How to Decorate a Ballerina Theme Nursery
Design a Little Girl’s Bedroom with Soft Pink and a Ballet Motif
Jan 31, 2009
Ballerinas on tiptoe are a favorite decorating pick for little girl’s of all ages. The soft pink theme is perfect for a baby girl’s nursery, and older girl’s can decorate with photos from their own recitals.
Decorate the Walls of the Ballerina Theme Nursery
Wallpaper options abound depicting ballerinas twirling across pastel backgrounds, but decorators might also opt for the more affordable coat of paint. The theme works especially well with a foundation color of soft pastels such as baby pink, lavender, and periwinkle. Parents may want to choose bedding and accent pieces to help select their foundation color for the wall.
Once the walls are covered, parents can add a ballet theme wallpaper border or try their hand at stencils. Some may want to attempt a mural of a dancing ballerina or magical swan lake. Peel-and-stick wall decals or wallpaper murals are an equally attractive option.
Bed Sets Crib Sets, Window Treatments, and Area Rugs, for the Ballet Theme Nursery
The elegant look of the ballerina nursery theme has resulted in quite a few options for crib sets and coordinating accessories. Prices of these sets vary widely. A few of the more popular packages on the market include Soho’s Pink Ballerina crib set, Dooddlefish’s Ballerina crib bedding, Doodlefish’s ballerina Butterfly crib set, Wamsutta Baby’s Ballet Bunnies, Nurseryworks’ Butterfly Ballet twin bed set, and Kids Line’s Twinkle Toes bedding package.
Coordinating curtains, wall hangings, area rugs, diaper storage, and lamps accompany most of these crib sets. Do-it-yourself decorators may prefer to make their own curtains and throw pillows from ballerina print fabric or soft laces and satins.
Decorating a Ballerina Theme Nursery
Dolls dressed as ballerinas and stuffed animals in tutus will go a long way to help with the decor. Rocking chairs, beds, dressers, and bookshelves are all great places to tie in the theme with an adorable teddy bear or bunny ballerina.
Mirrors are a great motif for a ballet theme room. Aside from brightening the bedroom and making it feel larger, they can provide an in-home studio for little girls to twirl to their heart’s content. Self-adhesive mirror tiles for the wall can be found at most home improvement stores.
Parents who want to go all out with the ballet theme for their little girl’s bedroom or nursery can hunt down a used desk, table, chairs, dresser, or chest of drawers and give them a ballerina make-over. A soft coat of pastel paint and stencils of ballet slippers, butterflies, roses, or swans make this a decorating project any parent can tackle.
Higher shelves are a great place to decorate with a collection of ballerina dolls, dance awards, memorabilia, and ballet themed storybooks. Some great titles include Ballerina! By Meg Clibbon, If I Were a Ballerina by Pat Hegarty, My Pretty Ballerina: Saturday Is Ballet Day by Karen Backstein, Belinda the Ballerina by Amy Young, The Little Ballerina and Her Friends the Swans by Therese Meyer, Little Ballerina by Sue Harris, I Am a Ballerina by Valerie Coulman, Little Ballerina by Sarah Gibb, My First Ballerina Fairy Story by Beverlie Manson, and Angelina Ballerina by Katharine Holabird. Decorating with books is an inexpensive way parents can brighten up the bedroom and instill a love of reading early.
Parents can personalize the room by snapping pictures of their little girl in her ballerina tutu and slippers. The pictures will look great in the nursery and the scrap book as well.
Parents and little girls can also have fun scoping out magazines and books with ballerina illustrations from the used book store and clipping out favorite photos. The pictures can be used to decoupage accent pieces for the room such as pencil cans, plaques for the wall, a table and chairs, or nightstand. Touches like these make a ballerina theme room feel special and fill it with happy memories.
With a little creativity, the ballerina theme nursery is bound to earn a standing ovation. For more ideas, parents can check out articles on nursery themes including princesses, fairies or garden flowers and ladybugs.
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