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!
I wanted to make a Pink Salmon Costume for my little niece Cheyenne, since her mother and father, and myself, all work in the fisheries industry in Washington state and of course since the costume was for a little girl, I chose a Pink Salmon. I started with a little vest that I had and … Read more
I originally saw this homemade goldfish Halloween costume idea in Woman’s Day magazine. The design was for a toddler, but it was easy enough to customize it to a larger size. The base of the goldfish costume is a Hanes men’s 3XL orange hooded sweatshirt. I wanted it to be extra roomy, which is an … Read more
My son wanted a giant octopus costume for Halloween. I started with a hooded sweatshirt. I used three pairs of ladies heavy tights for the tentacles. I cut both ends of the tights and sewed one end of each tentacle to a point. I then stuffed each tight with stuffing. Next I cut out suckers … Read more
MATERIALS NEEDED: Black hooded sweatshirt ($5 at thrift store) White felt ($1.50 for about 3 yards – had tons left over) Pink felt ($0.25 – 1 sheet) Black pillow cases ($4 from WalMart) Styrofoam (for back fin & tail) ($2) Black pants Hot glue (LOTS of it) Spray glue Velcro We did an “undersea” theme … Read more
I made this Homemade Jaws Shark Costume for my freshers ball at uni where the theme was “movie night”. With no money but a lot of cardboard I took the obvious decision to go as Jaws. The head, fin and tail are all just cardboard, paper mache and paint. I was pleasantly surprised at how … Read more