Baby Nursery Themes

Next to choosing a baby name, choosing a baby nursery theme is one of the most fun choices you'll have to make with regard to your new baby. Have you visited a baby store lately? There are baby nursery themes galore, all beckoning you to choose them.

Nursery themes can help you, as a prospective parent, cut down on the chaos that comes with trying to decorate your baby's room.  Sometimes it's easier if you have a theme to work with, so you don't have too many options before you. 

Choosing from nursery themes is much more key than you might think. The reason is because the theme you choose will have an effect on your baby's imagination, and will be one of the primary things he or she will recognize and enjoy. Therefore, you'll want to make your nursery theme something that is cheerful, warm, and comforting.

Below are some popular themes for boys and girls, as well as gender-neutral themes.  Of course, many themes that may appear gender-specific, such as a boat or train theme can really work for both boys and girls. 

Popular Nursery Theme Ideas for Baby Boys

Boats: Boats are always a good theme for a boy’s room.  Think sailboats and tugboats.  Can accent with signal flags and boat table lamp. 

Cars: A car theme can go so many ways, and offer many different possibilities for accents and accessories, from wallpaper with car borders to area rugs with streets printed no them. 

Trains: Again, train bordered wallpaper and train lamps help to accent a train-themed nursery.  Thomas the Tank is a also a very popular train theme, where you can find plenty of merchandise.

Sports: Choose either one sport or go with something from all the different sports - football, baseball, basketball, soccer and hockey – which are all easy to find.  You can go with preprinted wallpaper and borders, or go with stencils; there's so much out there to choose from.  As the baby gets older, you can accent the room with banners and posters from your (and his) favorite teams.

Characters:  Think characters like Bob the Builder.

Popular Nursery Theme Ideas for Baby Girls

Decorating for a little girl doesn’t have to be limited to pink, or be overly frilly.  The possibilities are really endless.

Rainbows: So simple, yet really looks cool.  You can paint the room a pale sky blue, with a few clouds and paint a simple rainbow on one of the walls.  If you have used furniture, paint it brightly, as well, mixing and matching the items in the room using the different colors of the rainbow.

Flower garden: Here's another theme which is easy to create, with flower-shaped rugs, lights, wall decorations and other accessories easily available.  You can also find floral borders to accent the walls. 

Butterflies: Butterflies are always popular and will be something any girl will still love as she gets older.  There are a wide variety of bedding sets with butterflies in various color combinations. You can also combine this theme with a garden theme for greater variety.

Pooh Bear: Winnie the Pooh is also a very popular, yet classic, idea for a baby girl’s room. You can choose from either the classic or newer versions with a variety of characters. Add interest by adding some other the other Pooh characters, either as bedding or light fixtures, or as stuffed animals:  Piglet, Tigger and Eeyore.

Characters:  Think Dora the Explorer.

Decorating when you don’t Know the Baby’s Gender

Baby animals: Baby animals are really perfect when you don't know the baby's gender.  You can either go with a theme featuring a grouping of animals (farm animals, jungle animals, etc.) or go with a theme featuring one specific animal (monkeys, elephants, turtles).  This is another theme which is easy to find accessories for.

Sea Creatures: Colorful sea creatures, from fish to friendly-looking octopus can be a very soothing, yet fun, nursery theme.  The key is to make it soothing, not scary. 

Teddy bears:  Teddy bears are very traditional, but still work very nicely for your baby's nursery theme.  You can find many different teddy bear wallpaper and wallpaper borders and trims, as well as teddy bear bedding.  Of course, real teddy bears are a must-have for a teddy bear-themed room.

Clowns: Think smiling, cute clowns, not scary, sad clowns.

Characters: Popular shows such as Bob the Builder, Blue’s Clues and Sesame Street offer bedding sets and accessories that will make decorating very easy for the baby’s room. You can also find some of the baby version of many popular cartoon characters, like Snoopy, Bugs Bunny and Muppets. 

Balloons:  Colorful balloons make for cute nursery themes.  You can have boldly colored balloons, or pastel balloons, with either balloon-paterned wallpaper or plain wallpaper with balloon trim.  A balloon-lamp is a nice accent.

Before you put anything into your nursery, it’s a great idea to tackle the walls first.  Go with something gentle and soothing that will work with all kinds of ideas you come up with later. 

Most nurseries have four basic elements of furniture.  The baby’s crib and changing table usually match. Then you have a dresser and a rocking chair for the parents.  One idea is to pick up some unfinished pieces of furniture on which you can add color and design elements later when you have more time.  You may also want to add a nightstand with a lamp. 

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