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
My 7-year-old loves SpongeBob. To make his costume this year, I first looked here on this website for ideas; there is obviously no shortage of ways others have made this SpongeBob SquarePants Costume. I personally did not want my son’s costume to cover his head, and I preferred to sew a softer costume rather than … Read more
Our family are huge fans of the children’s TV show called “Yo Gabba Gabba” and one of our favorite characters is Plex the Robot, so we created this homemade Plex the Robot Halloween costume. The body is a recycled cardboard trash box for leaves. We covered the body with some bright yellow fabric and had … Read more
I’ve wanted to be Doug and Skeeter for awhile and finally found somebody this year that wanted to do it with me. I’ve seen a couple of Dougs around the years but never with a Skeeter. We decided to make the Doug costume his alter ego Quailman. The majority of the things needed for the … Read more
This SpongeBob Squarepants costume was made by using an “egg-crate” mattress pad (spray-painted yellow) over a cardboard box. Holes were cut out of the box to allow for arms and head, the bottom left open for better mobility. Colored foam poster board was used to make the eyes, mouth, and clothes. Black rubber outlines the … Read more
These days SpongeBob and Patrick is all it’s talked about at home. So, there was not a surprise when the kids picked a SpongeBob and Patrick costume for Halloween. I searched for some ideas in this website, but the kids were “determined” how they wanted the costumes to look. My son wanted to have his … Read more