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Mermaid Birthday Party Ideas for Kids

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Got a little one’s birthday this summer? Use these ideas to create a Fun Mermaid Birthday Party for your little ocean princess. This post contains affiliate links for your convenience.

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10th Birthday!

Our little girl turned 10 years old this past November 2020 (I wrote more about it here and some other things we did to celebrate). She’s our first child and we are so incredibly blessed to have her. Sometimes I look at her among our other kids and still see my little 2 year old, in a beautiful dress with a cute headband, just playing quietly in our living room (first house). Those times people tell you they grow up fast and it seemed hard to believe truly means something. Although, I think we know that they should be around the age they truly are at the moment yet it still feels so unreal.

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In any event, we were excited for 10 and we made it big in our own way. I guess I never really new what that big would look like but I wanted to make it special. Things may have looked & planned differently if there were more socializing & things to do outdoors in 2020. But you know what, we did the best we can and that’s what matters. Our daughter had so much fun and she got her first phone! That made it all:)

Mermaid Birthday Party Ideas for Kids

Our girl wanted a Mermaid Theme party so that’s what we did. Here are some ideas for you to look into from our party. Note: Not all activities were not done on the same day since some were done at home and others out. You can choose the ideas below that best suits a “stay-home” party.

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1. Invitations

She chose these we found at Target. It was between this one and another we looked at. She chose this specific one because she loved that the card included “mermaids” of different “skin” colors. I seem to have lost the photo of it, though. But you could create something or purchase from the store to save time.

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2. Decorations

Amazon sells these Mermaid tail balloons and this balloon garland. We bought both but ended up not using the balloon garland. We just couldn’t find a moment to blog them all up and I think we eventually decided to just do without. We used color coordinated balloons and those string things for the party – bought them at Walmart. We got the 10 (1+0) balloon at Target in their party corner (Here are some of the numbered balloons). The Mermaid table cloth and all the other table décor along with the disposable food items and treat bags are from Walmart too, I believe.

3. Mermaid Outfit

We chose this dress from her closet that fit the occasion. We had bought it from Walmart earlier in the year or the year prior. It really was the perfect piece with the sequins and went so well with her Mermaid wig. This wig is also from Walmart. We bought it after Halloween (on clearance day). We had Mermaid Tails & these ordered for the kids a few weeks prior but we decided not to use them on the day off. They are a little hard to move around in so the girls just used them to play dress-up!

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Her siblings also dressed up as Ocean Characters. We had another little Mermaid with pink hair and a pink sequin dress and a little Shark brother with his Shark pajamas. So fun!

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4. Mermaid Cake

We made this simple but delicious Mermaid cake. We used a box cake (for real). Growing up, I don’t even think I knew what a box cake was – mom always made cakes from scratch. But for birthdays now we either order cakes or use box cakes just to make things less hectic. They always turn out delicious! We found our Mermaid Cake idea here.

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For cake decor, these Ocean Themed Molds on Amazon made the cutest little sea creators and decorations from melted chocolate. We found various colored chocolate Candy Melts from Michaels and others from Walmart.

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  • Make the cake
  • Frost
  • Decorate
  • Enjoy

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5. Food

We ate out at Olive Garden for her birthday. We were already planning to go out to a bounce house so eating out made the most sense to us. For at home, we only had cake. More of that post here. For the party, we only had cake and drinks.

 

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6. Games & Activities

Games – We did games via zoom with some of our friends from Chicago a couple nights before her birthday. They were all computer games – the kids had such a great time! As a result, we skipped “home” games during her actual birthday party. It seemed a bit too much to fit in.

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We sang Happy Birthday and all her friends had cupcakes via zoom to eat right after (insert almost tear). This was just a joy to watch. I had asked the parents if they could, to let their kids hold cupcakes for the song – so happy they remembered. Just typing this makes me tear-up:)

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7. Spa

Because Mermaids and water go hand-in-hand, we chose to do a spa for one of the activities. I think the kids enjoyed this part of the day more than anything else. Of course, they enjoyed everything else too but the spa was so relaxing for them.

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For the Spa we needed: Robes, Towels, Warm Water, Epsom Salts, Lavender Essential Oil, Shower Soap, Nail Clippers, Cucumber Slices, Small Ice Packs, fluffy slippers or socks (we had just bought new fluffy slippers for winter, so that came in handy). They wore them to keep their feet feeling soft after getting their feet cleaned.

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What we did:

  • They got dressed in robes
  • Got foot soaks in Epsom salts, Lavender Essential Oil & soapy water
  • I clipped their nails and massaged their feed (they loved that)
  • All while using cucumber slices & tiny ice packs on their eyes

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Nails

  • When they were done with their face treatments and feet, we dried things off and then did nails.
  • We did nail painting and also used these acrylic nails she chose from Walmart.

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We bought these fun Kids Press-On Nails for the girls’ nails as part of the spa time. We also got extra for the party favor bags. More about the bags down below. The nails coordinated so well with the Mermaid theme. Here’s what one of the packs looked like.

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I love that they could mix and match any combination together. They had so much fun doing this. Check out how they both of our girls’ nails looked when they were done.

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8. Favor/Treat Bags

We mailed the treat bags to the kids who attended her online zoom party. Most of them were friends from Illinois that the kids grew up with and another of our daughter’s friend from when they were in 2nd Grade.

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Girls Bags – Each girl’s bag had:

  • Small Ice-Packs for the Eyes (Dollar Tree)
  • Small Hand-Held mirrors (Dollar Tree)
  • A Sleeping Mask (Dollar Tree)
  • Pack of Press-On Nails (Walmart)
  • Some Candy

Boys Bags – Each boy’s Bag had

  • Small Ice-Packs for the Eyes (Dollar Tree)
  • A Sleeping Mask (Dollar Tree)
  • Super Hero Trinkets (Walmart)
  • Some Candy

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I think that covers it all. If you need more ideas, you could follow my Kids Birthday board here on Pinterest. I generally pin ideas around the kids birthday themes but many times, we end up coming up with our own ideas. You can also check out her 10th Birthday post here to see what else we did, including what we did for her breakfast.

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She looketh well to the ways of her household, and eateth not the bread of idleness (Proverbs 31:27).

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