I've constructed a nice little monofin for mermaiding. :D I've seen tutorials suggest cardboard and duct tape, but I was all like, "Pfft... um, no!" I want this to last a while, so I used water shoes and a cutting mat from the craft section(I needed something thin, stiff, yet flexible, and that was what seemed to work best from all the stuff I looked at), drilled some holes, and lashed it all together nice and tight with hemp twine, like the rigging on a sailing ship. :3

This will eventually be a "shark" mermaid tail, even though technically sharks have vertical tails, and I kinda had to make it horizontal to fit my anatomy. Basically I'll make all the proper fins and it'll appear as if my lower half is most of a shark body. :D

I hope to be able to try it out soon. So excited! :D