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
This year we decided to make a mermaid and pirate costume… however everyone dresses like pirates so we thought it would be cool to be a mermaid and deep sea diver. The only problem I found is that every deep sea diver costume is really lame. The best helmets I found were home made. But … 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
I started this homemade Fish Aquarium Halloween costume with a box the size to fit my son’s head and be able to carry on shoulders for ease. I cut out one side completely and two sides for side view. I left one side solid and covered with tank backing from Pet Smart. My son helped … 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 wasn’t going to do this costume till I found the umbrella. The total cost of the costume was around 35 dollers. The weather trick or treating was very wet yet I stayed dry the whole time and warm. At almost every door someone had to call for someone else to see me. People were talking about it … Read more
My daughter was only 3 months old, but I wanted to include her in my crazy tradition of weird Halloween costumes. I’m not sure where the idea came from, but I decided to dress her as a goldfish and dress myself up as the fishbowl. There aren’t any patterns for infant costumes, and I didn’t … 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
Every year I find it more and more challenging to top my previous Halloween’s costume – but this year, we did it! There will never be a better group costume than SHARK WEEK. As a group, we have always refused to buy our costumes at the store, and prefer to be “funny” over “sexy”. Also, … Read more