"The Nightmare Before Christmas" Christmas Decorations | What's This | Christmas Town
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- "What's This?" Christmas Town... Come with us while we transform our house for the Holidays. The Nightmare Before Christmas Christmas decorations take over this time of the year! See our 9 ft. Jack Skellington come to life, along with Zero and the Oggie Boogie. All of our Nightmare Before Christmas props where built by us over the years to capture the feeling of "Christmas Town." We hope you enjoy our Nightmare Before Christmas light show. Happy Holidays!
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I wish you were my neighbor!
Xombie K I was surprised that all of our neighbors were into it! It lights up all of their houses and there is a steady stream of traffic from Thanksgiving through the January!
Nightmare before Christmas is fav Disney Movie! And this Makes me so Happy! 🎃
I want to do that for Christmas for my house
Elisa Zielinski do it!
What's this?
Absolutely Amazing! That's what's this.
Thank you!
Very Awesome Display 💚💚💚💚💚💚 😊😁😊😁😊😁💚💚💚
Thank you!
Awesome.. great job.. thanks for sharing
WELL DONE!!! I am super impressed.
Well thank you!
Seriously, this may be the reason we take a drive tonight! Thank you so much for sharing!
Erika Fox oh my goodness, I hope you do make it out! Steve gets so excited when he sees people stopping out front to take it all in.
THIS IS AWESOME!
MsDNA100 thanks so much!
Just wow 👏
bless you !
Absolutely fantastic 😁
Emilys clay thank you so much!
Wow what a great Christmas town👍🏻💀 very creative? Love all your creations👍🏻wreath🎄
Thank you very much! The clock/wreath is my favorite.
Wow! So amazing 💜💜💜🎃🎃🎃
All I can say this is amazing
Alex Clark thank you so much!
Cute
Why can’t my husband be like this !!! I’m the one that has to be doing all of this !
Omg!!!
I love this!!!! 😍
Alexis Pettis Rad! Glad you liked it!
I love this please make more of nightmare before Christmas 🎄 please
I just came across your video...how fantastic. I LOVE IT!! wow your hard work I hope was appreciated by many. Thanks for sharing and putting a smile on my face!
Tina Strangway we have people drive by from all over so I assume it’s appreciated. Glad we could give you a smile.
You guys are amazing!!!
Hello old friend! Thank you. Merry Christmas. 🎄
i love this
Thank you!!
This is one of my favorites! That looks epic 🙌🏼
Trey Van Camp It makes the long days at UPS during the holidays fun to come home to.
This is amazing you're great !!!! 👏👏👏 ♥️
Karol Hernández thank you!
@@NoStringsRunning Your welcome, I'm waiting for more videos ♥️♥️♥️
THAT IS FANTASTIC!!!!!! LOVE IT!!!! I bet you have all kinds of people come and look and take pictures!
AlphaTraveler1 we have people ask year round if we are adding to the display or when we are putting it up. It makes my day that people enjoy it so much! We have a steady line of cars drive by from thanksgiving till New Years!
This is the coolest Christmas decorations ever. Omg
Well you are the coolest for saying that! Thank you.
😯 wow beautiful.
Thank you for watching and commenting it means a lot.
This was amazing!!
Thank you so much!
That's awesome
Brandon Hopp thanks! Glad you liked it!
I LOOOOOOVE!!!!! OMGGGGG.... How did you make the Countdown Clock?
BH050714 I took a picture of the clock at Haunted Holiday Mansion at Disneyland and then got to work. The bottom part is made from 3/4” MDF and the top is made 1/8” plywood. The face is almost like a plexiglass material. The wreath was a 36” grapevine wreath from Michaels with some holly and berries added. It’s a pretty involved build but if you are comfortable with saws and routers and electrical work I can try to find pictures of the process. You can message me @nostringsrunning on Instagram.
oh heck... I am thumbs up #999. LOLOL.
someone tell me why i got emotional and started crying lol, awesome job looks amazing!
Thank you so much! That’s the way I felt about Haunted Holiday Mansion at Disneyland. This was my best attempt at trying to capture that feeling!
You are the most wondefull man i ever have sine and i liket 💀💀💀👻👻👻🎅🏻🎅🏻🎅🏻🎅🏻🎅🏻🎅🏻
Mila Niffler thank you! You are wonderful for saying that! Glad you enjoyed.
This is beyond awesome!!!
Amanda Gonzalez thank you!
This is incredible!! I love this so much amazing work!
Thank you!
OMG I love it!
JAYSON19801 thank you!
So great ! Awesome work !!
JennsHaunts Smith thank you!
Wow! First of all. Another video that I missed watching. But this was by far the most awesome video I have seen. You both just never cease to amaze me with your talents. The decor is amazing ❤️❤️📹🏰 🎃
Ah thanks Jacob! The Haunted Mansion Holiday is a favorite of ours so we tried to bring some of that magic to our house for Christmas.
Awesome!!! 💀
Cameron9999 thank you!
Amazing!
Me too
😱😱😱😱 Amazing!!!!
Only a hater would put a thumbs down. This is badass
You guys should show how you made many of these especially jack
9erfanatic1 that’s a really good idea. We are currently building a shipping container house and working full time jobs so shooting a how to would pretty impossible right now. Maybe next summer we will explore this idea! Thanks for the idea!
No Strings Running did you guys make oogie boogie and the clock as well?
9erfanatic1 we made everything. The clock was pretty involved but if you have basic wood working skills it’s doable. Oogie was simple, just a projected image of him on a big piece of burlap, trace it, cut it, sew it, stuff it!
omg i wish my bf would make me this i am OBSESSED
Raquel Lee well if he decides to tell him to feel free to ask questions. I am more than willing to answer questions about our build!
I want to do this to my house. Why is it in America things like Halloween and Christmas are done better than in the uk. I really want to come over to experience both
darkevilfairy you should start the next level Halloween and Christmas decorations in the UK!
I really love this and want to be able to build a Jack just like yours!! Are you willing to share some photos of Jack just in pvc form without his Sandy Claws outfit? If not are you willing to be able to share how you built it including his torso? Thank you in advance
Fred Grindle I just found an old photo from when Jack was built. It’s just him as a PVC skeleton. You can DM me on Instagram @nostringsrunning and then I can get that picture to you. I hope this helps.
I was going to ask the same thing!
Looks great
Thank you!
@@NoStringsRunning np. I don’t do to much for Christmas becuase I m usally tired by taking down halloween
I made a scallop cut on the PVC. The scallop cut allows the basketball to sit more forward like a spine and skull. Without that cut it will look like a lollipop. I then drilled a couple of holes in PVC so that I could run zip ties through it and around the basketball. It’s been 10 years and I haven’t had to fix it once. Hope this helps.
Omg this was sooooooo cool! I didn’t want the video or the decorations to end! You guys killed it! Do you add onto the decorations every year?
We added every year until 2017
Amazing!!! So Awesome 😍😍♥️♥️
Michele Sommer thank you!
So amazing
What an amazing display and hard work making things! Is there a tutorial for the countdown clock?
There is not a tutorial but I’d be happy to answer questions.
I have SO many questions! Hpw did you make Jacks head? Or is it just a mask filled with a B-ball? How do you make him rain proof? And what id Oogey Boogey filled with?
Barbara Vance Jack’s head is a basketball with a mask over it! The skeleton of it is made of PVC and the “Sandy Claws” suit is made out of felt. As far as Oogie, his skeleton is also PVC and his body is burlap. He is stuffed with poly fill. Super light and nothing absorbs water.
@@NoStringsRunning Thanks so much for responding. I started on my skeleton but got side tracked. I was goingto mould his head but, that mask is really well done. You did a great job on the whole thing! I'm jealous! I hoped to have my Jack ready for Halloween but, no luck. I'm using pvc for the upper body but reg. Pipe for his lower. I'm worried about wind. I want to make his costume so I can change him from reg. Jack to Santa Jack. My fear was that he would get water logged.😆 I bought burlap for Oogey. My son is working on him. We want him to be under a black light because we're going to take twine and jave his bugs spilling out. And that will shpw up after painted with the light. I'm trying to avoid a ton of tear down between holidays. My neighbor keeps trying to out do everyone! But, all of his decorations were those plug in, blow up things. Which is fine. Just not our style. I have a talking Jack , Sally and zero from a stote for now. The zero I'll keep. He's great. But, needs a little bit better support. We had a few really cute kids this year go nuts over them. One little girl, witch, kept asking her Mom, "Why are they here to visit?" Which just made us all smile. And a little boy who did't want to leave. He just stared for a long while, then started talking to them and wanted to pet zero.😍 I can't wait for Christmas! Thanks Again.
Barbara Vance the mask was $14 online super easy, super fast. I’m here in Oregon and my Jack has survived 60 mph plus winds and so much rain. I pounded a 6ft t-post 4 feet into the ground and Jacks leg slides over that and that’s all I have holding him up. I don’t want to use wires or anything else to tie him down because I want everything to look realistic and free standing. I tried the black light on my Oogie but it didn’t work for me.
How did you attach the basketball to the top of his PVC pipe neck? Glue and caulk?
Absolutely amazing! Im going to try and make a Jack Skeleton this year! How tall is Jack? Would love to get a idea to start some planning!
Jonny Pepper he ended up being exactly 10 feet tall which made him very visible and perfect for where he was placed in our yard. I drew a picture of the way I wanted him positioned and then scaled it up using the art of mathematics. I don’t know if I could do it again if I tried. I think it was a fluke that I got it correct the first time! Hopefully this helps.
Amazing! Do you guys still do this ? I would love to take my old lady by to see this after downtown Disney date night
We have stopped doing it. We’ve sold that house and our new property isn’t conducive for the display. We gave everything away and a few different family’s put what they received up every year.
Sorry I’m spamming your comments. I just figured out your candy cane pipes are abs pipes. My next question is how did you make the banner? Where did you get supplies for it? I want to make a banner that won’t break from wind or get ruined by rain that will hold on to those abs pipes. Hopefully I hear from you before next month. Lol
No problem at all. The banner is 2 2x4s run parallel and a piece of 1/8 plywood screwed to the 2x4s. I painted it white with some good exterior white paint and then my wife painted the Christmas Town lettering by pausing the movie on an image of the sign. Once complete dill holes the size of the base of a C9 Christmas light. I can’t remember the exact size, maybe 7/8” to 1”. Place the christmas light string behind the sign lined up to the holes and screw the C9 bulb in from the front. Hope this makes sense.
Awesome set up. Any tips on how you made the Nightmare clock above garage??
Will Farleigh I took an image from Haunted Holiday Mansion at Disneyland and used that as a reference. I then went to Michaels and purchased a 36” grape vine wreath and used the picture and wreath as references. Everything I do is by feel so I can’t get too specific about measurements, I just go by what looks right. The whole structure is MDF and the clock face and numbers are a white opaque acrylic. I used fake jewels from Joanne’s Fabric simulate the fasteners. I wish I could remember more of what I did. If you attempt to do the same and get stuck, reach out to us. We are more than willing to try to help. @nostringsrunning on insta or @mooreblox. Good luck!
Wow jack s skeleton
Okay I just made the angry wreath and the clock from art supplies. Pretty stoked. I have a question, what pipes did you use for the candy cane poles and how did they keep up? They look like pvc. I can easily get some but not sure how I can hold them up for the front lawn gate. I’m like so inspired by your house.
Right on! I’m stoked for you. The candy canes are 3.5” ABS pipe. PVC will work as well and probably better so you don’t have to paint white and then red. I painted my ABS red and then when dried I wrapped the pipe in 2” painters tape in the candy cane pattern then painted white. Peel the tape before dried to get clean lines. The tops of the candy cane poles are styrofoam rings and spheres from any craft store painted golden yellow and stuck together with tooth picks. Hope this helps.
@@NoStringsRunning I did mine a little more simple, use red electrical tape and wrap around the the already white PVC…DONE
That’s a good idea. Wish I would have thought about that.
never subscribed so fast
How did you attach the basketball to the pvc I made a similar jack and the mask is coming Nov 16!?
Sorry for the late reply. I drilled a couple of holes in the pvc and then used zip ties.
Amazing!!!!! What kind of material did you use for Jack’s Santa costume?
It’s all felt. It’s very wet here in Oregon so we needed something that wouldn’t hold on to moisture.
Thank You!
Where you got the poles for the Christmas town sign? 😀
We made them out of PVC pipe...🤶🎅🏻
wow, you got money😳. i could never imagine how much all of that costs, including the electric bill.😳😳😳
The cost was minimal for the props but the electric bill was a little spendy!
How is the basketball being held to the pvc pipes?? Currently making my Sandy Claws and his head is stumping me. Thanks 😊
Sorry for the late reply. I cut the top of the PVC pipe like a crescent moon so the basketball nestles right to it. I then used long zip ties around the bball in a cross pattern followed by duct tape over the zip ties so I can deflate the ball to put the mask over the ball then inflate again. DM us if this is confusing and I can draw some pictures that clarify.
Sadly i dont have enough patience to make this
hi im a potato you can do it!
I need to know what you used to make the clock, the Christmas town banner and basically all detail. I want to do a Nightmare before Christmas theme for Christmas but there’s so much!’not sure where to start.
The clock base is particle board and the clock itself is 1/8th inch plywood with a 3ft grapevine wreath on top. The face is a white plexiglass and there are 2 lights inside that back light the plexiglass.
Nice work i would like to make one do u have pic or plans so I could get a idea
Through the years of different phones and crashing computers we have lost a lot of documentation of our builds. I will look to see what we have left.
What did you build your tall candy cane columns out of
I used 4” abs pipe. I painted them red and then used 2” blue painters tape and taped off the candy cane swirl pattern and then painted them white. Hope this helps.
It sure does thanks!
Oooh where do I even start I want this idea for this year
michelle bowler start with Jack and a tree. Then build every year from there!
Where did you get the Days to Halloween wreath
Everything was hand made. I took a picture of the Haunted Holiday Mansion clock/wreath at Disneyland then got to work drawing and measuring for scale. Hope this helps.
How do you hide all that wire? To make it look so clean.
Santiago Gaxiola lots of patience and practice!
@@NoStringsRunningI was asking because I'm trying to get into it but, I hate all the wire running through the grass yours looks seemless and clean...any suggestions
Santiago Gaxiola the only thing I can suggest is using green cords in grass and run them straight and taught and stake them. Brown or black cords in areas with mulch. Tuck cords into any crevice that might be near. If I had a prop with a cord I would make sure to secure it to the back of the prop all of the way to the ground. Hope this helps.
@@NoStringsRunning sure did thanks 😊
How did you paint the web and months on your clock?
Free hand with a matte black exterior paint.
@@NoStringsRunning are you guys still doing every year?
Unfortunately no.
@@NoStringsRunning Maybe one day 🤞If I ever came to Portland, I would love to see your house during the holidays!
What do you use to keep your lights straight on the roof? And how do you place them
ramtruck21 I use a heavy duty stapler with a 3/8 staple. It’s not recommended but I’ve done it for 20 years with no problems. I staple on each side of the bulb socket to stand them up more securely. Asphalt shingles can be tricky to staple into and sometimes the staple will deflect. Be sure not to staple through the wire and make sure it’s not too tight so it pinch the copper wire inside causing it to break. Hope this helps!
How did you do the oggie boggie
Hopefully this makes sense. I printed out a small picture of Oogie and then rented an overhead projector. I then projected the Oogie image onto the 8 plus feet of burlap that I had and traced the image with a sharpie. I doubled up the burlap and cut and inch or so wider than the sharpie line. I then had two identical pieces of burlap in the shape of Oogie. Since burlap is hard to sew since it’s so loose, I folded the extra inch or so over and added seam tape and sewed. At that point once all of the seam tape is secured, you can put your two pieces together and see them to each other like a huge 80’s pillow. Stuff with batting and you’re done. Feel free to ask more questions or DM is @nostringsrunning on insta. Oh yeah. I also had a crude PVC skeleton inside that gave support and was the way I mounted him. Please reach out to us!!
How were you able to make Jack's hands?
Naut P Jack was made with 2 inch pvc so I used a 2 inch pvc pipe cap on the end of the arm and attached the fingers to the cap. I used .75 inch wood dowels to make the fingers making angles cuts on 3 short pieces to make 1 slightly bent finger. Once the finger sections were glued together, I screwed them into the pipe cap from the inside of the pipe cap the slid the cap onto the arm. Hopefully this answers your question.
I need this ,·-·,
New subscriber! Love it and thanks for the ideas! Hope you come and see my decorations!
How come you stopped posting vids?
We decided to sell everything in 2018 and buy property and to build a couple of tiny houses. We both work full time and are building the houses and taking care of the property 100% ourselves. We just don’t have the time anymore.
@@NoStringsRunning Awww. You are so good at it though! You should video what you guys are doing right now. I have a feeling you guys have potential to grow pretty big. Anyway, good luck and I do enjoy all your old stuff.
Wow that means a lot. It would be great to be able to put some time aside to make more videos. Maybe one day.
How did you make oogie boogie
Mesh with projector outline using pvc skeleton with added stuffing
Exactly!
@@NoStringsRunning I'm a pro ;)
Tutorial???
Unfortunately I have no pictures or videos of making any of it anymore.
This looks wonderful, but the cursing at the beginning was completely unnecessary.
Violet Rain thank you for the comment and sorry about the curse. I’m glad it didn’t deter you from watching more of the video. I hope our love of Nightmare Before Christmas and our enjoyment of making props and the video came through.
Karen shut ur mouth because you can’t handle a curse word
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Amazing!
Thank you!
How did you make the office boogie?
Just Ethan I printed out a picture of Oogie and used an overhead projector to project the image onto my canvas then traced, cut, sewed and stuffed!
No Strings Running Thanks!!! Can’t wait to make my own.
I meant oogie boogie my bad