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
It’s Spongebob! My son likes to draw Spongebob and watch the shows. We couldn’t find the costume in the stores and I had just bought a sewing machine, so I decided to make a Spongebob Halloween costume. This costume is made entirely out of felt over cardboard to give it some shape. The cardboard covers … Read more
This is me and my wife in our Homemade Sponge Bob and Patrick Costumes.
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 3 year old son kept saying he wanted a Spongebob Halloween costume. I was hoping he would want to be something simpler, like Spiderman, or Batmam, so I waited to see if he would change his mind (as many 3 year old’s often do). But he insisted on being Spongebob. So very last minute … Read more
I made this Homemade Spongebob Halloween Costume for my 3 year old daughter who absolutely loves Spongebob. I made it out of a box and materials from a craft store. Most of it is made from felt and glued on with fast grab tacky glue.
For this Spongebob Squarepants Halloween costume I used a large piece of foam and cut out a shape for his head, with little indentations cut in to make the sponge. I spray-painted the square yellow. I then hot glued that square onto a yellow ski cap. I cut out felt for the eyes and eye … Read more
As others have stated, the key to a good Spongebob costume is finding the right box. We got lucky – the new vacuum cleaner we purchased in early October was exactly the right size. I sprayed it with white primer and cut generous holes for the face and arms. Then, I spray painted eggcrate foam … 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 Halloween this year our family decided on SpongeBob as our theme. Our oldest wanted a homemade SpongeBob SquarePants Halloween costume. The framework was made out of ½” PVC pipe. Measurements of the frame was 24” wide at the top, 23” wide at shoulder height section & 20” wide at the bottom (for a taper … Read more
My son decided he wanted to be Spongebob for Halloween. I suggested to him that I make the costume and his head could be the Krusty Krab hat. Oh no, he wanted to “be” Spongebob. I racked my brain thinking of different ways to make it and here is what I came up with. I … 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