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and then fill with paint. Draw a road around the room at about you child's hip hight. Then draw a series of boxes (which will eventually become houses when you add the roofs and windows). Make each house unique and don't forget to add shops, a post office, a school etc. The houses should be at the right hight for your child to play with. Now use items to make the whole thing a lot more interesting - fabric for the curtains, wreaths on the front door, a small stuffed cat or dog, felt cars on the road, stop signs, traffic lights. Let your imagination run wild. Your child will have hours of fun playing in their own little town!

Countryside - easy to do and very effective. Paint rolling hills and a big blue sky scattered with white clouds. Add fluffy white sheep and a sheep dog attached with velcro, felt trees and bushes, a road with tractors, a little farmhouse and off to the countryside you go.

Transport - similar to above, create a landscape but with more roads. I used this theme for my sons room and painted half the cars and buses using very simple 'Beetle' shaped cars and red double-decker London buses. I managed to find some key-rings with felt-shaped cars and simply snipped off the metal rings. Transport bedding, an aeroplane light shade and stop-sign drawer handles completed the look.

Princess castle - this scene depicts the inside of a castle and is a dream bedroom for your little princess. Paint arched shaped windows,turrets and gilt picture frames using gold paint. Paste a selection of pretty pink wallpapers into the 'frames'. Paint a matching bed head on the wall and attach fabric to a hook which can be draped either side of the bed. Add a large ornate mirror and dressing table to complete the look.

These are just a few suggestions. You child's books will give you ideas for lots more, and as its just paint it is easy to change or update as your little prince or princess grow up!

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