With the (impending) arrival of your newborn, there are so many things you would want to do. Among the many important things to do is first to decorate her/his room in the best way possible. If you already have a child, both of you can engage in some great kids’ art activities to come up with great art for the baby nursery. Else, you could create it yourself, purchase it from outside, or allow your little one to grow up a little, and create the artwork together. Here, we bring to you some ideas to decorate with art for babies’ and toddlers’ rooms.
Art for Babies’ Rooms
Among the many baby room decor ideas is to have interesting wall art in the room. Apart from room colors, trim and decorations, wall art is something that personalizes a space, and gives it a humane dimension.
Hand Print Art for Babies
Having your little one’s hand prints captured for life is not only a beautiful memory, but also makes for great wall art for babies’ rooms. Not only hand prints, even footprints can do the trick, and perhaps, framing the two together is a great idea. To make this, paint a large stretch of canvas in a bright color. Make safe paints by adding a few drops of food coloring (contrasting the background color) to light corn syrup. Dip your baby’s hands in it, and have her/him make a collage of her/his own hand prints all over. You can do the same with the footprints by having her/him walk all over the canvas after dipping her/his feet in the paint. Frame it, and you have a gorgeous piece of art for your little one’s room.
Letter Art for Babies
For babies who are not of the age of creating art for their own rooms, use wooden letters of different sizes to create an interesting piece of art, along with other art elements. This is one of the better ideas for decorating a baby room. It looks like a great piece of art, when you have her/his name spelled out in these wooden letters, embellished with other decorative elements. Since these letters are easily available, putting them up on a bright colored wall with interesting designs will just add the right amount of style to the little one’s own haven.
Shredded Paper Art for Babies
This is an interesting piece of art that you can create with your little one. Sit with your little one and shred crepe paper of different colors till you have a large heap collected. Make safe glue with the use the cooled liquid remaining from curdled milk (can be made by heating milk and adding vinegar to it), some baking soda and warm water to it. The more water you add, the thinner the glue will be. Spread this glue on the cardboard, and you and your little one can simply start tossing the shards of paper on the glue. Allow it to dry overnight, and you’ll have a masterpiece created by your little one ready to be put up! This artwork can be framed and used as it is, or as a background for a collage of photographs of your baby!
Clip Art for Babies
Clip art for babies’ rooms are another great choice among the many nursery wall decor ideas. These are available in several shapes and designs in the form of 3-D stickers, that actually give a very realistic appearance to the room. These stickers are available in the form of flowers, colorful trees, baby faces, butterflies, cute animals such as rabbits, owls, and squirrels, and a host of other objects and shapes. When placed strategically, these stickers add the perfect dimension to the room to complete it.
Other items of art for babies’ rooms you can use are nursery wall decals, paintings made by you, symbolic of the coming of your child, or simply colorful objects to stimulate the child’s mind. You could make or buy posters for babies, with cute quotes and sayings that are personalized. A photo collage of your child, or you and your child, is another great idea as wall art for babies’ and toddlers’ rooms. Art for baby’s rooms can also be based on the baby room themes you decide to follow. In effect, any arts and crafts you believe will not only add to the decor of your baby’s room, but will also be a great memory of all the great things she/he did as a little one, can be created and preserved for a lifetime. Even if it is an irregularly shaped piece of clay, bring it to life by painting it and giving it a third dimension. That is how unique art for and by babies can be!