How to decorate a baby crib for your newborn?

Contents:
  • How can I decorate a baby cot?
  • How to decorate a crib for your newborn with your own hands?

Many parents, eagerly awaiting the birth of their baby, dream to surround him with all the best, quality, interesting, so that he does not need anything. Therefore, it is difficult for anyone to surprise them 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 the decoration of the crib, as a rule, causes difficulties. Today we will learn how to decorate a baby cot for newborns with our own hands, because it is recommended to do this not only with all the love, but also to observe certain rules.

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How can I decorate a baby cot?

The decoration of the baby cradle must be made in such a way that all textures, colors, shades, accessories are perfectly matched. In addition, it should not only be beautiful, but also necessarily comfortable, cozy, safe. Toys, present in the crib, should develop the baby, be useful for him. To create such cozy, beautiful, safe box for your beloved kid you will be helped by the items that we will consider below.

Baldahin

Modern parents often hang a canopy over the baby bed. With his own hands to build it is not a problem, but you can buy it already in ready-made form. Particularly gentle look products with chic bows from above. With the help of this decoration can make a crib more refined. In addition, it performs a few more useful functions - protects crumbs from insects, drafts, scatter 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 unsafe, because children at this age like to grab handles. If the baby grasps the tip of the fabric, he will be able to bring down on his head the entire structure that holds the canopy.

Important! Since a lot of dust settles on the canopy, it is necessary to wash it as often as possible so that the child does not develop an allergic reaction.

Bedding

With the help of beautiful bed linen, you can make a crib more original. Produce it today exclusively from natural materials with the use of safe fillers. The variety of prints, colors, models is amazing.

When choosing an option how to decorate a bed for a girl with your own hands, for example, make sure to use this idea, because the kids just love to consider interesting drawings on bed linens:

  • Look at sets with funny animals or fairy-tale characters.
  • Scientists have long established that light, calm shades favorably affect the child's psyche. Therefore, it is better not to buy a bed full of orange, red, yellow, deep blue. In addition, such shades do not allow children to fall asleep for a long time.
  • Optimal variant of the bed for a small princess - light yellow, tender pink, light beige tone. For small gentlemen - all shades of light green or blue.

Important! A universal option can be called a white bed, but it looks like it is not interesting, so you can decorate it with beautiful patterns or patterns.

Musical mobile

When deciding how beautifully to decorate a baby cot for a newborn, you should definitely pay attention to the mobile. This is the most favorite, useful, beautiful toy for children up to 6 months. Babies love to watch slowly rotating colorful toys, listen to calm, quiet music, which has a positive effect on the psyche. Many children are so fascinated by this spectacle that they can lie quietly on their own in the crib for up to 30 minutes while mom is busy with her own affairs.

As a rule, after two months, kids begin to be actively interested in toys, begin to reach out to them, which helps to 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 turns six months, so that he accidentally does not pull it off, because he can already stand on his legs.

Pendant toys

Once a child turns one month, you can decorate his bed with hanging toys, for example, colorful rattles, strung on an elastic band, attached to both sides of the crib. Kids love to touch the colored pens. A good decoration are toys, attached only to one side of the crib, allowing the child to further develop. At first the crumb will carefully consider them, then they will start to try to reach them with a pen.

Important! Suspension toys are recommended to periodically move from one side to the other, so that the child turns his head in different directions, otherwise - he is threatened with torticollis.

Paint and stickers

You can decorate your kid's bed with interesting patterns or patterns that are applied with special non-toxic paints.

Important! Before buying a coloring composition it is necessary to consult with the seller in the store at the expense of its safety.

Typically, these paints do not have a pungent odor, do not cause allergies, are non-toxic. If you are afraid of using them, you can resort to a simpler version - beautiful stickers. They are sold in any furniture store, but despite the fact that they produce them from safe materials, it is better - that they are located in a place inaccessible to the child.

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How to decorate a crib for your 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 assured of their quality, safety, naturalness. By creating such things with your own hands, you put in them all your tenderness, love, care, which your kid will certainly feel when he plays with them. There are several ways how to decorate a baby crib with your own hands. Consider these ideas.

For bed linen apply a drawing:

  1. You just need to buy a set of bedding, preferably - white or a one-tone light shade.
  2. Then thoroughly wash it to make all the starch go out of it.
  3. Buy non-toxic paints for painting on fabrics or use food coloring.
  4. Apply the paint in a beautiful pattern or with a ready-made stencil.
  5. It's enough just to apply it to the fabric, treat it with a foam sponge, pre-moistened with paint.
  6. Then you should wait until the paint dries to thoroughly wash the bed linen with baby powder.

Important! Immediately zastilat their bed is impossible, you must first iron it from two sides with an iron at maximum temperature.

Create your own hands mobile

The holder and the mechanical part can be bought or purchased from the old electronic or mechanical mobile. The main task of parents is to sew toys, with which it will be decorated. Better - that they were soft, bright, made of natural materials. It can be sun, beasts, flowers, fish or stars.

Color the bed with the patterns

Here also 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 start eating everything, including his crib, which means that the paint must be absolutely safe. On the solid back of the bed, you can draw funny animals or cartoon characters.

It does not matter which version of the decoration of children's furniture you choose, most importantly - it will be safe for the child, will bring him benefit and pleasure. Playing or falling asleep in a crib with all tenderness, love, care decorated with parents your child on a subconscious level will feel all the most tender feelings emanating from her.