Decorating a children’s bedroom or nursery needn’t be difficult. If you are sick of the bland walls and need some inspiration to inject colour, fun, and educational wall art into a child’s room, check out the ideas below.
5 Design Ideas for a Children’s Bedroom / Nursery
Nursery Flashcards
Flashcards in a frame are educational and creative. You could create an entire alphabet collage frame complete with lettering, pictures and numbers.
The standard size of flashcards is typically three inches by five inches. Ideal for framing in a 6” x 4” frame with a protective and decorative picture mount. That’s only standard though. Make and print your own designs and you could go up to poster size.
Calligraphy Art
All those inspirational quotes, messages of love, or just a fancy hand-written print of a child’s name scanned then printed on canvas can make adorable prints to display in a nursery.
If you fancy yourself a dab hand at doing your own calligraphy art, you could frame a hand-written nursery rhyme, or cheat the process by using a creative font either online or just fancy text in any word processing program.
Frame Gender Neutral Wall Art with Animal Prints
Whether it’s your own child’s nursery, or you are searching for inspiration to get a friend or family member as a gift, it’s easy to keep things gender neutral. Just stay away from blues and pinks. Frames that work well for any gender are white, traditional wood, gold or silver frames. Use a neutral-coloured backing board and frame some animal prints. Let the wildlife bring natural colours into the frame. Giraffes, zebras, cute koala bears, tiger striped kittens or even cute chimpanzees. Even better, mix them all up in a neutral-coloured collage frame.
Become a Colourist and Frame Drawings That You Only Need to Colour In
Don’t fancy yourself an artist, but like to wind down with a digital detox? That’s what drove the ‘adult colouring book’ craze a few years back. They were certainly a trend back then, topping 12 million sales in a year at one point, but today, they are a smaller sector of the publishing industry that’s largely driven by stressed out adults in need of an activity to do offline.
If you are after unique art to frame and display, you won’t get much more unique than the prints you colour in yourself. The designs may be the same, but when each is complete, they will be unique to you.
Do Your Bit for Charity by Upcycling Used Books or Even the Covers of Children’s Board Games
Local charity shops usually have loads of old children’s games and used books. The packaging of some traditional games, like the box for Snakes and Ladders, Ludo, or even Mouse Trap might make some good wall art.
The used books sections are where you will find easy to frame art. Don’t limit your search for children’s books. The covers of books for grown-ups like bird guides or plant guides can have multiple images that can make great colourful and educational framed art.
If the book title doesn’t fit with your overall theme, cover it with stickers or a small drawing stuck over the title section to keep only the artistic parts on display.
The walls of your children’s bedroom or nursery are the perfect spot for educational wall art. The more objects on display, the more interesting the pictures become. Take advantage of fun flashcards, and other creative design ideas to really make your walls tell stories.