What type of theme do your kids rooms have?

Question

My husband, myself and our four girls are moving at the end of June. We are planning on doing each of the girls rooms but I have no ideas on what kind of theme to do for their rooms.
Our oldest daughter is 2.5 she will be 3 in August. We have twins that are 5months old and they will be 1 in November and then we have our youngest who is a month old that we adopted.

Any ideas for themes are welcome. Jordyn our oldest will have her own room, the twins will share a room, and little Shayla will have her own room.
thanks for any ideas.

Answer 1

My daughter has a princess theme room a play castle...stuff with crowns on it and of course disney princesses. and lots of pink.



My boy is still in our room...but when hes in his own room...he'll most likely have either batman or a Tennessee titans theme lol...my husband will have chosen them lol

Answer 2

I don't have kids. But baby-sitting once I saw a really awesome design for a girl's room. It requires a bit of artistic talent though! The girl's mom had painted murals on the walls to look like the girl was inside a castle. So there were windows painted on that showed like a pasture of horses and another castle in the distance or the village. It was super neat.



One thing you should avoid is decorating after the latest fad. If your kids love Hannah Montana right now...chances are they won't in a year or less. Try to do something more timeless like the castle idea.



Congrats on your move and good luck! Y

Answer 3

My 14 year old Foster son dosen't really have a theme, he just puts tons of posters on the wall and we let him paint his room, but no real theme, i'm sure he'd think it was stupid anyway.



My 6 year old on the other hand wanted a "ben 10" room but ended up getting a sponge bob room after I was given a ton of pre-cut bambo and 12 cans of sky blue and ocean blue flat paint.



My 7 month old is still sleeping in our room but as soon as he's old enough to stop sleeping in a crib or with me he'll be sharing a room with the 6 year old.

Answer 4

I have 2 boys so I probably won't be much help.



My 4 year old has a sports (ball) theme in his room, my 14 month old has a John Deere theme, and their play/ toy room is a Green Bay Packers theme.



ETA.... I am pregnant and if this one is a girl she's going to have an English tea rose theme w/ a Victorian feel

Answer 5

Wow, that's a handful with a move, those are young babies, you're a brave woman!



When I did my nursery, I wanted to do something my son could grow into so I didn't have to keep repainting and changing things around. It's a khaki color and the accents are hunter green and navy blue. It's really boyish but can grow up with him realllly easily. (I actually found the bedspread for a twin size bed before I found my crib bedding!) So if you're going to be painting and "theming" I would definitely use a wall color that's easy to go from theme to theme with as they get older. Please no Pepto Bismol pink walls, lol. Have a great time! I loved decorating my little man's room.

Answer 6

My son still has animals from when he was a baby - he's next on the decorating list. My daughter has a "spaceship" - silver-framed navy windows painted on cream walls with planets, comets, the Space Shuttle...all sorts of things visible. She wanted it, and we had great fun doing it.



To be honest at that age I'd be tempted to keep it fairly plain - a nice background colour for now, and then let them choose how to personalise it when they get a little bit older and have a favourite theme.

Answer 7

My older one doesn't really have a "theme" but she loves dog and is a "tween". She has tan walls and a border that doesn't look too grown up and not too kiddish. She has dog pictures and posters and a few Hannah Montana murals.



The younger one loves Tinkerbell so we put a fairy grass garden around her walls (border for the bottom of the wall).



The older one used to have a Pooh theme where the walls were painted two colors with a border and stick up murals. Both girls love their rooms, I did them while they were away for the weekend.

Answer 8

My daughters don't really have a theme to their room. When they moved into the room they are in the walls were already painted purple, and I happened to find quilts really cheap at a pottery barn kids outlet that were the same color purple, green, and white. And then I found window things that were the same purple and gingham like the quilts. And then their bookcase, dresser and beds all match, are white. It is something they can grow with and won't be too babyish or anything when they are 8, or older.

Answer 9

In my son's room I did a Disney Car's theme and it looks great. I even got him the Lighting McQueen car bed from Rooms to Go.



My cousin has a little girl and her room is Hello Kitty my other cousins daughter room is done in Tinkerbell..

Answer 10

My three year old daughter will only listen to pop music(Kesha, Brittany and Rihanna are her favs) and Drop Kick Murphy's, lol. My son is much more easy going and listens to anything. He likes more punk music though. Me I love everything(except R&B). Buddy Holly, Alan Jackson, Tina Turner, 2pac, Mamas and the Papas, T.I., Beach Boys, Taylor Swift, NOFX, REM, Dr Dre, Rage against the machines, Rancid, Offspring, Pennywise, George Strait, Weezer.... etc:)

Answer 11

I never really went with one theme for Julienne's room because I kept changing my mind. She has a little bit of everything and I think it looks cute together. You don't have to just do one theme, it will still look cute. For the younger girls you might want to pick one theme but for Jordyn she might enjoy having a little bit of all the things that interest her in her room.



For instance, I started with baby winnie the pooh when I was pregnant so the bedding and some stuffed animals and stuff match that. Julienne is in to Dora so she has lots of Dora toys and stuff in her room. She also has a Disney Princesses vanity set up with Princess brushes, mirrors, etc... and on the walls she has a fairy tale themed Sesame Street Poster. She also has about a million Elmos and elmo related stuff in her room because she developed an Elmo obsession.



So I think its fine to not have a theme for the older girl. For the little ones, who knows? You could do anything. I think for babies cartoon character themed stuff that you would do with a toddler is a bit tacky. What about something like this?



http://www.target.com/gp/detail.html/sr=/qid=1241622701/ref=/186-5753890-7291201?ie=UTF8&node=13794711&frombrowse=1&rank=salesrank&asin=B000VR84SW&rh=&page=1 (Holy crap, that is on clearance for SOOOO cheap! 13.74 for a 3 pc. bedding set) Its a girly farm theme, then you could find other stuff to go with it. Like cute pink and purple farm animals.



Also, if you go here: http://www.toysrus.com/category/index.jsp?categoryId=2256246 and click on Character/Theme to the left it opens up with like a hundred different nursery themes.



I personally like nature related stuff, like birds and trees, in colors like pink, beige, brown, light green, and blue.

Answer 12

My 5 yr old son has a Transformers themed room. He loves it.

Answer 13

I have one son and we did a Jungle-Safari type theme. I got these cool wall decals of jungle animals, a big tree decal and grass decal and painted the room a butter cream color. I like that it is neutral yet still is stimulating for him. He always points to the animal decals and I tell him what the names are.

Answer 14

My son had a jungle theme. He had a wall murals painted of jungle trees. He had a long stuffed snake and other jungle animals hanging over his closet. the carpet was green which added to it.

Answer 15

We did a little girl's mural. It wasn't that hard. I went online and printed out page-sized ballerinas, and other girly things, reverse-cut them out to make stencils, then transferred that stencil to the wall. We topped it off with a picket fence around the room and clouds in the sky.



http://s487.photobucket.com/albums/rr239/pastamaria/



My son wanted camoflauge. We painted his walls green, then ragrolled two different browns over it. Came out great.

Answer 16

My 15 years old daughter's bedroom is purple with fairies. Her room is soon to be teal and lime green.

Answer 17

Is there a Target by you? They have great themes for little girls rooms....flowers, pricesses,etc.

Answer 18

i always let my son pick his own theme. it makes it really easy for me and you can just go to amazon.com and search for a bunch of matching bedding, wall stickers, art, etc...

right now he has dinosaurs, but i'm sure that's not a good choice for you girls, lol

Answer 19

it's nice to have dreamy princess rooms for girls... i have 3 boys so all they have is a dust-bunny-and-cluttered-toys theme :(

Answer 20

try re posting this q in the home - decorating section. there's a lot of interior decorators and designers over there with a lot of knowledge

Answer 21

my 1 year old daughter has a carebear bed room.. but she loves elmo so i wish i would have done it elmo

Answer 22

You have a problem or too much time on your hands, Just paint the rooms bright and cheerful. kids have too much given to them these days, they keep expecting all this special treatment for the rest of their lives.