{"id":391118,"date":"2026-07-08T21:17:11","date_gmt":"2026-07-08T21:17:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/391118\/"},"modified":"2026-07-08T21:17:11","modified_gmt":"2026-07-08T21:17:11","slug":"nickelodeon-celebrating-spongebob-squarepants-birthday-at-san-diego-comic-con-update","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/391118\/","title":{"rendered":"Nickelodeon Celebrating &#8220;SpongeBob SquarePants&#8221; Birthday at San Diego Comic-Con [UPDATE]"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-144287 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/ecd4b2ee9de98096f2fddcdd572a4074.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"492\" height=\"331\"  \/>Nickelodeon is once again bringing everyone\u2019s favorite resident who lives in a pineapple under the sea back to San Diego Comic-Con. In celebration of this year\u2019s SpongeBob Day, July 14, Nickelodeon is gearing up for plenty of exciting celebrations, including a TikTok live at 6pm, fan-favorite episodes airing all day, and a visit to San Diego Comic-Con.<\/p>\n<p>While additional details are still TBA, there will be\u00a0SpongeBob SquarePants activations at the New Children\u2019s Museum in downtown San Diego beginning July 11, ahead of San Diego Comic-Con.<\/p>\n<p>[UPDATE July 8]<\/p>\n<p>Nickelodeon will be taking over the park across from the New Children\u2019s Museum for an activation that is, in part, being brought to life by the Museum\u2019s creative team. Plan on fun, potentially slimy, activities and crafts, character meet-and-greets, and interactive experiences, sure to be oozing with fun.<\/p>\n<p>Before the convention, as part of Nickelodeon\u2019s global celebration of <a href=\"https:\/\/sdccblog.com\/2026\/06\/nickelodeon-celebrating-spongebob-squarepants-birthday-at-san-diego-comic-con\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">SpongeBob\u2019s birthday<\/a>, the New Children\u2019s Museum will be celebrating Bikini Bottom\u2019s residents with a special, limited-time takeover full of creative activities. The takeover will run from July 11-20, when the museum itself will close for Comic-Con. Museum members also have an opportunity for early access to the Nickelodeon offsite.<\/p>\n<p>At the earlier July festivities, visitors will be able to find:<\/p>\n<p>Bubble play and interactive experiences<br \/>\nSpongeBob-inspired artmaking activities<br \/>\nSlime Time pop-up experiences<br \/>\nJellyfish-themed sensory play<br \/>\nA Museum-wide scavenger hunt<br \/>\nA special Color of the Day on Loving Dragon<br \/>\nFun photo opportunities and playful surprises throughout the Museum<\/p>\n<p>The Museum is open daily 9am-4pm Wednesdays \u2013 Mondays.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/thinkplaycreate.ticketapp.org\/portal\/product\/12\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Museum admission<\/a> is $25 for adults, or $20 for children 1+. Children under the age of 1 are free.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Nickelodeon is once again bringing everyone\u2019s favorite resident who lives in a pineapple under the sea back to&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":391119,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[28],"tags":[93,100,157346,74,76,75],"class_list":["post-391118","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-san-diego","tag-featured","tag-news","tag-offsite","tag-san-diego","tag-san-diego-headlines","tag-san-diego-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/391118","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=391118"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/391118\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/391119"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=391118"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=391118"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=391118"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}