I Made a Teeny "Jack Pumpkinhead" Doll || One Day Make

[@rachelmaksy]

HI FRIENDS! Here's the info for June's Journey! ALSO I LOVE YOU OK BYE 🔎👒 Download June's Journey for free here: woo.ga/hgz8so

[@clarakf]

unrequested opinion alert (it's positive, though, I promise): I usually ignore game sponsors bc I'm not normally a mobile game person. I am, however, a SUCKER for hidden objects games so I decided to give June's Journey a try some months ago after hearing you talk about it and OH BOY did I love it. It's so fun and beautiful and well-made and, unlike other hidden objects games I've found in the past, has so much available content (I've been playing for months now and am only on scene 348; there are over 1500 scenes. absolutely insane). Thoroughly recommend it if anyone's on the fence about downloading it.

[@JuiceMyRandomness]

I would love you to do a range of dolls and actually sell them 😍😍

[@reginafetty6374]

I am not usually a game person but I do like playing "June's Journey". I started playing it after you introduced it in the past.

[@rose77778888]

I LOVE June's Journey!

[@helenamirian908]

it's too weird to me that June is that perky, her sister having just been murdered. As someone who has experienced that exact thing, seems odd. Has time passed or has it just occurred and she's decorating and such? I haven't played it. Did she hate her sister?

[@kassandracronin8509]

It’s autumn in Australia and as an Australian I appreciate the autumn content finally at the right time of year!

[@pagesandleaves]

as a south african autumn lover I’m with you 🥰🍂

[@rubysellers-jp2lc]

@kassandracronin8509 i'm in the same boat😂

[@carrolbaskin2847]

It's always autumn somewhere 😂

[@alineleal13_]

I'm in Brazil and I feel the same. ❤

[@reneevandevander5581]

I've been scrolling through Halloween and Autumn things on Pinterest this week for previously unknown reasons. Mystery solved! It's halfway to Halloween!

[@ajburke8963]

So glad the Halloween hobgoblin made a brief appearance. Still one of my favorite Rachel gags. She's the voice in my head anytime I see anything remotely fall related. 😂❤️

[@sarasunshine883]

Yes. My boyfriend and I now say "haloweeeeeen!" to each other when we see anything Haloween related.

[@miriamdruyan]

SAME

[@florindalucero3236]

My favorite is her sewing machine's face :P

[@Windthroughcedars]

The Never Ending story and The Last Unicorn have genuinely disturbing screens. Yet absolutely shaped me as a person.

[@samiansley5740]

The Last Unicorn! So Good (and terrifying)!

[@Kermitaine]

Gosh ur right about The Last Unicorn!! My grandmother thought she was doing good buying the movie since I liked unicorns a lot then but I remember being disturbed a lot about it XD

[@zucchinigreen]

I was hoping someone would post the Last Unicorn! It's one of my faves but so terrifying as a kid's movie. "Now that I'm a woman... everything has changed"

[@nikishazechiel6848]

Me too!!

[@HoneebunnySapphire]

I definitely didn't realize how disturbing they were as a kid, I just loved the cool animals. Rewatched The Last Unicorn a couple of years ago and was like ah, ok. Did not remember all the messed up things.

[@andreav83]

"Return to Oz" haunted me for years. Every now and then, I'd remember Dorothy in that room full of heads and I could remember it was from a movie I'd watched once as a kid, but couldn't remember which one. The most terrifying thing was that no one in my family could remember anything like it and for years I thought that maybe, just maybe, I'd dreamt it. The one day, behold! I was telling a friend about it and she casually threw in, "Oh, that's 'Return to Oz.'" I felt so relieved that I was not crazy!

[@bellablue5285]

I was given a book that had a bunch of scenes from the movie basically, and I think it was a two page spread of all the heads in their little nooks. Still creeps me out

[@MrsBabyDiva1986]

That whole movie, as much as a like it is a fever dream. 😂 Nonbes heads, creep me out, the wheelers, also creep me out, finding the hidden friends as items & then everyone nearly getting eaten, creeps me. The movie was as amazing as I would assuem an acid trip comedown is like.

[@shaundiin85]

The same thing happened to me!

[@NikkiDoesStufff]

I love your optimism of “we’re halfway to next Halloween” when my immediate thought was “ah yes, the day of year where we couldn’t be any further from Halloween”. I need to work harder to tame my pessimistic tendencies.

[@ahhh4117]

Technically the furthest day from halloween is Nov 1st

[@bagandbroad]

That is so much more meaningful than glass half full/empty to me

[@FemmeFren]

I have never related more to a comment.

[@yukiyuukichan5771]

​@@ahhh4117not if you Look backwards

[@fawn4444]

Time hurts brain

[@AndersWatches]

Rachel, deciding to start, looks at the table in front of her, immediately: “I’m overwhelmed” Me af. At everything xD

[@deliciousexperience689]

Me too lol

[@xdperrinette]

saaaame !

[@C.W.scottishhighlandmama1821]

Daily basis 🙋‍♀️

[@azrani2023]

SAAAME .. (we're aaaall in this togeeeether 🎵)

[@Kimbachan]

I appreciate Rachel's existence in this world and how she chooses to fill.

[@nezzycole650]

Definitely the Dark Crystal and Never-ending Story, both wonderful and disturbing at the same time!

[@Goblins_are_rad]

I forgot to include Neverending Story! Thanks for the reminder.

[@katmusswoodwind]

Lol dark crystal was terrible, way worse than I remember haha the new (unfinished, thanks Netflix) series is AMAZING

[@kaylawalker6451]

Still terrified of those brid people....😅

[@brianfrommilwaukee]

"Hopefully you guys like watching me relieve my urges" ~Rachel Maksy 2023

[@timopper5488]

“We do.”

[@LizzyCat]

* *heckles like an idiot* *

[@amberrhodes116]

Yikes 😆

[@deliciousexperience689]

Very yes

[@SaltySah]

The Labyrinth with David Bowie was my entire childhood. Re-watching it today, you realize how much it maybe didn't age well, but I can look past that and still sing along to Magic Dance😄

[@elizabethnavarre7972]

It's weird, but I was the opposite. The movie terrified me as a little kid, I think because I related more to the baby and the thought of being kidnapped by goblins was scary. A friend in college finally forced me to watch it and now of course, I love it. :) RIP Bowie!!!

[@SaltySah]

My friend was the same way! She was terrified of the puppets (especially the fire gang) but now we watch it together every year when she comes home for Thanksgiving @@elizabethnavarre7972

[@_Sarahtoninn_]

Labyrinth!! I can remember watching it with my dad as a child, while my mom questioned whether or not it was really a “kids movie”. My husband refuses to watch it to this day, but I quote it at him all the time!

[@emdeka]

I was going to comment about Labyrinth, and here you are! That movie shaped a lot of me but I do remember it being quite scary! Same for Neverending Story!

[@MagickSprite]

Same here about Labyrinth. I would ask my parents every week to rent it, which they did. They finally bought it for me for Christmas, and I still have the VHS. If I had a son, I wanted to name him Jareth.

[@aprildriesslein5034]

Omg yes! Such a great movie. Although I do remember having... curiosity...about Bowie's obvious crotch bulge. 😄

[@Jamiesayla]

My first experience with David Bowie! Very apropos.

[@Kermitaine]

I watched it a lot younger and love the universe of the movie, but now I have concerns about the story of a 39 man being in love with a 14 y/o girl :O

[@emmamerritt6730]

I just about choked and died when Rachel said “I refuse to take responsibility. So I will blame it on being a Bratz child.” Best quote of the year. Scratch that I think this might be one of the funniest videos you’ve made overall.

[@skyricharde6629]

Welcome to the cross quarter holidays! May Day, also known as Beltane, is like the spring version of Halloween (also known as Samhain), it involves baking, bonfires, dancing in the night, fairy vibes, dress up, and shmexiness.

[@kathyjohnson2043]

I would think Rachel would love it.

[@Saskatchetooner]

Ah a fellow pagan

[@sapodecueva]

Also Samhain is celebrated on may 1st here in the southern hemisphere!

[@ladyweavr]

She would indeed love the bonfire, fairy, and sawooshy shmexiness. Welcome to your next favorite holiday, @RachelMaksy!

[@kathyjohnson2043]

Actually, you don't have to be a pagan to know about Beltane. And, May Day was a holiday long before it was a distress call. Happy holidays!

[@hannahbradshaw2186]

The Little Princess left deep emotional scars that at 26 I'm still healing from. But then I watched it again recently and it wasn't as upsetting as I remembered 😂

[@NothingReallyMatters08]

I still haven’t moved on. I watch it last year at 26 and still cried my eyes out lol

[@hannahbradshaw2186]

@@NothingReallyMatters08 don't get me wrong, it's still very upsetting 😂😭

[@watchlistenwrite]

It’s emotionally intense for sure

[@SupergirlUK]

​@@hannahbradshaw2186 I'm 33 this year and it still gets me 😅 Dunno what it is about the bars in 'Kindle my heart' that just gets me 🤷‍♀️ As soon as I hear it, my tear ducts are like 'Let's goooo!'

[@Brizwho]

@@SupergirlUK oh no not kindle my heart 😭

[@gennyfer8]

I had the biggest, weirdest crush on Jack as a kid. Forget Nightmare before Christmas, this is the only pumpkin head that has my heart.

[@InThisEssayIWill...]

Whoa whoa whoa, por que no los dos? Let's not pit men against one another the same way we do women. We can love them both 💚🖤

[@at1the1beginning]

EXCUSE ME!?!? Jack Skellington ftw!

[@NikkiDoesStufff]

Was this a kids movie? I’ve never even heard of it. Absolutely nothing she said has even a hint of familiarity to me.

[@bagandbroad]

@@NikkiDoesStufff yeah, it was a Disney movie from the 80s, and it’s never really talked about much but it’s GREAT.

[@bagandbroad]

You’re correct and you’re right to say it!

[@ghoularty2030]

I love that we’re all getting in the mood for Halloween at the same time. Y’all are my people.

[@samiansley5740]

The secret of nim (nihm?) is absolutely terrifying and still slaps. I’m also going to say Bambi is still heart wrenching, some things don’t change regardless of time. Like Rachel’s magic for building small children.

[@charlibrown7745]

NIMH

[@teenytinyredhead]

Love that movie! There was something so mysterious and creepy about that one. The rats and the big owl. Great!

[@llamasugar5478]

I’ve loved _Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH_ since our fourth-grade teacher read it to us. Let’s see . . . that would’ve been about 1975 . . . I’m so glad to know other generations love the story too!

[@TashieRags]

I was totally think of that film too!

[@lauren-gx1lg]

@@llamasugar5478 I've never seen the movie but that book was one of my childhood favorites. It was one that I read over and over and over again. For reference I was born in 2003 lol

[@heutenachtistmeintag3328]

I love your On-a-Whim-Projects! Like, you just made a little friend, a silly little guy, from stuff you had lying around. Inspiring and kinda fearless. I applaud you. Very much so. Also thank you for bringing Halloween!Rachel back! I love her dearly.

[@Ticket2theMoon]

It’s a Rachel day!! I deem this new celebration “Halfowe’en”. What, too much?

[@KaiseaWings]

It's Beltane, or May Day. The opposite of the traditional 'Samhain.'

[@margarethall1625]

Nope, just perfect!

[@Ticket2theMoon]

@@KaiseaWings Ah but May Day is about spring, and Halfowe’en is about longing for fall. So let’s have both! Halfowe’en crafting in the day time, May Day bonfire at night!

[@violetsidhe]

It is Samhain for me as I live in the southern hemisphere

[@stevezytveld6585]

We need to make Haf-o-we'en bunting to celebrate... - Cathy (&, accidently, Steve), Ottawa/Bytown/Pimisi

[@marisayuechuenmusing]

My absolute favourite movie and book as a child was James and the Giant Peach, I remember getting the VHS for Christmas and watching it endlessly. Reflecting on the story it definitely has some dark tones but I loved and and I firmly believe it helped me not be fearful of any bug as an adult

[@tirzahadcock2319]

Rachel: “What’s your favorite childhood movie that you watched as an adult and may be realized just how terrifying it was but pretty much shaped who you are as a person?” My immediate response to said question: “Labyrinth.”

[@anna-leiawest9059]

I was also going to say Labyrinth 😂

[@brittanywallace4]

I was thinking Matilda too.

[@luckyblackcat16]

YEEESSSS! (The Fieryies are still creepy no matter what age I watch that movie at.)

[@brittanydavis5063]

Yes 1000% Labyrinth

[@tirzahadcock2319]

@@brittanywallace4 Oh yes! Matilda also deeply shaped me! That movie is the whole reason I became a book nerd!

[@missron80]

I love Return to Oz. Its such a weird movie, but I like weird!!!! As for childhood films, let's be honest, Dark Crystal is actually pretty darn terrifying when you sit back and analyse it as an adult. In fact most children's films pre the mid-late 90's were not all fluffy bunnies.

[@Ellamaybuttons]

He turned out so good!!! Finding out as an adult that the little girl who plays Dorothy is also Nancy in The Craft absolutely blew me away

[@deliciousexperience689]

Fairuza Balk 😊

[@morgannabr0021]

My creepy childhood movies were "Return to Oz", "James and the Giant Peach", and "The Secret of NIMH", haha. "Labyrinth" is up there too, to be fair, it had some freaking A-MAZE-ING backgrounds and character designs that definitely attributed to my obsession with shiny things and clutter. Your tiny Jack turned out so stinkin cute!! I adore him, even if he is a little short. He's precious, and makes a great sibling for your little mouse knight!

[@xdperrinette]

The secret of Nimh and James & the giant peach too :D !

[@I-Am-A-Menace]

Man, I remember "James and the Giant Peach" and "The Secret of NIMH". I was confused as to how James and the bugs were able to live in the peach pit in the end because of how toxic peach pits are irl. I think my favorite creepy childhood movie was probably Coraline, I think I watched it a total of 30 times or more

[@morgannabr0021]

@@I-Am-A-Menace I never thought of the peach pit thing, but that raises so many questions now lol. I was too old for Coraline's target audience when it came out, but I love that movie too!

[@strawberryghostie]

Your "I decided to make myself another child" videos are my all time absolute favorites to watch and this was no exception! Also I was audibly delighted when the little Halloween Gremlin showed up in the first bit. I love her with all my being.

[@Edencool13]

Omg someone else watched this film! I remember watching it once and then forgetting about it and watching it again and having to turn it off because I was too scared. Labyrinth or Pan's Labyrinth (I get confused at which one is which) with the creature with eyeballs in its hands at the table of food she can't eat will forever haunt me

[@GraceCreatesLivingSpace]

As part of the Halloween community I would love to welcome you to halfway to Halloween, we also offer valoween, springoween, and summerween to get us through the off-season. Though summerween is less a celebration and more a period of lament and looking for spooky objects to start popping up in the stores like rare and delightful skeleton shaped weeds.

[@iagojester]

It's like Christmas when you are hanging out on a Sunday and wish you had a new Rachel Maksy video to watch, and then realize that you MISSED ONE a few months back. So great. Also fitting because it is not closer to Halloween. =) You asked about childhood movies that are messed up- and I really hope you have seen, or will seen his one: Nutcracker Fantasy. It is an 80s Japanese puppet stop-motion and it is AMAZINGLY creepy and dark and BAFFLING. In the English dub, Melissa Gilbert (little House on the Prairie) voices the main character, Clara, and Christopher Lee (aka SARUMON) voices basically everyone else in the cast. It's .... chef kiss! I know you would love it.

[@Rachelw]

Legend was a huge movie for me as a kid and I watched it as an adult and was kinda horrified. It's so dark. I asked my mom how she let me watch that and she's like oh you just thought all the little creatures were funny and you loved the dancing dress. The dancing scene and Tim Curry as the devil were very formative of my inner goth and love of dark things.

[@bunhelsingslegacy3549]

Yeah I'm kind of wondering if that wasn't my own gateway to Alice Cooper, that and Labyrinth...

[@mariamaychack6806]

Yes, everything about this video, yes. Jack looks great! Return to Oz was (and still is) one of my favorite movies. I think this started my love of twisted, creepy fairy tales. And that is so cool you got to see the TikTok in person!! I came across their IG mid-build and have been following them since. The details are amazing!! 🤖

[@malicemacey]

Fern Gully oil monster, watership down opening scene with rabbit hunted by claws and teeth and woodland fire. Both terrifying

[@zucchinigreen]

Yes!

[@williamswonderland3636]

Love your tiny people and places videos they bring so much joy and inspiration You are an inspiration

[@exkeilibur]

Labyrinth is for sure the movie I look back on and go "oh, that explains EVERYTHING", but an honourable mention also goes out to Quest for Camelot (or "the Magic Sword"). I was absolutely terrified of the Helping Hands ("She chose DOWWWWWN!"), not to mention Ruber as whole, but they did inspire my love of myth, legends, and fairy tales - and are probably the reason my sarcasm is through the roof too, if I'm honest here.

[@battlebardart]

Oh my god he's perfect

[@whitedemonfeathers]

The Neverending Story, The Dark Crystal, and The Nightmare before Christmas were my nightmare-fuel childhood movies!

[@brigidlynch1935]

100% the movie 9. it's actually so disturbing, dark, and depressing at parts, but it shaped who i am... still one of my favorite movies 13 years later (i watched it at 6 years old, definitely too young XD)

[@theslitherysylvie4010]

Return To Oz was my whole personality as a little kid. I used to sprinkle pepper on my stuffed animals to bring them to life. AND Fairuza Balk was not only Dorothy but also The Worst Witch and Nancy in The Craft?!?! Icon!

[@brooke_reiverrose2949]

Tying moose stuffed animals to sofas, wearing a key around my wrist, packing lunch pails and pretending to pick them from trees…

[@deliciousexperience689]

That is adorable from both of you. I lay on the ground with my dog with my eyes closed when i was about 8 and wished myself there lol And my mom had a Green egg shaped polished stone that i used to touch and go "OZ!!!!" nothing happened to my dismay 😣 hehehe

[@MelanaC]

I LOVED RETURN TO OZ!!!! So many people hated it but I loved it so much!🎃👠 The Neverending Story when Ajax walks into the bog….😢😢😢 Throw in Legend - Tim curry is superb! The Labyrinth - David Bowie ❤ And Princess Bride and my youth was an epic blend of fantasy and mythology! Oh and the Lost Boys 🧛🏽

[@glukkan]

The Secret of NIMH . I watched it with my stepdaughter a couple years ago and yeah that explained a lot

[@TheGlamourGhoul]

This was adorable! It turned out so well and definitely got me in the Halfway to Hallowe'en mood! A film that really shaped me was Who Framed Roger Rabbit. Not necessarily terrifying but the "dip" scene and Judge Doom may have scarred me for life. Haha.

[@deliciousexperience689]

Who Framed Roger Rabbit is an epic film yes!!! 😉

[@JillianEve]

That movie also haunted my childhood. It was terrifying but I kept asking my mom to check out the VHS at the library. Thanks for bringing this adorable little nightmare pumpkin boy to life! 🎃

[@babyshiori]

She made him adorable lol🎃

[@Marie45610]

that movie was pure nightmare fuel. The Wheelers, the Gnome Kings, the Head-changing witch

[@hippieflowerstudios3456]

What movie is it?

[@m.maclellan7147]

@@hippieflowerstudios3456 I believe it is called "Return to Oz " ?! I never saw it.

[@Feealy]

1) that film scarred me for life. 2) try using some really fine wire to sculpt fingers around, it also helps make them posable (before baking, obvs) but even so, yes, hands are hard! 3) LOVE being part of the Fellowship ❤

[@briefisbest]

The Becoming Jane dress returns!! Thank you for the serotonin.

[@lesliemoiseauthor]

I noticed that too!

[@runaroundsue2199]

I wanted a tattoo of him since I was small and I still hear the same Echoes of him saying Dorothea! as she was in the big trinket room wishing and saying OZ on green stuff... oh his precious little twig fingers... He has my heart💚💚💚

[@meliaclark1087]

Labyrinth, Legend, Krull, The Princess Bride, Return to Oz too! The Wheelers freaked me out as a kid, but I loved the room full of heads. A girl likes to have options! Seriously though, thank you for this video and all the others.

[@teenytinyredhead]

OMG I totally forgot to list Krull, that was such a weird but awesome movie!

[@DanielleStJohn]

Every so often, I kinda forget about Return To Oz, but then something comes along and reminds me how much I loved it. I need to track it down and watch it again.

[@usagilisa1128]

Dark Crystal was a movie my mom would swear that I would love as a kid... It gave me nightmares in the end. But now I'm adult I watched it again and absolutely love it. I walk around making Skeksis sounds when I'm frustrated lol.

[@windyloweryking1826]

And grunt like Algra when sitting!!

[@BlameMyMuses]

Im literally hosting a Halfway-to-Halloween party tonight! XD This could not have come out at a more perfect time.

[@Jessica-us3gh]

I can not tell you how happy it made me to hear "rusty spoons" 😂😂😂

[@tigermoon44]

Salem's Lot was and still is terrifying!! I thought vampires were after me for a few years but thankfully I got past that and just realized that I wanted to be a vampire but with class, eloquences and eternal beauty. Non of that happened unfortunately or fortunately depending on how you look at it.

[@sarah-janemacphail8524]

oh yes, Return to Oz was definitely part of my childhood. Labyrinth, The Dark Crystal, and The Last Unicorn also featured heavily!

[@TashieRags]

Three Things: 1. Return to Oz was one of my favorites as a kid and now that you point out the aspects that you took into your adult life, I am now having an eye opening therapy moment. 2. He's adorable. Wonderful job. 3. Just got back from England myself. I already miss it. Have an absolute BLAST!

[@blondeviolet]

You totally nailed this project! This movie along with the animated Batman: Mask of the Phantasm (a lot of intense murder for a kid's movie) and Disney's The Great Mouse Detective (singing Vincent Price as a giant villainous rat) were some very influential childhood flicks. My little brother and I still quote all three of them. A chicken?!?!

[@EyenBlack]

Omg Return to Oz is one of my all time favorite movie. It creeped me out a lot when I was a kiddo, but it's just amazing! I want a tiny Pumpkinhead,too. I gonna watch closely!

[@Jarvis_Mari]

I was obsessed with the 1985 movie Legend. The one with Tom Cruise and Tim Curry with the unicorns. I watched it ENDLESSLY ever since I was old enough to comprehend watching television. And it was the Tangerine Dream version too (the superior soundtrack, according to my nostalgia) so in the beginning the first thing you see is NOT toddler friendly. But I watched it with my eyes absolutely glued to the screen like 😀 and it's still one of my favorite movies of all time to this day. (I turn 30 this year)

[@heathermcelroy7171]

Yes! Legend! Man I was so obsessed with it. Unicorn folders and binders and I wanted to be Lily.

[@Jarvis_Mari]

@@heathermcelroy7171 EXACTLYYY!!!! I bought the sewing pattern for her dress even, and still have it. 🤣 My calling in life was to prance whimsically through fields and attempt to communicate with the wildlife. I'd like to add that it worked and I was the self-proclaimed queen of bunnies.

[@sailor_gaia]

This video validated *my* lifelong obsession with Return to Oz and everything you said about its totally on-point. It is one of my top 5 favorite movies of all time. I also love all the multitude of L. Frank Baum Oz (and Oz-adjacent) books. I feel that film is the closest we will ever get to seeing Oz like it was in the books in the more recent age (excluding the Oz silent films that Baum produced.) I don't know how you missed using the "fiery furnace" quote when you put him in the oven! LOL! Your Jack turned out SO cute!!

[@Margles349]

Deep in the recesses of my brain lurks Nicodemus, the owl from Secret of Nimh.

[@lwilso9152]

This video tickled my little stop motion heart. Tiny hands are even harder to do when you need to make them posable! We use a nut or bolt for the ‘palm’ and wrap wire around it for the fingers, twist the wire for xtra strength, and then wrap flat noodles of clay around the finger wires. Hope this helps make your creature shelf dream come true!

[@justmichelleASMR]

I was literally obsessed with Ozma as a kid because my mom had the old Oz books. How did I not know this movie existed??? Also, I was so taken with The Last Unicorn that I wrote my college entrance essay about how it shaped me only to rewatch it recently with gen z friends who said “this movie kinda….creepy eh?” 😂😅

[@Caldella]

TBF The Last Unicorn _is_ kind of creepy at times, and wow does it deal a lot with the concept of mortality for a kid's movie...but I think child me found that appealing even if I didn't 100% understand it. It took big subjects very seriously despite being for a young audience.

[@helenamirian908]

it's so true to the books! which was why it confused audiences

[@charischannah]

The book's really, really good. I like the movie (excepting the bit where the unicorn/Amalthea and Lir have their love song because it just makes me wince every time), but the book has stayed with me in a way the movie hasn't.

[@noaccount2494]

As a milenial that never saw the movie until a few months ago I do not understand the hype the Last Unicorn got. It had some great moments, yes, but it was overall was not a story that would make me wanna see it again. Best scene 10/10 is the "Why would you come to me now?! When I am this!" felt the most real

[@vanessabrannan4059]

I adore The Last Unicorn!! I definitely appreciate Molly much more as an adult. I showed it to my kids as preschoolers, but they were a bit freaked out by Mommy Fortuna.

[@mindypweightloss]

The nightmares from the head room... I tell you. Other terrifying childhood favorites: Dark Crystal The Labrynth Return to Oz (also) The Phantom Tollbooth Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (The Gene Wilder one... obviously... that boat scene *shudder*) The Secret of Nymh Little Monsters Willow (Specifically the tower scene) The Witches Howard the Duck

[@riri89927]

I see we all are going through the “Halloween” vibes this spring! I love it!

[@austinlord9934]

I adore Return to Oz!!! It was my fav as a kid and also had to make my partner watch it for their first time lol. This was a fun watch!

[@hawksliravenwood460]

The only movie that comes to mind right now is The Secret of Nimh. I remember loving that movie so much when I was younger (that, and the Great mouse Detective which is just *Chef kiss*) But recently I rewatched it, and I can defiantly see how it shaped my character. Wanting to be gentle yet strong like Mrs. Brisby, and being a slightly kooky raven like Jeremy. My love for mice and birds were defiantly inspired by these movies, and Mrs. Brisby and Justin are just the best.❤

[@katharineboyd2793]

I loved that movie too. Her encounter with The Great Owl creeped me out - I wonder if that giant spider that stalked her through the tree was the start of my arachniphobia. Nicodemus used to kind of scare me as well because there was something about that combo of the glowing eyes, ancient hands and whisper of a voice that was unsettling, despite him being on the “good” side. 😬🦉🐭🕷️🕸️

[@ninahoward6066]

SAME. I actually have an original animation cell from NIMH that I got from Mrs. Brisby’s artist John Pomeroy. ♥️ Also, the “sinking” is Way more traumatic to watch as a mother than it was as a child. 😂

[@katharineboyd2793]

@@ninahoward6066 Oh geez. I can only imagine. I remember being flummoxed watching that scene, wondering why the rats seemed to be giving up so easily on saving the kids and opting to pull her out of the mud alone, despite her fighting them and trying to claw her way back… those were her babies and she was not going to be a bystander!

[@margarethall1625]

I loved this movie. It was the first movie my Mom let me take four of my five younger siblings to without adult supervision. Surprisingly my younger siblings weren't traumatized by it. We're weird like that.

[@katharineboyd2793]

@@margarethall1625 The things we can sit through with minimal aftereffects, and the things that end up sticking with us, can often be surprising.

[@EmLovey]

I really appreciate the ad countdown timer, it actually stops me skipping through coz I can see it won’t be long! Tough for an adhd brain x

[@jordanh468]

One of my several favourite movies as a little kid was The Princess and the Goblin. My mom has said many times how she never understood how I wasn't terrified of it. 😂 and looking back on it, yeah, it definitely helped shape a good chunk of my personality 😂😂😂

[@readmachine18]

Aaah, I watched that one as a kid too! 😆I wouldn't say it shaped me in any way, but I remember watching it a lot as a little kid because I loved the sound design--the way the water sounded, the rocks scraping on rocks, doors opening and closing, etc. Not tingly, exactly, but as an adult I'd say child!me (and current me, tbh) found it very ASMR-like at times 🤔

[@kittiescorner222]

I seriously love Return to OZ. One of my favorites from my childhood. I can't believe they had tick-tock there. That's amazing.

[@Ashley_tipsyshades]

I think even as a child I realized that every Disney movie was terrifying, and that still didn't stop me from loving them, and still loving them. but also, even as a crafter, your "garbage" makes are always amazing to me

[@rachelrecore4798]

I work full time, am finishing a degree, and homeschool a 10 year old... one day makes are my life and I appreciate the chaotic amazing content... he looks adorable!

[@cbooth0005]

I’m so happy to know other people besides myself love this movie. Everyone I asked about it either have no clue what I’m talking about or think it’s creepy. I grew up watching so many weird and creepy movies as a child and teen that it’s always been a little hard to find others who have my same love to weird movies. You did such a good job on him. I love him!

[@kittybobblehead]

Tbf, the movie is creepy but that's why it's fabulous! 😊

[@PiscesVirago73]

I loved this movie, much more than the musical. It’s 2 or 3 of the Oz book’s mashed together. The room with the heads still gives me the Heebie-Geebies!

[@ongleterre]

I'm the same! At one point I was beginning to think I'd imagined it as no one had heard of Return to Oz 😅

[@deliciousexperience689]

It is iconic. I don't know why people don't know it exists much i think it didn't have a wide release on DVD & Disney buried it. Because i do know the Video was like £30 to buy in the 80s lol it was rare. I taped it if the tele and just watched that for years lol

[@christinapolander4025]

I loved Return to Oz growing up. The wheelers gave me the creeps, but loved everything else. I forgot Jack existed, it's been so long. I'm glad to be reminded of him and I think he turned it so cute

[@lesleyyoung5730]

Rachel: Refuses to hear any criticism on size of shoes. Also Rachel: makes hands so huge that they could palm a basketball.

[@nickywarner5826]

Chitty Bang Bang. The dresses Truly wears, the country side, the sweets🍬 vintage cars, the TERRIFYING child catcher. Genie Mac!! How? Why? Still love/ dread it (54yrs old). Rachel, thank you for making the world a better place, and life more FUN 🤩 come to Winchester (UK) and hang out next week when you’re over 😄✨🦋

[@friend_trilobot]

Return to Oz is so good! I didn't fear it as a child, and instead it was the movie we'd rent whenever I was sick - it was a comfort movie for me

[@deliciousexperience689]

Me too

[@lulumoon9]

She just throws it together and BAM! He's adorable! (because Rachel has Skillz!!!)

[@ManEatingTeddyBear]

Thank you for unlocking a childhood memory I thought I'd buried years ago lol. I remember the garden of statues and being simultaneously horrified and fascinated by it.

[@VampiressKali]

I absolutely love watching you make tiny children, the mouse knight and now this? *chef's kiss*

[@IntenseCii]

My childhood movies that were potentially traumatizing were The Dark Crystal (insert me loving every note of -skesi noise- because SAME) and Pagemaster because no childhood is complete without a little smattering of odd Christopher Lloyd and Macauley Culkin.

[@beckyehlana4176]

Ah he's so cute! Return to Oz passed me by, will definitely put it on my watch list. Childhood favourite movies of mine were The Princess Bride, The Dark Crystal and Neverending Story. Still love me some sword fights, fantasy and most of all dragons, I've always loved dragons

[@bagandbroad]

That movie is SO underappreciated. The wheelers still scare me so much 😂

[@nunonanem]

I definitely had nightmares about those guys well into my teenage years 😅

[@superfund42]

@@nunonanem I feel like I still have nightmares about them...at over 40. But also I made my 10 year old watch this film. I did brief her on these bastards though & she consented to it.

[@deliciousexperience689]

It really was. I can see how it would of been too much for the time 1985 it is ahead of it's time-more acceptable in the 90s maybe? But iconic regardless. 😊

[@thetardisisblue1110]

I watched Return to Oz exactly once as a child, and never finished it, we got maybe 75% through it. And yet some of the things in it still stick with me to this day.

[@aprildriesslein5034]

He's spot on and exactly as scary as that implies. I recently watched Return to Oz again, and, yeah, it's weird and creepy and delightful. It's a lot more faithful to the book illustrations than the movie of Wizard of Oz was, and I love that. It was weird realizing that the actress grew up to be in The Craft, speaking of iconic movies of my misspent youth. 😄

[@deliciousexperience689]

Fairuza Bulk is an icon. An epic actress. The Craft is another of my favourite films. I went to see it in the cinema in 1996. Charmed is supposed to be based on that film-which i also love lol 😊😉😍❤💚💙💛💜

[@MisterMorgue]

I absolutely LOVE Return to Oz, but you're right - it can totally be nightmare inducing... Still one of my favourite films ever!

[@saruwarui]

I was also obsessed with this movie as a kid and the Wheelers STILL unsettled me when I watched it as an adult. It's such a strange movie and it's even cooler if you do a deep dive into the making of it. It had an insane budget

[@shakesluh3029]

I also was in love with Return to Oz growing up! I made my partner watch it last year and he needed to research why it is so weird. TickTock will always be my favorite.

[@deliciousexperience689]

"Had to research why it was so weird" LOVE THAT! hahaha Tbh i think it is a film yes based on the Frank L Baum books-but also about society and how they treated people with mental disorders in the early 20th century and also about dissasociation and trauma/MK Ultra mind control that it was supposidly referencing. Outside of that though-as that is a bit heavy of a subject lol-it is just a timeless beautiful haunting film. There is nothing else like it and i think it needs a re-release cleaned up on Blu Ray with extras. It's 1 of my favourite films. 👍❤💚💙💜💛 😊

[@amandabehnke5825]

Muppets Treasure Island is a childhood journey I took that I didn't watch again after the age of 9 and then watched at 30.... Realizing just what was missing!!! So fabulous!

[@JustJennyKelly]

The princess Mombi character that changes out her many collected heads and the wheelers were terrifying 😂. I love that you made Jack 🥹.please doooo make more creatures. The dark Crystal and Neverending Story were pretty dark too lol. And the cartoon movie “the last Unicorn” and disneys forgotten “Black Cauldron” movies were also pretty dark lol. Ahhhh the 80’s…maybe that’s why those of us from that era like horror so much…because we got the thrill of being terrified with our kids movies as small children 😂

[@Langwidere903]

They actually smushed two characters together for the movie! In the Oz books, Mombi is an evil witch with just one head, and Princess Langwidere is the one with 30 heads! She‘s self-absorbed and she changes her head every day. She doesn’t normally take other people’s heads, she just takes a liking to Dorothy’s, and offers to swap! Dorothy obviously says no. I have a tattoo of her!

[@JustJennyKelly]

@@Langwidere903 Seeeee how much MORE terrifying would that have been in the movie!!! They probably decided to cut down the horror a bit lol. I didn’t ever read return to Oz and I think now I’m gonna lol! Thank you for that 👍🏻. We did however read a lot of the original versions of fairytales like the little mermaid and Alice in Wonderland and even Snow White and wow lol…dark stories! My favorite short story was the Tin Soldier and it was so tragic. Edit: Also I love that you have a tattoo of her! I’d love to see it! I have an 18th century inspired “white rabbit” tattoo on my underforearm sleeve because I always used to be late 😂 he’s got a waist coat and ruffled collar

[@DestructionGlitter]

As a mid-80s baby, I agree. Also, The Neverending Story still terrifies me to this day. It was dark and tragic but no one questioned it being appropriate for children 😅

[@danaondrackova3431]

What scarred me for life - Neverending story, Return to Oz, Brave little toaster, any older Czech fairytales, we were masters in stopmotion and mechanics at that time :D

[@YeahIKnow30]

Every bit of my Oz-loving soul is made happy by this. That Tik Tok you saw was soooo good it makes me want to roll around on the floor because how is he that well done! 😻

[@xathinabloodstorm]

hands down, jumanji absolutely traumatized me whilst simultaneously inspiring soooo much of me.. and like 90% of clay-mation i watched

[@ninguem8947]

thank you rachel for always providing autumny coziness to us folks in the southern hemisphere

[@kathyjohnson2043]

Yes! Rachel should come visit and experience Fall twice as often!

[@celestewickware3283]

I absolutely forgot about Return to Oz! Thanks for the memories!

[@dragondoodles78]

"Hands are hard, ask any robot" made me laugh. If you get it, you get it

[@christa6048]

He is totally adorable! For childhood favorite movies that I watch as an adult and see how terrifying they are: Labyrinth, Willow, Neverending Story, and The Dark Crystal top my list. Still love them to this day but they explain a lot about me. I am also shaped by Monty Python, Beetlejuice, Rocky Horror, and of course The Princess Bride.

[@amberhuls3359]

Super cute! I host an adult murder mystery for Halloween every year and I am currently working on some of the props, so you were the “I am not alone!” that I needed today. Thank you, Miz Maksy.

[@professorg7387]

‘RETURN TO OZ’ is about MIND CONTROL And DISSOCIATION! We have OSDD1b (a dissociative disorder) and this movie was always one of our favorites! The switching heads is symbolic of switching alters (crew members ) in a multiple mind. We appreciate your art SO VERY VERY MUCH! You help us feel more normal and connected to humanity! 🎃💛✨

[@cora_rxo]

I find it a very large coincidence that I was just talking about Return to Oz today, about how the wheelers gave me nightmares as a child. How peculiar...

[@with_whimsy]

Something that changed my sculpting life is finding out you can bake polymore clay multiple times. Its like hitting the save button, sculpt feet, bake, sculpt hands bake. Helped me so much not to squish all the details I worked on!

[@AryonaSamoto]

The Labyrinth and Goonies would be the movies I watched again as an adult. I love him😍 he's so dapper🙌. Great work Rachel

[@khills]

Hello fellow 80s child. 😂😂😂

[@deliciousexperience689]

The Goonies is great! 😀

[@truebluebamm]

It fills my heart with such joy any time you mention this movie. 🧡 10/10