My son loves Yo GABBA GABBA so I decided to make both of us from the show. It was hard to find orange fur so I got a teddy bear from Goodwill and cut it apart for the hat, cut out some paper to glue to it, ironed on ribbon for the shirt. we knitted … Read more
We went with a Dora and friends costume for Halloween. It was a good time. Dora, Boots, and The Map had a blast. The Dora costume was probably the easiest. We just found the appropriate colored items of clothing and purchased a wig from a local Halloween shop. $40 total. The Boots costume wasn’t too … 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
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
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
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
For Muno I bought a red hooded sweat-suit at Academy. They were so cheap I was able to buy an extra pair of pants that I cut numerous circles out of. I hot glued the circles over the whole costume stuffed with pillow stuffing. I made the eye and the mouth out felt. I hot … Read more
So, me and my roommate decided we really wanted to be catdog for Halloween, but we couldn’t figure out how to do a Homemade Catdog Costume. We saw a suggestion about using a body pillow which we luckily had one lying around. We went out and bought fabric. We cut the light brown fabric to … Read more
I made my five year old into the best Spongebob ever! She first came to me with the idea of Patrick Star, but, then she said, “Mommy, I want to be Spongemaddy Squarebuns!”. And so, Spongebob came to be! (Actually Spongemaddy Squarebuns). I made this Homemade Spongebob Costume out of paint, a cardboard box, and … 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
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