Here is how I made my own DIY Nightmare before Christmas Party. This post will be an overall summary of what went into designing and making the party come to life. If you have questions or want me to go into more detail on specifics, let me know in the comments and I would be happy to make a blog all about it. There will be another post showing where I got everything for the party so you can find it too.

Decorations

Backdrop

Creating this look was pretty fun and super easy for you to replicate. I first hung a black plastic table cloth up and taped Orange, Yellow, White and Purple Streamers to make the stripes. The perfect Skeleton balloons (Party City) are among other color balloons to tie into the banner. You can find the “This is Halloween” Banner as a Freebie with your Nightmare Before Christmas Alphabet Banner. Don’t forget to add the spooky cobwebs.

Party Table

Nightmare before Christmas is one of my favorite Spooky movies! I have always been a fan of the people eater wreath too, making it a printable was necessary. I used a black and Orange table cloth to ground the table, topped with a sheer dotted fabric and a simple black plastic table cloth. Last minute I decided it needed some cuts along the bottom. A easy change to make with a pair of scissors.

Table Decorations

From left to right, for the cupcake tower I used printable wrapping paper (you can find here) to make a stack of presents. The cupcakes are wrapped just like presents too! Each Cupcake is topped with an adorable Nightmare before Christmas Cupcake Topper.

I found these amazing Nightmare before Christmas gift wrap Printables as free downloads 2 years ago from Smakeupfx !

If you have been following us for a while you’ll know I have a DIY Sally Jars Tutorial. I have used the same jars in my table scape. Each jar is filled with simple Dollar Tree Halloween Flowers. You can find the table Character Cutout Printables in my shop to help decorate your table.

If your a fan of Halloween you already have tombstones in your house. I happened to have these ones and thought they would be perfect for the table. Jack ends up in a graveyard more then once in the movie, making them perfect for the party.

Food

DIY Nightmare Before Christmas Party Menu:

1. Zombie Cupcakes (Target) Orange icing and Halloween sprinkles
2. Pumpkin Jack cookies (Target) Guine and I made them ourselves
3. Boogie Candy (Dollar Tree)

I decided to keep this party simple since kids are going to be getting TONS of candy on Halloween.

Artwork & Invites:

All the artwork was created by me to show off for this Party Set up and everything is printable and available in my shop or as a bundle on my Etsy.

Alphabet Banner . Cupcake Liners . Cupcake Toppers . Food Tents . Character Cutouts . Wreath Banner .

Custom Printable: Invitation & Thank you Card 

DIY Favors & Gifts:

Favors:

The perfect favor for an Nightmare Before Christmas party are goodie pumpkins. Let your guests pick some candy and fill up their buckets. I found these cuties at the Dollar Tree. I attached thank you skull tags to each pumpkin to thank my guests for attending.

 Fashion

If your throwing a Nightmare Before Christmas party channel your inner Jack or Sally to add to the fun. Guine dressed up in the latest redesign of Sally and Archi is wearing the new and improved Jack Tee. These are available in Onesie (NB-18 Months) & Toddler Tees (2T-4T)

Thank you so much for joining us for my Nightmare before Christmas Party. Let me know in the comments if you are planning a Nightmare Before Christmas Party. Did my ideas help you out? I sure hope so! 

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Thank you! Rebecca, My Nerd Nursery

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It doesn’t get any easier than this DIY Sally Jar Luminaries to make a spooky addition to your Nightmare Before Christmas Party! I loved how this DIY Project came out! You can either use them as décor aka tea lights or candles, or you can put them to use holding silverware or flowers. Either way they will bring compliments and questions!

Can’t I Just buy a Sally Jar Luminaries?

You can’t at the moment. If you do find one available for sale let me know!!! But for now DIY seems to be the only way to have some of your own. I hope my tutorial helps make it as easy as possible.

Are DIY Sally Jar Luminaries Expensive?

The homemade Sally Jar Luminaries are made using only 7 Items. All you need is:

Supplies:

• 3 glass jars, for mine I used pickles, and two spaghetti jars (one Alfrado and one red sauce)
• Silver Tissue Paper from the dollar tree
• Modge Podge
• Sally Jar Printable (Free Template from me)
• Black paint (I got mine at the dollar tree)
• sticker paper (you can get postage paper from an office supply store, that’s what I used)
• Scissors
• Paint brush

How To Make DIY Sally Jar Luminaries Tutorial

Time:  Start your Project plenty of time before you event. Should take about 1 hour. I made mine during the duration of Moana the movie.

Instructions:

1. 1. Make sure your glasses are clean (no food) and have most of the labels off
   2. Prep your tissue paper by cutting it into about 1 inch squares.
   3. Paint a bit of Modge podge onto your first glass
   4. Apply tissue paper one square at a time applying a bit of Modge podge on top to seal it
   5. Once you have covered about 2 inches of area on your first jar, set it down to dry and repeat on the second jar, then the third.
   6. Keep rotating your jars to make the process faster until all the jars are covered.
   7. print out this template onto sticker paper and cut out
   8. once the jars are completely dry apply the stickers
   9. Paint the lids to the jars with your black paint.
   10. while lids are drying dab your paintbrush with black paint and lightly brush the silver tissue paper to create a dingy aged effect.
   11. Apply a second coat of black paint to the lids.
   12. Once everything is dry you are finished.
   13. Enjoy your Sally Jar Luminaries, by adding a candle.

If you make Sally Jar Luminaries, I’d love to see pictures and hear stories!  Enjoy!

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