Coolest Spongebob Kid Party Ideas

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The SpongeBob theme has some of the wackiest kid party ideas, so let's party with the funniest sea creature and his underwater pals.

You're all sure to soak up some SpongeBob fun!

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Spongebob Invitations

A cool SpongeBob invitation is the pineapple-in-the-ocean invitation.

Cut a piece of yellow tag board in the shape of a pineapple. It has to fit exactly inside a snack-size Ziploc bag. On the front of the tag board write something like:

"Who lives in a pineapple under the Sea?", and then on the back you can write: "Sponge Bob Square Pants! He wants you to come, and party with me!"

Underneath can be your kids name, your address (add "Bikini Bottom" to the address), Cast-off (date), Dive time (start time), Resurface (end time), and "SEA you soon!!".

In each bag place a small amount of sand, some sea-life confetti, small shells, etc. Seal them up and place them in envelopes (preferably blue). If you want to take this idea to a higher level (and the invitations will be hand delivered), after writing, laminate the tag board to ensure that it's waterproof. Then float it in a zip-lock bag that's filled halfway with water and blue food coloring, some sand and small shells. You can then glue a fridge magnet onto the bags for the guests to put on their refrigerator.

A variation, and one of my favorite kid party ideas, is to take the invitation, roll it up, tie green seaweed around it (green raffia or ribbon) and put the message in a small clear bottle. Add about 4 tablespoons of sand and small shells for more of the sea effect (one shell necklace can be cut apart, and will provide enough shells for about 10-12 invites).

Another one of the coolest SpongeBob kid party ideas for an invitation is to get some of that flat sponge that puffs up when immersed in water and cut rectangular strips. Then with permanent markers decorate one side of the sponge to look like Spongebob.

On the back of the sponge (with a fine-line Sharpie or any other permanent marker), write the details of the party (name, address, RSVP #, etc.) Write "put me in water" at the bottom. Having them actually soak their invitation in water is one of those kid party ideas the children just love!

If you're not up to making the invitations yourself, take a look at these ready-made SpongeBob invitations and thank you notes.

Spongebob Decorations

The SpongeBob theme provides for fun kid party ideas for decorations you can make on your own.

Here's an entire page full of SpongeBob pictures, posters, coloring pages, and all sorts of other imagery to help you create awesome homemade decorations.

Hang a sign on your front door that says "Bikini Bottom" (this is the city where SpongeBob and his friends live). You can also make a sign that says "The Krusty Krab" (SpongeBob is a fry cook there) and hang it in netting.

This awesome water gossamer is probably the best (and most inexpensive) investment you'll make for your party. It comes in three different watery patterns and you can use it to cover the furniture, walls, ceiling, table, etc., instantly and easily transforming them into a cool "Bikini Bottom".

From brown bulletin board paper (or a refrigerator box), cut out the shape of the underneath of a boat and hang it on the ceiling. Hang a poster-board anchor tied to a rope from the boat. Also, hang a fishing pole from the boat's side with a fishing line and a plastic worm dangling from it.

To create the ultimate Bikini Bottom setting hang teal, royal blue, sea-green and light blue crepe paper streamers of varying lengths from the ceiling to create the effect of being under the sea (you can glue cut-out fish to the ends and middles of these strips). Also hang fishnets and on them hang fish cutouts and various sea-life creatures.

In the doorways hang long green paper streamers for seaweed. You can also hang them from a clear fishing line to appear as if they're swimming around.

Don't forget to hang jellyfish made from half-cut paper plates with streamers attached to resemble tentacles, and sprinkle various SpongeBob accessories your kids may have. Then, add some goofy items that pay tribute to the whit, whimsy wackiness of the world of Sponge Bob and friends.

Add a giant tissue pineapple, tiki masks, surfboard standees (you can make from cardboard), and even a few white brief-style undies!! Feel free to go crazy with these fun SpongeBob kid party ideas.

Get a few rolls of brown paper (the kind used in houses that are under construction) and place it on the floor to give the appearance of a sandy ocean floor. Also, place lots of blue-shaded balloons on the floor to create an ocean effect. You can put towels all around and disperse all kinds of sand toys.

On the tables, put a blue tablecloth with green strips across and hanging down from the edges (for seaweed). You can add fish to the end of each strip. Seashells can be used as table confetti and you can also cover the tablecloth with fish net.

Tie napkins with shell necklaces or glitter jelly bracelets. Get some real pineapples, take each one, cut a few inches off the bottom so that it has a flat edge to stand on, then cut out two squares and a rectangle from light blue construction paper and glue them onto the pineapple as two windows and a door.

If you have florescent lights, take blue and green crepe paper and cover the exterior of the lights so it gives the room a watery appearance. You can also buy some blue and green light bulbs to put around the house to really give SpongeBob's under-the-sea kind of feeling.

Another good way to achieve this effect (if you are having your child birthday party during the day) is to buy blue and green cellophane paper and cover all the windows in the house and enjoy the blue-greenish light immerse the house.

In the background, play the fun Spongebob soundtrack CD and have the kids Freeze Dance to all the catchy and kitschy tunes! Bubbles always make for fun kid party ideas, especially for the SpongeBob theme. Get lots of bubble bottles and bubble guns and blow bubbles across the room while you watch the kids race around trying to pop them.

For great photo opportunities, one of the best kid party ideas is to make your own SpongeBob standee by taking a big piece of cardboard, drawing SpongeBob on it and making a hole in SpongeBob's nose for the kids' faces.

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Here's a complete page with even more Spongebob party supplies...

Costumes

It's rather easy and fun to create a homemade Spongebob costume for the birthday child. Take a look at these cool homemade Spongebob costumes submitted by our visitors with photos and detailed how-to tips:

Sponge Bob

Sponge Bob and Friends

Squidward

Spongebob Icebreaker Activities

SpongeBob T-Shirts

You can buy a pack of plain yellow T-shirts and have the kids decorate them using fabric paint and sponges. The shirts will make for excellent favors to take home.

Make SpongeBobs!

This is one of the coolest kid party ideas for a SpongeBob icebreaker activity… Get a bunch of regular-sized yellow sponges, yellow and white pipe cleaner (for the legs and arms). Have some markers, craft paint, glue, white paper, brown paper, red paper for the tie, and have the kids create their own SpongBobs. Make sure they have a few pictures of SpongeBob around to inspire their creativity.

SpongeBob painting

Get a bunch of sponges and let the kids dab them into paint and then on paper to make all kinds of designs.

SpongeBob in a Bottle

Each kid gets a baby food jar (or any other little jar or clear water bottle for that matter). They then add small sea beads, glitter, water, baby oil and blue food coloring to create their own ocean. Then for the finale, you can print out many small SpongeBobs, laminate them, and have the kids put them into their oceans (hot-glue the tops on so the ocean doesn't spill on your floor…). This is one of the best kid party ideas for make-your-own favors.

Balloon Octopuses

Draw an octopus body (draw it so that it looks like a sun with 8 tentacles) on paper and make many copies of this. Then have the kids cut them out and decorate them with markers, glitter, stickers etc. Punch holes in the center and inflate small balloons to put their tips in the holes, securing them to the back of the body with tape. Let the kids draw faces on the balloons with permanent markers.

Homemade Spongebob Cakes

Check out the cool Spongebob birthday cake ideas on coolest-birthday-cakes.com, the Web's largest gallery of homemade birthday cakes. You'll find thousands of cakes submitted by visitors like yourself with photos and how-to tips.

Gary the Snail	Patrick	Spongebob
Spongebob and Friends	Spongebob Scene Cakes	Squidward

Spongebob Party Food and Drink

SpongeBob Kid Party Ideas for Food

Here are some kid party ideas for your SpongeBob birthday party cuisine. Remember to put small signs on each dish just to make sure everyone understands that they are munching on real SpongeBob food:

Mr. Krabs Patties (hamburgers)
Mrs. Puff fish sticks
Seaweed pasta (Green linguine)
Squidward-dogs (Hotdogs that look like tiny octopuses. Cut all the hotdogs in half - but not all the way - only so that they open. Then slice halfway up four times on each half so that you have eight dangling sections and place in boiling water. Watch them curl up like arms!!!)
Gary's Submarines (Subs!! you can make this a buffet where everyone makes their own subs)
Plankton pizza (mini bagel bite pizzas)
Sandy Cheeks pasta shells
Tuna Casserole
Popcorn Shrimp with Shrimp dip
Seanut and Jellyfish sandwiches (Peanut Butter and jelly-fish)
Surfer-girl squirrel pal fries
SpongeBob fruit salad (Make a fruit salad and put it in a hollowed-out pineapple just like SpongeBob's pineapple house. This is a great centerpiece and a healthy snack!)
Worms in a blanket (Slice hot dogs lengthwise several times and cut cheese into many strips. Then, unroll croissants and stuff them with the hot dog and cheese strips (worms). Roll the croissants back up and bake as directed (or until golden brown). The kids will squirm with delight when they taste!!)

SpongeBob Kid Party Ideas for Drinks:

SpongeBob Ocean Slushy - Mix 3 cups of ice, 3 cups of blue sports drink or punch, and 3 large scoops vanilla ice cream or frozen yogurt in a blender. Whirl until smooth and serve (place the shake in the freezer for a thicker shake).
Blue Punch (Put gummy fishes or gummy sharks inside. You can also freeze the gummy fish and sharks in cubes of ice)
Pop Rock Punch (This is another variation of the Blue Punch. After you've placed a filled glass in front of each guest, add some seaweed dust (a few Pop Rocks candies) to each cup. It will then crackle, pop, and split when it comes into contact with the liquid.)
Jelly-fish liquid (pink lemonade)

SpongeBob Kid Party Ideas for Treats:

SpongeBob cheese snacks (and more SpongeBob treats most likely found at large supermarkets)
Goldfish crackers
Gary's Snack mix (combine all kinds of nuts and pretzels)
Blueberry Jell-O (After making the Jell-O, refrigerate and let it partially set. Then put gummy fish and gummy sharks inside. When the Jell-O is ready, top each cup with a thin layer of 'sea foam' (cool whip) and some more gummy life preservers.)
Bowls full of gummy fish and gummy sharks
Dole Pineapple Fish (You can find them pre-cut in the can)
Shell-Shaped Chocolates

Tip: Put some of the treats in little beach pails with shovels in them.

Spongebob Party Favors

You can also create your own favor packs using sand pails. Stuff them with all kinds of SpongeBob accessories, such as fish squirts, shell necklaces, beanie type sea animals, little watercolor sets, stickers, sea life bubble bottles, jelly bracelets, gummy fish, gummy sharks, etc.

Another one of those kid party ideas the guests will love taking home is their own small sponge-painting kit. Include dry sponges cut into shapes and a small container of tempera or craft paint.

You can also give each kid one or two REAL goldfish in a plastic bag with water. And don't forget to put a sponge inside and give the kids some fish food also. This is one of those kid party ideas that the kids always love!

Spongebob Games and Activities

Here's an entire page with the coolest ideas for SpongeBob kid party ideas for games, such as:

Mr. Krab Walk
Squidward's Octopus Game
SpongeBob Toss Relay
and many more (including visitor-submitted game ideas)...

You should also read these VERY important tips to help you survive (and enjoy) game time!

Your Spongebob Parties and Ideas

Lots of visitors from around the world have contributed their party ideas to this site! Click here to see another page full with lots more visitor-submitted Spongebob birthday ideas.

We'd love for you to take a moment and submit your own Spongebob party ideas.

Some of our visitors have gone the extra mile and written up their complete Spongebob party story with photos and everything they did. We call these stories "Party Tales" and they serve as a great inspiration! Take a peek at other people's Spongebob theme Party Tales and you're sure to find lots more outstanding Spongebob party ideas:

Here's a Spongebob Party Tale sent in to us by Leslie from New Jersey...

If you'd like share your complete party with us, then once your party is over, send us your own PARTY TALE and we'll create your very own theme party page and photo gallery that's hosted on our site! (Family, friends and just about anybody will be able to find inspiration from your child's birthday party and comment on YOUR kid party ideas!)