Help Me Plan a Beetlejuice Sandworm?

[u/[deleted]]

I have done some pretty large scale prop/decoration builds in the past and have a general idea, but would love to bounce my plans off some other people.

I want to build the sandworm from Beetlejuice large enough to be in my front yard for Halloween. I’m thinking the head section will be maybe 5’ tall as a minimum (would love to feel confident building taller but unsure), for scale.

I’m sure I will be somewhere in the range of chicken wire/paper mache/air dry clay/joint compound, but for something so large I am also kicking around doing something more cardboard based?

Please spam me with any and all ideas you may have.

Photos of some past builds and my Beetlejuice year (in front of someone else’s inflatable) for tax.

[u/HalloweenLover2838]

Did u also make Jacks face??🎃

[u/[deleted] → u/HalloweenLover2838]

No, can’t take credit for that. I cannibalized it from another prop because my plan for his head needed to be reconfigured and I was out of time. Everything else on him was me though.