Painting Ideas for Kid's Rooms: Window Murals

Everyone wants a one-of-a-kind room for their kids, but hiring a muralist and can be too costly, and doing it yourself can be overwhelming. Mural windows however, are cost effective and not so big that you won't feel empowered to at least try. Here are the steps to creating window murals in your kid's room.

Choose a background color for your bedroom, it can be the child's favorite color, but something that coordinates well with outdoor colors, like blue and green. Paint the room in this color.

Purchase window panes from a salvage yard. They can be simple two pane, but multi-paned windows will be far more interesting. Clean up the window panes, making sure there is not peeling paint or chance of lead paint residue, and repaint the window frames.

Cut a piece of artist canvas the size of the glass part of the window frames. Your mural will be painted on this canvas and framed in the "window". (This is why this is a no-fear mural... if you don't like it, you can start over.)

Find simple and fun scenes to paint in each window. My suggestions are as follows:

Paint a blue sky background with a bright sun in the corner, and scatter butterflies through the canvas. Place the canvas into the glass window and then paint the back of a cat on the front of the window pane so it looks like a cat is gazing outside. After hanging it, you can choose to have a bit of the tail continue onto the wall.

Paint a few brances on the canvas. Have each branch come from the side as if you are just seeing a portion of the tree. On the branch paint your favorite kinds of birds. Paint a sky an cloud background.

Paint a castle on the canvas. Use a traditional canvas from a story book complete with a moat, turretts, and dragons. On each of the other window murals, you can paint different princess fairytale characters.

For a child who enjoys constellations, paint each canvas dark blue. Then add a different star constellation to each canvas, so they can enjoy the stars any time of the day. You can even use glow in the dark paint to create a nightlight effect at night.

Paint jungle animals, a different one on each canvas. Make the background green with large plant leaves to similate the jungle.

So, I am sure by now, that you get the idea. Just pick a theme and create small vinettes on each "window". After your canvases are painted, you can attach the cavases to the frame with a strong tape from the backside, and hang it securely on the walls. If you feel comfortable, you can skip purchasing the windows and and paint the murals directly on the walls. If you move often, or rent, however, you can take these with you to your next residence.