My inspiration for this party was The Little Mermaid under the sea song and from my niece, as she is obsessed with mermaids from any show… especially the Blue Mermaid. She loves her mermaid outfit so much she hardly gets dressed these days.
I was really happy with how our banner turned out! I came up with the idea of punching small holds in the curve of the starfish to make it look as though the mini starfishes were holding up the Happy Birthday banner. It turned out adorable!
No mermaid birthday celebration is complete without bubbles…. so we created bubble wrappers that are part of our printable collection. The kids had a ton of fun with the bubbles. It kept them occupied for a long time. It really was cool to see the air filled with bubbles with the seaweed cascading down around them.
Other printable items that are included in our Mermaid Collection are favor toppers, bright colorful starfish, shells and sea creatures in multiple sizes. You can cut these out to create a runner, hang them from the ceiling, attach them as tags, favor toppers or put them on a platter as I did in the picture below.
We filled our favors with “salt water taffy”. It was perfect as it brought bright colors and are yummy (and easy to find!)
These took about 10 minutes to make. First, make a 8 point star with pink chocolate on wax paper or some kind of paper that won’t stick. Then dipped a regular sized marshmallows in pink chocolate and placed it on top of the “star”. Lightly sprinkle fine pink sprinkles over top to add a little sparkle. Now for the finishing touches…. place candy eyes and our flags! A simple yet stunning dessert for a mermaid party!
We had our octopus mallow pops sitting on a bed of white sugar with a little cinnamon mixed into it to create a fresher “sand” look. I know a lot of people use brown sugar, but I wanted a lighter more fresh and whimsical feeling. Then we sprinkled colorful chocolate mini perils and pink sprinkles.
For added embellishments we add our cupcake toppers onto the bags.
For the cake we mixed different shades of blue and applied the frosting in a swirl pattern like tousled ocean water waves. With chocolate marbleized shells and starfishes. After we marbleized them we dusted then with edible glitter dust to add a little extra sparkle to them.
Our mini cupcakes were also sprinkled with the white sugar/ cinnamon mixture with a chocolate shell. We marbleized the chocolate so it wouldn’t be a solid pink or purple, to make them look more realistic.
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What an amazing party!!!!!!!! LOVE LOVE LOVE!!!!!!!!!!
Did you make her dress or buy it somewhere. MY daughter is having a LIttle Mermaid party and she'd love this dress! Great party!
We bought the dress a long time ago from Old Navy. You might be able to find it for sale 2nd hand. The dress is really cute, she loves it. It wouldn't be too hard to make though!
Love all of your ideas! We are on the hunt for mermaid stickers and I was wondering if you had a source for the sticker/decal you used on the shark snack bags? thanks!
Hi Sarah,
I actually designed the stickers and they are available for sale in my etsy shop. The pdf file is $5…. I used our cupcake toppers as the sticker.
http://www.etsy.com/listing/93137081/printable-cupcake-toppers-party-circles
I love all of this! I am looking for ideas for hanging decorations and would love to know what you used for the hanging seaweed. Thanks!
I bought the seaweed from a little store that I don't remember in california…. sorry!
What a beautiful party! I love the table with all the plant life, and the octopus pops are too cute! Thanks for sharing!
Awesome – I'm going to make the octopuses (octopi?) Whats the proportion of white chocolate to marshmallow?
Amazing job! What material did you use for the seaweed?
For the octopuses you just dip them in chocolate and it barely coats it. I feel it is a perfect ratio. You dip them like cake pops.
Great party! I cannot wait to try the pink marshmallow octopus pops! So creative!
They are really easy too. It's so nice when a dessert take little effort and looks like you slave over them:)
I love this idea, and am currently in the process of trying to put together a similar party for my 3 year old daughter who LOVES ariel. Where did you get the seaweed plants you used on the table? I have not been able to find anything like it anywhere!?!?!?
Are you not selling the printables anymore because I can't find your etsy shop 🙁
Hi Jessi, I no longer have an Etsy shop, but the good news is you can find all of our printables at wantsandwishesdesign.com!
Hi! How did you come up with the seaweed? It's perfect! Thanks!
Just saw above! Sorry!
Beautiful and creative ideas.. Have seen lots of mermaid parties but nothing like this.. Congrats!!!
Thank you! I had a niece that was so into mermaids that I wanted her to feel as if she was a mermaid under the sea with the "seaweed"hanging down, but still have an enchanted feeling….. she is such a girly girl!
Great party. Where did you get the blue beads?
And the big gold star fish, where to purchase?
I got the blue beads and star at the same tiny shop a long time ago…. sorry I don't even remember the name!
This is my sister's favorite theme. It's sweet, colorful and just suits a kid's innocence. Glad to be exploring the net and found great Little Mermaid birthday party ideas like this. THis is going to be my niece's party theme next year. yehey <3 God bless always! I would love to pin some photos from this post hope it's find with you.
Pin away! I have a new Mermaid collection with some other fun ideas coming soon to the shop and the blog so check back in a week or two! Happy party planning!
Omg this is such an amazing party …you did a. Great job !! May I ask where did you get the striped linen i would love to use it
Thank you! The fabric I got from a discount store a few years ago. I have had so many people ask about it though! Sorry I could help more.