For Halloween this year our family decided on SpongeBob as our theme. I was elected to be Patrick. It was a bit of challenge, since we didn’t have a pattern to base the homemade Patrick Star Halloween costume on, so I had to come up with a lot of paper patterns for the costume first. … Read more
I wanted to do some sort of costume that had hair made of craft foam. Judy Neutron, Jimmy’s Mom is perfect since her hair and the look of her clothes are so distinctive. For the “hair” I used two yards of 1/2” green craft foam. To get the shape right I started by making a … Read more
As most boys his age, my son loved Bob the Builder. I was pleased he chose this costume as I love doing homemade costumes and prefer them over store bought anyday, and most store bought unless very pricey are not very good quality. This choice was a bonus since I knew this one would be … Read more
As others have stated, the key to a good Spongebob costume is finding the right box. We got lucky – the new vacuum cleaner we purchased in early October was exactly the right size. I sprayed it with white primer and cut generous holes for the face and arms. Then, I spray painted eggcrate foam … Read more
For this Homemade Patrick Star from Spongebob Costume I started with McCall’s 8938 and skip any animal parts, just need the basic jumper and hood pieces. Jumper just needs to be sized to fit your child, I used a size 2 and downscaled to fit my 5 month old son. It’s made from fleece with … Read more
This year my son asked to be Spongebob. I didn’t want to buy the costume because I thought it was a waste of money and not that cool of a costume if it were bought. So, I used a banker’s box (not the actual banker box but the box that ships the banker box’s) from … Read more
Here are my versions of homemade Spongebob and Patrick costumes. Very easy to make both! Spongebob is basically a giant box with a poster taped on the front. I painted the back yellow, added the shoes to match, and am wearing a yellow shirt. Patrick was a little more complicated. He is made 100% out … Read more
I went on a search for a quick and cheap costume to make and I got the idea for a Blue and Steve from Blues Clues Costume when I saw the blue sweatsuit. It was a big hit and everyone loved it!! Blue’s Supplies: light blue sweatsuit ($12) royal blue t-shirt ($4) 1 inch thick … Read more
This Dora and Diego Couple Costume was a very easy costume to make. Clothing was purchased at a Goodwill store. The orange pants are nurses scrub pants that I cut shorter as capris/shorts. The backpack is a child’s purple backpack. I put a patch on Diego’s vest to make it even more genuine. Diego’s bag … Read more
My son decided he wanted to be Spongebob for Halloween. I suggested to him that I make the costume and his head could be the Krusty Krab hat. Oh no, he wanted to “be” Spongebob. I racked my brain thinking of different ways to make it and here is what I came up with. I … Read more
My kids wanted to be SpongeBob & Patrick for Halloween, but it seemed impossible to find a Patrick Star costume to fit a 3 yr. old. People on E-bay were selling them too expensive or infant size Patrick costumes. So I decided to make a Patrick Star Kids Costume from scratch. The whole costume was … Read more
This Homemade Rugrats Group Halloween Costume Idea was by far the best costume I’ve done so far. Angelica is a total brat so we made her act it all night. For her hair we sprayed it yellow and put big purple bows in made from ribbon. We took a long sleeve orange shirt and drew … Read more