If you're already thinking about your next carnival costume, you've definitely come to the right place. In today's article we will give you great ideas and suggestions on how you can make an enchanting mermaid costume yourself and attract everyone's attention at the upcoming party. Below you will find ideas for simple mermaid costumes for women and girls that you can make quickly and easily at home and look enchantingly beautiful at the celebration. Be inspired by our picture gallery!
Two-piece suit or dress for the mermaid costume
If you want to swim through the carnival in a sparkling mermaid costume, you have several options. If youslip into the dreamlike disguiseIf you want, you can choose between a two-piece suit or a dress. When it comes to fabric for carnival clothing, you can use anything that gives your homemade costume the desired fish scale look.
Tips on fabric and color
Shimmering organza or glittering sequin fabrics perfectly serve their purpose and transform you into an elegant and attractive mermaid. The shiny onesFabrics for your costumecan be in all shades reminiscent of the sea and water. From green to turquoise to blue, all the shades in this palette are particularly suitable. A fabric in silver is of course also an option and creates the desired look.
Alternatively, you can put together an outfit in Ariel's signature colors, namely purple and green. Here are a few examples:
Make the top yourself
If you choose a two-piece mermaid costume, you can choose a bikini top for the top of the costume and combine it with a long skirt. The skirt is ideally made of an elastic fabric, fits tightly around the hips and becomes narrower towards the feet. A tight-fitting, skin-colored shirt can also be transformed into a carnival costume. To make a mermaid costume that looks as similar to the original as possible, you need maritime decorations for the elegant top of your outfit.
White and sand-colored shells and small snail shells are suitable decorations. Using the hot glue gun, attach the shells until the front piece is covered with decorations. Allow the charming garment to dry thoroughly. You can then brush the shells with silver or gold glitter powder according to your own ideas and make them sparkle.
Of course, you can also sew the chic mermaid costume yourself. The Little Mermaid costume must have an appropriate crotch size so that you can move freely. The easiest way to achieve this is to create godet folds below the knee. This also gives the impression that you have a fin.
To make a mermaid costume with a fin yourself, you can use an old, long dress from your wardrobe and repurpose it. Slit the dress at the front and sew the open ends together towards the back so that the fabric always tapers to a point. You can also fix the resulting tail fin on your wrist with a rubber band. A unique mermaid outfit can be created from more than just fabric. The beautiful, exotic dress in the picture above was made from a basic dress and several coffee filters and muffin cases.
Dress up old leggings as a mermaid tail
You can achieve the scale look of the mysterious creature from the sea by folding the paper shapes into a semicircle, gluing them and attaching them to the dress with a slight overlap. A creative DIY idea, isn't it? Colored paint spray ensures nuances that merge into one another. The subtle decorations on the shoulders and waist can be made from straws and flexible plush, which when shaped are strongly reminiscent of coral. If you want to wear a mermaid carnival costume with more freedom of movement, you can also choose leggings or tight-fitting trousers in blue or turquoise for your special outfit and combine them with a matching top or shirt to create a perfect party disguise.
Get a smooth, sparkly fabric in shades of blue, gold, purple and pink and use a template to cut out circles of the same size. When choosing the fabric for your homemade mermaid costume, it is important that the fabric does not fray. Arrange the circles next to and on top of each other, slightly overlapping. Use it to cover the entire leggings.
If you want to use new leggings or pants for your self-made mermaid costume for women or children and are worried that the garment might break, you can also take a piece of tulle and attach the scales to it. Leave several layers of tulle on top of each other at the bottom of the ankle. This allows you to imitate the fins without restricting your movements.
Make your own Ariel the Mermaid costume for children
Little girls are also fascinated by the mythical creatures in the sea, which is why the mermaid costume is particularly popular among them. Here, too, you can spice up everyday clothing and repurpose it thematically. When a carnival costume is made for children, it has to be comfortable and as true to the original as possible so that the adolescents feel comfortable and very special.
The girl's mermaid costume in the picture above is made from a dress in soft, shiny pink and a skirt with fins made of green foam. The scales are manufactured as explained above and arranged from bottom to top. You can cut the fin out of a large sheet of foam and attach it to the inside of the blue-green skirt.
If you have the top of theCarnival costumes for childrenIf you want to spice it up, you can decorate it with small seashells or starfish. The shoes for the mermaid costume must first and foremost be comfortable, which is why you can wear flat shoes. Flip flops and sandals are particularly suitable. The magnificent and glamorous outfit makes you look elegant and attractive even without high heels. Shoes in silver or gold are of course suitable for the children's costume, but they are not a must.
If your girl would like to look like the confident and adventurous Ariel, the mermaid from the Disney cartoon, you can create a beautiful costume consisting of a bodysuit in a light cream color, a bikini top in purple, tights in green, blue or turquoise and the typical tail fin the fantastic underwater world.
Make-up, hair, accessories and supplies
To complete the costume, the ladies can add great accents to their hair with colored hairspray. Both adults and children are welcome to wear a red, purple or turquoise wig. You can wear your hair open and wavy. If you want, you can give your hair a wet look or achieve a nautical look with a shell or starfish clip.
In addition to headdresses, you can use various other accessories such as necklaces and earrings to create a feminine and elegant appearance. Don't overdo it with the accessories. Another accessory that would go well with your mermaid costume is a coarse-meshed net as a shawl. A small coral handbag completes your perfect carnival or Halloween outfit. A trident that you can make yourself out of paper would also go very well with your disguise.
The natural and pretty make-up gives your mermaid costume the finishing touch and gives you the necessary self-confidence. Let your imagination run wild if you likeMake up the water mermaid. The colors that appear in your outfit are also an excellent choice for make-up. Eyeshadows in sea blue, green or purple combined with small stars, rhinestones and sequins around the eyes look very authentic.
You are welcome to emphasize your eyes with silver or blue mascara. With a mermaid nail design you give youroriginal costumethe icing on the cake. Of course, you have several design options to choose from. Whether you combine the typical sea colors, create an ombré look, decorate your fingernails with tiny shells or stones or create a fish scale look is completely up to you and your taste.
