Cute Decorating Ideas for Kids' Spaces

Reading Nook

• Giving reading a place of honor in your home encourages children to read. To bring the spirit of the book into her room, set up a reading nook. Paint two adjoining walls in a soft color like butter yellow. Hang a bed crown, which is a type of canopy, to one of the walls. Look for flowing, gauzy fabric at the fabric store. This can be a soft cotton. Make sure it's long enough to touch the ground and light enough to let light in. Attach it to the bed crown. Scoot a bookshelf with your child's next to the wall under the bed crown. Throw big pillows on the floor in front of the bookshelf; include sitting pillows with arms. Drape the fabric from the bed crown over the bookshelf and the pillows. Your child can sit there and read.

Chalkboard Paint

• Kids like to express themselves. Often parents experience the frustration of having a child expressing his thoughts on his wall. Prevent this and add a cute decorative element to your child's room by painting one wall with chalkboard paint. Paint an area large enough for your child to make bright chalk drawings. Make a frame for the chalkboard by cutting 2-x-4s that fit the measurements of your chalkboard area. Attach containers to the wall to store different kinds of chalk as well as soft rags to wipe away the creations.

Decoupage

• Decoupage crafts allow kids to express their emerging personalities while adding something cute to their rooms. This craft, which allows you to paste photos and illustrations onto items like tables and cabinets, is an inexpensive decorating option. Cut out illustrations from his favorite Dr. Seuss book or images from far away places taken from a travel magazine. Once the images are selected, glue them onto furniture pieces in the room. If you choose enough images, you can make a bedroom set; just choose images that look similar or are created in a similar artistic style.

Bedroom Picket Fence

• Creating a garden space inside a little girl's room brings in the enchantment of the magic forest. Paint a garden mural on the wall. Include images of tall grasses, knotty trees, colorful flowers and flying insects. Once the mural dries, attach white picket fence posts to the wall in front of the mural. It will appear as if the fence separates you from the forest beyond it. Find the supplies for a project like this at your local home and garden or arts and crafts stores.