Boys often enjoy vintage steam engines.
Young boys often go through a phase in which they are obsessed with any large object that moves, including trains. As your boy outgrows his baby decorations, redecorate his space into a toddler bedroom that reflects his new interests. Choose a central train-related theme to tie together the decor elements.
Steam Engines
Many boys love the sight of a classic steam engine. They are fascinated with the inner workings of the engine and enjoy seeing the steam trailing behind the engine. When using steam engines as the theme for your boy's bedroom, start with the walls. Paint a small steam engine on the wall, or apply a stick-on wall decoration and sponge paint a gray trail of steam behind it. Make it more whimsical by incorporating curves and loops of steam that trail all the way around the room. Add vintage steam engine figurines displayed on high shelves or framed photos hung on the wall, and purchase a comforter that depicts a steam engine.
Thomas the Tank Engine
Many toddler boys are obsessed with the characters in the "Thomas the Tank Engine" series of books and television shows. Delight your boy by focusing on the Thomas characters in his bedroom. Bedding, rugs, wall posters, and large figurines are just a few of the commercially available Thomas accessories that you can use to decorate. The main downside to this decor scheme is that the boy might grow out of the Thomas phase sooner than he outgrows trains in general.
Train Tracks
Rather than focusing on the trains, emphasize the train tracks. Start with a simple hand-painted high border of train tracks going around the room's walls. You can also hang some large railroad-related signs such as railroad crossing signs and signal lights. Purchase a large play mat for the center of the room that has train tracks pictured on it so that your boy can drive his play trains along these tracks. Look for a comforter that depicts train tracks going through a landscape with a small train or two on the tracks.
Educational Themes
Toddlers are at the age where they are just beginning to learn to identify colors, shapes, animals, numbers and letters. Incorporate one or more of these aspects into the bedroom decor with the trains. For example, find or paint a train border with large sequential numbers on the train cars. You can also include train decor elements blocks of the basic colors that toddlers should be able to identify. Set up a long floor jigsaw puzzle with the letters of the alphabet on the cars and an animal that starts with each letter in that car. Include a small desk or craft table that depicts a train to encourage your boy to sit down to work on educational projects.
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