Today I’m excited to be sharing some rad mermaid and pirate costumes that I made for my kiddos’ fifth birthday party last weekend in partnership with Cricut. These were so much fun to make and to see the kids run around in and they really make the perfect DIY family costume for Halloween! I wanted to get the tutorial up quickly for you guys so you have more than enough time to pull them off for Halloween.

The kids thought we should dress up too (of course), so I made Shane and I shirts to go with the theme… but skipped dressing up all the way. They were happy with that and so was I!

To make it simpler to explain, I’ve put the full DIY instructions into a video on my YouTube Channel (hello, illustrations too!) and put all the cut files for the projects into a public project for you. Ready? Let’s go!

Here’s the video- find all the supplies lists below!

To make the Mermaid Project…. You’ll Need:

*This is all sized for a 5 year old… so adjust as you like!*

• White Tank Top (this is an undershirt)
• Leggings for under the wrap skirt
• Headband
• Purple Sheer Fabric (.3 meter)
• Green Costume Fabric (.6 meter)
• Green Sheer Fabric (.3 meter)
• Green Ribbon (1 meter)
• Felt for headband (I used sheets from this sampler)
• Foil Iron On in Pink, Purple and Green (all from this Sampler)
• Glitter Iron On (I used Green, Teal and Multi)
• Regular Iron On Lite in Green
• Sewing Machine
• Hot Glue Gun
• Sequins
• Cricut Maker with Fine Point Blade and Rotary Blade
• Cricut EasyPress2 and Mat
• Cricut BrightPad (optional but handy!)

To make the Pirate Project… You’ll Need:

• Black Pants (I used sweat pants)
• White long sleeve tee
• Light weight red material for bandana (.3 meter)
• Leather Cord
• Fabric Scissors
• Striped Cotton Fabric (enough for a belt)
• Thick black felt (from fabric store- just a scrap)
• Black elastic
• White and Black Everyday Iron On
• Cricut Maker with Fine Point Blade and Rotary Blade
• Cricut EasyPress2 and Mat

To make the Lazy Mermaid & Pirate Costumes for Mom and Dad… You’ll Need…

• Black Tee for the Pirate
• White Tee for the Mermaid
• White Iron On for the Mermaid
• Black Iron On for the Pirate
• Cricut Maker with Fine Point Blade
• Cricut EasyPress2 and Mat

Here’s the Projects for Design Space:

Mermaid / Pirate

Alright! That’s a list and a half… isn’t it?! I promise- it’s not that complicated. The mermaid costume is one that I pulled out the sewing machine for. You really only need to be able to sew a straight line. The pirate costumes are NO SEW!

I hope that the video makes these projects super simple for you to follow along with! I really loved making them and especially love how easily using the Cricut Maker for details and felt really stepped them up a notch from other homemade Halloween costumes I’d made before! And the tees I made for Shane and I? I’m pretty head over heels with this idea. I’m all for costumes but Shane has never been in to them. But this?! This he’s okay with. So we’re matching costumes from now on… like this. Ha! I should mention… that we’ve done one family group costume before. I shared it here and I’m still loving it!

If you do end up making these mermaid and pirate costumes, I would so love to see! Nothing makes my day more than seeing my tutorials used by you!

Ps… check out Win’s hilarious pirate face in the pin photo. It kills me!

LIKE IT? PIN IT!

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