Jungle Mural - How to Put Some Swing Into Your Child

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If your child loves all different types of animals, apurchased in craft stores.
jungle mural is a great way to make their room a funThe best paints for you to purchase when
and enjoyable place. You might be thinking how youconstructing your jungle mural, are acrylic and artist
will be able to achieve such a task, especially if youpaints, which you can get from craft or art specialty
do not have artistic talents.stores, as well as online. You will also need a variety
The truth is, however, that this type of mural isof different sized brushes to go along with your
rather easy to construct as long as you have thepaints.
tools to do it.When constructing your jungle mural you should also
The easiest way to create a jungle mural is tokeep in mind that your mural is not only limited to the
transfer a desired jungle scene, animal or image towalls, you can also paint on the ceiling. For instance, if
transparency film, and then use an overheadyou are painting a lot of trees in your child’s
projector to display the image on the wall, which youjungle mural, extend the tress to make their leaves
can then trace out and begin painting.travel over the ceiling.
You will find that transparency film can be purchasedYou may even consider coloring the center of the
from any store that sells computer accessories,ceiling blue, to make it look as if the sky is peeking
business or school items. As for the projector, youthrough a hole in the trees.
may be fortunate enough to be able to borrow oneIf you are not interested in adding a lot of trees, you
from your work place, or your child’s school.can always make your child’s jungle mural
If that is not an option, you can always rent one, ormore animal focused, by placing animals in different
purchase one from a local business store or online.corners of his of her room. Don’t forget that
The best place to look for images for your jungleyou can use the shape of your child’s room to
mural is on the internet, simply because your child willyour advantage when creating a jungle mural.
be given many more options to choose from, as wellIf you choose to make a jungle mural in your
as the images can be easily printed off on thechild’s room, another nifty idea is to purchase
transparency film. When looking for images, a goodfor them a bunk bed or a loft bed. The reason is
rule of thumb, if you are artistically challenged, is tobecause these beds give a more tree house effect,
make sure that you don’t select images withwhich would really encourage the imagination of your
too much detail.child, and will improve upon the whole authenticity of
Try to select those that are two-dimensional. Inthe room.
addition to using transparencies, you can also useYou will discover that the more you brainstorm ideas
stencils for smaller animals such as for any birds thatwith your child, the more creative you will be.