My youngest daughter Sarah was obsessed with SpongeBob Squarepants. Since I always made the costumes, she begged me to turn her into SpongeBob. This was when he was pretty new and the store bought costumes just weren’t there. I worked in a restaurant, so I never had a bunch of money. I did, however have … Read more
I have a 3 year old grand baby that lives with me and was watching Spongebob on TV. She said, “Mammal can I be Spongebob? So I sat down one weekend and had a box and started cutting it out. I wanted to make a costume for her but not spend a boat load of money. I … Read more
We used paper mache to make the hat, then painted it. We just looked up some YouTube videos on paper mache hats and just tweaked them to suit our needs (the black bill and the height). The actual Spongebob body we bought, then we got some mid calf socks and painted the lines and wore … Read more
My son loves Spongebob Squarepants, so he chose Spongebob Squarepants in a motorboat wheelchair costume for his Halloween costume. To accommodate his wheelchair, we decided to have Spongebob sit in his motorboat. The Spongebob costume we purchased at a local Target. We used two large sheets of cardboard from a refrigerator cardboard box, stretched it around the chair in … 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
Wow…what a great thing that happened last October, my daughter wanted to be Spongebob for Halloween. I had spent the last 6 years going to the mall and purchasing store bought costumes that were expensive in price and cheap looking. I always figured it would be too difficult to make a costume myself. Well, after … Read more
My oldest (he’s 8) is obsessed with Spongebob. And I insist on theme costumes, so this year I made my 3 kids characters from Spongebob. For the boys, it was obvious– Spongebob and Patrick. For my daughter, I really wanted her to be Plankton, ‘cuz she’s tiny! :) [Spongebob:] I had my son lay down … Read more
My 3 yr old daughter Olivia loves watching Sponge Bob and asked to be him for Halloween. After seeing the costumes available I decided to make her an even better one. I went to the fabric store and purchased 2 yards of 1″ green upholstery foam and 2 yards of yellow felt. At home I … Read more
We wanted to dress up as Homemade Spongebob and Patrick Costumes. The ones that they sell at the store are lame. We used PVC pipe to build the frame for Spongebob. Then we covered it thin foam . On top of that we layered it with yellow fleece. Then finished it up with details. We … Read more
I created this “original” handmade Spongebob costume, at the request of my 8 year old, who wanted to “look just like the real Spongebob”. The costumes available just didn’t cut it. He did not want his face to show, so that his friends wouldn’t know it was him! This is where it all began… I … Read more
My Sponge bob costume idea came about because my nieces of four years and two years of age love SpongeBob. I decided to make a dream come true for two special little girls in my life. Up to a challenge and about two weeks of work I came out with costumes in which my nieces … Read more