The Mario Room... Is Finally Finished!!

My five year old is a HUGE mario fan! Well he is a huge everything fan... but Mario tops the list so when we moved here to NC we told him he could have a Mario Room and its finally done!!!!

It was pretty easy and relatively cheap (thanks to some birthday and Christmas gifts from family!)

We painted his room Mickeys Shadow from Homedepot, I like gray because when he grows out of Mario it can easily be converted into a many other rooms...

I bought a few Mario posters from ebay (about 4.99 each) and poster frames from target (6.99 on sale). and hung them on one wall. I made the letters above his bed (you can see how in an earlier blog) and bought his bedding from Target as well. I am cheap so I only get the comforter for the bottom bunk and use a mario throw up top (its also easier to make the top bunk that way.

My mom bought him the cut out and wall stickies for his birthday from a party site :) and wa la!! I am super happy with the result and so is my Mario man!

Canvas Name Tiles... sooo cute

I wanted to do something to personalize my boys rooms so I went with these awesome canvas name tiles.

What you need:
Canvas (one for each letter you will be creating) you can get what ever size you would like
Wooden Letters (I went with larger white ones (prepainted for ZACK and wooden ones for Steven)
You can Paint (get acrylic) or Modpodge the letters, I did both :)

For the Painted...
These are easy, I went with Red Green and Blue for my Mario Bros fans room
You simply paint the canvas (you will want to do multiple coats) and then hot glue the letters on when dry! Tada!!!

For the Mod Podge,

You first will want to pick out the paper or scrap you want to use on the surface, I did beach 12x12 scrapbook sheets but you can use anything, You could even modpodge a letter to your son or daughter to add a more special touch. You could also use photos, wrapping paper, newspaper... I mean anything!!

You will cut the paper to size its best to cut slightly (1/4 inch) smaller on the side and top so there isnt an overhang)

Goop on the modpodge on to the canvas and then place the paper on.

Let it dry for about 30 minutes and then modpodge over. It will dry clear but you will be able to see brush strokes which gives it an awesome texture!!!

I let them dry over night and then hot glued the letters on the next day.


I also glued on some shells for some extra beachiness... (yes I make up my own words :))