Dive into the fantastic world under the sea, where the mermaids sing and the fish dance. Whether for carnival or a theme party, an underwater world costume would definitely cause a stir. In today's article you will find great ideas that are easy to implement and are suitable for both children and adults.
Make your own jellyfish costume: 3 ideas
You can make your own jellyfish costume with relatively little investment of time and money. These ideas are super easy to implement and can also be adapted for children. The main component of a jellyfish's body is its umbrella, to which hundreds of tentacles hang. Jellyfish move slowly through the water like ghosts and look very elegant.
With umbrella hat
For all three versions you will need the following materials and tools: various sheer/metallic fabrics, silver spray paint, an inexpensive hoop skirt, an umbrella hat, a bell umbrella, scissors, hot glue gun. Battery-operated LED fairy lights are also optional if you want to create a cool effect.
A head umbrella provides shade and protection against rain and sun. It is attached to the head with an elastic band and can be purchased cheaply online.
The colorful headgear looks very funny, but for the mystical jellyfish costume it has to be painted silver. Spray paint is best used outdoors.
Cut out many 2 cm wide strips from the various silver-colored and shiny fabrics. The more different the textures, the better.
Use a hot glue gun to attach the fabric strips to the head umbrella. It would be better if more strips were glued at the back so you can see where you are going at the front. Cover the elastic band of the umbrella cap with a satin ribbon.
Place the umbrella on your head and ask a friend to trim the tentacles to the desired length. Combine the hat with a shiny dress. You can tie a few decorative ribbons at the waist.
Make your own hoop skirt for jellyfish
Get yourself a cheap hoop skirt! This underskirt is basically worn under the dress and gives it more fullness. The hoop skirt is usually made of white fabric and can be purchased separately.
Measure the length from the waist to the desired skirt length and cut off the excess fabric. The shorter the hoop skirt, the more comfortable you can sit. Two rings are fine. Real DIY fans can also sew the hoop skirt themselves.
Polyester hoop skirts are inexpensive to purchase and are perfect for this DIY costume. Spray the inside and outside of the skirt with the silver spray paint and let it dry.
Glue the colorful stripes to the waistband of the skirt. Take three overlapping strips and glue them together so that they fall more nicely at the bottom.
Large white bell umbrella jellyfish
The final jellyfish costume is all white and looks light and airy. For this purpose, a bell umbrella, which is deeper than a normal umbrella, was decorated with various white materials.
Wrap the bell shade in the sheer fabric and pull the ends together at the bottom. Secure the fabric with safety pins and drape several ribbons, tinsel garlands or organza as tentacles.
Ariel, the mermaid, interpreted in a modern way as an underwater costume
Disney's fairytale characters are a popular choice when it comes to carnival costumes.The Little Mermaidhas a green fin and a purple shell bra. These characteristic features can also be interpreted in a modern way.
Use purple fabric paint and a cardboard stencil to paint similar shells on a white T-shirt. Pay attention to the correct size and position – not too big or too small and not above or below the breast. Then simply print out the stencil, cut it out with a craft knife, place it on a t-shirt and paint. It's best to also put a piece of cardboard inside the shirt.
You can make a beautiful one from tulle fabric in shades of blue and greenSkirt without sewingcreate. To make the tulle skirt look like the mermaid's split tail, it should be tied off in the middle at the bottom. Green sequin leggings are also suitable as fins.
The right accessories complete a mermaid costume! Since Ariel is a Disney princess, she can of course wear a crown. You can quickly make these yourself.
The base is a princess tiara, which is wrapped with silver pipe cleaners. The decoration is left to your imagination. In addition to shells, corals and starfish, you can also use rhinestones, pearls, crystals or chains.
You can paint the shells with various acrylic paints with a pearlescent effect. Use shades reminiscent of the sea, such as turquoise, beige and navy blue. Glue the shells to the crown using the hot glue gun.
A braided side braid goes perfectly with the mermaid costume! But if you don't have long hair, you can use attractive hair accessories. This net, for example, was draped over the hair and secured to the head with a decorative hair band.
Give your face a nice subtle glow by applying a highlighter or powder with luminous pigments. You can dab eyeshadow in blue, purple and green onto the forehead and cheeks using a sponge and even create an interesting network effect.
Dory fish costume for toddler
With the new film “Finding Dory” the friend of the clown fish Nemo returned in 2016. The female palette doctorfish has a dark blue body, a yellow tail fin and large pink eyes. How can you use this information to make a fish costume?
Use felt to make Dory's eyes. These can then be glued to a dark blue baby romper. Don't forget Dory's fins! Each fin is made from a black and a yellow felt semicircle. Make small incisions on one edge and glue the felt pieces to each shoulder. The costume is completed with a yellow tulle skirt and a headband. An interesting ombre effect can also be made on the yellow tutu using blue spray paint.
Make your own funny fish carnival costume for baby
Dress up your darling like a fish for carnival! The basis for the costume is a simple purple baby sleeping bag. Overlapping semicircles made of felt in purple, green and light blue are glued onto this, which are supposed to imitate the fish scales.
For the fish fin, you can use a shimmering, thin fabric. Cut a small Styrofoam ball in half with a craft knife and glue the halves to an elastic baby headband. A small circle of black felt should be attached to each “eyeball”.
