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 together.
I got out my sewing machine, which I have NO experience with and made basic shapes and simple pieces that I sewed (or hot glued) together later. I laid out large pieces of paper and traced my kids outlines for a pattern and to judge how much material I would need. It took a few weeks to make both costumes.
Spongebob, this guy was actually harder than Patrick. I found a large box and covered it with yellow felt using hot glue. I also used pieces of white, brown, and a little red for his eyes, mouth, shorts and shirt. I formed a nose out of yellow and stuffed it so it would stand out straight from Spongebobs face. Using light green acrylic paint I painted spots on Spongebobs yellow body for a sponge-like effect. We used markers to make blue and red lines on some socks. We added some brown pants and converse shoes to complete the costume.
Patrick Star was basically a large 5 pointed star, with limbs in 4 of the 5 points and a head in the other point. I made this all one piece, then cut a long strip along the back with Velcro to get in and out of it. I made the green shorts and hot glued on the purple flower shapes. I made the shorts drawstring. Purple spots gave Patrick’s body some depth. I added some purple “eyelids” above the face hole. I used separate pieces of fabric to make pink mittens then attached them to the hands. I left the fabric at the bottom open and longer so it would drape over my sons shoes.
I crochet, so I made Gary the snail and Plankton. I found the Plankton pattern online and made up the Gary pattern. They looked cool added to the kids’ costumes.
The boys loved their Halloween costumes and I got tons of compliments on my homemade attempts! It was fun to create a costume from scratch!
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hi im angelina i am in despirate need of a patrick costume for my 3yr old shes been asking for two yrs to be him for halloween and i cant afford the price ppl want for them since they have been discontinued so everyones selling them really high i have lost my job this yr and have six kids and a disabled husband i dont expect anything for free but i cnt afford much and i dont knw where to begin to make something and all of my kids have certain things they have been asking me to be and i dont knw how ima do it well n than theres christmas right after wow a bad yr for us but anyways thanx for posting my comment and i think all of u have done so great in making them! i would like to buy one cheap if possible or something thanx angelina emais albabydoll73@comcast.net if anyone has one i can have or buy id really appreciate it somuch!!and so will the three yr old ! angelina
You can make the costume by buying (thrift store) girls sweat pants and sweat shirt and making a paper cone hat with poster board and covering it with pink fabric or plastic table cloth from the dollar stores. Always look around for anything you need to make costumes. Take a solid color bathing suit or shorts and add flower patches.