I made this Dora the Explorer costume for my husband to wear at our daughter Paige’s 2nd Birthday. He just loves dressing up and entertaining the kids. It has kind of become a tradition now, the first question I get asked when I send the invites out is ” What is Tommy going to be … Read more
I love Gir from Invader Zim, but I didn’t see any costume ideas I REALLY liked that portrayed Gir with the big head and tiny body. I decided to make my own Homemade Gir from Invader Zim Costume. I used a poster board for the head, cut and glued it. I bought a sheet from … Read more
My Spongebob DIY Halloween costume was made to make my daughter happy. I however did not want to do the traditional Spongebob. I thought “This is Halloween. Spongebob should be in costume”. So that’s what I did. I made a costume in costume. First I looked up images of Spongebob looking for one that was … 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
This Spongebob DIY Halloween Costume is my own take on the ones I’ve seen here. Used a full-sized foam mattress pad, flipped over to the flat side. Spray painted in krylon’s “sun yellow”, glued together using Scotch Super 77 and Elmer’s Craft Bond (nail polish remover gets it off your fingers). Foam sheets bought at … Read more
I have three kids 3 and under (#4 is on the way in December). Since they were born I have made their Halloween costumes. I like to make them coordinating. We had Babe Lincoln, then Cookie Monster and Zoe, and last year with three we ended up with Spongebob, Sandy, and Plankton. My eldest son … Read more
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