At your home or venue
Invite The Neverland Mermaid to you
One hour at your address, anywhere in Orange County. She leads the entrance, the storytelling, the games, the glitter and the birthday moment.
$225 one hour
Through the rainbow tunnel, from Neverland
Neverland Mermaids for Birthday Parties in Orange County
Invite a real mermaid to your next celebration. Our rainbow pastel Neverland Mermaids swam here through the rainbow tunnel to learn and play with human children, and for one hour she is yours: on land in her walking tail, or in the water in a tail she can truly swim in, running the games, the stories and the birthday moment while you watch.
$225one hour, walking tail
$250one hour, swimmable tail in the water
Additional time is available and prorated at the same hourly rate.
Three ways to see her
Meet The Neverland Mermaid.
She travels to you, or you come to her on Balboa Island. Whichever suits the celebration you have in mind.
In our venue
Meet The Neverland Mermaid on Balboa Island
Host the whole birthday inside our private venue, with her as the host: dress-up, the jellyfish salon, the crowning and a catered tea party luncheon, all run by our team.
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The whole party, at your place
Or we bring the party to you
Not just the character. Our traveling parties bring the salon, the transformations and the whole celebration to your home, with The Neverland Mermaid hosting it.
Not a costume. A mermaid.
Invite a real mermaid.
One hour, start to finish, run entirely by her. You are never gathering the children, filling a silence or working out what comes after the cake.
✦ In Neverland she works in the Jellyfish Salon and helps the pirates keep the treasure hidden. On Saturday she is in your backyard. ✧
Grand entrance
She arrives already in tail. The birthday child is greeted first, and by name.
Interactive storytime
Stories from above and below the water, with parts for the children to play.
Music and sing-along
Sea songs led by someone who can actually sing them.
Glitter makeovers
Mermaid glitter makeup and face gems. Temporary tattoos on request.
Games and activities
Character-led games woven through the hour, so there is never a flat stretch.
Photos with everyone
The birthday child, the family and every guest who wants one.
Cake and candles
She leads the birthday moment, so the candles are lit inside the story.
The one we would book
Bring the Traveling Salon with her.
A mermaid at your party is lovely. A mermaid at your party who turns every child into a mermaid is a different event entirely. Our illuminated styling stations travel with her, and each guest gets the full transformation: color, braids, shimmer and the reveal. It is the closest thing to bringing our Balboa Island venue to your front door, and with this character it is the pairing we recommend above every other add-on.
Turn the whole party into mermaids
Tails for every child.
Only available with a Neverland Mermaid, because they are our tails.
Swimmable tail rentals $25 per child
She brings tails for the whole party, and every child gets in the water as a mermaid. Rented for the visit and returned at the end, so there is nothing for you to buy, wash or store.
The keepsake tail set $39 per child
Our exclusive three-piece dress-up tail and top, and every child takes theirs home. $10 below our in-store retail price, available only when booked with a Neverland Mermaid.
Why us
Experience is the difference you feel in the room.
Our characters are on our staff. We are not matching you with an independent performer and handing over a costume. They host parties at our Newport Beach venue all week, which adds up to hundreds of hours with children: how to draw out the shy one, how to keep ten of them entertained when something runs behind, and how to answer the questions only a five-year-old thinks to ask. A costume cannot give you that. Only doing it every day can.
✦ Which is why she arrives on time, in character, and never needs you to step in. ✧
Make the hour bigger
More add-ons for this visit.
Deluxe Face Gems $8 per child
Every visit already includes glitter makeup and three or four small face gems for each child. The deluxe upgrade gives every child a full gem sheet and the whole glamour look, which is the version that ends up in the photographs.
The Traveling Salon Inquire for pricing
The full transformation, brought to you. Our illuminated styling stations arrive with your mermaid and every child gets the salon experience: the color, the braids, the shimmer, the whole thing. This is the pairing we recommend above every other add-on.
Crystal Tiara Crowning Ceremony $20
A real crystal tiara, presented in a royal crowning ceremony. It is the photograph most parents frame.
Mini Tea Party $125
For up to 12 children. She brings miniature porcelain tea cups and sets a proper little tea party, picnic-style or poolside. Beverages are provided by the family.
Character Plush Experience $15 per child
A build-and-stuff experience where every child creates their own sea friend, with help from their mermaid.
Book a Neverland Mermaid Or Host It At Our Venue
An 18% gratuity minimum applies to all bookings. Travel fees may apply outside of Newport Beach.
Once Upon an Island is an independent children’s entertainment company. The Neverland Mermaid is our own original character, created and performed by our team. We are not affiliated with, licensed by, sponsored by or endorsed by any film studio, game publisher, recording artist or other rights holder.