Decorating on a budget can always be a challenge, but nowhere do our hearts yearn to provide a beautiful room as much as when it comes to our little ones. Luckily, there are some great ideas you can do today to punch up your preschooler’s room and keep the costs as little as they are.

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Paint the room a wonderful, dreamy color. Soothing pool blues, apple greens, and soft yellows are great for a young one’s restful spot. If you make the colors too bright, you will affect their ability to rest well as the colors will be too stimulating. Make them too pale pastel, and young ones have a hard time even registering them as colors! You can pick up a gallon of quality paint from your discount store for less than $10, which should cover the average bedroom, and make a quick and dramatic change in just a couple of hours. I recommend Dutch Boy paints for kids’ rooms, as they are almost odorless.

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Get craft foam from the craft store in varying colors and cut out shapes according to your room’s theme. The foam comes in sheets kind of like thick paper, cuts quite easily with scissors, and is brightly colored like a box of crayons. For instance, if your child loves trains and planes, cut out trains and planes. Learning to read? The alphabet. Trace from simple coloring books if you like. Now glue these shapes on the walls in a border or all over pattern. It’s quick, dramatic, and cheap. They will love it! (Can’t glue? Use double sided tape.)