Updated By TeckWrap Craft On April 3, 2025
11 DIY Baby Room Decoration Ideas
Decorating the nursery for your first baby is something that many parents look forward to. Whether you love to craft or not, being a soon-to-be parent can bring out your creative side. There are so many do-it-yourself baby room decorations that you can incorporate into your child’s first home.
With the right tools and TeckWrap Craft vinyl, you can transform a simple space into a dreamy nursery. Read on to get inspiration from the excellent DIY baby room ideas mentioned here and craft your decorations making it cozy and delightful.
Benefits Of Decorating Your Baby’s Room
Most parents would do absolutely everything to welcome their baby’s arrival. When you're pregnant and currently in your nesting stage, thinking about DIY nursery decor ideas is a perfect way to end the last stretch of your pregnancy.
Preparing the baby nursery with DIY ideas has a lot of benefits not only for the baby but also for the parents. The baby nursaery is your newborn’s private space. It is a peaceful place ideal for their growth while adjusting to their new environment. It is also a space for the parents to bond with their newborn.
When you are planning on the overall look and color scheme of your little one’s nursery, this will not cost you much compared to buying everything off the rack or hiring professionals to do the work for you. You also have the benefit of personalizing the nursery to your style, taste, and personality.
Below are some super easy DIY nursery project ideas that you can do at home.
DIY Nursery Decor Ideas
Decorate your child’s nursery in a unique, personalized manner showing your deep love for the little one. Here are a few ideas to inspire you and help you create a space full of warmth and charm. These are easy to create using permanent adhesive and heat transfer vinyl.
Impressive Backdrop
The wall behind your baby’s cot is a blank canvas that you can decorate in any manner you want. How about creating a starry night scene? This is an excellent, gender-neutral backdrop design that is not only relaxing and beautiful but visually stimulating too. You can even decorate the ceiling with these. You can add a moon and clouds to complete the look. Design these with Glow in the Dark Adhesive Vinyl for a magical touch. It will create the calming effect of being in space among luminescent stars when the lights are turned off.
Wall Art
You can make the nursery walls more interesting by adding beautiful art decor. You may want to put up visually stimulating images for your baby such as a DIY village art design, or phrases of encouragement like ‘Make Your Dreams Happen.’ You can decorate the wall with colorful rainbows and unicorns. Make a garden scene with sunflowers and a tree with birds in a corner. Wall art is also a great way of hiding imperfections on the surface.
You can choose colors from our Matte and Glossy Adhesive Vinyl for this project. If the wall is near the window, you can also use the UV Color Changing Vinyl. During the daytime, it will be of a different shade when the sunlight filters through the drapes.
Name Board
If you want your child to recognize their name early on, place a board in the room with it in bold, colorful lettering to make it eye catching. You can make this using whatever wood you have at home. You can also add little flowers or cute animals around it like a giraffe and a teddy bear to gain your child’s attention.
For this craft, you are not restricted to permanent adhesive vinyl. You can use heat transfer vinyl too for decorating the wood. If you want to make it flashy, we recommend using the Metallic or Holographic HTV. You can also use Shimmer Adhesive Vinyl.
Wooden Baby Gym
This can easily be made at home. You don’t need to spend a lot of money on a commercially-bought baby gym. You can craft one using whatever wood you have available and the right carpentry tools such as a coarse file, chisel, drill, and Danish oil.
Your baby gym can be quite simple. You can decide how big or small you want the gym to be and what to hang on it for your baby to play with. You can hang rattles on it or soft plush, colorful toys that will attract your child when they are playing with it. We would recommend designing your play gym’s structure with Colorful Pearl Adhesive Vinyl to make it more stimulating for your little one.
DIY Laundry Decors
Add a fabric laundry bin for your baby’s tiny clothes to complete their DIY nursery decor. Later on, you can utilize this bin as a toy organizer. If your bin is made of wood or plastic, you can dress it up with fabric to personalize it. Decorate it with the interesting Ombre Glitter HTV adding cheerful designs. A great idea is to add the face of a cute animal like a giraffe on the lid and its body patches all over the bin. You can do the same by placing a ladybug on top.
DIY Baby Clothes Rack
You can make your baby’s nursery more inviting by bringing out your baby’s clothes to display instead of keeping them inside the cabinet. An exposed clothes rack is a budget-friendly way of showing off all the cute outfits your baby will wear. To make the rack interesting, you can color-coordinate your baby’s clothes every week. You may also purchase a uniform set of hangers for a better aesthetic appeal.
You can make this clothes rack visually eye-catching by adding a wall decal over it. The Metallic Satin Chrome Adhesive Vinyl is a good choice for this DIY project. You can make label decals such as ‘What Will The Baby Wear?’ or any cute slogan you may think of.
DIY Mobile
You can start your baby’s engagement with animals and other objects early on with a DIY mobile. There are so many different shapes and colors you can add to this toy such as stars, geometric shapes, trees, snowballs, birds, rainbows, and animal cutouts such as elephants, bears, lions, and so on.
For this craft, you can choose the different shades of adhesive vinyl that match your color scheme. Another good option is the
Pom Pom Rug
If you are thinking of adding a rug to your baby’s nursery, how about the one made with soft pom poms? You can use it for tummy time and other floor activities. Pom poms come in different colors which makes creating a rug more fun. If you want a versatile look, you can use brown, white, and black pom poms. To make the rug look even better, you can add fabric patches to it decorated with iron-on vinyl.
You can add a decal with your baby’s name or a simple slogan such as ‘It’s Going To Be A Great Day!’ on the rug. PU Heat Transfer Vinyl with its bright colors can be interesting for your baby during tummy time.
Teepee Tent
Another amazing DIY baby room idea is a teepee tent. You can make your own and personalize it for your baby. It is simple and easy to do. You just need a few wooden rods stacked together and the fabric of your choice. You can cover up the wooden rods using acrylic or spray paint, whichever is convenient for you.
Your baby can use it for playtime and when they are a bit older, it can be a perfect spot for reading. You can make it spacious so they can share it with their friends too. Add fairy lights and customize its fabric by adding heat transfer vinyl. You can create a name decal or add any other design in the color of your choice. Use PU Heat Transfer Vinyl for these. Glow in the Dark HTV is another great option.
Crochet Teether & Rattle
A DIY baby room decor that you may want to have is a double-duty teether and rattle. Not only is it useful, but it is perfect to display on the shelf as well. For making a crocheted one, you would need cotton yarn, beads, teether, twill ribbon, needles, scissors, polymer clay, tape, and fiber stuffing. You may want to avoid adding vinyl to it as your baby might put it inside their mouth.
Wooden Moon Cradle
You can make a wooden moon cradle for your baby to rock in. You can color it with acrylic paint or you can varnish it to enhance its natural wooden tone. You can make your moon cradle more personal by adding your baby’s name on it or a slogan such as ‘Starry, Starry Night’. You can use Matte and Glossy Adhesive Vinyl for this. It comes in many different shades so you can color coordinate with your baby’s nursery.
Final Words
Aside from having the essentials such as a crib and a changing table, you can make your baby’s nursery extras special by doing DIY projects. You can also add indoor plants to your baby’s nursery. Adding greens to a space can pull all the natural elements together.
There are so many DIY nursery decor ideas that you can draw inspiration from for your DIY projects. All you need are the right materials and tools, time, and a lot of patience to get the work done. TeckWrap Craft can make your DIY nursery decor ideas extra special.
