Ideas
For a Mermaid costume, fabrics with fish scale patterns, sequins, lurex or any shiny, iridescent materials are suitable. This can be satin, supplex, brocade, lamé and other fabrics with a metallic coating.
Suit with dress or skirt
A very feminine and beautiful solution for a little mermaid costume is a long narrow dress or skirt. The outfit can end with a frame tail, sometimes its role is played by a train or a lush frill.
Tight dress with peplum and tail
Lace sleeves
Seashells on the bodice
Skirt with tiers in the form of scales
Tail train
Wreath or headband to match the dress
Outfit with trousers
If a girl has to move a lot and actively at the holiday, she may not be very comfortable in a narrow long skirt. In this case, it is better to choose a suit with trousers. Shiny flowy fabric or flared frills will make them look like a mermaid tail.
Nude bodysuit with shiny frill
Seashells on the bodice
Slim shiny trousers
Wide frills on the trousers represent a tail
The blouse is decorated with shells and rhinestones
Head decoration with starfish
For the little ones
When creating an outfit for the little mermaids 2-4 years old, first of all you need to think about convenience. It is worth using more comfortable materials and styles, doing without long skirts and coming up with a tail option that will not interfere with the baby.
Soft top with a shell on the chest
Cotton pants
The lightweight ponytail is secured to the waist with ties
Cotton bodysuit decorated with flowers and tulle
Skirt with wide frill
Large sequins resemble scales
Crafts for girls: How to make a mermaid tail for a doll
If you want to briefly turn your doll into a little mermaid and try on a mermaid tail on it, then this master class will definitely come in handy. At the beginning there is a video with instructions. Below we have added frames from the video with a detailed description in Russian, since the explanations in the video are given in English. Video master class: how to make a mermaid tail for a doll
To create a mermaid tail for your doll you will need: - Sheets of white paper; — A simple pencil; — Decorative porous rubber (if you can’t get it anywhere, use cardboard, just remember not to wet your doll’s tail with water); — Very stretchy fabric in mermaid colors; - A piece of chalk or a dried piece of soap; — Thread and needle; — Thin elastic band; — Sewing machine (optional and depending on availability, if you don’t have one, you can sew everything by hand. 1. Place the doll on a sheet of white paper, as shown in the example.
2. Trace the outside of the doll's legs.
3. Make a mark where the waistband is and add a few millimeters.
4. Add a few more millimeters to the seam allowance.
5. Take a sheet of paper, fold it in half and sketch out the outline of the tail fin.
6. Cut out the fin and attach it to the pattern for the top of the tail, trace and complete the pattern.
7. Around the tail, also add a few millimeters at the edges.
8. Cut out the mermaid tail pattern.
9. Take the fabric and determine in which direction it stretches better. Place the fabric so that it stretches better in the horizontal direction.
10. Attach the pattern to the fabric and trace with chalk or a dried bar of soap.
11. Cut along the marked contours. You can add a few millimeters at the top, which can later be used for a beautifully gathered fabric at the top of the mermaid tail.
12. Cut out another one exactly the same.
13. Place the two pieces together with the good side facing in.
14. Start sewing the pieces together using a sewing machine or thread and needle. 15. Stop at the point where the tip of the tail fin ends.
15. Place the doll on the workpiece. Turn the fabric over so that the tail starts at the doll's waist.
18. Sew in the right places, cut off excess fabric everywhere except the end of the tail, where we have not sewn it yet. 19. Turn the tail inside out. 20. At the top of the tail, you can make a few stitches and tighten the thread, you will get a beautifully pulled fabric.
21. Take your mermaid tail fin pattern, take decorative foam rubber (or a piece of thick cardboard if you don’t plan to play with the doll in the water), trace the pattern on a piece of decorative foam rubber.
22. Cut out this fin blank too, leaving a few millimeters around the edges at the top.
23. If you wish, you can cut out three small pieces of elastic. Glue a semicircle from one at the top of the fin, the other two diagonally on top. This design will help keep the fin on the doll.
25. You can also make a beautiful top for your doll from the same fabric. Take a small rectangle of fabric and fold it in half.
25. Trim the edges lightly.
26. Sew on the side.
27. Turn the fabric inside out. Put the blank top on the doll.
28. Gather the fabric together in the center.
The mermaid outfit for your doll is ready.
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