When my son moved into his "big boy room" I wanted it to be super cute without a super price tag. I took a lot of time creating handmade designs that my son later took down with his toy tools. When I went to redecorate his walls I swore I was going to do it super cheap, but I didn't know how. I remembered a trick I did when decorating his nursery. For the nursery I bought a previous year's calendar (in the theme I was decorating in) from ebay and cut the pages out. I glued the pages onto matte board I bought from a craft store and stapled them onto the wall. The staples hold it up, but make very small holes. With a new tendency to pry things off the walls with his hammer and screwdriver, I did not want to glue onto matte board and waste my time and money. This time I just used Handy Tack and put the pictures straight onto the wall, I did not want staples on the floor if he pried them off. I got 12 beautiful pictures (of tractors) to cover his walls and it cost me $1.00. This is really great if your child likes licensed characters, because we all know that those cost the most to decorate with. Check your store or online for expired calendar deals. Try it.
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Great idea. My son likes tractors, trains and race cars...if I can find a way to combine them this would definitely work. And since the year is almost over already...it's easy to find calendars that are super cheap right now.
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