Cheap Baby Decor Crafts

Make affordable crafts that your baby will cherish as it grows.

Many parents, overjoyed with a new baby to welcome home, wish to make crafts with which to decorate the nursery, but are dismayed when they realize how quickly the cost of craft projects can add up. Fortunately, parents and other loved ones can make baby décor crafts out of items that they can purchase at affordable prices.

Baby Footprint Photo Frame

Stamp your baby's handprints or footprints onto a photo frame to make a keepsake decoration.

Use this idea from the Baby Handprint Crafts website to make a wall decoration that will also function as a keepsake for years to come. Simply cover the baby's hand or foot in water-soluble paint and press the hand or foot to a photo frame or photo mat that is at least 4 inches wide, leaving enough room to display a full hand or foot print. It is best to practice pressing the baby's hand or foot to paper a few times in order to figure out the best way to hold the baby and position the frame before you work with paint or ink. When the paint or ink on the picture frame has dried, display a picture of the infant, either by itself or posed with a family member. If making your own simple photo frame from colorful paper, choose a thick, heavy paper, such as card stock, then measure and cut a rectangle out of it so that the photo will show through. Tape a photo in place on the back of the paper and glue a piece of cardboard in place as the back of the frame.

Non-Permanent Wall Decorations

Use fabric pieces to make decorative craft projects for a baby nursery.

Nursery wall decorations that are not permanent are perfect for apartment dwellers who are not allowed to paint their walls or parents who look forward to easily changing the baby décor as their child grows up and acquires personal tastes and preferences. One easy and cheap craft project is to stretch pieces of colorful fabric over wooden embroidery hoops. As pointed out on the Make Baby Stuff website, "This is an excellent choice for 'near the crib' decorating, as you want to avoid heavy items or frames with glass for safety." Other non-permanent baby décor craft projects include taping fabric up on the walls with double-sided tape to resemble wallpaper and making curtains out of rectangles of fabric with loops at the top that a rod can go through.

Using Children's Books

Use this tip from the Make Baby Stuff website to make a simple, attractive baby décor craft. Buy children's books with tattered covers or worn bindings at cheap prices at thrift stores, discount bookstores or library book sales. Carefully cut pages with colorful illustrations out of the books and frame them for a random, eye-catching arrangement in a baby nursery, or remove the pages from a single book, frame them, and hang them around the nursery in the order in which they were meant to be read. If store-bought frames are too expensive, use construction paper to frame each page and use strips of double-sided tape to stick the pages to the wall.

References

• Baby Handprint Crafts: Baby Footprint Frame
• Make Baby Stuff: Nursery Wall Decor Ideas