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Perhaps you need to redecorate your child’s bedroom as they’ve outgrown their nursery decor, or maybe you’ve moved house or had a renovation and have to start from scratch.
Either way, decorating a child’s bedroom can be a big job.
If your children are old enough, letting them help you to redecorate their bedrooms can be a lot of fun. It is also a great way to start to teach your child skills that will enable them to create a nice home when they become adults.
Most children enjoy being creative and they like to help and learn how to do something new. Here are a few ways you can get even quite young children involved in re-decorating their bedrooms.
Let them choose their furniture/ bedding

If you need new bedroom furniture then letting your child choose their own bed etc is a great way to get them involved.
Bed Guru has a great selection of children’s beds suitable for all ages. It’s tempting to go with a single but if the room is quite small, a mid- or high-sleeper can give them room for a play area or desk underneath.
If siblings are sharing, or your child often has sleepovers or might in future, then bunk beds might be the way to go.
At the very least, a bed with underbed storage for sheets, pyjamas, dressing up clothes, toys – anything really – can be really useful!
If they already have bedroom furniture, new bedding can change the look of their room completely. Retailers these days have a great selection; no matter what their favourite cartoon character, pop star or TV show there will be bedding to match, so it is usually quite easy for you and your child to find something they really like.
Put some of their artwork on the wall
Most children like to paint or draw from very early age. Putting something that they have created up on their walls is a great way to encourage a child to be more creative (as well as giving you something to do with all that artwork!).
You can simply hang their pictures up using Blu-Tac or – so that they leave no marks and look classier – take things to the next level and frame them.

Create a blackboard
Another approach is to turn one of the walls in their room into a giant blackboard, which is actually surprisingly easy to do with blackboard paint.
It is not something all parents will like the look of, granted, but being able to create a huge work of art on their bedroom wall is something that will appeal to a lot of children.
If a blackboard is too much, then a large whiteboard can give them space to be creative with less dust!

Make some decorative items with them
Making other small decorative items like wall hangings, Lego models or kit cars is another way to get them involved. Most children like to display things in their room, so will love the idea of being able to make these decorative items themselves. An Ikea KALLAX unit is the perfect display unit, and will also be useful for books and toys.
If you are looking for ideas, Pinterest is a great place to find craft projects that you and your child could do together to produce decorative items for the home.

Let them help you to paint
Fortune favours the brave, so I’m told, so the next time you paint your child’s room, consider letting them help – if they’re old enough to be trusted!
Initially, you will have to supervise them very closely. But, children learn fast, so in a relatively short space of time, they could become quite good at painting walls.
It could possibly save you a bit of time or bending; they could potentially roller the bottom half of the wall while you do the rest – or maybe do the bit behind where the radiator or furniture will be!
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