A house isn’t truly a home until you’ve made it your own. Check out the following ways you can customize, spruce-up and otherwise make your child’s room a fantastic place for living, learning and fun.
Choose warm and soothing colors. A soft lavender will help calm your child and even ease them into slumber, where as bold and vivid can actually be a stimuli. Most kids need no help in the energy department, so carefully consider the mood a color of paint will foster before that first dip of the brush. Also, be sure and purchase a good washable version of paint, even if it costs a little more. You know that it will be invaluable at some point in the future.
Photographs as art. Have your favorite picture of your child enlarged at any print or office supply shop, then cut into diagonal slices. Once you’ve got it up on the wall, it makes for an amazing, illusion-like image. Your child will be delighted at seeing himself in living color, and you can accent the creation with track lighting. It will coordinate well with nearly any style decor or color scheme.
Life size, life like characters. Adding cartoon creatures to your child’s room can be a perfectly zany and fun way to really bring it to life. Different stores feature varying sizes of your kids favorite imaginary friends like Pooh, Mickey or Sponge Bob. Make sure not to get anything that requires any permanent installation, as the preferences of little ones can change so quickly. Look for matching lamps or curtains, too.
Use those toys to decorate. Take the largest of your toddler’s stuffed animals and attach twine or yarn to them, so that you can secure them in corners. Put up easy to install shelving and neatly arrange the infrequently used toys in a nice decorative fashion. You’ve got instant theme and animation and a great way to clean up the extra toys. Easily trade off the shelved toys with others as interests and hobbies evolve.
Paint planets or star-charts on the ceiling. Any child would find a ceiling full of stars and other heavenly bodies fascinating to fall asleep to, and think of the educational value! Paint the background first, then add stars or planets with stencils and glow in the dark paint, available in both brush on or spray types. Carefully map the project out on paper first and be sure you have or purchase a ladder that is tall enough to allow you to paint with a certain level of comfort at the awkward angles.
Make a chalkboard wall. For less than $50, you could pick up some chalkboard paint, plus a few other supplies like medium-density fiber board, combined with tools you probably already have around the house and create a full wall-sized chalkboard for imagination, art and learning. This will take a long time for most kids to outgrow, and mom or dad can use the higher space of it to leave important messages, or new words and concepts the child is learning.
Turning your child’s room into a fantastic, fun-filled place is exciting and rewarding. Your creativity will be an inspiration to their developing minds and foster a fantastic family environment.
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