How to decorate a crib for newborns with their own hands?

Many parents who are looking forward to the birth of their baby dream to surround him with all the best, high-quality, interesting, so that he does not need anything. Therefore, it is difficult to surprise anyone with their desire to make the children's room cozy, beautiful, comfortable. If the interior of the children's room is simply made original, then decorating the crib, as a rule, causes difficulties. Today we will learn how to decorate a crib for newborns with our own hands, because it is recommended to do this not only with all love, but also follow certain rules.

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How can I decorate a crib?

The decoration of the cradle should be made in such a way that all textures, colors, shades, accessories are ideally combined. In addition, it should be not only beautiful, but also necessarily convenient, cozy, safe. Toys present in the crib should develop the baby, be useful to him. To create such a cozy, beautiful, safe bed for your beloved baby will help you objects that we will consider below.

Canopy

Modern parents often hang a canopy over the crib. Do it yourself is not a problem to build, but you can buy it already ready-made. Products with chic bows from above look especially gentle. With this decoration you can make the bed more refined. In addition, it performs several quite useful functions - it protects the baby from insects, drafts, and scatters light.

It is better to choose canopies from transparent light materials so that the child gets enough air through it. But when a child reaches the age of 4-5 months, it is recommended to remove it, because it becomes already unsafe, because children at this age love to grab everything with their hands. If the baby grabs the tip of the fabric, he will be able to bring down the entire structure holding the canopy onto his head.

Important! Since a lot of dust is deposited on the canopy, it must be washed as often as possible so that the child does not develop an allergic reaction.

Bedding

With the help of beautiful bedding, you can make the bed more original. Today it is made exclusively from natural materials using safe fillers. The variety of prints, colors, models is simply surprising.

Choosing the option of how to decorate a bed for a girl with your own hands, for example, be sure to use this idea, because kids just love to consider interesting drawings on bedding:

• Take a closer look at the kits featuring funny animals or fairy-tale characters.
• Scientists have long established that light, calm shades favorably affect the children's psyche. Therefore, it is better to refuse to buy a bed of saturated orange, red, yellow, deep blue. In addition, such shades do not allow children to fall asleep for a long time.
• The best bed option for the little princess is light yellow, pale pink, light beige. For little gentlemen - all shades of light green or blue.

Important! A universal option can be called a white bed, but it alone looks uninteresting, so you can decorate it with beautiful drawings or patterns.

Musical Mobile

When deciding how to beautifully decorate a crib for a newborn, you should definitely pay attention to the mobile. This is the most beloved, useful, beautiful toy for babies up to 6 months old. Babies love to watch slowly rotating colorful toys, listen to calm, quiet music, which favorably affects the psyche. Many children are so fascinated by this sight that they can calmly lie on their own in a bed for up to 30 minutes while their mother goes about her business.

As a rule, after two months, babies begin to be actively interested in toys, begin to reach out for them, which helps develop their motor skills and muscle tone.

Important! The use of this device also has limitations. It will have to be removed as soon as the child is six months old so that he does not accidentally pull it off, because he can already stand on his legs.

Hanging toys

As soon as the child turns one month old, you can decorate his bed with hanging toys, for example, multi-colored rattles strung on an elastic band attached to both sides of the crib. Children love to touch colored toys with pens. A good decoration are toys attached to only one side of the crib, allowing the child to further develop. First, the baby will carefully examine them, then it will begin to try to reach them with a pen.

Important! It is recommended that suspended toys be periodically moved from one side to the other so that the child turns his head in different directions, otherwise he will face torticollis.

Paint and stickers

You can decorate your baby’s bed with interesting drawings or patterns that are applied with special non-toxic paints.

Important! Before buying a paint composition, you must always consult with the seller in the store about its safety.

As a rule, such paints do not have a pungent odor, do not cause allergies, are non-toxic. If you are afraid to use them, then you can resort to a simpler option - beautiful stickers. They are sold in any furniture store, but despite the fact that they are made from safe materials, it is better that they are located in a place out of the reach of the child.

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How to decorate a crib for a newborn with your own hands?

Of course, it is very convenient to purchase jewelry for the crib of your child in the store, but it will be even better to make them yourself. In this case, you will be sure of their quality, safety, naturalness. Creating such things with your own hands, you put all your tenderness, love, care into them, which your baby will certainly feel when he plays with them. There are several ways to decorate a crib with your own hands. Consider these ideas.

On the bedding, apply the picture:

1. You just need to buy a set of bedding, preferably in white or a plain light shade.
2. Then wash it thoroughly so that all starch leaves it.
3. Buy non-toxic paints for drawing on fabrics or use food coloring.
4. Apply paint in the form of a beautiful pattern or using a ready-made stencil.
5. It is enough to simply attach it to the fabric, treat it with a foam sponge previously moistened with paint.
6. Then you should wait until the paint dries, then to carefully wash the bedding with the help of baby powder.

Important! You cannot immediately make a bed for them; you should first iron it on both sides with an iron at maximum temperature.

DIY mobile

The holder and the mechanical part can be bought or removed from an old electronic or mechanical mobile. The main task of parents is to sew toys with which he will be decorated. It is better that they are soft, bright, made from natural materials. It can be suns, animals, flowers, fish or stars.

Paint the bed with patterns

Here, non-toxic paint, most suitable for use in the room where the child lives, will come to the rescue. It should be remembered that in a few months the baby will certainly begin to nibble everything in a row, including his crib, which means that the paint should be absolutely safe. On the solid headboard you can draw funny animals or cartoon characters.

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It doesn’t matter at all which option to decorate children's furniture, the main thing is that it will be safe for the child, will bring him benefit and pleasure. Playing or falling asleep in the crib with all the tenderness, love, care adorned by the parents, your child at a subconscious level will feel all the most tender feelings emanating from her.