As parents, we have the challenging job of creating rooms for our children that reflect their tastes (and our standards), and inspire their creativity. Fortunately, there are many easy ways to tailor decor to your child's rapidly changing interests without spending a lot of money.
Decorating with decorative paper is a fabulous way to add color and pattern to a child's room for very little cost.
This is my 9 year old daughter's room. We decoupaged scrapbook paper on 12x12 canvases, and used removeable vinyl wall decals (on clearance right now at Lowe's) to round out the art wall. This entire arrangement was less than $20. So when she decides that orange and black are her new favorite colors? No problem, except that I'm NOT painting the walls.
Here's another idea from Better Homes and Gardens for wall art made from scrapbook cards. You could even use the paint sample cards for this.
This one is precious. Shadow box frames with decorative paper and Barbie clothes! I can see this working for a little girl obsessed with dolls or a teenager into fashion design. (photo from bhg.com)
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I love this idea of a large graphic art image divided and painted onto several canvases. This would also be great in a boys room, with a painting of sports equipment, a favorite cartoon character or even legos. (photo from bhg.com)If you're handy with a paint brush, you could easily recreate these wall murals free hand or trace an object on the wall with tracing paper and fill in with paint. We all know how easy paint is to change when your kid decides that their once cool room is now the ugliest room EVER. (these two photos from Pottery Barn Kids)
I enjoy decorating kids' rooms because it's so easy to give the child input and let him or her express creativity without breaking the bank. Have fun!
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I can SO relate...I painted my 8 year old's room from pink to "sand" at her request, now she wants blue. Great ideas, thanks!
ReplyDeleteWhat great projects and it's so wonderful that the kids get to show their skills in their rooms. Hugs, Marty
ReplyDeleteI let my children change their room about every 3 years because they change, but I did it all quite inexpensively. They are moved out now, but one of the best ideas as teens was some basic frames (ours were black) which I cut art paper in a color for their room and used it as a mat, then just photocopied (the cheap way) photos of their friends etc. and double stick taped them on. When the room changed color, so did the paper. When the best friend became the ex friend, so did the photo. At one point the theme was sort of East Indian, so we stenciled in gold and silver some intricate designs. It turned out beautiful. Another great idea was to purchase ottmans (Target on sale) and make slipcovers that can change with the room.
ReplyDeleteHey Kimm, Your post is very timely for me as I was just thinking about buying canvases AND scrapbook paper to make some wall art for my girls' playroom. There are so many different patterns and colors of scrapbook paper available it would be fun to try to mix and match different ones. And you're right on- it's cheap!
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Kim
Those are really neat ideas. I may use that for some other rooms in the house too.
ReplyDeleteNothing like a little paint brush and some new paint to make a big change!
ReplyDeleteI love these ideas! My daughter has "school" once a week (45 minutes at the rec center) and she is always coming home with a new creation. My refrigerator door is getting a workout these days!
ReplyDeleteHope things are good with you! Have a great weekend! :)
Carrie
Love it! Isn't it amazing what you can do with a little scrapbook paper???
ReplyDeleteI just did this (well, very similar to it) and hung the arrangement over my bed. Looks great! http://www.twopeasinabucket.com/pg.asp?cmd=display&layout_id=1300525
i love the art made from scrapbook cards. bookmarking that one for future yes. just stopping by to say hello from SITS!
ReplyDeleteHey Kimm! I don't know why I can't get that link to work. No biggie, though, because I just realized it's similar to what you did with the canvases over your couch! However, I did mine with styrofoam and I used spray adhesive instead of mod podge. I can NEVER get my "mod podged" things to look nice. They just get too bubbly and look like a kindergarten project. I have found spray adhesive to be my new best friend! Anyway, I put black cardstock on the edges and it looks really great. I'll be posting it on my blog soon. BTW, I'm starting a new blog to focus on my "domestic" stuff. I figured my family just wants to read about the kiddos and isn't interested in what I crafted or organized that day. :) It's www.mydomesticdisaster.blogspot.com
ReplyDeletei just love the barbie clothes idea. how cute is that? the art in your daughter's room is adorable and oh so creative!
ReplyDeleteKimm, thank you for visiting my blog the other day. I love the ideas you've shown on yours. So inspiring!
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Those are all great ideas! I love what you did in your daughter's room!
ReplyDeletethat is so true! you have a nice touch!
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from One Day at a Time/ Reflections
Kids are so fickle with their rooms aren't they? We've been lucky so far that our girls haven't been asking for too much Hannah Montana or anything like that!
ReplyDelete~Michelle
I LOVE what you did in your daughter's room!! I will have to check out the vinyl decals.
ReplyDeleteHi kim, im taking a peek at your blog, so much inspiration here so i think i will be here for a while. By the way i found a little bird today, i wanted off white but he is dark cast iron, so im going to spray paint the little guy.
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janet
What cute ideas, I love the shadow boxes with the barbie cloths! too cute....
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Cathleen
So cute! Love the decals mixed in with the canvases!
ReplyDeleteWhat wonderful ideas! It reminded me of the Colorforms dolls I played with when I was little, just peel and stick the clothes and accessories on...oh, how I loved those!
ReplyDeleteI love these ideas! My deal with my girls is their rooms get redone at 5, 10 and 15...so it needs to be something that they'll like right now. My almost-8 year old is already planning what we'll do in two years!
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