Need some favor ideas for a mermaid birthday party? It’s more fun to send the kids home with something they’ll really love. I’ve got 18+ mermaid party favor ideas – some easy DIY you can make and some you can buy – to get you started!
1 – 8 Mermaid birthday party favor ideas – Mermaid Birthday Party favors you can make!
It can be fun to make birthday party favors before the party, especially if you can make them with your child. Bonus! Some of these ideas could double as a party activity.
1. Mermaid tail cupcakes
What little girl wouldn’t love to take home a piece of cake? Some of our most fun parties were ones where kids decorated cupcakes. Let them take them home.
You can get chocolate molds for mermaid tails and seashells on Amazon.
2. Mermaid tail soap
What’s more natural than mermaids and water – they go together like water and… soap! Have fun making these ahead of time, or make them at the party.
3. Fishnet wrapped mason jar mermaid birthday party favors
Blue glass! I love the old-fashioned blue glass fishing net floats. These mason jars look just like them! Knotting the rope makes a great party activity. Fill with party favors or snacks to send them home as party favors.
4. DIY mermaid dishes party favors
Eating off these dishes will remind your little mermaids all year long of the great time they had at the birthday girls party.
5. Ocean in a bottle mermaid birthday party favor
Something about these water toys is captivating. Make your own and put plastic fish in them like they did here, or use little plastic mermaids.
6. Beach bucket favors for a mermaid birthday party
Beach, sand, and buckets! Plastic sand buckets make inexpensive party favor “bags.”
7. Ocean creatures soap perfect for a mermaid party favor
Here’s another version of ocean themed soap.
8. Ocean-themed slime for a mermaid party favor
Slime! So fun to play with. Add plastic fish or mermaids.
9. Cuddly Sock Octopus – mermaid birthday party favor
Another great party craft – a sock octopus! Aren’t these little guys cute?
10. Mermaid Muddy Buddies party favors
Want to make some party favors fast? Try these pretty muddy buddies.
11-18 Mermaid birthday party favor ideas – mermaid birthday party favors you can buy
We’d all love to make our kids birthday party favors. But sometimes you just don’t have the time. Or maybe you don’t have the skill. Or both. Or maybe you just don’t want to.
Here are 8 more mermaid birthday party favor ideas hand picked by me! They are not things you’ll find if you just search “mermaid party favors.” I had to hunt harder than that to find things I liked!
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Search ideas for mermaid birthday party favors
Don’t see what you’re looking for above? If you want to search more, you can use the bar below the mermaid party favor ideas I found. But I don’t think you’ll find what you want searching just “mermaid birthday party favors.” Search terms I’d suggest are things like seashells, mermaid books, mermaid hair accessories, mermaid sequins, shell hair accessories, mermaid tail, mermaid tail blanket, mermaid pool toys, mermaid pool float, and mermaid figurines.
More mermaid birthday party ideas
My collection of Mermaid birthday party ideas includes favor ideas.
Mermaid birthday party favor ideas on Pinterest
Pinterest is a great place to look for birthday party ideas. But even when you try different search terms you can find Pinterest giving you the same ideas over and over. I’ve made quite a collection over the years on my own Mermaid Birthday Party Ideas Board. Check out my board to find ideas that may have been long buried! Remember to scroll down to the bottom for older pins.
Mermaid books
And don’t forget to check out my own mermaid books, Miri Attwater, Mermaid Princess, for the birthday girl!
Happy Birthday to your little mermaid!