Kid painting wall: 100 Kids Room Painted Walls ideas

Painting Walls with Kids

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January 18, 2013 By Jackie

I let my 5-year old son help paint the focal wall in my studio.  Amazingly, there are no blue paint drips on the cork floor or stray paint roller marks anywhere in the room.  You might think I am crazy, but when you have an eager helper it is sometimes easier to let them help then to limit yourself to doing projects when they are not around.  So, what is my secret to painting with kids?

Well, just like anything else with kids, it requires patience, supervision, and ground rules.  Everything takes more time with kids, so be patient.  Supervision is important with paint (and anything else messy or toxic if ingested).  There are ground rules for parent and child.

Here are the ground rules I follow for painting with kids.

Rules for Mommy:

• Cut in first without a child present.  Cutting in takes a steady hand and focus.  I prefer to do it by myself before letting my son help.  I actually trimmed this wall while he was at school and did the first coat of paint.  I let him help with a second coat after school.
• If a child is painting, mommy is not painting.  I do not had my son a brush or roller, and then turn my back to do my painting.  Instead, I supervise and help him.
• Only mommy loads the roller.  I have seen my son squeeze glue out of a glue bottle, there is no way I am letting that kid decide the right amount of paint to load on a roller.  I load it, he rolls it.
• Mommy is quality control.  Re-roll over any areas that need it after your child has had a chance to paint.  Rollers are heavy for kids and it is hard for them to push against the wall and get even coverage.  I let my son roll as best he could, then I took the roller and went over the same area.

Rules for Child: (I talked to my son about these rules before we started)

• Listen to mommy and mommy will show you how to paint.
• Mommy gets to paint the top part of the wall, you get to paint the bottom.  There is plenty of wall for kids to paint below 4 ft, so I keep my son off the ladder.
• Do not set down the paint roller, touch the paint roller except on the handle, or let the paint roller touch anything else in the room.  Hand the paint roller to mommy when you are done.
• Hold the roller firmly with both hands.  I let me son put one hand on the handle and one on the bar holding the roller.  It was easier for him this way.

My son happily helped me finish the second coat of paint on the focal wall.  It only took about 20 minutes, which was perfect for his attention span and my patience.  I think he liked painting, because he is dreaming up what rooms we can paint next 🙂

CREATIVE PAINT IDEAS FOR WALLS IN KIDS’ ROOMS

Paint is genuinely one of the most transformative solutions in an interior decorators’ armoury. Used alone, it can create feature walls and ceilings of conviction. Paired with wall stickers and murals, it adds depth and texture and delivers entire room scenes. It breathes life into tired furniture and modernises family heirlooms in an instant.

It offers the possibility to start small with intrepid steps of discovery and exploration, but it also presents a challenge for those ready to mix and match, rag roll, sponge and colour wash. Styling primarily with paint invites our inner artist to let loose and is a great way to use up odds and ends from past projects.

There aren’t any rules when it comes to creative paint ideas for kids’ rooms. Don your decorator’s dungarees, grab a paintbrush and let the strokes work their genius on your blank canvas. But first, you might want to be inspired by these examples of paintwork mastery.

@3boysandahome

It’s hard to believe that this adventurous boy’s room was inspired by the desire to use up leftover paint from the garage. A spectacular DIY mountain range has been created using Farrow & Ball’s Oval Room Blue and Dulux’s Night Jewels. The finishing touch of snow-capped peaks is sublime! The little one’s obsession with big cats meant a ‘mountain tiger’ by @nordicnest was a must-have addition to this precision paint job.

@athomewiththeraines

The scallop was a hard-hitting design trend for 2020, and this elegant and charming repeated series of arcs shows no sign of slowing down. Here, Georgina uses it to great effect by creating a sea of waves in Farrow & Ball’s Oval Room Blue. A rattan mirror with a sunny disposition by @georgeatasda gleams down approvingly on the scene of DIY perfection. The delicate pom-pom trim on the wigwam and the pom-pom garland by @the_pom_mamma pleasingly complete the circle.

@deniseandthefam

Denise, the master of feature walls, brings us a warming blast of sunset and earthy, autumnal tones in her skilful application of four complementary shades. The irregular shapes of the torn paper look add another dimension of texture and depth, creating the illusion of the sky and earth in its many guises as the weary day comes to a close. The sun-scorched, dusty, arid effect frames the house bed by @madedotcom beautifully.  A personalised star poster by @nachthimmel.de captures a poignant moment and brings another notion of the setting sun to this dreamy room. And as for the ombre wall art plant sprouting from the foot of the bed? Inspired.

@elinlagerquist

Just out of shot is a wonderful wooden wall art quote by Astrid Lindgren, the famed author of Pippi Longstocking. It reads, “And we played and played and played. It’s a wonder we didn’t play ourselves to death!”

It encapsulates this area of Arvid’s room so well. How inspired to paint a mountain range behind a climbing frame and wall boulders. This way, Arvid can really feel like he is scaling new heights. Aesthetically outstanding but also nurturing and encouraging, this wall art teaches the art of goal setting and accomplishment.

@foursmallrebels

Soothing pastels and a watercolour effect collide to create a quartet of dusty paths trailing off into the horizon. A lemon night sky breaks with tradition sporting a full moon playing hide and seek behind a pale mint canopy by @matuukids.  A raft of delicate rattan and natural wood, including the divine hanging octopus, complete this boho look.

@housekidscats

Somewhere over the rainbow is clever mama, Claire, who created this work of art. This is another beautiful example of the fruits of leftover paint, including Dusky blush by @frenchicpaint, Hammerite’s gold metal paint and Hicks Blue by @littlegreenpaintcompany.  The green arc was matched to the sage colour of the industrial locker by @mustardmade. The uplifting rainbow vibes are brought to the fore against Farrow & Ball’s heavenly Calamine.

@interiors_at_hollys

A low-lying putty scalloped wall happily coexists with a dalmatian dappled rainbow mural in this lofty, neutral space. We love how the decals on the pelmet match the mono arc with polka dot bedlinen joining the spotty party.  Not only does the rainbow mural deliver an arresting feature wall, but it serves as a harmonious connector between the two beds in this shared bedroom.

@jessiegirlhome

There are rainbow rooms, and there are rainbow rooms! This impressive multicoloured shiplap wall was achieved with a monumental 18 colours, all bought online. Jessie painstakingly flicked backwards and forwards between paint swatches on Pinterest and experimented with mixing the Sherwin-Williams sample pots. She used their ColorSnap Visualiser to get the combos right. And the best hack? Instead of using painter’s tape, Jessie used a 6-inch putty knife between the boards as she painted to stop bleeding between the colours and unsightly paint build-up in the cracks. The natural yarn DIY headboard provides a delicate contrast to anchor all of the colour in Emma’s room. And the best bit? It’s crafted out of pool noodles wrapped with yarn!

@linestampedahl

It’s all the fun of the fair in Einer’s big top circus-inspired bedroom. This superb example proves that creative paint ideas do not need to be confined only to walls. We love the way the mustard-gold radiates from the ceiling pendant like a burst of warm sunshine above. We imagine it’s a soothing sight from the top bunk of Oliver Furniture’s white oak bed. A playful garland adds credence to the circus vibes and an extra splash of colour to this stylish, neutral room.

@lundyfoxwood

This interior design house showcases the wonders of combining paint and murals to maximum effect. The Dunes wallpaper by @anewalldecor brings the magic to this desert-inspired oasis, topped with a sprinkling of mobile gold stars. You can almost feel the warmth of the baby pink skies above the peachy terracotta sand dunes. A discrete crescent moon peeks out behind a panelled salmon door, and natural furnishings and accessories represent the sandy terrain.

@mamadrey88

Mama of 3, Audrey, was inspired to paint this whimsical giant sunshine during the pandemic lockdown. It was an absence of vacations that prompted the decision, but a wallpaper also inspired it with a similar concept that retailed at $450. Amazingly, it was a $15 tin of paint and a whole heap of courage that brought this colourful splash to Theo’s sun-kissed bedroom.

@mkkidsinteriors

When mummy is a kids’ interior designer, the odds are pretty high that you’ll have a bedroom scheme to die for. Eliana’s canopy-clad house bed basks in the glow of a freestyled rainbow mural in 8 sumptuous shades. It goes one better than the classic nursery rhyme with an extra arc of blush and a cotton candy flower. The palette is punchy and complemented by mouth-watering hundreds and thousands inspired bedlinen and bright polka dot curtains.

@our1sthome

Rose confesses that the scalloped wall took about 16 hours more than she anticipated, but we think it’s more than worth it. Dulux’s soft Stone shade vibes well with the natural cot and giant pear storage basket by @laurashleyuk, and a sprinkling of gold star stickers adds an extra touch of girly charm.

@bethany.katarina

A sea of rattan and a ton of terracotta make for the dreamiest nursery space, but it’s that deftly painted wall that steals the show. Creamy white and peachy blush taper off into the distance, sandwiched between spicy cinnamon and apricot. The vibe could be Arabian nights, Moroccan bazaar or coastal boho.

@crateandkids

When life imitates art. This statement wall is created by drawing a rounded shape freehand onto the wall. In this case, the colour of choice is Benjamin Moore’s Mexican Tile. The arch frames the Hampshire blush crib beautifully but what we love most is how it appears to follow the form of the pink-hued rainbow print.

Have you also decorated a nursery or kid’s room recently? We would love to see it! Add the tag @kidsinteriors_com on your Instagram post to get it noticed  and #kidsinteriors_com for an extra chance of it being considered for a repost.

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If a child draws on the walls

What should you do if you find works by a young artist on walls, furniture and even household appliances? Many parents get angry and annoyed with their children, punishing them for it. Are they right? Let’s figure it out. First of all, you need to understand why the kid draws not in a sketchbook, but in his mother’s book, his father’s documents, his older brother’s notebook and on the walls in his room. It turns out that leaving a mark is very important for a small child. Your mark. And he discovers that he can do it with a pencil, pen or felt-tip pen. The trace left behind means: “I am. And I’m glad about it.”

A child of 2–3 years old cannot draw yet, he does not even immediately understand that the sheet has edges. His movements are still poorly coordinated – he draws with a pencil on paper and inadvertently goes beyond the boundaries of the sheet. Then he discovers that the trace of the pencil remained on the table. This is of interest. He immediately begins to draw on the table.

At this age, the child does not strive to accurately depict a house, the sun, a flower or a car. He draws a “doodle-doodle” and calls her mom or dad, car or house. He does not care about the accuracy of his own drawing, he is fascinated by the creative process, a flight of fancy, the study of the properties of objects (in this case, a pencil, pen, felt-tip pens, paints). For a child, it is important that he did something, produced himself. For example, he drew a line with a pencil in his father’s papers or in his mother’s book.

In the mind of a child, it is also very interesting to draw on the walls, because the wall differs in its properties from the album sheet, where adults usually ask him to draw. Drawing on the wall gives the child new sensations and impressions. He’s curious. And curiosity, as you know, is a sign of intelligence.

So why punish a young artist? For the signs of the mind, the creative process, the study of the world around him, or for the fact that he is eager to leave his mark on his beloved mother or father? It turns out that there is nothing to punish! It’s just that the child needs to be shown that this creative process has another side. This is when mom and dad get upset when they see the painted walls in their baby’s room, and they have to clean them with soap and water. Here’s what you need to pay attention to the child. Tell him that it’s not customary to paint houses on the walls, that you don’t like to see painted walls and don’t want to waste time cleaning them later. Better instead, you play with your baby or read a book to him. And since you had to scrub the walls, give the young artist tools for work, let him work with you. Only in this way will he be able to understand why you do not want to do this regularly. At the same time, he explores the properties of the wall and when it is laundered.

In some cases, children draw on walls and furniture in defiance of their parents when they do not allow them to draw or restrict their access to pencils and a sketchbook.

A child can draw on the wall if inspiration suddenly floods over him and he simply cannot resist the desire to immediately begin the creative process. Therefore, dear parents, if you want your baby to draw in a sketchbook while sitting at your desk, give him the opportunity to draw when he wants. Give him a permanent place to draw, with pencils and blank sheets of paper always available. Then, at any moment, as soon as inspiration floods over the baby, he will be able to realize it in a suitable place for this.

Teach your child to follow the rules, in this case, to draw only in a specially designed place. Tell them that you can draw on paper, but not on the table and walls. Engage your child with interesting creative activities in his drawing corner, then it would never occur to him to draw on the wall.

Don’t get annoyed with your little one if you find pencil marks on the table where he drew. The kid might have done it by accident. Teach him to be clean and tidy. If he draws with paints, put on him a special apron. Explain that this will keep the clothes clean. After drawing, tell them that they need to wash their hands and put the place for drawing in order: put the drawings in a drawer, paints in place, pencils in a box, and wipe the table clean. Let the baby not only see how you put things in order, but also take part in this. Gradually, he will learn all the necessary rules and learn to follow them. But this won’t happen overnight, so be patient and know that your little one will still paint on walls and furniture from time to time, despite your warnings. Continue to explain and clean up the room with your baby. And to satisfy his desire in the diversity of the creative process and the exploration of the world – buy him an easel. Let him draw standing up, if he likes it, and on large sheets of paper. Or give a young artist a special corner for drawing, in which a large sheet of drawing paper will hang on the wall. Say that you can draw here, because you protected the wall with a large sheet and after that you won’t have to wash it.

And to those parents who get annoyed with their child because of his art on the walls and furniture, I want to say the following: be glad that your child is healthy, energetic and curious! Rejoice that he has become interested in drawing, and help him master this process – provide all the opportunities for this both at home and outside. Try to keep your child’s interest in drawing even at an older age. And let it not be like in the well-known joke: “First we teach children to walk and talk, and then sit and be silent.” Let’s act wisely and pass on the existing rules to the children so as not to overdo it with them and not extinguish his creative impulses and inspiration in the child, not ruin his individuality!

Wishing you success

Oksana Stazi

(Note: as a prevention of drawing on the walls, read the story “Seryozha draws” from book 1 “Once upon a time Seryozha” to your child.)

A child draws on wallpaper: simple ways to fix situation

When a child appears in a young family, then, naturally, life becomes not so easy when there were two of you. And this applies not only to the regime of the day, the principles of nutrition, the distribution of household chores. When a kid picks up a pencil or marker and realizes that this thing can draw interesting curlicues, doors, furniture and, of course, wallpaper are the first to suffer.

What to do when the apartment turns into an art platform, and is it possible to somehow save the interior? Or is it time to start saving up for a new renovation?

@oniomania.ru

Contents of the article

• Why do children like painting walls so much?
• What should I do if my child draws on the wallpaper?
  • Easel
  • Special coating
  • Blackboard paint
  • Painting wallpaper
  • Accept

Why do children enjoy painting walls so much?

All children are born with the right hemisphere, that is, with inherent creative abilities. It is only later, as they grow older, the left hemisphere develops and becomes the leading one.

Besides, a child is not given to understand where there are boundaries of what is permitted. Awareness (albeit small) begins to come to them already at the age of 3-5 years. A one-year-old baby is unlikely to understand what you want from him and why you forbid drawing on the walls. In the end, all children love bright colors, especially they like contrast – that’s why they make their drawings on light-colored wallpaper in black or any dark color.

All this leads to a simple result, so to speak, ordinary everyday arithmetic: creativity is in the child’s blood. And since the child’s psyche is still immature, the most convenient way is to transfer your fantasies to the walls.

What should I do if my child draws on the wallpaper?

Of course, everything can be fixed.

First of all, you should start by creating a comfortable place where it will be convenient for your child to draw. For example, if there is still a large table at home, and a small one is only in the plans, then you should take care of buying a comfortable chair. There are excellent growing models that adapt to the growth of the child and will serve you for a long time. Secondly, if the kid is two years old, then it’s time to get him a “workplace” – a table and a chair, where he will not only draw, but also play board games, and engage in developmental activities.

However, if you want to create comfortable conditions for the development of creativity for your child, then you can arrange separate corners for drawing in the house, which, undoubtedly, your child will like more than a standard table and chair.

@nazya.com

Easel

Children are interested in drawing on large sheets, which is why they often choose wallpaper for themselves – there are no boundaries at all and you can create as much as you like. Try to set up an easel, but just don’t limit your child to a standard A4 sheet – let him draw at least on whatman paper. Or you can go even further and offer the young artist a whole roll of paper. It is attached to an easel, and the drawing area can always be shifted, thereby continuing the drawing.

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Special Coating

If you don’t plan to do repairs in the near future, but you really want to protect the wallpaper, use a water-based acrylic varnish. In fact, it is used for flock liquid wallpaper and other surfaces to protect against scuffs and water. In such a simple way, you get washable wallpapers from ordinary wallpapers. And if at the same time you also choose a matte varnish, then such a “refinement” will be generally invisible.

@allremont59.ru

Blackboard paint

In the child’s room, you can cover some part of the wall with paint that is used for blackboards at school. In general, according to psychologists, this is an ideal solution. In addition, it is one of the longest-term ones, since such an idea will become a salvation even when the baby goes to school – you can leave notes for the child, explain the material, solve examples, use it as a draft.

@artsten.ru

Wallpaper for drawing

This method has its own peculiarity that cannot be ignored.

So, on sale you can find wallpaper models that are just designed for coloring. Often they are bought in a children’s room so that the baby can reach his potential, and parents do not grieve about the damaged paintings in the living room or hallway. Usually they depict plants, animals, fairy-tale characters and other silhouettes that may interest the baby – take it and sketch it, even with a felt-tip pen, even with a marker.

However, do not forget that a small child is not yet able to understand why he can draw on the walls in his room, but it is forbidden in his parents’ bedroom. In other words, such a restriction will annoy the child, because from the point of view of a fragile psyche, the principle applies: either you can paint wallpaper in all rooms or you can’t paint anywhere at all.

However, for children from 3 years old, such wallpapers will be a real salvation, because at this age it is already possible to explain to the child why you are guided by the rule “draw only in your room”.

@dekormyhome.ru

@archiproducts.com

Accept

Perhaps the easiest way to solve the problem with painted walls is to let the child do his own thing and look at the situation more prosaically.