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
The Spongebob costume is made of cardboard with wood reinforcements, a layer of fiber fill (the stuff you fill cushions with), and felt (yellow, brown, and white). There are two padded beams going through the suit allowing it to sit comfortably on my shoulders. The facial features I made on the computer and printed them … Read more
I was inspired by this website to make a homemade Spongebob Square Pants costume and so I did… I work with the after school programs and guess who was our monthly guest speaker? You guessed it! Spongebob Square Pants! The total cost was only $10 in materials and about a day’s work of putting it … 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 3-year old son is obsessed with Spongebob, so I decided to make him a Homemade Spongebob Squarepants Halloween Costume this year. What possessed me, I’ll never know, as I am not what most would consider “creative”. However, it all turned out pretty neat, we thought. First, I cut and taped a regular brown shipping … Read more
This Homemade Spongebob Squarepants Costume was for an anything goes party and I LOVE Spongebob Squarepants, so made this outfit! I took two small cardboard boxes with the flaps cut off and covered one with brown and white pillowcases for the shorts and shirt. The other I cut out arm holes and covered with sponges … Read more
This Homemade Spongebob Squarepants Costume was FUN to wear and easy to make from Dollar Store finds! This costume cost me less than $10.00! Supplies needed: white T shirt (or yellow) name tag red tie or long strip of red fabric assorted sponges (dollar store has them in variety packs) headband, I used a winter … Read more
Our Spongebob Square Pants costume was made first from a rectangle shaped box, large enough to fit an adult male. I purchased a piece of foam large enough to fit a twin bed from Hobby Lobby. For the perfect desired sponge effect, I pulled individual pieces out of the foam. The foam was spray painted … Read more
Using hot glue & leftover ice cream cone cushioning foam, the homemade Spongebob costume’s body is a simple rectangle leaving one end open. Arm holes were cut in the sides & a rolled piece of foam was glued in for a sleeve. I went online to find a pic of Spongebob’s face & drew a … Read more