A safe, healthy and enriching home environment is necessary for a child’s growth. The environment also includes the non-living things surrounding your children. Therefore, it is suggested to decorate your toddler’s room to provide them with a positive and secure environment to grow. However, decorating a toddler’s room can be a hassle, especially when you are decorating on a budget. To resolve these issues, we came up with some brilliant DIY toddler room ideas.
Let’s go through these toddler room decor ideas for your child’s room.
How to Decorate A Toddler’s Room
Here are some DIY toddler room ideas. However, before implementing any idea and bringing major changes, make sure to inform your landlord. This will save you from legal issues and also aid in maintaining a healthy tenant-landlord relationship.
Light Up the Side Table
Side tables are a must-have when you are planning to redo your toddler’s room. The side tables provide additional space for keeping essential stuff like lamps. There are multiple DIY options to create these tables; the most convenient one is by using cable reels. Take a small cable reel and paint it according to the theme of your room.
You can also add a table cover or fabric along the reel to elevate its appearance. For a toddler girl’s room ideas, use their old skirt or frock instead of fabric to decorate the side table.
Other than that, you can also purchase side tables at an affordable rate from used furniture shops in Dubai and other Emirates.
Recycle Old Toys
Recycling old toys is one of the most effective DIY toddler room hacks. You can use old toys and transform them into attractive art pieces. Here are some ideas for recycling old toys.
- Lego Blocks: Paste the lego blocks on the tabletop to make it more attractive. Alongside, you can also build a small container or pot from these blocks.
- Puzzle Pieces: Palace a small magnet on the back of every puzzle piece and paste it on an iron board or refrigerator.
- Cars and Dolls: If your toddler has cars or dolls in abundance, you can join them together to make a side table lamp.
- Stuff Toys: The filling (Cotton) inside the stuffed toy can be used to make fake clouds in the room. You can also install decoration lights inside the clouds to give them a realistic look.
Recycling these old toys will also aid you in creating an eco-friendly home.
Make Shelves with Old Pallets
Old pallets can be reused to create shelves. Different designs of shelves can be created from pallets depending upon your need and carpentry expertise. Let’s start by making a basic shelf from the pallet. Place the pallet vertically and start removing the wood slabs in an alternative manner. Once the slabs are removed, paint the pallet and hang it on the wall with the help of nails or rope.
This basic shelf can be made using basic tools available at home. However, for more innovative design, you might need professional graded tools.
Reuse Old Clothes to Stitch Bags
Storage space is never enough in a toddler’s room. The creative solution to this problem is to stitch bags from old clothes. You can use an old pair of jeans and a t-shirt to stitch a bag that can hold additional stuff in the room. These bags serve as ideal hanging storage behind the doors and in the closet.
Set a Canopy
A hanging canopy or tent provides a personal space for the toddler to play and study in the room. There are two options for setting up a canopy in the room; either place it over the bed or on the corner of the room.
For creating a canopy, you will need a curtain and embroidery hoops. Wrap the curtain around the embroidery hoop, now tie the rope in the curtain loops and hang it from the ceiling. Generally, people attach lights and wooden sticks to the canopy, but it can be a risk. Therefore, it is suggested not to attach any electric or hard items to the canopy.
If you want to purchase curtains for a canopy at an affordable rate, browse through these used curtains for sale in the UAE.
Activity Tables are Must
Activity tables not only provide seating space but also provide an activity and learning space for toddlers. You can use any centre table for this purpose. Paint the table with different colours and draw alphabets and maps on the table. Also, pair the chairs with the table and paint different educating elements on it.
Upcycle T-Shirts
T-shirts can be reused in multiple ways. The first way to reuse old t-shirts is by creating a t-shirt headboard that is an ideal decoration for a toddler boy’s room. Cut the t-shirt into two halves and separate the front and back of the t-shirt. Now, take the front end and cut it into a square shape, and repeat the process with all the other t-shirts. Stitch the square pieces of the t-shirt together and place them over the bed. You can use nails to secure the headboard at the palace.
Now, shred the back and other remaining pieces of the t-shirt. Sew the shredded pieces together into a small piece and use it as a rug.
Use Bottles to Make Buckets
Large water bottles can be used to create storage buckets. Cut the bottle into two different halves and use the lower half as a bucket. The first option to decorate it is by wrapping fabric around the bottle. Other than that, you can also use paint or wooden sticks to decorate it.
Be Creative with the Walls
Walls play a significant role in creating an inclusive and attractive room environment. Be creative with the theme and wall patterns. For instance: if you are making a superhero theme for the room, the paint should match the costume of the superhero. Also, ask your toddler if they have any favourite colour and prioritise their preferences.
For budgeted wall art you can use washi tapes. These tapes have endless patterns and colours that can be used to create attractive wall art. However, if you are a tenant, you might need to seek permission from the landlord before repainting the wall.
In case your landlord refuses to grant permission, it’s time to move into another home. You can browse through these apartments for rent in the UAE and shift into a new apartment.
Frame their Art
The paintings and drawings of your toddler can make the best wall art pieces. The process of making wall art from a toddler’s drawing is simple. Take four prices of wood and join them together to create a frame. You can either use a nail or glue to stick the pieces together. Paint the frame in attractive colours as per your room’s theme. Now, adjust the drawing in the centre of the frame and use it as wall art.
These were all the toddler room ideas that you can use to decorate your child’s room. We hope that these ideas will aid you in decorating your child’s room. However, you need a separate room for your toddler to implement any of these ideas
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