It’s been awhile since we had a reader question! Let’s put our heads together to help Miriam, who posted over in the Dollar Store Crafts community asking about dollar store ideas for toddler room decor:
Hello i am trying to make over my toddler room (he is 2). I am looking for something very inexpensive… dollar store room makeover? He loves balloons, and bubbles… I like vintage things and want a look that doesn’t look too babyish. Any ideas or pics will be very appreciated. Thanks!
My Quick Pick:
Sounds like you definitely need to find ROUND things to put into the room! Look for lanterns, balls, or other spheres that you can repeat around the room to evoke balloons and bubbles.
Here is a cheap and easy craft projects that will add some vintage flair (and stay within the round theme):
- Make a String Lamp (see photo at top): you just need to buy a punch balloon, string, and some white glue to make this cool light fixture.
Okay, Dollar Store Designers, it’s your turn. Things you need to work with are: balloons and bubbles, with a vintage inspiration and something that will grow with him and not look too young. What are your ideas?
10 Comments
Vanessa
Paper air planes hung from the celing or paper pinwheels stuck to the wall… I got pinwheels on my sons wall and he loves them!
Sue Wilhelm
I am thinking about wall art, lamps, shades, etc and I have a few ideas. I hope these are helpful.
1. Wall Decals – the Dollar Tree carries some really cute wall decals that you can pick up your next trip. They have all sorts of themes!
2. Wall Hooks – Find some round or oval shaped wooden plaques (another Dollar Tree supply) paint them a color to match his room. Attach small hooks to them for him to hang his jackets, backpack, etc, Hang on the wall where he can reach them.
3. Lamp – Find a small lamp at the local thrift shop, spray paint it to match his room and decorate the shade with circles, bubbles, etc.
4. If you already have pictures for his wall, why not find some round frames, or make your own from scrapbook paper. Arrange in a cute display.
5. For windows, you can always get one of the real inexpensive white roller blinds and decorate it to go along with the rest of his room.
6. Here are some pictures I thought were cute and kind of related…
http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-XeuQlhxh8ZI/TZYzac177nI/AAAAAAAAAGU/DqnYC-38H5E/s320/img_home-decor_ss7.jpg
http://handmadebymollyemma.files.wordpress.com/2010/08/img_59832.jpg?w=290&h=387
Candice
How about making “bubbles” from white posterboard covered with irredescent (sp?) wrapping paper to give them that same multi-colour glistening you get with real bubbles? You could hang them on the walls – maybe even make a wall collage by using a coloured posterboard to make a bottle and one of those HUGE bubble blowers you can buy at the dollar store. Not very vintage, I suppose, but very cute if he likes bubbles.
You could also use one of those really big balls and tie string from it to a basket to make a “hot air balloon.” You could put some of his favourite animals or characters in the basket looking down at him.
Amy
Dollar General has great organizing stuff right now – bins and baskets for way cheaper than Target or Walmart. The bins are in a couple different sizes and they have them in blue and green. I have them up in my closet shelf, and I think they’d be perfect for organizing kids clothes or toys.
Caitlyn
fabric in embroidery frames might work – the round thing is there (you could hang a bunch on the wall and run a string from each so they look like a bunch of balloons) and you can use whatever fabrics you like. Not exactly dollar store, but pretty cheap.
what about a vintage hot air balloon print? here’s some really cool images from the new york public library’s digital collection: http://digitalgallery.nypl.org/nypldigital/dgkeysearchresult.cfm?keyword=balloon&submit.x=0&submit.y=0
Brook@beingbrook
We made a paper airplane mobile for our boys room using paper, some fishing line and few embroidery hoops. http://www.beingbrook.com/search/label/Paper%20Airplane%20mobile
Kristen B
i just went threw the same problem with not knowing how to decorate my sons room… i went to Michaels craft store and found wooden airplanes you put together for $1. i hot glued them together then painted them with some acrylic paint i had around the house. latter i put fishing line threw different spots on the air planes to make it look as if they were flying threw the air. i used push pins and placed them all around the room from the ceiling !!! A++ they had other things other then air planes but just an idea
~Kristen
ZAMORA
how about a “BUBBLE WALL” using the wire hanger and yarn craft …. make circles out of the wire hanger of various sizes and wrap them with the yarn or ribbon in various blues or whatever matches ur decor and make a collage of circles… hope it works
doris
Just made a string lamp!! they are so much fun and super cheap cheap cheap!
Katie
Try doing the string ball trick and cutting the circle in 1/2 and gluing it to the wall to create different sized 3D bubbles sticking out from the wall