by Elaine M. Doxie

Created on: August 02, 2010

There is nothing more fun than creating a fantasy bedroom for your child.  It may be a castle bedroom fit for a princess.  It may be a pirate adventure filled with loot for your little pirate, or a jungle safari.  Whatever it is, let your imagination run wild and have fun.  The best part is that with imagination and creativity, you don't even have to break the bank while you're decorating your children's rooms.

Let's start with the princess bedroom.  Princess bedrooms are best done in pink and lavender.  Start with the walls.  If you are in a place where you can paint the walls, go ahead and paint them in your princess's favorite color.  If you're feeling really ambitious, stencils with floral or princess designs are a pretty addition.  If not, you can buy wall appliques in castle or princess designs that won't harm your walls.  Find a comforter for the bed in a favorite color, or with princesses on it.  Drape floral garland from the ceiling over her bed for a very pretty princess bed.  Add white Christmas lights to the garland for a fun nightlight.  Use washable satin to make curtains for her bedroom, You can even use garlands as tiebacks for the curtains.  Pad and decorate her toybox with jewels to make it look like a princess throne.  A fluffy rug and Victorian style lamp will complete the look.

What if you have a little pirate instead of a princess?  This is another fun fantasy bedroom.  Naturally, this bedroom is best done in brown and black.  You can paint a skull and crossbones flag on the wall, or make one and hang it all the wall.  You want the bed to put you in mind of a pirate ship, so make a dust "ruffle" for the bed out of brown felt made to llok like woodgrain.  This child's toybox should look like a treasure chest.  Glue beads and jewels onto the toybox so they appear to be overflowing from the box.  Take a plain lamp, and add jewels and gold coins to the base of the lamp, to make it look like it belongs on a pirate ship.  Add a blue rug under the bed to make it look like it's on the water.

A jungle safari bedroom may be a good choice for either girls or boys.  Greens and browns will predominant in this bedroom.   The walls are best in a beige for this bedroom.  Stencil in vines and leaves.   You can buy the vine garlands as well at your local craft store.    These can be strung along the ceiling and over the bed for a fun jungle effect.    A deep green rug under the bed looks like a grassy floor.  Run vines up a standing lamp for light in the room.  Stuffed animals such as lions, tigers, elephants, giraffes and monkeys complete the look. 

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