5 Tips to Preschoolers Bedrooms, on a Budget
by Kathleen Wilson
Description: How to decorate your preschooler's bedroom on a budget.
Decorating on a budget can always be a challenge, but
nowhere do our hearts yearn to provide a beautiful room as
much as when it comes to our little ones. Luckily, there are
some great ideas you can do today, to punch up your
preschoolers room, and keep the costs as little as they are!
1. Paint the room a wonderful, dreamy color. Soothing pool
blues, apple greens, and soft yellows are great for a young
ones restful spot. Make the colors too bright, and you will
affect their ability to rest well as the colors will be too
stimulating. Make them too pale pastel, and young ones have
a hard time even registering them as colors! You can pick
up a gallon of quality paint from your discount store for
less than $10, which should cover the average bedroom, and
make a quick and dramatic change in just a couple of hours.
I recommend Dutch Boy paints for kids rooms, as they are
almost odorless.
2. Get craft foam from the craft store in varying colors, and
cut out shapes according to your rooms theme. The foam comes
in sheets kind of like thick paper, cuts quite easily with
scissors, and is brightly colored like a box of crayons! For
instance, if your child loves trains and planes, cut out
trains and planes! Learning to read? The alphabet! Trace
from simple coloring books if you like. Now glue these
shapes on the walls in a border or all over pattern. Quick,
dramatic, cheap, and they will love it! (Can't glue? Use
double sided tape!)
3. Pick up some cheap frames from the dollar shop, remove the
glass for safety, and place pictures of your family, beloved
pet, or even their own drawings right in their special
place! It provides them with comfort when they are alone,
and teaches them to value those close to them.
4. Keep an eye out for a low coffee table at yard sales.(Or
maybe you have one in the garage?) Pick one up and paint it
to match the room. This makes a great art table for kids...you
would be surprised at how much time kids will spend being
creative if only they had the materials to them available
when the creative urge strikes! Cover empty wipe containers
with contact paper, and keep full of washable crayons and
chalk. Layout paper for them each morning, and be ready for
the masterpieces!
5. Finally, make a little book corner for your little one.
Even if they aren't reading yet, every small child should
have the opportunity to spend time with books, and reliving
the stories you read to them over and over! Place plastic
crates on their side as bookshelves they can easily reach,
and give them a soft spot to cuddle up, either with pillows
on their bed, or a little beanbag chair in the corner. Yard
sales are great places to pick up colorful books for just
few pennies. And above all, find time to read to them each
day in their special spot!
Just a few quick projects can enliven your kids imagination
for years to come!
Kathy Wilson is an author, columnist, and editor of The
Budget Decorator. For hundreds of free budget decorating
ideas, and to sign up for her free online newsletter and
free ebook, visit her at http://www.TheBudgetDecorator.com.
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