subject: Distinctive Designs For Rooms Decorated From A Child's Eye View [print this page] A child discovers from the time they are very young that their room is their own little oasis. It is second nature that they wish to surround themselves with their cherished possessions and their favorite colors. If you are wondering if your child is old enough to help you decorate the space, the answer is a resounding yes.
Young Children.
Of course when you are having a child help you decorate their room, you will have to consider their age. Nonetheless, even the youngest children will be able to offer their input on what they want to see in their room. As you are designing their new bedroom, you may wish to be certain that you include ways for them to help you decorate. A really fun project to do with smaller children is to create a hand-print wall. It offers everything a child needs to have fun while doing a project: Bright colors, simple instructions, and it is a sticky mess! This fun project is a lot like finger painting, so be certain that you protect the floor and wear old clothing that you don't mind ruining. Choose some bright colors, even their favorite colors and pour them into a couple of disposable pie tins. Then simply have your child dip their hand in the paint and make a hand print on the wall. You can mix colors and in literally minutes, your child will get to see their brightly colored finished creation.
Older Children.
When your child is a little more grown up, they can help you even more with their room makeover. They will not only assist you with shopping, but they can also learn to stick to a budget and help plan the design aspects of their room. They can compare prices for paint, furniture, and decor and develop a shopping list. As your child goes through this process, they are learning to plan, budget and even manage their project cash flow. Encourage them to seek out pictures of rooms that they enjoy and have them build a notebook of their ideas. The development of crucial thinking and organizational skills will be furthered by this project. Thus when your older child assists with the makeover of their room they are actually learning some valuable life skills.
Building Self Sufficiency.
Helping with the choice of colors and furniture for their room will give them a start on art appreciation and will get their creative juices flowing. As they discover that they can recreate things that they see in a magazine by using the magazine picture for inspiration, they will begin to understand how to create their own space. Select rudimentary tasks for the young child, like making their own pillows or building their own bookshelves to help foster a sense of self-sufficiency and independence that they can fall back on later in life. When it comes time to decorate their first apartment, they will have already honed some of the skills that they need for the job. Imagine how proud you will feel when they have no trouble choosing a metal wall art decor, handcrafted wall sculptures or contemporary metal wall art that makes their first apartment look like it was decorated by a pro!
by: Fred Thompson
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