About: I'm a High School Technology teacher with Creativitis, a disease that doesn't let my brain sleep. I spend my days trying to infect my student's minds with a desire to learn. I lead by example and hope that my …

There's no bones about it, I LOVE Halloween. Actually.... there were lots of bones in last year's Halloween costume. My Simpson's costume couch was a big hit. What could I possibly build this year that would even compete? The truth is.... the idea for this year's costume was already tumbling around in my brain on the drive home from last year's Halloween party. I've been collecting materials for almost a year and I've been building steadily since August 14th. Each year, I start building earlier and each year the costume gets bigger. The size of the costume this year was only constrained by the measurements of the bed in my pick-up truck. Perhaps next year, I'll be building in sections or renting a cube van.

Anyway, I decided that everyone's favourite Bio-exorcist would be the central theme for my build. My main intention when building a costume is do something that has never been done before. No stand-alone Beetlejuice costume for me. I decided to incorporate the classic house from the movie and I couldn't resist adding a Sand Worm. My initial concept was to build the costume based solely on the movie poster from the movie. I was planning on having the Maitlands in their wedding attire behind me with no heads. That way, people could jump in behind me and pose for a picture, using their own heads for Barbara and Adam. I really loved this concept but it totally got trumped when I came up with the idea of having a Sand Worm puppet.

After a few sketches, a quick scale mock-up, and some 3d modelling of the house, I was ready to get down to business. It most certainly was Showtime.

Check the last step for some more finished pictures of the costume.



