How to Make Wall Hangings for a Child

Your favorite gift wrap is about to get an upgrade from disposable to wall-worthy.

Stylish wall hangings don't have to cost $300 and come from a designer art gallery. With the right materials, these haute couture pieces of art can come from your own gift wrap collection and can even involve the help of little hands. One tip to keep in mind is that an embellished or antique frame can take even the dowdiest picture from trash-can-worthy to framed masterpiece, so look for a frame with pizazz and get your creative juices flowing.

Things You'll Need

• Wrapping paper or gift bags
• Frames
• Scissors
• Ribbon, optional
• Stapler, optional
• Hammer and nail

Instructions

1. Sort through your gift wrap or old gift bags to find a few that coordinate with your child's room and capture the mood you want to create. A roll of polka-dot wrapping paper combined with striped and floral rolls can create a mix of patterns that's chic and avant-garde, while a few gift bags with cute children's characters can capture a sweet vibe.

2. Pick a selection of frame sizes and colors to create a mixed look or invest in a few frames of the same exact size and shade to pull different looks together.

3. Measure the wrapping paper or gift bags to the size of the frame that you would like to put it in and cut to size.

4. Insert the paper into the frame and place the back on to close securely.

5. Cut a length of ribbon about 12 inches long to add a sophisticated touch over the top of each frame. Alternatively, skip this step and simply nail the pictures to the wall.

6. Staple the ends of each ribbon to the sides of each frame, about 1 inch from the top.

7. Hang the middle of each ribbon on a nail about 6 inches up from where you would like your picture to sit.

References

• Nest: Daily Decor: Do-It-Yourself Wall Art
• Kid's Room Decoration: How to Decide Between Wall Murals and Individual Wall Art for Kids Rooms