Spongebob Squarepants Gift Wrapping

Paper crafting is therapeutic for me. It’s relaxing and fun, and I get to be creative. I love gift wrapping too (I have gotten creative in the past with Olaf and Superheroes to name a couple) and when you put the two together, I’m in craft heaven. My daughter was invited to a Spongebob themed birthday party for this weekend. I noticed that the gift we bought was the perfect shape to make my own Spongebob Squarepants gift wrapping.

I have to be honest, I have never watched a Spongebob episode but I have a feeling I’d like the guy. So, I grabbed the party invitation and used it as a guide to turn our gift into this little dude. I grabbed some paper scraps and some other supplies already in my craft room.

Materials:

Paper (2 shades of yellow, red, brown, black, blue, white)
Wrapping paper
Tape (regular and double sided)
Glue stick
Scissors
Circle craft punches
Ruler
Paper cutter
Pencil

Our present is headphones and a gift card, so I taped the card to the box.

I wrapped the present first because I thought it was easier to only decorate the front, versus doing a 3 dimensional Spongebob. I actually used the same wrapping I used last year for his Hot Wheels birthday present. Next I measured the box and cut a yellow piece for his body, a white piece for his shirt, and a brown piece for his pants and taped it on.

For his eyes I used three different circle craft punches. I also cut 6 thin black strips for his eye lashes.

Here is the part where I winged it! For his body I cut circles in 2 different sizes in a shade lighter than the yellow of his body. I used the picture as a guide to cut out his mouth, tongue, teeth, and nose. I also cut out triangles and a tie for his shirt and black strips for his belt loops.

I taped and glued it all together.

Here are a couple after photos. I did this while my daughter was at school and when she came home and saw it she got a kick out of it. I hope the birthday boy does too!