Wow, how labor intensive were these Mermaids Costumes? At least 100 man hours, but it was sure worth. We (Leigh Anne and Dawn) try to make our own costumes every year. It wasn’t easy to walk/shuffle in the costume, but they were sure a blast to wear. Once we settled on mermaids, we started with … Read more

I’m not sure how I came up with the idea for this dead mermaid costume, it just sort of happened. The net and the fake grass/seaweed was bought from a craft store. I used fishing line to tie all the junk (chunks of the grass, cans, old bobbers, and seashells that had a hole drilled … Read more

This is my Homemade Mermaid Costume. I bought a gold cloth and sewed it. For the head, I bought a hat with a gold hair and some accessories on it.

It was a lot of work but it was totally worth it. I had wanted to be a mermaid before but never found a mermaid Halloween costume that was what I had in mind, so with the little money that I had and a lot of trial and error I completed my perfect mermaid look! … Read more

This Homemade Mermaid Halloween Costume was a blast to make. My daughter decided she wanted to be a mermaid for Halloween. I bought a basic pattern for a mermaid tail from Walmart. We bought some glittery fabric and sewed it up. I bought some iridescent fabric and sewed that on the bottom for the fins. … Read more

My daughter uses a wheelchair so a Mermaid costumee was a perfect costume for her. I used real shells on her top by drilling holes in them then sewing them to her top and adding glitter. The bottom is out of sequin fabric with large sequins add to the fin. I made the wig by … Read more

My husband and I went as a mermaid and fishermen duo. For this fisherman and homemade mermaid costume idea we found almost everything at Value-village and other second hand stores. For the top I used one of those hold-you-in-full-body-bra-things you can find at Sears or the Bay. Than I used some silk fabric found in … Read more

The top includes shells made from an iridescent quilted fabric attached to a metallic jersey. The tail is made from a wide variety of fabrics including shantung silk, taffeta, and sequins on jersey. Two slits between the front and back portion of the tail allow for maximum mobility. The best part of this mermaid costume … Read more

I have searched online for a cool realistic looking Mermaid Woman’s Costume for years and after finding nothing FOR YEARS I decided I would go ahead and make one! I used a lot of shiny blues, greens, yellows and any ocean colors I could find. I used parts of old dresses that I got from … Read more

This Homemade Mermaid Halloween Costume was my costume a few years ago. I made it by buying a mermaid style wedding dress and it in half to just use the skirt. I spray painted the white dress with 4 colors of blue and green. I cut hundreds of tiny “scales” out of colorful and shiny … Read more

I decided to be a mermaid this year, I love making my costumes. This one took me a lot longer than any others I have made but it turned out exactly how I imagined. Here is step by step the best I can tell you how I made it. A lot was trial and error … Read more

This Blue Mermaid Costume is my third mermaid costume creation. Three kinds of fabric were used: stretchy bathing suit material for the lower torso, glowing blue raw silk for the tail, and irradescent material for the bra. The bra is easy: make a tube of fabric, pleat the center and Velcro the two ends together … Read more