Entries from February 2015

I am constantly looking for beautiful kids room inspiration and now more so than ever as with our house move I need to decorate Anya’s new room in the next few months.  The one colour scheme I keep coming back to is the sleek and minimal Scandinavian style black and white.  Apart form the stylish looks of a monochrome kids room, black and white is the perfect backdrop to allow a kids room to grow with them.  I don’t want to re-decorate every couple of years so with this colour scheme you can add colourful cushions, posters and toys to get your pops of colour – as much or as little colour as you want.  As the child grows, you only need to replace these decor items and you can give the same room a completely different, more grown up look without too much effort.  Would you go for black and white for a kids room or too stark for you?  Once you see these inspiring black and white kids rooms that I’ve found, you might just change your mind:

black and white decor ideas kids room

Even the smallest touches of colour can really pop in a black and white room like those tiny little toys on the shelf.

black and white childrens room

If not colour, natural tones compliment black and white spaces really well.  Replace the cute wall decor with more grown-up stuff and this could easily become a teenagers room or even I would move in!

black and white ecclectic kids room

If you think black and white is boring, then think again – this room is anything but.  It combines colour and natural tones to create a really playful and fun space.

black and white kids room yellow accents

Just add one bold and bright colour to the mix like this black and white kids room with yellow accents.  With black and white as the main colours of the room, no other colour is off limits so you can always choose your childs favourite colour of the moment.

black and white kids room colour accents

If you can’t do without lots of colour, then this room shows just how much colour you can add to a black and white space. Lots of red, yellow, green and blue all work so well against the monochrome walls and furniture.

These are my current favourite black and white kids rooms that are inspiring me right now.  Use a little bit of colour or lots of it;  either way you can create quite a stunning space.  And each of these rooms would grow with your child just by changing the decorations.  So do you think you would go for black and white?

Image credits: 1. miniwilla | 2. mommo-design | 3. boo & the boy | 4. la de dah kids | 5. art marble

make your own tic tac toe game-ebabee

This is such a simple DIY that I wasn’t sure whether I should post it here.  But I decided that since it’s quick and easy and you get a fun little game out of it, I would share it.  In fact it’s easy enough for the kids to do by themselves so with that in mind here is our Valentines inspired DIY tic tac toe game.

DIY valentines crafts for kids - ebabee

We are big fans of all kinds of games in this house – from the more involved to the really quick ones.  But I find that when time is short and Anya is still insisting on playing a game (like at bedtime) I like to pull out the quickest little games.  The ones that we regularly play are snap, connect 4, tic-tac-toe and a few others.  Since I have all the other games but not a tic tac toe board I thought why not make one.  And with Valentines day coming up, I chose to go with heart counters.  So you can make this for Valentines but of course you can play with it for ages after.

DIY tic tac toe game - ebabee

The instructions are very simple. The make this DIY tic tac toe game I bought some wooden heart craft shapes from ebay which I painted red and black.  I then got some thick card to make the board.  I cut the card in to a square and also cut strips of the same card to make the dividing lines.  You can also use washi tape for the lines as I was planning to but then I quite liked the simplicity of the black and red colour against an all white background.   And that is all there is to it!  I think it makes a sweet little Valentine craft for kids to do with or without you.

Fairytale cushions

February 2, 2015

disney princess cushions

Are your little girls crazy about the Disney princesses and characters?  Anya isn’t obsessed with them (thankfully!) although she does like some of the characters – I don’t know too many little girls who don’t.  But I am not a fan of all those plastic dolls and the synthetic, shiny clothes that come along with them.  If you feel the same way then you’ll love these adorable alternatives that I recently came across.  These Disney inspired princess cushions are colourful and so cute.  They’re a great doll substitute and also double up as sweet little decorations when not being played with.  The range isn’t very big at the moment but I’m hoping it will grow soon.  So next time I get asked for a fairytale princess doll, I shall be opting for one of these no-plastic, natural ones.

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