- November 2, 2024
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Don’t adjust your screen — or paper. That’s a mermaid you see perched on the rocks at Lido Beach.
This redheaded, green-tailed, purple-clamshell-bra-clad mermaid who surfaced Friday afternoon isn’t a character from your favorite Disney movie. She’s 13-year-old Belle Babcock, who has her own Disney princess cosplay business.
Babcock, who purchases and also creates her own costumes, delights in taking her princess personas to the public. She can be spotted out and about during the summer dressed as Ariel from “The Little Mermaid.”
“I just like being Ariel, and I think making little kids smile is a lot of fun,” Babcock said.
She even sings lyrics from “Under the Sea” and “Part of Your World.”
Her favorite part of dressing up as Ariel: the hair.
“I love her red hair, and I love how bubbly she is,” Babcock said.
As of June 25
Total Nests
Nests 2016
Lido Beach 64
Siesta Key 196
Casey Key 911
Nests 2015
Lido Beach 53
Siesta Key 260
Casey Key 673
False Crawls 2016
Lido Beach 65
Siesta Key 640
Casey Key 1388
False Crawls 2015
Lido Beach 86
Siesta Key 278
Casey Key 583