Are you looking for some ideas for decorating your teen kids room or toddler’s room and don’t know where to start?  Have you thought of wall murals?  Wall murals for kids bedrooms (or any age, really) are an awesome way to bring a bedroom alive and transform it into an exciting place to be and play!

How To Start

The best way to start is to look at what your kid’s interests are.  What do they like?  Are there any television shows / movies or tv characters that they love?  Do they love animals or do they have an interest in music?  What about fantasy – does your little girl imagine herself as a princess, or does your son want to be a fireman?  Spend some time observing your child and what they really love.

Brainstorming

Next, start brain-storming on some ideas for what you can do with their bedroom.  Will you paint just one feature wall, or the entire bedroom in the theme?  Will you paint the roof as well as the walls?  What will you do about the floor – carpet, wood, or is there an opportunity there to paint the floor or vinyl it in a suitable fashion to blend in with the new theme?

If you have come up with a short list of options, do some analysis to determine which would be the most effective theme to go with.  Does your child have a preference out of your options?  Is your child more likely to grow out of some of the themes more quickly than others?  For example, some cartoon characters can be a theme in relation to the child’s age, such as Thomas the Tank Engine.  Whereas an interest or love of animals or music can be more of a long-term thing.

Determining Your Budget

Next – what is your budget?  How much can you afford to spend on decorating your kids room?  Can you afford to hire a muralist to paint the room for you, or would you like to have a go and painting it yourself?  If you are an artistic type, you may be able to come up with your own designs and have a go at painting your kids room yourself.  If you aren’t artistic and have the budget, don’t worry too much about details, prepare a rough idea of what you have in mind, and present it to a muralist for further development.  This is their area of expertise and they are there to assist you to create the most suitable design.

Finding a Suitable Muralist

Trouble finding a muralist?  I know of one personally that I can recommend, who is located in Nelson, named Brian McLauchlin (www.artman.ca).  Brian is an all-round artist and if you have been to Nelson, BC, Canada, you will know of Brian’s work around the town!  Although Brian is located in Canada, he may be available to travel, depending where you are.  Otherwise, for the US, you may find this website suitable for searching a muralist in your area: www.FindAMuralist.com.

Making it Happen!

Next step is making it happen!  The muralist you use may be skilled in other areas and be able to supplement their work with other artistry work such as wood work, building a castle entrance / door to fit the “princess” theme, creating a ‘secret passageway’ or play alcove in the room.  I have seen bedrooms whereby part of the room is sectioned off with a painted wall and an ornamental door that the child has to climb through or even slide down a slippery slide to, to enter the play area of the room.  This can help to keep the room looking presentable as well, if you section off the play area.

I have also seen alcoves being built into walls to hold the bed, creating an adventurous sleeping arrangement for your kids!

The ideas are endless for what you can do to really make your teen kids room or toddler’s room unique.  With a bit of research, brainstorming with your kids and then making it happen, this can be a really fun project.  And what a better a time to do it than in the Christmas holiday season!  Perhaps you can make this a your Christmas present to your child or teen.  At the very least, have fun with it!

Further Tips and Resources

Here are a few websites that I recommend to assist you to make this happen for your teen kids room or toddler’s bedrrom.  Some of these websites offer easy solutions, such as wall stickers that take the trouble and cost out of having the whole wall painted.  Some of them also offer easy “paint-by-numbers” murals that you use to do it yourself – taking the difficulty out of creating your own mural for your kids room.

Create-A-Mural – Murals & Wall Stickers

Murals For Kids

Murals For Kids Rooms

Brian McLauchlan – Muralist

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