Fun Ways to Decorate Your Child’s Nursery

There are many joys that come along with having a baby. While preparing for your newest arrival, you will feel the need to create a beautiful room for your baby. This may seem to be a daunting task and you’ll probably worry that you will have to spend a fortune to create the ideal look. The thing to remember is that it is possible to create a stunning nursery without spending a great deal of money. One way to save money is to use inexpensive supplies such as paint and wallpaper from craft stores. When buying these supplies, do not creatively limit yourself. Perhaps you think that a nursery can only be painted in one of three colors; pink for a girl, blue for a boy, or yellow if you don’t yet know the sex of your child. However, there are many other available options that will make your baby’s nursery much more aesthetically appealing.

Since most babies and parents find an animal theme adorable, incorporating this theme into the nursery can be a fun venture. Since animal themes are wildly popular, you are leaving yourself open to a world of opportunities.

You can decide to turn your nursery into a farm for your baby. You can add paintings or wallpapers of baby ducks, pigs, goats, sheep and chickens to your child’s walls. You can also buy stuffed animals to go along with the theme of your nursery. Also, you may choose to decorate your baby’s nursery in a jungle theme. The first step would be to paint the walls a shade of green or another color that is reminiscent of a jungle. Then, you can add leaves and other types of vegetation that you would find in the jungle. Incorporate baby tigers, baby monkeys and baby elephants into your room. You can do this by painting them on the nursery walls, or by buying stuffed animals or posters to go along with the room.

Another theme that goes along with animals and will work well in your child’s nursery is the sea. You can use light blue colors on the walls and a tan color for the carpet or rugs. Painting clouds on the ceiling will add even more realistic qualities to this nursery. You can paint different types of bright colored fish surrounding the crib, which will make it seem as though they are swimming in the ocean. At the bottom of the walls, you can paint green seaweed, and you can choose to add seagulls to your ceiling. Wall hangings can also be purchased that coincide with this theme.

If you are an artistic person, you can paint pictures of these animals on the walls using your own freehand drawings. However, if you are not artistic at all, do not fear. There are always stencils that are available to purchase at craft stores, such as AC Moore or Michaels. If you decide that you do not want to take the time to paint these prints, then wall borders may be a wise acquisition.

Perhaps you don’t have the time to go through all of this effort to just decorate a room and you decide that it would be better to stick to a more basic nursery. There are many different ways in which you can be creative without decorating for a long amount of time or spending more than your budget allows.

If you wish to stick to a light blue colored room, why not give it a little something extra by adding clouds to the walls? Or perhaps you want to stick with a pink room for your little girl. You could always use basic flower and butterfly stencils to liven up the room.

Almost all children love their favorite cartoon characters. If you search around in the right places, such as on EBay or on the sale rack at the Disney store, you can find bedding and accessories that your child will absolutely adore at an affordable price. Nowadays, some cribs are even being made with Disney characters or themes painted on them, which will coordinate well if you choose to decorate your room this way. It will also be very easy to find stuffed animals, lamps, and nightlights which will fit in with your child’s nursery.

Whatever you choose to do with your nursery, be sure that it is something that you will not quickly grow tired of since redecorating often can become costly. Be creative as possible, and your family and friends will be in awe at what an amazing job you did.