This Spongebob DIY Halloween Costume is my own take on the ones I’ve seen here. Used a full-sized foam mattress pad, flipped over to the flat side. Spray painted in krylon’s “sun yellow”, glued together using Scotch Super 77 and Elmer’s Craft Bond (nail polish remover gets it off your fingers). Foam sheets bought at … Read more
Sponge Bob was made from a refrigerator box that was cut to size. With legs he was 7 feet tall. Most of the covering is made from felt that was attached with spray on craft glue. His mouth is the viewing window and is made from solar screen. His eyes are paper plates covered in … Read more
My 3-year old son is obsessed with Spongebob, so I decided to make him a Homemade Spongebob Squarepants Halloween Costume this year. What possessed me, I’ll never know, as I am not what most would consider “creative”. However, it all turned out pretty neat, we thought. First, I cut and taped a regular brown shipping … Read more
My 5 yr old, Chandler, is obsessed with Spongebob! After searching all over for a Homemade Sponge Bob Square Pants Costume that resembled Spongebob (where the child’s head wasn’t sticking out of a box or flimsy cloth), I decided I would make my own. It ended up being a lot of fun, not to mention, … Read more
For this homemade Spongebob Halloween costume idea I used a corrugated box from Staples delivery, covered it with yellow cloth purchased at a Fabric store. Then I captured an animated photo online and enlarged it into four 8″ X 10″ quarter panels. I glued the printed sheets onto the cloth-covered surface. I also cut out … Read more
My 7-year-old loves SpongeBob. To make his costume this year, I first looked here on this website for ideas; there is obviously no shortage of ways others have made this SpongeBob SquarePants Costume. I personally did not want my son’s costume to cover his head, and I preferred to sew a softer costume rather than … Read more
Our Spongebob Square Pants costume was made first from a rectangle shaped box, large enough to fit an adult male. I purchased a piece of foam large enough to fit a twin bed from Hobby Lobby. For the perfect desired sponge effect, I pulled individual pieces out of the foam. The foam was spray painted … Read more
I started this Homemade Spongebob Squarepants Halloween Costume with a cardboard box that fitted my 2 ½ year old son. I cut out arm and neck holes. Then I opened the box and used it as a template and cut ½’ foam to match each side. I laid out all the foam pieces and cut … Read more
SpongeBob: He was made out of a cut down refrigerator box from a local Lowe’s… got that for free :) He was painted with regular acrylic craft paints and I added some dimension by cutting his belt, tie, eyes, teeth, etc out of cardboard and gluing them on. Underneath we put my son in some … Read more
My oldest (he’s 8) is obsessed with Spongebob. And I insist on theme costumes, so this year I made my 3 kids characters from Spongebob. For the boys, it was obvious– Spongebob and Patrick. For my daughter, I really wanted her to be Plankton, ‘cuz she’s tiny! :) [Spongebob:] I had my son lay down … Read more
My Spongebob DIY Halloween costume was made to make my daughter happy. I however did not want to do the traditional Spongebob. I thought “This is Halloween. Spongebob should be in costume”. So that’s what I did. I made a costume in costume. First I looked up images of Spongebob looking for one that was … Read more
My daughter wanted a Spongebob Costume with a unique twist, so we decided to make Spongebob’s house, the Pineapple Under the Sea. The Spongebob Pineapple costume is newspaper paper mache that was laid over a wire-frame mold. We used a wreath-form from the craft store around her neck and at the base of the pineapple … Read more