How to make Jack Skellington face

First we tried using black paper and cutting out eyes and nose and glueing them onto the paper lantern. Paper and round things don’t work so well.

So we cut out eyes, mouth and nose from black fabric scraps and hot glued them onto the paper lantern.

It worked like magic.

Bat Bow Tie

For his bat bow tie we used black crepe paper and some felt cut outs of a bat.

You can watch my video of Jack Skellington and see details up close.

We again used hot glue to create the bat bow tie and then hot glued that onto the “neck” of the black and white paper lantern.

Paper lantern Jack Skellington arms and legs

For his legs and arms I sewed up black crepe paper with a large gathering stitch on my sewing machine to make it ruffle.

Tip- Tug on the crepe paper so it will ruffle tightly.

Then we hot glued the arms and legs on.

Ella cut out some hands and boots out of white construction paper and we hot glued those on to the ends of the arms and legs 😁

He was by far her favorite thing we made!

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Welcome to Karins Kottage! There is always something fun going on! You would think after becoming an empty nester couple that our nest would be very quiet and empty but our Kottage nest is usually more full than what we started out with! You might find me hosting a birthday party or graduation party and a baby shower on the same weekend or a big outdoor get together with 25 of our friends and family in the backyard or maybe I might be in the kitchen trying out a new recipe for my hubby and I to grill on the BBQ for a quiet night for the two of us. I am passionate about entertaining and setting a beautiful table! I may or may not have an addiction to cloth napkins and fun salad plates oh and goblets too! I think I will always have a home decorating DIY project in the works as long as my hubby is on board with me haha. We have painted A LOT in the 6 homes we have owned in the 35 years that we have been married as well as re-done multiple pieces of furniture, added wall and ceiling treatments, replaced lights, bathroom fixtures and even tiled floors! I have sewn what seems like a million window treatments for our home as well as for family, made slipcovers, and duvets and even a formal dress or two!