My three year old daughter Mazie was very specific and unwavering in what she wanted our costumes to be this year: jellyfish for her, octopus for baby brother Julian, sting ray for mom and shark for daddy. No one can establish their opinion quite as firmly as a three year old. Perhaps we’ve been spending too much time … Read more
When my husband, Jesse, and I asked our two year old daughter, Nora, what she wanted to be for Halloween some of the responses we got were Tuesday, ice cream and bathing suit. Living in New Jersey, Halloween night can get very cold and already owning a wet suit we figured that would be a … Read more
I love mermaids! I have always wanted to be a mermaid for Halloween but all the costumes I have ever seen are pretty cheap looking. I wanted something that was sexy, form fitting and somewhat “realistic.” I told my friends about my mermaid costume idea and they wanted in as well. There are 7 of … Read more
For work we had all decided to dress up as DIsney characters. Naturally with my red hair I chose to be Ariel. I took it a step further and did a slightly “hipster” version of the little mermaid. This cosutme was fun to make and everyone loved it! I already had black booties from Forever … Read more
This year my son 7 year old son Aiden wanted to a Jellyfish costume. His class is currently studying sea creatures and he loves reading about jellyfish & starfish. First, I used a clear bubble umbrella for the frame of the jelly. I covered the frame with rolled up bubble wrap, spiraled from top to … Read more
I made this Jellyfish costume for my five year old niece as part of the underwater theme that her and her brother chose this year. I originally planned to take a clear umbrella, toss on some battery operated lights and glue some ribbon on. However, I decided to take it a few steps further. After seeing … Read more
I wanted to be something awesome this Halloween, something I loved and enjoyed dressing up as several times for parties and such. I decided I wanted to go as a Mermaid but did’t like the costumes I was seeing online. I even looked up some patterns to make your own mermaid costume, but they had … Read more
For someone who knows how to sew, this Rainbow Fish costume would be a lot easier to make… I unfortunately do not. The fabric I found at Jo-Ann was perfect for the colors of the gills. The only problem was it frayed really bad so I also have to buy a bottle of the anti-fray … Read more
This year I wanted to make a very unique and different costume. I settled on an octopus because I thought it was pretty unique and would be big and flashy. I taught myself basic sewing a few years ago so I thought I would give it a shot. Making the Octopus Costume First, I made … Read more
I wanted to create a princess mermaid costume which fit my body type and was also flattering and made me feel like a sexy mermaid princess! Unlike the store bought costumes I wanted to have a unique costume that no one else had! I did buy the shell bra, but I glue-gunned some rhinestones and glued it … Read more
I got the idea for these couple costumes because I ran across the fishscale print maxi skirt on Amazon. I bought it, foam sea shells, an octopus necklace, starfish hairclip, starfish earrings, a starfish ring, the net, crab, and seaweed boa all off Amazon. I tapered in the skirt a bit at the knees to … Read more
This Is How I Created This Cute Little Mermaid Costume For An Infant Girl: The body of this Little Mermaid costume was cut out of flesh colored satin using a nine month onesie for size. The tail of the costume was made out of turquoise sequined material and shoulder pads were covered in this material … Read more