Buggy Bedroom Theme

By Lorri Mealey

Here is a fun theme that mixes bugs, butterflies, leaves and flowers for a fantastic preschooler bedroom theme. This theme is easy to mix with existing furniture and goes with a variety colors. You can purchase new bedding or make a customized duvet cover for to slip over your preschooler’s existing comforter.  

Latex paint in white and a vibrant grassy green color

Assorted Acrylic paints

Bug themed bedding

Wallies or bug stencils

 

Clean the walls with warm soap and water before applying paint. Paint the top half of the walls a crisp, clean shade of white. Tape off the bottom half of the walls and paint a vibrant grass green. Two coats of a green latex paint should cover the walls sufficiently.

 

Place a plastic stencil of waving grasses along the top edge of the green paint. Fill in with a medium sized sponge paintbrush. Use two stencils, so you don’t have to wait for the paint to dry.

 

Using stencils or stamps and the acrylic paints add ladybugs, caterpillars and ants to the green half of the wall. Above the grass, add colorful butterflies, dragonflies, and fat bumblebees.

There are many bug themed bed linens available. If you would rather not buy an entire set, consider making a duvet (comforter) cover to go over your preschooler’s existing comforter.

 

Simply cut two fabric panels, each wide enough to cover the comforter, with about an inch of material to spare. The panels should have about three or four inches of extra fabric at the bottom. Using a sewing machine, sew the panels on three sides, like a giant pillowcase. Attach Velcro tape to bottom of the panels, to close it. You could also sew on buttons, or a zipper, but Velcro is the easiest to apply.

Hang some butterfly nets on the walls or ceiling. Use the stencils and acrylic paint to decorate a plain white lampshade with ladybugs, bumblebees and other small bugs. Swap out existing dresser knobs for ones with a bug or leaf theme. Make no sew curtains with some bug themed fabric.