Wall Decals for Nursery or Playroom
July 5, 2011 on 2:41 pm | In Nursery | No CommentsMake your own wall decals!
Beach Themed Wall Decals
Here’s a creative and inexpensive way to decorate your child’s room. All you’ll need is a pattern, some clear Contact paper and some scissors.
If you want to do a trial run, cut out a pattern from a coloring book. Color it with colored pencils, markers, water colors or crayons. If you’re eager to get started decorating an entire wall or room, find a pattern or theme from free online graphics sites, draw your own or use a coloring book. I’ve found the best patterns are fairly large and aren’t finely detailed. The larger patterns expose larger areas for a great pop of color.
Take out your roll of clear Contact paper. Cut a square large enough to extend beyond your cut pattern by 2 in. Cut out a second square of clear Contact paper measuring the same as the first one. One square will be the back of your decal and the other square will be the protective covering for the front.
Turn one square over with the blue lined paper side down. Place your pattern in the middle of the square. Peel the blue lined paper away from the second square. Center the sticky side of the square over your pattern and press into place. Tip: It’s best to apply a small area at a time being sure to smooth out any wrinkles or bubbles as you go either with your fingers or a ruler. Trim around the pattern leaving about a ½ in edge.
To apply your decal, peel away the blue lined paper backing and place the decal onto your wall. The decal will remove easily with no marks or stickiness left behind.
Flower Garden Wall Decals
Patterns are everywhere! You can trace around wooden puzzle pieces, cookie cutters, wooden cut-outs (found in craft stores) or die cuts (found in scrapbooking stores). How about shapes? Color and cut out various sized circles, rectangles, squares or triangles. Think concentric circles or squares created from four different colored triangles. Have fun with the process!!!
You don’t have to limit the placement of the decals to walls. Add them to chairs, wooden rockers, toy chests, etc.
Personalized Wall Decal
I plan to give mine to my granddaughters; so, they can decorate a wall over and over again however they wish. Creative play. I’d love to see how you use this idea.
Inspirational Tidbits:
Click “clip art” and then look for these categories: baby, animals, flowers, nature, plants, sports, music or transportation.
Free coloring pages, including popular characters.
Baby Name Frames
May 19, 2011 on 8:03 am | In Nursery | No Comments
- Personalize the Nursery!
Ready to personalize your baby’s nursery? Here’s a fun, creative and inexpensive way to do that. Just five easy steps!
Materials you will need: plastic photo frames (Mine came from Walgreens Drug Store.), coloring page letters (Mine came from http://dailycoloringpages.com/challenging-coloring-pages-of0alphabet-letters-to-print/ ), glue stick, scissors, colored pencils, white paper and a printer.
Step One: Choose your alphabet design. There are a few alphabet coloring sites listed in Inspirational Tidbits to get you started.
Step Two: Print the letters of your baby’s name. You may need to resize them. Use your printer (copy) options menu to size each letter to your liking.
Step Three: Color each letter. This is the fun part but it also takes the most time.
Step Four: Cut out each letter and paste each letter to a white sheet of paper.
Step Five: Frame each letter and voila! You’re done! Well, almost. Now, you’ll need to either hang them on a nursery wall or or display them on a shelf.
Afterthoughts: You could shadow each letter by outlining it with a black pen or fine tip marker. This would give your letter more dimension.
Another idea! Use the letter cut-outs as patterns for either Contact paper or fabric. Have fun. Let me know how your project turns out!
Inspirational Tidbits:
Polka Dot, Fancy or Funny Letters
Graffiti, Sports or Sign Language Letters
Toys, Trains and Funny Letters
Nursery Mobiles – Get Inspired and Do It Yourself!
February 17, 2010 on 8:18 am | In Nursery | 1 Comment
Imaginative Baby Mobiles
Decorating a nursery? A mobile for the crib is a must! Your baby will be delighted by whatever you choose to entertain him. Will you do abstract designs, a nursery rhyme theme, something whimsical or a recycled creation? The choice is totally yours, personal and so much fun!
Here are 18 baby nursery mobiles to inspire you. Have fun and let us know how your project turns out!
This Little Piggy Crib Mobile
Cards and Plastic Tubing Mobile
Baby Blocks Mobile
Origami Fish Mobile
Cute Pac Man Mobile
Crib Mobile Elephants
Polka Dot Baby Crib Mobile
Sock Owl Mobile
Paper Mache Bird Baby Mobile
Knitted Bunny Mobile
Embroidery Hoop Mobile
Paper Lantern Mobile
Butterfly Mobile
Squares ‘N Balls Mobile
Felt Safari Mobile
Bamboo Mobile
Clip It Mobile
Build Your Own DecoMobile
Fingertip Inspiration
Simple Snuggly Baby Blanket
Ribbon Pacifier Clip
Toddler Crocheted Scarf
Fleece Baby Bonnet
I love how she created this pattern!
Cute Reuseable Potty Chart
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