My youngest daughter Sarah was obsessed with SpongeBob Squarepants. Since I always made the costumes, she begged me to turn her into SpongeBob. This was when he was pretty new and the store bought costumes just weren’t there. I worked in a restaurant, so I never had a bunch of money. I did, however have … Read more
I have a 3 year old grand baby that lives with me and was watching Spongebob on TV. She said, “Mammal can I be Spongebob? So I sat down one weekend and had a box and started cutting it out. I wanted to make a costume for her but not spend a boat load of money. I … Read more
We used paper mache to make the hat, then painted it. We just looked up some YouTube videos on paper mache hats and just tweaked them to suit our needs (the black bill and the height). The actual Spongebob body we bought, then we got some mid calf socks and painted the lines and wore … Read more
My son loves Spongebob Squarepants, so he chose Spongebob Squarepants in a motorboat wheelchair costume for his Halloween costume. To accommodate his wheelchair, we decided to have Spongebob sit in his motorboat. The Spongebob costume we purchased at a local Target. We used two large sheets of cardboard from a refrigerator cardboard box, stretched it around the chair in … Read more
My 3 yr old daughter Olivia loves watching Sponge Bob and asked to be him for Halloween. After seeing the costumes available I decided to make her an even better one. I went to the fabric store and purchased 2 yards of 1″ green upholstery foam and 2 yards of yellow felt. At home I … Read more
We wanted to dress up as Homemade Spongebob and Patrick Costumes. The ones that they sell at the store are lame. We used PVC pipe to build the frame for Spongebob. Then we covered it thin foam . On top of that we layered it with yellow fleece. Then finished it up with details. We … Read more
I created this “original” handmade Spongebob costume, at the request of my 8 year old, who wanted to “look just like the real Spongebob”. The costumes available just didn’t cut it. He did not want his face to show, so that his friends wouldn’t know it was him! This is where it all began… I … Read more
My Sponge bob costume idea came about because my nieces of four years and two years of age love SpongeBob. I decided to make a dream come true for two special little girls in my life. Up to a challenge and about two weeks of work I came out with costumes in which my nieces … Read more
I made the coolest life size (for a 10 year old) SpongeBob Squarepants costume. It has been a contest winner for 3 years, on three different kids and 2 adults. I took two foam pieces from the sofa/upholstery shop, some paint, and some foam sheets from the craft store. My son added his step-dads fishing … Read more
My son wanted to be Spongebob for Halloween and I thought it would be cute for his brother to be Patrick Star! I looked at lots of ideas online for Homemade Spongebob and Patrick Star Costumes and decided the easiest thing would be to buy some yellow and pink fleece and attempt to put something … Read more
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
SpongeBob is one of our favorite fictional characters. He is a little silly but innocent, honest, hard-working, kind, and friendly. Our 5 yr. old daughter loves Spongebob, so we built a Spongebob Halloween costume for her at home. It was a great craft project for the family. The design choices we made were related to … Read more