Mermaid paper dolls

 Hello!

Original Paper Collage Painting by inkspired

All paper collages are hand cut from recycled junk mail - catalogs, flyers, magazines, etc.

Let’s have some fun with mermaid paper dolls!

Unless noted, these are all free for you to download and print for your personal enjoyment. Let’s play nice and not try to sell them or mass produce any.

Unfortunately most I have found on Pinterest with no identifying info on who drew them or where you could find them.

As always, I try to give credit where it is due. If you know information about any of these please let me know so I can give credit.

Some of the paper doll clothes do not have tabs, so be sure to add those when you are cutting them out.

Artist: Milka Tertsunen; ArtStation

Cory Jensen is a favorite paper doll artist of mine for two reasons. He is incredibly talented, and most of his paper dolls he offers for free! Here are a few of his:

Paper dolls by Cory Jensen

By Cory Jensen

Here are a few more versions of The Little Mermaid; many are styled after Disney’s Ariel.

By Cory Jensen

Unknown

By Cory Jensen

‘Irina’ Collage Art Doll by inkspired

Paperthinpersonas.com

If you like these paper dolls the artist offers free ones when you sign up for her e-mails.

Artist: Audrey Kaiser

Print out your mermaid twice. The first one glue to thin cardboard, like a cereal box. Or you can print onto a heavier weight cardstock. Then cut out. Draw a stand on first if you want, and cut as one.

The second print is printed on paper. Cut the costumes out, remembering to add tabs if there aren’t any. If it needs to be colored, do this before you cut out.

Paper dolls by Cory Jensen

I thought we needed some mer-men to compliment our mermaids.

Here is a jointed merman by a different artist-

Artist: Shawne Johnson

Here is another jointed PaperDoll, a mermaid, you can put together with brads, eyelets, or string.

PheeMcFaddell.com

Here is one by the same artist that you can color yourself-

This next one is just the mermaid. I thought it was such a great, simple design that you might like to draw some outfits for her. 

Print her out. Go over the major lines with a black Sharpie. Place on a window, with a plain sheet of paper on top. Trace the main lines. Now you have the basic shape and you can start creating outfits to fit!

Make a few copies of the basic shape. Draw your clothes slightly larger, and don’t forget to add tabs. Since she is a mermaid, draw a stand so she can stand alone for playtime. You could draw a piece of coral or seaweed for her to ‘sit’ on.

Have fun!

www.finfriends.com/printable-mermaid-easter-paper-dolls/

Posted on Pinterest by Crafty Annabelle

Now it’s time to go take a break and drink some water and eat goldfish crackers!

The next 2 mermaid paper dolls are by the same artist, but very different styles-

Artist: Julie Allen Matthews

Artist: Julie Allen Matthews 

Next I have 2 more by Cory Jensen-

Paper dolls by Cory Jensen

The next 2 paper dolls are Lucia and Rina, drawn in manga style-

Artist unknown

 I’ve covered many different styles of mermaids for you. Now the hard part - which one to pick to print and play with first?

‘Til next time,

inkspired

You can find me on Pinterest as

Karen Kloberdans

Mermaid, mermaid swimming along...

Kaleidascope by inkspired using KaleidaCam app

When it is so hot outside
my thoughts turn to cool water.
Ah!

A paper collage hand cut and created by inkspired
‘Ocean Frolic’

...and then I think of the ocean with its’
soothing waves and the calls of seagulls...

Posted by CreativeMarket on Pinterest

From there it is a natural progression to
daydreaming about mermaids!

This is one of my favorite mermaids, but I cannot find who the artist is.
Do you know?

through the rhythm of the waves
you can hear
mermaids softly chanting
their sea songs 
and quietly whispering
each to each
poems of the deep blue sea

Found on Pinterest, no credits

Vintage illustration by Ted Rand

Not feeling ‘cool’ yet?
How about we dress for the part?

Many times if you don’t feel
Pretty
or special,
Fun
or interesting,
Smart
or good enough -
👕👒👞
Dress for the part!
It is amazing what a fresh shirt
or clean hair with a cute hat
can do for your self esteem and
for lifting your spirit into a better place.

So let us dress like mermaids
in cool, soothing blues
and we will chase the heat away!

Spring/Summer 2011 collection
Fashion Week, AltaRoma
by Italian designer Fausto Sarli 


These watery fashions sure get me in the mood
for a refreshing dip in the ocean...

Ianassa in Hawai’i, Designer Carol Hannah
Photo credit: Matthew Ree of CLY BY MATTHEW

Georgia Rose Hardy is the only info I found for this photo, Pinterest

Oh, alright.
Triton is optional!

But really, it wouldn’t be that hard to make
with cardboard tubes & duct tape...
(think empty tp or paper towel rolls)
Some cereal box type cardboard for the top;
a little gold spray paint;
throw in some glitter and any seashells
you might have for decorations and
Voila!
...might help you get a seat on the bus....

Isn’t daydreaming fun?

Found on Pinterest


I have no idea how she creates this -

By designer Iris Van Herpen, posted by Andrea Li Designs, Pinterest

...but I think
Iris Van Herpen
is one of my new-found fave designers!

I have watched video clips of 2 of her past 
fashion shows, and
WOW!
She is incredibly creative using kinetic type
movement in her fashion designs.
Check her out on Pinterest or YouTube if you can.

Created by inkspired using WordPak app.

Found this on Pinterest.
I am guessing it might be a photo from the annual Mermaid Parade on Coney Island, New York, USA.

What a clever idea for webbed hands!

Still bored?

Can’t find anything fun to do?

What about creating a fanciful

Mermaid top!

Solteiras Noivas Casadas

This pretty mermaid top started out
as a lovely blue strapless bra.
I have also seen them called ‘shelf’ bras.
With such a pretty base, it is easy to use
fabric glue
to apply strings of rhinestones, pearls,
Upcycled jewelry pieces, etc.
to turn it into a mermaid top.
I would also tack some of it down with some thread.

Make a mermaid top, DIY Shell Bra by Seatail, Pinterest

And one more -

Closet da Re, 1/27/2016 article

Well, the new Blogger still has bugs to work out,

and this poor blog has taken me a week or more

to put together. Add in the aggravation and

multiple attempts to post one photo,

a broken air conditioner with temps waving at 100’

for many days, yellow skies due to many fires burning in

Colorado, USA and warnings not to go outside,

asthma, allergies, oh...

the stresses just keep piling on!

So I think I will close,

and go dream of mermaid songs

and

Seashell games

and

the calming sound of waves against the shore.

I do hope that in your day

you take time to relax, and listen to the sounds

all around you.

The world is so full of wonderful things!

‘Til next time,

inkspired

By inkspired, using WordPack app.