Mermaid Party Crafts For Kids (With low-budget options and FREE templates)
- Olivia Gilbert
- 3 days ago
- 4 min read
So, you're planning a mermaid birthday party? You've got your decorations, your food, your invitations are sent out and you've prepared some games.
Another great idea for mermaid party activities is crafts! Games are fun, but sometimes the kids just want to do something relaxing, like mermaid crafts.
This article includes 10 great mermaid crafts to do at your next party!
A treasure chest is the perfect accompaniment to a mermaid party. You often link mermaids with pirates, and we all know pirates are obsessed with treasure.
This set comes with 8 small wooden treasure chests for kids to paint. Not only is this a fun craft, but then they are left with something to bring home. They can use their treasure chest to store little trinkets and jewelry.
Kids love accessorizing, and with this mermazing jewelry kit, they'll have a blast making magical bracelets and necklaces.
This 802 piece kit includes beads, metal and plastic charms and pendants, string, tweezers, and a convenient storage box.
This is a very simple and affordable craft. It encourages both reading AND creativity! Parents of party guests will love this.
Simply purchase the mermaid coloring bookmark bundle for $2.50 and then print them out. They'll need to be cut out. You can print as many as you need.
These coloring bookmarks were designed with NO AI.
I recommend printing them on cardstock and laminating once they are colored.
I'm sure we all know that mermaids are no stranger to sand. That's why a sand art craft is an excellent activity for a mermaid birthday party.
This set comes with 30 bottles and strings, and 5 mini funnels.
Get some colored sand here.
Hand mirror decorating is a great craft for a kid's mermaid party, especially if the party will also have mermaid makeovers, temporary tattoos, or a face painter.
Kids will love using their mermaid hand mirror, which can be decorated with shells, pearls, starfish, gems, and beads.
You can probably find some hand mirrors at the Dollar Tree, but I've also linked an 8 piece set from Amazon.
Coloring pages are fun for kids, but it's even better to color something that can be used and played with!
These coloring crowns are the perfect craft because they combine mermaid magic with royalty, which is perfect for imaginative play.
Low Budget Mermaid crafts
Leading mermaid crafts at a kid's party doesn't have to break the bank. If you have some paper, scissors, hot glue, and tape, you're more than half way there. Here are some affordable mermaid craft ideas that are simple and fun for kids.
Mermaid puppets
Kids will have loads of fun doing little puppet shows with some mermaid paper puppets. Kids can draw their own mermaids or you could print out a mermaid template. Kids will color them in, then cut them out. Then, you just glue or tape them to a popsicle stick.
Here are three FREE PDF pages with mermaid and merman graphics. That's 27 merpeople to cut out for this cute mermaid paper craft.
Mermaid masquerade masks
You can make some cute masquerade mermaid masks with card stock, markers, and string. Below I've included a FREE PDF mask template. Download it, print out multiple copies and cut out the mask. Then, kids can color them or decorate them with shells, pearls, feathers, pom poms, gems, glitter glue, and more.
Once they've finished decorating them you'll want to poke holes on the sides and tie on some string or elastic cord.
Download this FREE template!
Mermaid Bangles
You can easily make little cuff bracelets with few supplies. All you'll need is scissors, paper, shells, pearls, beads, markers, and hot glue. Cut out strips of paper about 1.5 by 6 inches. Then the kids can decorate them by coloring them and gluing shells and things to them. You can provide pom poms, pipe cleaners, beads, pearls, shells, stickers, or whatever else you can think of. Go to the craft section of the Dollar Tree and you should be able to find everything you'll need.
Magic wands
Here is an easy craft that requires a purchase of a mermaid party activity bundle for just $4. The bundle comes with a template for these magical mermaid wands. Purchase the bundle along with some craft supplies like stick on gems, ribbon, and skewers. Simply print and cut out the starfish wand graphics and adhere them to a skewer or craft stick. Then kids can decorate them however they want.
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There you have it! Those are all the mermaid party crafts I have to share with you. I hope this article helped. Have the most mermazing party for your little mermaid and don't forget to take loads of pictures.
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About the author
Shello! My name is Mermaid Liv, a professional mermaid and content creator. I share my love of mermaiding through this blog, along with my Youtube channel.
If you've never heard of it before, mermaiding is a hobby, profession, and sport that involves wearing mermaid tails made for swimming.
I began making tails in 2013 and have continued my mermaid journey, starting my Youtube channel, working at a mermaid festival, performing at gigs, and being featured in the Netflix Docu Series MerPeople.
Follow me on Instagram for mermaid photos and videos: @the_real_mermaid_liv and be shore to check out my Youtube channel.
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