by Susan Keeping

Created on: May 31, 2008   Last Updated: June 03, 2008

Many little girls are absolutely enamored with the Disney Princesses. My best friend's 6-year-old daughter loves them and owns most of the dolls, the coloring books and the movies. She would be thrilled if she could have a Princesses themed bedroom, and your little princess would be too.

You don't need to spend a lot of money to give your daughter a Disney Princesses themed bedroom. There are many products that you can buy to achieve this. However, if you have a smaller budget you can make some of them yourself.

Here are some ways in which you can give your own princess her Disney Princesses themed bedroom:

A good start would be to paint the bedroom pink as that seems to be the dominant color of the Disney Princesses. Painting is the most cost-saving of the wall decorations. However, you can also wallpaper instead. Official Disney Princesses wallpaper is available or you can just find a nice pink or purple wallpaper. Murals are also another way to decorate the walls. They add a dramatic touch to the room and really help to set the theme. There are also removable wall decorations available. These are one of the best ways to decorate as they won't cause you too much work when your daughter has outgrown the Disney Princesses; they can just be removed and thrown away or passed down to another child.

Your daughter's bed can easily be converted into a Princesses bed. There are canopies available that feature the Disney Princess on them. However, if you don't want to purchase one of them, a canopy can easily be made with some mesh material and pink and purple cloth, which can then be attached to either the bed or the wall. You can also find Disney Princesses headboards. You can also buy Disney Princesses sheets and comforters, pillowcases, and shams. All of these will create a bed fit for a princess.

As for other bedroom furniture, a vanity table with a mirror and chair adds a nice touch. Again, there are commercially available Disney Princesses vanities but you can also do it yourself. A small table can be picked up at a garage sale or flea market for next to nothing. A small mirror can easily be attached to it. You can then paint it pink or purple and add some Disney Princesses touches like stickers, brushes and combs, silver trays and a Disney Princesses jewelery box. All sorts of seating is also available with the Disney Princesses theme; there are bean bag chairs, easy chairs and desk chairs. Covering a chair in an inexpensive throw or slipcover will convert will help it fit into the bedroom and the theme. A dresser can also be given the Disney Princesses theme work over; adding some stickers, and decorative handles, and painting it a nice pastel pink or white will help it to fit in with the theme. You can also cut pictures out of the Disney Princesses books and decoupage them onto the dresser.

There are also many room accents available to help create your Disney Princesses themed bedroom. You can buy night lights, jewelery boxes, alarm clocks and lamp shades; all with a Disney Princesses theme. You can also find Disney Princesses curtains and rugs.

Creating a Disney Princesses themed room is really not that difficult or time-consuming. Most department stores feature some Disney Princesses merchandise. You might even be able to find some official Disney Princesses merchandise at garage sales and flea markets. If you create the theme yourself it is more work, but it can end up being much more satisfying when you see your daughter's face light up. Your daughter will appreciate the effort you put into it and you will be her hero or heroine.

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