Spending life as an aquatic dweller doesn’t give one much opportunity to see land. Fortunately, this awesome collection of marine animal costumes allows the elegance of these sea creatures to float above water.
The vast array of animal life featured here is a dazzling display of nature’s beauty. From fish and crabs to lobsters and sharks. This collection covers all the DIY costume ocean inspired ideas.
Another phenomenal idea are the luminescent seahorse costumes. They are unbelievably more impressive that any costume available to purchase.
In addition, so many television shows have taken their lead from the deep blue waters. You will see homemade costumes of Nemo, SpongeBob, Shark Week and even Sharknado.
So enjoy the appealing mysteriousness of life below the surface of the ocean. If you create your own marine animal costumes, please share them with us here! We would love to add them to this inspiring oceanic collection!
MATERIALS NEEDED for the homemade surfer costume: * Swim trunks * Rash guard or swim shirt * 1-1/2” thick Styrofoam sheet ($2.50) * Yellow and black spray paint ($2 each) * Shark stuffed animal We did an “undersea” theme for our costumes in 2009. My husband was the surfer. This is the easiest and fastest … Read more
This costume is homemade and is of an angler fish. Many people don’t know what that is so I often reference the movie Finding Nemo where the scary fish with the dangling light comes into play. This Homemade Angler Fish Costume has a working LED light on one of the top spikes. I was very … Read more
This is a Homemade Baby Octopus Costume we made by making a cape with four legs, green circles stitched on for tentacles and purple tights and onsie with more tentacles sewn on to make the other four legs. We took a purple ski cap and made a pattern for eyes and a big octopus nose!
Dad and Mom were easy to do on this costume. I bought gym shorts and a whistle at Academy. We had the Lifeguard shirt screen printed on a trip to the beach. Add some sunscreen to the nose and flip flops and he was done. I bought the shark costume used on eBay. It had … Read more
I really wanted to be something scary, but that people could identify with… Something that actually exists right here on our planet, 3000 feet below the surface of the ocean! I decided first that I wanted it to be BIG! These fishes in reality are quite small, but I thought maybe if I blew up … Read more