People have been fascinated with mermaids for as long as there’s been people. The idea of somebody being half fish & half human has led to countless tales about people falling in lover with mermaids (& their male counterparts mermen) being told to generations of children.
But recently, with the advent of Disney movies like The Small Mermaid, which is itself an adaption of a Hans Christian Andersen story, the mermaid Halloween costume has become of the most popular costumes for small girls ever.
Adult mermaid costumes are made up of a long gown resembling a fish tail, like Daryl Hannah wore in Splash, usually in green fabric made to look like scales. & on top, either a halter top or bikini top designed to be sparkly & iridescent. Or sometimes if the atmosphere of the Halloween party is very open, the bottom gown part is worn with nothing on top. But that is strictly for adults.
You can, of work, find adult versions of the mermaid costume, but in general these are way more appropriate for adult Halloween parties than for your small girls school fall festival parade.
Small girls love to dress up like the Disney Princess Ariel. Her costume is also made up of a gown like lower portion which looks like fish scales as well as a T-shirt type top set off with a necklace of seaweed. & because they is a princess, your small will certainly need a pleasant looking tiara, perhaps dazzling with seashells or even better small glittery rhinestones.
The gowns of these costumes are not dresses, but in lieu from the appearance of a gown while being shorts or pants with a mermaid draping down the back. That is the only downside to this sort of costume that somebody could step on your small girl’s mermaid tail. It won’t hurt but it might come loose & that would mean a small bit of repair if they wears it to school & then again out for trick or treating.
If your small princess or your giant princess wishes to dress up in of the models of mermaid Halloween costumes they is positive to turn heads no matter where they goes on Halloween.
This is a costume which does not need a mask to be complete. This is a lovely thing because way often the mask gets lost somewhere along the way between home & school or out on the Halloween trail. But what does look great with the mermaid costume is a pleasant wig of long flowing hair. Perhaps set off with a crown, tiara or a simple starfish barrette.