Planes, Trains and Automobiles Bedroom Theme

By Lorri Mealey

What little boy doesn’t love to play with toy trains and planes? Throw in some cars and trucks, and your preschooler will never want to leave his bedroom! With this new twist on a traditional bedroom theme, your preschooler can travel all around the town, without ever leaving his bedroom. With the right accessories, this theme is very quick and easy to pull together. 

Blue and Green Latex Paint

Acrylic Paints in a variety of colors

Planes, Trains, Automobiles Theme Decorating Stamps

Planes, Trains, Automobiles Theme Bedding

Town and Road Murals or Stencils

Town Rug

 

 

Step One: Select the Bedding

To help guide your color choices for the walls, window treatments, and accessories, select your bedding first, as an inspiration piece. Planes, Trains, Automobiles themed bedding usually comes in bold primary colors. Choose various colors from the bedding, to use throughout your preschoolers bedroom.

 

 

Step Two: Paint the Walls & Ceiling

To create a sky and ground affect, select a pale shade of blue for your ceiling and top half of the walls and a pale green for the bottom. Paint the ceiling and top half of the walls blue. Paint the lower half of the walls green. Two coats of each paint should be sufficient. Add green hills to break up the line between green and blue.

 

Step Three: Add the Wall Murals   

Using either a rub on wall mural or transfer paper mural, add several town buildings, such as houses, a garage, stores and a school to the bottom half of the walls. Cluster buildings close together in some spots, and space them out in others. Draw a road connecting all the buildings. On some of the hills stencil or draw railroads track.  

 

Using the acrylic paints and decorating stamps, add cars and trucks to the road, add planes to the sky, and add a train to the railroad tracks.   

 

Step Four: Select the Window Treatments

Often times you can purchase window treatments that match your Planes, Trains, Automobiles bedding. If your preschooler’s bedroom is small, having the same print pattern on the bedding and the drapes can be overwhelming. For smaller bedrooms, select a solid window treatment in a color that coordinates with the bedding and walls.

 

Step Five: Add a Town Rug

To add interest and color to the floor, add a town rug, such as the Country Fun Rug by Fun Rugs. My sons have spent hours playing their rug, and it is extremely durable and easy to clean.

 

Step Six: Add the Details

The possibilities for this theme are limited only by your imagination. Add the sun, birds and clouds to the sky. Add farm animals to the in between houses, or children playing. On the ceiling, stamp glow-in-the-dark stars. Try swapping out existing dresser knobs for ones with an automobile theme. 

More Preschool Decorating Ideas and Suggested Products 

 

 

Vroom Personalized Clock
This clock is a great way to teach your preschooler how to tell time, with its bright colors and big numbers. Each clock can be personalized for no extra charge.

 

 

 

 

Firetruck Lamp
This fun lamp for preschoolers not only looks great, but is functional. It comes with a built in nightlight, to make bedtime fun.

 

 

 

Truck Toy Box

Make clean up time fun time, with this colorful wooden toy box. Roomy enough to hold all your preschooler's toys, it will look great with a trains, planes, and automobiles bedroom theme. 

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