So you’re welcoming a new arrival shortly or you’re looking to upgrade your baby’s current room but you don’t want to pull on the purse strings too tightly? No problem.

There are a bunch of different affordable and convenient ways you can decorate your little one’s space without it costing the earth. And don’t be put off by the concept of DIY – these crafts will not require the use of a saw, a degree in fine art or a fully qualified electrician. They can be done by anyone and everyone with a little time and maybe some craft glue.

Framed Children’s Books

This one is perfect if you have a favourite children’s book from your own childhood or passed down through generations that you’re not ready to say goodbye to just yet. Grab some cheap frames from your favourite furniture shop and cut out the pages that you love the most and simply pop them in the frame.

This is great if you have old books that are falling apart and are too fragile to be handled, but you can’t quite let yourself let go of them.

Find out more here.

DIY Baby Mobile

Crib mobiles are adorrrraable! But sometimes they are a little expensive. This simple DIY is any easy and super cute way to make your very own baby mobile with just a few basic (and cheap) materials. All you’ll need is an embroidery hoop, some twine, a bunch of different ribbon, a hot glue gun and a ruler.

Attach the twine to the embroidery hoop in an X shape and then make a long loop with the twine that you can hang your mobile to the ceiling with. Then tie your pieces of ribbon into your hoop and viola! You’ve just made an affordable and adorable baby mobile.

Find out more here.

Paint a wall mural

This one sounds like a lot of work but honestly, it’s not that hard!

The easiest (but also pretty impressive looking) mural you could go for is a mountain landscape. Basically, choose a colour scheme and pick up around 5 different shades of the same colour, draw a line along the wall that resembles a mountain range and repeat down the wall. Then paint the lightest colour at the top and work your way down with each mountain range getting darker.

Your baby’s wall will look impressive and you will look like a master mural artist so… win win.

Find out more here. 

Transform your IKEA furniture

There are literally billions of super inexpensive furniture pieces from IKEA that are begging to be spruced up and decorated. Just because you buy the plain white or plain wood furniture doesn’t mean it has to stay that way.

Touch it up with a bit of paint, swap out the handles for something more unique or repurpose a condiment stand and use it as a nappy holder. The possibilities are endless.

See all the amazing DIYs you can do with IKEA furniture here. 

We could go on but basically what we’re trying to say is that there are so many simple yet stunning DIY ideas that you could tackle to get ready for your baby’s arrival. It doesn’t have to take lots of time and effort and it certainly doesn’t have to take lots of money!