When I was expecting Weston, we decided to change the nursery from the smallest room in our home to a larger room with space for 2 cribs and ample open floor space.
We moved everything into the room, I put a few things on the wall but put ‘decorating the nursery’ on the back burner. (Babies really could care less what their room looks like…)
Now that Weston’s a bit older (and I’m feeling more creative and energetic), I’m ready to decorate the nursery!
I knew I wanted to incorporate the ABCs in the room because Paxton loves letters! I really wanted to do a letter wall with different letters in different fonts but that would take quite a while to find all 26 letters plus it could get quite pricey if the letters averaged just $5 each (I really don’t want to spend $130 on letters for a nursery!)
My creativity (and cheapness) came up with this ABC Canvas:
Supplies:
- Canvas (I used a 16×20)
- Chipboard Letters
- Paint
- Paintbrush
- Craft Glue
- Lay out your letters on the canvas and find the arrangement you like. (If you’re a perfectionist, you could draw out lines to mark where the letters go…I’m not that much of a perfectionist!)
- Decide on a color scheme. I went with a ‘rainbow theme’ but you could do one color, mix colors, whatever you want to do on your canvas!
- Paint the chipboard letters.
- Lay out the letters on the canvas and finalize placement!
- Glue. I used craft glue and starting from the top glued each letter down (while the rest were laid out on the canvas to help me with placement).
- Dry. I laid the canvas face down and put a few heavy books on top to make sure everything was pressed down. If you do this, make sure there is no extra glue seeping from under the letters…I had a few spots where it was and the paint was pulled off the letters. It wasn’t a big deal, I just had to retouch.
- Finished! Time to hang and admire your cheap craftiness!
Project Costs:
- 16×20 canvas –$4 (The 16×20 canvases were on sale for $8 for a 2 pack!!)
- Chipboard Letters- $5
- Paint $3 (I already had red. I purchased blue, green and yellow and made the orange…red and yellow make orange!)
Less than $15 after taxes isn’t bad for a super cute and custom ABC Canvas.
I really like how this simple project turned out. I love the bright colors in the nursery and Paxton loves the ABCs on the wall!
Super cute! Love the colors too!
Very cool! I would love to make one of these for my little boy's room (he's almost 5). I was wondering where you got the chipboard letters and what size are they? Thanks!
I bought the letters at Hobby Lobby. Not sure of how the size would be labeled on the packaging but the taller letters {b,d,l,k…} are 4 inches tall.
Cute! How does it work having two boys in one room? I've thought about doing that when we have baby #2 so we can have a guest room.
We've not had any issues with both boys in the same room. When Weston started sleeping through the night around 2 months, we moved him to his crib in their room. They both are pretty heavy sleepers so they haven't disturbed each other if/when they do wake up through the night. They do wake each other more easily in the mornings but we're completely okay with that! I worried so much when I was pregnant about having two little ones in the same room but it's been super easy!
I love this idea! So simple and so beautiful!
Love it!!!
So crafty Rachel! I love the rainbow – such a great reminder of God's promise to care for us! I bet Paxton was delighted when he saw his alphabet art!
This really looks terrific and it's timeless. As long as it doesn't get damaged, it can be re-used with future generations – all remembering "great-great-grandma Rachel" 🙂
This made me smile! Hard to picture myself as a grandma or even great grandma but what a blessing that will be! 🙂