Cute Things to Make for a Baby Girl's Room

Ruffles

• Make a ruffled wreath, and add matching ruffles to other items in a baby girl's room. Cut through one area on a plastic or foam wreath ring. Then, thread the hemmed edge of a ruffled trim onto a wreath frame, starting and ending at the cut place. Use as much ruffle trim as needed for the desired fullness. Arrange the ruffle wreath so the edges do not show. Stitch or glue some bows, baby socks, foam letters for the baby's name or small toys onto the ruffled fabric, if you wish. Stitch matching ruffles onto rocking chair pads, dresser scarves and curtain edges. You can also glue ruffles around picture frames, a waste basket or diaper pail and the outside edges of a bassinet or cradle.

Decoupaged Items

• Decoupage is an art process that covers an item with paper or fabric cutouts or pieces. The craft works with purchased decoupage glue or thinned craft glue. For a baby girl's room, choose pictures or patterns with flowers, dolls, princesses or fairy tale characters. Alternatively, consider pink or lavender kittens and other animals. Or, cut out heart or flower shapes from pink patterned paper. Decoupage pictures or patterns on the outside ends of a baby crib, the headrest of a rocking chair, a dresser front or sides or a closet door. You can also decoupage plastic light switch or electrical socket covers to match the room decor.

Containers

• Make some useful container crafts to keep baby items nearby and neatly arranged. Cover different sizes of paint cans or recycled plastic containers with adhesive shelf-liner paper. Cover a plastic tray or platter with matching adhesive paper to hold the covered containers. Transform a shallow baking pan into a convenient tray for baby lotion and powder containers or the smaller containers you decorated with self-adhesive paper.

Girly Things

• Use baby items, toys, flowers and feminine colors to make useful and decorative things for your little girl's room. Tie wide ribbon around some artificial flowers, and form a large bow with the ribbon. Tape or tie the flower bunches at each corner of a window curtain or valance. Make smaller bunches of flowers, and stitch them onto curtain tiebacks. Stitch ribbons onto the edges of dresser scarves or the bottom of diaper holders. Use the ribbon to tie dolls or pink stuffed animals onto the items. Consider making a crocheted, knitted or quilted blanket in a favorite pattern. Drape one or more blankets over a curtain rod for a valance. Or, tack a handmade blanket onto the wall in place of a picture.