I made this mermaid costume because the mermaid costume I wanted to buy only went to size 10. I combined a lot of ideas from the internet. It’s 2 separate pieces. The top is a steel boned corset in beige. I added pieces of the skirt fabric to make it look like it flows into one piece. … Read more
I already have naturally reddish hair, so I decided to do a costume that would play that up a little bit. Obviously, the little mermaid has red hair so I just latched onto that idea. Preparation 1. I got onto ebay and bought a $3 green cotton maxi dress from some place in Europe. Took … Read more
Shopping in my local mall looking for ideas, I stumbled across the scarf of the perfect color (and sparkle!) for my favorite little girl’s Halloween costume. Ariel is her favorite character of all time and it just made her life to wear this Little Mermaid costume! All it takes is two large square scarves, fabric covered wire, accent fabric (I got shimmery purple/green at Fabric … Read more
First I started with the tail of the mermaid costume since that was all sewing. I literally fixed the skirt so it fit tight against my butt and sewed it so the raw edges faced outward as my “tail”. Then I started on the top. I used a bathing suit top I didn’t wear anymore. I got netting from Micheal’s and … Read more
Every year my boyfriend and I think of a couple costume, this year we were drawing blanks, I knew I wanted to make mine as I do every year. I was looking online at costumes and saw the mermaid. I thought that would be a fun one to make, plus I personally haven’t seen a … Read more
This mermaid costume was super fun to make and it only cost me 10 dollars. I always like having homemade costumes, because the store bought ones are so cheezy and everybody has them. Also, they cost a lot of money. I was searching at a thrift store for mermaid stuff. I didn’t have anything in … Read more
Prep time for this summertime dreams of Mermaids and Sandcastles couple costume: 6 hours Costume materials: sturdy cardboard box, sand, seashells, sand bucket/shovel, 2 liter plastic pop containers, filter paper, blue umbrella, stuffed animals (ocean-like), string, silver necklaces Mermaid: Use a large blue umbrella and sew ocean-like stuffed animals to visualize the mermaid is under … Read more
This Halloween me, my sister, and a friend of our’s were determined to do something original. Bag costumes can be so expensive, and in my opinion, overrated. So we spent hours tossing around ideas, until finally we decided on mermaids. What could be more fun? In order to create the mermaid-tail we bought aqua green … Read more
I am a senior in college this year and have my fair share of Halloween costumes! I went through the phase of wanting to buy the firefighter, the nurse, the Indian costumes., but I discovered around junior year how AMAZING my mom is at sewing and therefore, making costumes. So after last Halloween I already … Read more
I used a bra to make the top and added seashells from the Dollar store for my Mermaid costume. I drilled a hole in the middle, sewed them then hot glued it just to reinforce it. I also added a few pearls and sea stars I found on Ebay. To make the tail, I used a … Read more
Items used: Victoria Secret bra 1980’s sequined dress 1 yard purple fabric 1/2 yard yellow fabric 2 yards green fabric Square dance crinoline in green Stuffed flounder toy Purse strap Bag of stuffing Cheap fake pearl necklace Rhinestones or sequins Purple flower Starting off I made the fishtail with a stretchy sequined 1980’s prom dress. … Read more
We went and got tulle from Hobby Lobby and fabric. My daughter said she wanted to be Ariel the Little Mermaid for Halloween. We Googled ideas and came up with a few. We make her a tutu like long skirt and then made her a shirt and ruffled the bottom of it. We got a … Read more