My 2yr old wanted to be Foofa for Halloween so I went out and bought an oversized pair of sweats, top and bottom. I used the top to make the long torso, adding elastic to the bottom so it would poof out, and the sleeves were for the hat and shoe covers. I used felt for … Read more
My son didn’t know what he wanted to be for halloween, so I asked him if he would want to be a character from Spongebob Squarepants. He asked if we could try for a Plankton costume. First I found a cardboard box that my son could fit in, then I rounded it out. I then … Read more
Last year for Halloween a friend’s daughter wanted to be Gir from Invader Zim. After searching the internet high and low for one they asked me to make one for her. Having never seen the cartoon myself it was a bit of a challenge to figure this one out. A pile of bright green felt … Read more
My dad and I made this Yo Doody Doody! Plex from Yo Gabba Gabba costume for my son “Doody” in about 2 weeks! We used a bunch of different materials to construct the body and helmet and covered it all in yellow felt. I hand painted everything else including the eyes. It was nice to … Read more
Boots – was inside out sweats, a stuffed felt tail, turtle neck with felt belly, pink gloves for hands, fishing boots with red soccer socks over them, the head and face were sewed blue leggings to make like a ski mask head cover with a visor with the bill cut to look like boots 3 … Read more
This costume was a real piece of cake to make and cost almost nothing. The shirt: Bought a plain baby blue shirt at a craft store with a coupon so I think I spent like 3 dollars on it. Bought a yellow sticky felt sheet and a red sticky felt sheet to make the Saturn … Read more
All the people in the photo are teachers at a day school for children with autism and developmental disabilities. Most of the kids in the school love all the Dora the explorer videos. For Dora’s costume it was simple, a hot pink t-shirt and orange sweatpants. She bought yellow ruffle socks and wore white shoes. … Read more
I made the coolest life size (for a 10 year old) SpongeBob Squarepants costume. It has been a contest winner for 3 years, on three different kids and 2 adults. I took two foam pieces from the sofa/upholstery shop, some paint, and some foam sheets from the craft store. My son added his step-dads fishing … Read more
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 … Read more
When I saw that toddler SpongeBob costumes were $40 online, I decided to put those four years of high school art classes to work and put together a DIY Spongebob Halloween Costume Idea. I bought a few colors of acrylic paint that I didn’t already have and an exacto knife, and went to work on … Read more
For Halloween this year our family decided on SpongeBob as our theme. Our youngest wanted a homemade Gary the Snail Halloween costume. The main body, spats, mittens & hood were based on a bear pattern (minus the bear ears), with a green oval shape added to the belly section. For the shell piece – the … Read more
For Doug, my boyfriend ordered the green vest off of ebay. It cost about 12 dollars plus shipping. He had the white t-shirt, the shorts, and the white tennis shoes. For Patty, I found the blue top at Walmart for five dollars. I got the pink felt from Ben Franklin for 25 cents a sheet. … Read more