How to make a Bird Mobile

Summer tweets Bird mobile

I just love anything to do with birds when it comes to decor so I thought I’d share this bird mobile project with you that I can across today on The Red Thread.

I’ve featured a bird mobile before here, but this one is so cute too, and worthy of note.
Make it as a gift for a baby shower or create it with your child using up old scraps of fabric. A great rainy day project that can be done in stages if necessary for your own child’s room. Mind you it’ll be just as lovely in an adult room too or hanging in a tree on a warm evening amongst some fairy lights.

You will need

- Newspaper
- Scissors
- Sicky tape
- PVA glue
- Brightly coloured fabric scraps
- Rattan cane hoops (from craft shops). 20 – 24cm [8 - 9.5 inches] in diameter
- 4 -5 cm [2 inches] diameter styrofoam balls – optional
- Embroidery thread
- Long needle

It’s not hard.
Click here to read the full instructions on The Red Thread blog

FREE GIVEAWAY- Wallables, Interactive Wall Art

For those of you who haven’t heard about Wallables, let me enlighten you…

they are the cutest
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children’s wall art you ever did see!

Wallables are 3 dimensional sculpted wall décor products made out of soft polyurethane foam, whose  bright colours and soft textures not only look great as a decor feature in your baby nursery, but they also encourage your baby to touch and explore the different surfaces, teaching your baby to interact with their invironment.

Wallables also come in a new Alphabet series.

When pressed the wallable says the letter. You can try it out on the Wallable Website and hear what the letters sound like. Spell out your child’s name.  Click here to go to that website page

When touched Wallables play music, teaching babies cause and effect’.

This 3d nursery wall art is made of a lightweight material which is soft and flexible and allows them to be placed above cribs or beds without  any worries.

Wallables are very safe and have passed both the ASTM and CE toy safety standards for all countries.

Wallables can be combined with handpainted murals to create interactive murals like this one above for example. Click here to see how it’s done

I’m planning to work on some new interactive mural ideas that combine hand painted murals you do yourself with Wallable characters and Alphabet letters.
Watch this space or leave a comment on interactive ideas or themes you might like to see me create.

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The lovely people at Wallables are giving away..

‘Dotty the Dragonfly‘ from the ‘Soft Smilies collection’

and

‘MAX’ from the ‘Wild Thing’ series

Max is now a collectors item as the Wild thing series is no longer being produced!

How to Enter

It’s easy

1. SUBSCRIBE VIA EMAIL to this blog

2. Leave a comment with your idea for an interactive mural or simply visit www.wallables.com and tell me which is your favourite Wallable character

3. Tell a friend

You will then automatically be entered into the Wallable Giveaway.

Wanna gain extra entries for the giveaway?

For extra entries you can do any one of the following and leave a separate comment for each one.
(This section is not complusory, it just gives you an extra chance of winning)

• Do a blog post on this giveaway and by that I mean a full blown blog post, not just a link (That’s worth 3 entries!)

• Twitter about this giveaway. Copy and paste the following -

@WallStory-GIVEAWAY! Enter now- Wallable 3D Nursery Wall art http://wallstory.wordpress.com/2009/07/10/wallable-giveaway/

• Add my “Off the Wall” button to your site (grab it from the upper right sidebar)

Don’t forget add a comment for each thing that you do.

Last date for entries to win the Wallable Characters is Midnight Friday 24th July 2009.

The winner of the Wallable Giveaway will be picked at random from a hat and announced on Monday 27th July 2009.

GOOD LUCK – Get entering!

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We have a Winner

Winner of  the Tree Mural Giveaway

I put all your entries into a cardboard box hat and my daughter has pulled a name out.

Congratulations to
Leah

(Comment no 20)

I will email you with the details I need to send you your tree mural.

Thank you to everyone who entered.
If you haven’t received your 20% discount voucher yet, please let me know.

Ooh! Ooh! And by the way!

I have decided to continue my offer of the
20% Discount Voucher
for use on Wallstory Murals to all new subscribers until the end of April.

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Wallstory Murals can be purchased from Wallstory Murals or Magic Mural Factory

Free Tree Mural Giveaway & 20% Discount Voucher

I’ve been working like a dog hard on making this blog a useful and interesting resource for those of you interested in DIY decorating children’s rooms.

As an incentive to encourage you to SUBSCRIBE VIA EMAIL to this inspiring resource

I am offering you  the opportunity to be entered into
A FREE GIVEAWAY prize of my TREE MURAL Paint by Number Kit.
PLUS
I am offering a 20% Discount Voucher
for use on any of my Wallstory mural designs for ALL SUNSCRIBERS

See details of the Paint by Number TREE MURAL KIT here.

How to Enter

It’s easy

1. SUBSCRIBE VIA EMAIL to this blog
2. Leave a comment telling me things you would like to see on this DIY kids room decor blog.
3. Tell a friend

You will then automatically receive a 20% Discount on any of  Wallstory Murals and be entered into the Tree Mural Giveaway.
Your 20% voucher will be sent to you by email.

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To gain extra entries for the giveaway

For extra entries you can do any one of the following and leave a separate comment for each one.
(This section is not complusory, it just gives you an extra chance of winning)

• Do a blog post on this giveaway and by that I mean a full blown blog post, not just a link (That’s worth 3 entries!)

• Twitter about this giveaway. Copy and paste the following -
  @WallStory-GIVEAWAY! Enter now- Free Tree Mural Kit & 20% Discount Voucher http://wallstory.wordpress.com/2009/03/23/freemuralgivaway/

• Add my “Off the Wall” button to your site (grab it from the upper right sidebar)

Don’t forget add a comment for each thing that you do

Last date for entries to win the Free Tree Mural is Midnight Monday 6th April 2009
The winner of the Tree mural will be picked at random and announced on Wednesday 7th April 2009.

A glittering Princess Crown Mural-Now even easier to create

My Princess Crown E-mural has been so successful, I have decided to make it into a paint by number pattern to make it that bit easier to create for your little princess’s bedroom.

Princess crown mural for girls bedroom

It’s a paint by number mural , so you don’t need to even think about where to paint the colours.
Plus you can still add 3d elements to make a glittering crown collage.

Add pompons, stick on jewels, sequins, hearts, whatever takes your fancy in the craft store.
Let your little girl choose and stick on some of these treasures. It’ll make it that little bit more special to her, and make it totally unique.

The kit comes with the crown pattern sized 74cm wide x 60cm high, Transfer paper and instructions.

You will only need two paint colours and white as you can mix up the pale colours by adding white to the darker paints. That saves money! (A sentiment close to my heart at the moment)

You can see this Princess Crown Mural on both my websites

The Magic Mural Factory

and for UK and European buyers
Wallstory Murals

Silhouette Murals -Again!

Oh OK! I know I did a post recently on Silhouette murals, but I’m doing another one because by all accounts silhouette murals are a winner!BECAUSE..

1. They are easy to so.
2. They are cheap as far as paint goes.You only need one colour (Great budget decor idea!)
3. They can be as subtle or as bold as you like.

So the reason why I thought I’d bring them up again is because of these new Silhouette mural designs with a Safari theme.

Whimsical AND sophisticated!
Paint by number paper patterns
Paint the silhouettes in a dark brown over lavender, pink or any other colour to make a bold statement.

For a more subtle look paint it in a colour slightly lighter or darker than your wall colour. You can even repeat and reverse parts or the entire mural.

How cute are these?

Silhouette murals

Keeping it Simple

If you want to keep it really simple as far as painting goes, consider a  silhouette mural.
Silhouettes don’t need to be black, personally I think  it’s better if they aren’t, especially in a child’s bedroom.

Willow tree and bunny mural available at The Magic Mural Factory & Wallstory Murals

Brown on blue or brown on a pink background look both look fantastic together.

Silhouette boys from the  Magic Mural factory

You could even go for a subtler look, by painting your background a pale colour and paint your silhouettes a shade darker than the background.

DROOL!  -Hannon Artworks

Where to find a silhouette image

Loads of subjects could make a great silhouette, as long as the form is simple and clear.

Find an image in a chosen theme.
Trace the outline of the picture and voila you have a silhouette.
Enlarge your image with the aid of a photocopier, or trace it onto transparent film and enlarge the image onto the wall using an overhead projector or craft projector.
If you’re lucky enough to have a video projector (the kind you can attach to a laptop computer) then any image you find on the internet can be easily projected onto the wall and traced.

Paint in your shape in a colour of your choice.

Top Tip- Buy tester pots of acrylic paint to paint your silhouette mural. They come in loads of colours to choose from.

Alternatively you can buy a ready to trace pattern and transfer paper like these below from the Magic Mural Factory and Wallstory Murals

Here is a lovely example of how to create a mural created using a video projector from
Apartment Therapy

More silhouette mural ideas

This horse design from Unique Baby Ideas

Look at this cool cowboy mural

Tone on tone nursery – blue on blue for a calm and soothing effect from Nursery Murals and More

And of course there are always Wall Decals if you really don’t want to paint.

This beautiful example above  is from a French website called Harmonie intérieure

These cuties are from Dali Decals

Children’s Room Forest from Small Time Art

Etsy has LOADS of decals in all sorts of subjects including silhouettes. Just search on any subject you like.

My final DIY silhouette mural idea for you

Using your children as the models for a truly unique mural.

You will need
A bright light or projector
A darkened room
A Pencil.
Paint brushes and acrylic paint

How to do it

Aim your light at the wall.
Have your kids strike interesting poses in front of the light creating a good shadow on the wall.
Make sure they can keep still for a little while, before tracing around the shadow on the wall.
Paint in the silhouettes in any colour you wish.