For Halloween this year our family decided on SpongeBob as our theme. My wife decided on a homemade Squidward Halloween costume. The pants were patterned like a normal pair of pants, but with two stuffed tube-shaped cavities on each leg. The spats had arched tips on the ends. The outer shirt was just a regular … 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
My 3 year old son kept saying he wanted a Spongebob Halloween costume. I was hoping he would want to be something simpler, like Spiderman, or Batmam, so I waited to see if he would change his mind (as many 3 year old’s often do). But he insisted on being Spongebob. So very last minute … Read more
For this Spongebob Squarepants costume we used felt material for the main part of the costume, then we added a hat to the interior to hold the suit in place. Then we added a pair of old dress shoes (worn once for a wedding), a pair of white socks, and red and blue electrical tape … Read more
My friends and I decided to do a group costume. I am the only one that sews so I was nominated to make the Sponge Bob crew. I sewed Sponge Bob from some discount yellow fabric. The person wearing it really wanted her head to show so that is the look we went for. The … Read more
I made this Coolest Spongebob Homemade Costume out of a wardrobe moving box. I covered it with colored ductape. I made a Velcro door on the backside of the box. Everything except the actual box is made from ductape. I bought a yellow longsleeve shirt and cartoon hands. The socks have ductape lines and I … 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
My Homemade Spongebob Halloween Costume Idea was created with: -A large Box -Construction Paper -2 cans yellow spraypaint -rubber black shoes with attached black shoelaces -socks with 2 stripes on each (colored with sharpies) -brown capris, rolled up -yellow sweatshirt -white sleeves, cut off from an old shirt -yellow leggings The entire costume took several … Read more
Every year my children want to be something great for Halloween, however I have 4 kids so buying 4 costumes is not in my budget. I decided I would start making their costumes, they pick what group they go as and then I make all 4 costumes, we always go as a group. Last year … 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