Dive in and take a trip on an under-the-sea adventure with everyone's favorite little mermaid, Ariel! This pretty princess party is the perfect way to celebrate your very own princess's birthday! Inspired by Ariel's traditional color palette, her love of collecting artifacts and ocean fun, this party has it all. With tons of DIY ideas, adorable partyware, delicious recipes and lots of little mermaid details, Ariel fans will be flipping their fins in excitement! Be sure to download these FREE Mermaid Party Printables to totally customize your party!
The Table
The table was dressed in a mermaid tail tablecloth that had a color palette of purples and sea green.
This color palette, which reminded us of Ariel's classic colors, helped to inspire the whole look and feel of this party.
The Place Settings
Each place setting was styled with a white scalloped plastic charger plate, a square purple dinner plate and a mermaid scale plate resting on top.
To the right sat a decorative glass milk bottle that had been dressed up to coordinate with our place setting. A sweet mint paper straw added the perfect touch.
To the left sat a porcelain starfish dish which had been painted bright white.
To the side of each place setting sat our cutlery, which rested upon a mint green cake bag and coordinating napkin.
We enhanced the cutlery with pearlized gems for a fun detail!
The Centerpiece
We wanted our DIY Centerpiece to really pay homage to the film, and it did just that! Marquee lights were transformed with coordinating napkins and mod podge.
Pearls adorned the signage to give the look of bubbles and starfish were painted purple and had a hint of glitter.
On each side of the Ariel signage sat two candelabras, decorated just like Ariel did in the film.
Cutlery was enhanced with white pearlized "bubbles" which added a cute under-the-sea feel.
A white starfish adorned the front of each candelabra.
The Backdrop
We wanted to create a gorgeous Mermaid Scale Inspired Backdrop to be the setting for our Ariel party!
We created an ombre pattern of layered paper plates to create the illusion of a mermaids tail using white, mint, teal, lavender and purple plates. We opted for Ariel's traditional teal and purple colors to create our pattern.
The Dessert Buffet
In the center of the table sat another portion of our backdrop. We layered various pieces of the mermaid table cloth and added them to an over sized white frame.
Adorable teal bubbles were adhered to the frame for a cute and playful detail.
A large white rectangular tray was filled with decorative candies and our adorably sweet dessert recipe, Ariel's Dinglehopper Rice Krispie Treat!
These candy-laden marshmallow treats were inspired by Ariel's look and her favorite utensil, a dinglehopper (or a fork)!
To the left of the framed backdrop sat a tiered dessert stand with decorative cupcakes for our guests to enjoy. Tiny mermaid tails and teal candies look adorable on top!
To the right sat mermaid tail cookies from Bakery Bling which looked oh so cute on a mermaid themed tiered teat stand!
We loved the silhouette of Ariel on top and thought it was the perfect princess detail!
