How to Decorate a Boy's Fairy Tale Room

Your son can be a valiant knight in his castle room.

Knights are brave, loyal and respectful of women. Let your son practice these noble traits in a room that resembles a castle. He can slay dragons, joust in tournaments, and rescue princesses. Sew window treatments that look like royal banners and paint the walls to look like stone battlements. Finish the walls with fluffy clouds to mimic a fair day in fairy tale land.

Things You'll Need

• Yardstick
• Pencil
• Light gray paint
• Roller and pan
• Paint brush
• Medium gray paint
• Paper plate
• Household sponge
• Scissors
• Sky blue paint
• Natural sea sponge
• White paint
• Felt
• Craft glue (optional)
• 1-inch ribbon
• Sewing machine
• Thread
• Pins or tacks
• Wooden weapons
• Toy dragon (optional)

Instructions

1. Draw a pencil line around the room 30 inches from the floor. Draw 6-inch squares, 6 inches apart along the line. Place bottom of the squares along the line. This makes battlements around the room.

2. Paint the squares and the wall below the line light gray.

3. Pour a small amount of medium gray paint into a paper plate and dip a 6-inch square household sponge into it. Paint a few squares randomly around the room to suggest stones in the castle walls.

4. Paint the space above the battlements sky blue and use a natural sea sponge to add white clouds.

5. Cut 6-by-8 rectangles from several colors of felt to make pennants. If desired, cut crests and stripes from felt to decorate the pennants. Sew the short ends of the pennants to a length of ribbon to make a string of banners to hang at the top of the window. You can pin the banner to an existing window treatment or tack it to the molding.

6. Hang wooden swords and shields for wall decor. A stuffed dragon or dragon puppet is a nice touch.

Tips & Warnings

• Shape the bottom edge of the some of the pennants into a "V" or a curve.