DIY LEGO wall art for kids

Back when my kids were small, I had such fun decorating their rooms. A yellow nursery with classic Winnie-the-Pooh accents. . . a rugged little boy's room with fishing rods used as curtain rods. . . an Army-green room with camouflage netting as a window treatment. The rooms grew with the kids, and each one was fun. Now my oldest son is in college and my youngest is almost 13, and most of the decorating is left up to them. It's not as much fun, but it's a fine approach with teenagers.

My almost-13-year-old is a Lego fanatic. Really. He's known online as "Legolee"--he started a blog devoted to Lego; he posts Lego videos on YouTube. I sometimes say that I live in LegoLand North Carolina. So his room is most definitely all about Legos.

I tried to find a Lego poster or some kind of Lego artwork for Lee's room, but didn't have much luck. I did find a couple of limited edition posters, but those sell on eBay for big bucks. What I wanted was Lego art for not much money. No go.

Then one day I was looking at a shopping bag from the Lego store, and a light bulb went on: I should make my own Lego art.

I found this square art board thing in the clearance aisle at TJMaxx.

It originally had a piece of decorative paper glued to the front--it was on clearance because that paper was ripped. The rest of the paper came off easily, then I gave the whole thing a coat of black spray paint.

I cut out the Lego logo (say that three times fast!) from the shopping bag and mounted it on a sheet of white paper. Then I ModPodged the logo onto my black square.

And voila! Lego art!

I like it; Lee likes it; my pocketbook likes it. Hope you like it too!

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