If your child has fantasies of living "under the sea" you can transform their bedroom into an underwater themed wonderland that will have them swimming through dreamland and sleeping deep in the oceanic depths.
The Ocean Bed
Babies Bedding Sets
No underwater themed bedroom would be complete without an underwater themed bed as its centerpiece. The possibilities are limited only by your imagination. Some suggestions include:
a plush oyster shell bed
a sunken pirate ship bed
a starfish bed
an Atlantian castle bed
a submarine bed
Painting Ideas for Completing the Underwater Fantasy
It probably seems obvious that you would start off decorating your walls with a blue base. But you can also experiment with different shades of blue to add texture and depth to the watery wall décor.
From there, you can paint, stencil, or hang pictures of starfish, sea turtles, dolphins, whales, sea urchins, and other water-dwelling animals. Beyond that, you can also expand on the magical aspect of this fantasy theme room by painting, stenciling, or hanging pictures of mermaids, sunken ships, buried treasure and other fantastic underwater elements.
Alternatively you can start off painting your child's underwater themed bedroom with an initial layer of magnetic paint. Then, after you paint the blue ocean over it, you can then decorating the walls with fish magnets and other underwater themed magnets, the benefit of this being that your child can then move them around and change the appearance of their underwater scene at will.
The Accessory that Adds Life to an Underwater Themed Bedroom
The singular accessory that adds the most life to any underwater themed bedroom is an aquarium. Real fish, coral, and underwater plant-life add that splash of authenticity that makes your child really feel like they're living in their own private Atlantis. Not only that, but as your child grows up, caring for the fish in an aquarium will teach them a sense of responsibility.
Fun on the Ocean Floor
For the floor of your underwater themed childs bedroom you can purchase several bath mats in the shape of fish and scatter them about. Not only does this extend the underwater fantasy theme to the very ocean floor of your child's underwater themed bedroom, but it's also an excellent safety measure, providing skid resistant protection to your active child's bedroom floor.
Completing the Underwater Scene
Finally, a few tips for making the underwater fantasy complete:
use lots of subdued lighting fixtures rather than just one or two bright ones, complimenting the subdued and soothing tones of the oceanic depths decorate furniture with paints and fabrics that add to the effect, making them look like coral, seaweed, or ocean friends like whales and dolphins put a few leafy green plants in the room to add an extra touch of ocean life
Follow the suggestions above and your child will spend every day and night submerged in his or her own underwater adventure.