Teen Room Redo, Wall Decor Idea
Mother daughter collaborative projects in Emma’s room are turning out to be a lot of fun, thanks to Pinterest.
For about $6, we created our own wall art based on some ideas we pulled together.
This is an easy project. Perfect for a 13 year old girl like Emma. Here’s how we did our version.
DIY Wall Decor
Materials:
Thumbtacks
Craft paint and small paintbrush
Piece of scrap foam core or cardboard
Small round doilies
Cupcake liners
Yarn for pompoms
Pompom maker
Double stick tape
Scissors
To Make:
1. If you want the thumbtacks a different color, stick them into the scrap foamcore or cardboard to make it easier to paint them. We painted ours a bright green, 2 quick coats and they were done.
2. We decided to add some pom poms to the centers of some of our flowery shapes, so we made a handful of small ones.
3. To make the doilies into flowers, I folded 4 doilies in half, then overlapped them in quarters. You can attach them to the wall with double stick tape, and then add either a pom pom or a thumbtack in the center.
4. We started placing the cupcake baking liner “small flowers” in the area designated for this installation, then filled out and fanned from there, adding the doily “big flowers”, really just ad libbing as we went. I think the pom poms added some nice contrast, and we scattered those around and even addd some later on. In the end, I added the leftover thumb tacks plain, around the “branches”. This is on the wall above Emma’s bed, and we decided to keep it fairly tight because of the new bed she has coming soon.
erin
July 12, 2012 at 5:43 amreally?!? this is amazing, blair! you girls have been working hard.
knutty knitter
July 12, 2012 at 6:03 amI like that idea……wonder what it would look like made in fabric cut into snowflakes….hmmmm… 🙂
Might have to try a little something.
viv in nz
di
July 12, 2012 at 6:09 amwow- gorgeous idea for a girl’s room!
blair/wisecraft
July 12, 2012 at 6:54 amI figure this room will last her till college. 5 years? Don’t wanna think about it.
blair/wisecraft
July 12, 2012 at 6:54 amThat would be really lovely!
blair/wisecraft
July 12, 2012 at 6:55 amThanks Di, and its easy to remove if their tastes change.
emily
July 12, 2012 at 8:41 amblair, this is awesome!
Little Big / Carrie Anne
July 12, 2012 at 9:48 amThis is FANTASTIC. I think it’s so special to find a project like this to do with a teen.
meg
July 12, 2012 at 10:55 amsuper awesome!!!!
Molly
July 12, 2012 at 11:39 amDitto Meg. Ditto Erin. Man, this is one sweet install. What IS it about 3-D that adds so much to a wall?
Rock on, you two!!
M
Larissa
July 12, 2012 at 8:30 pmAwesome! Looks oh so time consuming – but totally worth it!
Jenny
July 13, 2012 at 2:01 amYour version is adorable—and, so funny, I recognize the source image! It’s from a local bakery called Lark Cakeshop that is a few blocks from my apartment! 🙂
Pummpkin
July 13, 2012 at 2:51 amwow.. I’ll do this to my room for sure.. thanks for putting this on 😉
Helen
July 15, 2012 at 11:01 amThis is such a sweet idea, it adds so much impact but seems quite simple to do. The only thing is, in my house this would get very dusty
blair/wisecraft
July 15, 2012 at 4:21 pmThanks! I was pleased that we both liked it, and we actually worked together on it.
blair/wisecraft
July 15, 2012 at 4:21 pmThanks Meg!
blair/wisecraft
July 15, 2012 at 4:21 pmIs it one of the reasons we love Anthropologie so much? 3D installations everywhere!
blair/wisecraft
July 15, 2012 at 4:22 pmThanks Larissa, it definitely looks more time consuming than it actually was, really just took about 2 hours start to finish.
blair/wisecraft
July 15, 2012 at 4:23 pmThanks Helen, you could very easily clean this installation on occasion with a few blasts of compressed air.
Molly
July 15, 2012 at 8:25 pmYES! That is exactly it 🙂
mari
July 20, 2012 at 8:48 amhi blair – how beautiful! you mentioned steampunk and i came across this page, that I thought you and Emma might like (although I bet you know of it) Jake von Slatt: http://steampunkworkshop.com/ and this: http://www.craftster.org/forum/index.php?action=tags;sa=showtopics;tag=steampunk and http://www.instructables.com/id/DIY-Steampunk/
mari
Dee
August 18, 2012 at 11:44 amBlair, I was looking for inspiration for an empty wall, googled ‘diy art installation’ and landed here! It looks fantastic. Beautiful work!
blair/wisecraft
August 18, 2012 at 3:17 pmHey, that’s cool! And thank you!
joy
August 25, 2012 at 11:22 pmPinning this for my 13 year old to see 😀 She’ll love it!
Mike
October 10, 2012 at 7:37 amWhen I was little me and my mom made mugs at a poetry place. I think that any family can benefit from doing art together. It’s a great way to bond and express yourself.
recruitment career
November 21, 2012 at 5:10 pmThis rocks! Love the idea it’s really an incredible design.