A new paint job for the toyshelf/bookcase

This summer I repainted a bookcase and toyshelf.. It turned out pretty well. Here's the link from my original blog that gives all the details

K's Dinosaur Room

I figured it'd be helpful to anyone thinking of decorating in dinosaur theme, but can't stomach (or afford) the cost of buying everything... I made most of his decorations (except for the wall stickers) and it all turned out pretty cool (If I do say so myself) :) So here it is:

 I started off doing small steps. So as you can see, there are still some winnie the pooh decorations in these first couple of pictures... but I started by getting wall stickers from Shopko.

 Then I started putting chalkboard up- this was super easy... I bought a huge roll of black contact paper from amazon.com and put that up (ok that part isn't easy.. if you have 2 people to put the contact paper up it might go smoother), but it's easier than painting chalkboard- and cheaper too.

 Just a picture what the chalk on the contact paper.

 Here you can see a whole wall with the black.

 I sewed a small pillow or his rocking chair in the colors of his new room.

 I got these adorable wall art alphabet sheets and I put them all around his room. These are how he learned his alphabet

 For his 2 year old pictures, I had  his photographer take pictures of him with his green Rex stuffed animal- then I framed those. I kept his name that I painted, because the colors still matched. If you look closely, you'll see a lamp that's brown and green . I bought a lamp at goodwill and spray painted it the new colors of his room. I was going to put dinosaurs on his lamp shade, but I decided against it at the time... though now that I think about it- that might be my new project :)

 I sewed curtains- This was for 2 reasons. #1- I couldn't find any that I liked and were in my price range #2- I needed room darkening ones because his room gets so light in the morning. So I sewed these with felt material on the back and it really works!

 It says Killian's playland

 I also made a valance. To get he letters and dinosaurs on there, I cut them out, then ironed on iron-on adhesive so they stuck to the valance. Then I sewed zig-zag around them.

 

I slowly kept buying the wall stickers- putting them up

 

This was when he was getting a big boy bed..

 

I put his dresser in the closet and just kept the hamper out

 

Book shelf area... of course it's rearranged now and I repainted the bookshelf to match the dino room (watch for another post)

 

The quilt: I made the dino-quilt for his toddler bed. Then when he switched to a big bed, I bought a quilt from target for 25$ and sewed the dino quilt on top. 

 

I says Killian with 3 different dinosaurs on it.

 

OH! These were SOOOO simple. I bought these dinosaurs at hobby lobby for 1$ or .50 each, then I bought a pack of 4 knobs, painted them, glued them on.

 

Then I stuck them to the wall and I hang his dress-up hats on it.

 

I found this dino-name plaque off of craigslist.. but amazon sells them too (mellissa and doug)

 

My dad made his toy shelf for xmas last year and it's AWESOME. I decorated it by sticking the wooden decorations (again hobby lobby) onto it with wood glue

 

I chose the things that he's really into to

 

These were pretty simple decorations too. My dad cut me 2 pieces of wood, both 1x2 feet. I painted them with his initials and glued those dinos on. Then I stuck ribbon on the back, tied the ribbon, and they hang above his bed.

 

The clock: I bought a clock from hobby lobby (and the hardware). I mod podged paper and stickers on it. Super simple. 

 

These decorations took me a night. I simply used construction paper and glue:

 

I've thought about framing them.. but I like the simpleness of them on the wall.

 

Finally... the last piece of art work. I bought canvases and painted this dino-puzzle. Took me a couple of hours. 

I'm trying to take a video of the room that will upload here.. but it's not working too well. If you have any questions, feel free to comment.

Take-along Car Caddy

I made this car caddy for Killian last christmas. He loves it, especially when we're at an appointment. And it's super simple!

I used a green piece of fabric (actually a scrap of green fabric from Killian's kitchen) as the back of the caddy. Then I sewed on the train fabric on top, and sewed down pockets. Next, I sewed on some brown felt and yellow fabric to look like a road. Lastly, I sewed on a ribbon on the back to tie. I may change this and add bigger pieces of fabric with velcro, because the ribbon is hard for killian to tie so he can't clean up his own mess.

Here you can see the pockets. I have a few cars in each pocket and they stay in there when you fold it up. You fold the road on top of the pockets and roll it up:

 

Pretty simple but a fun toy for any boy :)