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
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
Using hot glue & leftover ice cream cone cushioning foam, the homemade Spongebob costume’s body is a simple rectangle leaving one end open. Arm holes were cut in the sides & a rolled piece of foam was glued in for a sleeve. I went online to find a pic of Spongebob’s face & drew a … Read more
I had to make my son Zeppelin’s favorite cartoon hero “Spongebob”. Its always that much more fun to know you created the Halloween costume of the year. This site gave me all my ideas, Thank you. I paid nothing ,0,zip for this Homemade SpongeBob Costume. I had all the materials around the house. 1. Square … 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
This year my son asked to be Spongebob. I didn’t want to buy the costume because I thought it was a waste of money and not that cool of a costume if it were bought. So, I used a banker’s box (not the actual banker box but the box that ships the banker box’s) from … Read more
I have three kids 3 and under (#4 is on the way in December). Since they were born I have made their Halloween costumes. I like to make them coordinating. We had Babe Lincoln, then Cookie Monster and Zoe, and last year with three we ended up with Spongebob, Sandy, and Plankton. My eldest son … Read more
I am cheap and refused to pay $40 for a costume for my 2 year old. I found this website and saw the one where she made a Spongebob Halloween costume out of a paper bag. It required no sewing (which I can’t do) so I tried it! I went to a fabric store and … Read more
For a fancy dress party I decided to go as Spongebob Squarepants, (why wouldn’t I?!). After looking for costumes for sales, I was disappointed by the low quality and high price of what was for sale, most weren’t even square! So after deciding to make my own Spongebob Adult Costume, I found this website and … Read more