10 Room Decorations for a Birthday - Economical with your own hands!

In order for a birthday to feel truly festive, a delicious cake and gifts are not enough. The type of room where the celebration will take place also plays a very important role. Therefore, to make this day truly unforgettable, we offer you several ways to decorate the room for your birthday with your own hands.

These economical decoration options will help you save money and make your birthday unforgettable.

Decorating walls with corrugated paper

This is a fairly quick, simple and original way to decorate walls for a birthday. Materials you will need:

rolls of colored paper,
Whatman paper sheets (preferably thick),
stationery knife, scissors and tape.

Now let's look at the manufacturing steps.

You must decide on the color scheme. Draw a sketch of the design you want to make.
Of course, later you can correct or change something, but having a sketch will give you an idea of how it will look in the end and will significantly speed up your work .

Lay out whatman paper - this is the base on which you will work. Depending on the size of the embroidery you plan to make, you can take one sheet of whatman paper, or glue several together (with the edges to increase the area). It will be much easier to work with thick paper, since it will remain strong when you cut it and weave ribbons.
Place the base from sheets of whatman paper so that it is convenient for you to work with both sides of the paper. You can place two chairs at a distance from each other so that you place the ends of the Whatman paper on the chairs, weighing them down with books or something heavy so that the Whatman paper does not fall.
You can also hang whatman paper in the doorway. But do not lay it out on the floor or table, as in this case you will only be able to comfortably reach the front side.

Using a stationery knife make two cuts in the paper , thread the tape into each of them so that a strip of tape remains on the front side, and both ends are on the back: leave one end small and attach it to the paper (with glue or double-sided tape), the other one is longer if you want to continue this weaving, or fasten it too if this pattern is finished.
Repeat the previous steps until you fill the entire Whatman paper with paper embroidery patterns. In this case, the cuts do not have to be strictly opposite each other, and the lines do not have to be even. Take ribbons of different widths and make your own design.
Hang your creation on the wall and enjoy the work done and the festive mood!

Style direction

If you are planning to celebrate a child's birthday in a certain style, for example, Japanese, then the decor should be in the same style direction. Hanging red lanterns, umbrellas, stands instead of a table and soft chairs instead of chairs will make the holiday unusual and interesting.

If you are planning to throw a cowboy party for your children, take care of the appropriate outfits - a cowboy hat, a scarf around the neck.

A festive table for a child’s birthday is an important part of the interior. Its decor also plays an important role in decorating the room. A beautiful and bright tablecloth, interesting decorative rugs for dishes, colored plates, spoons and forks, cups, napkins with holiday themed designs and fresh flowers will add color to the decoration of the festive table for your baby’s birthday.

Even ordinary chairs can be decorated. Use the same balls, tying them to the backs, or tie bows from a beautiful fabric - silk, organza, satin, chiffon.

We decorate a large room for little money

If you need to quickly decorate a large, spacious room, using a minimum of money and effort, this method is just for you. All you need is colored corrugated paper in rolls .

Then everything depends on the room you will decorate. Strips of paper can be pulled from the cornice, pipes, chandeliers, cabinets or shelving, in general, anything that will be there. Moreover, you can pull the paper with different forces so that the sagging is greater in some places and less in others.

TIP: You can also twist the ribbons. Hang colors in a random order.

You will definitely be able to create a joyful and festive atmosphere! Don't forget to make a beautiful cake stand - there are a lot of ideas in the link

Idea: walls with balls!

Both children and adults are all crazy about balloons. So, by choosing this method of decorating a room, you will definitely cheer up everyone present!

For this you will need the following materials:

160Q latex balloons (use a mix of different colors: orange, yellow, pink, purple, green, light green, blue and white),
hand pump for inflating balloons,
scissors, tape, double-sided tape.

Follow these steps and you'll soon be admiring the colored ball powder on your walls:

Divide the ball into 6 equal parts by tying knots on it.
Using a pump, inflate the first part of the balloon until you get an inflated sausage, tie a knot at the end. Then trim the inflated part of the balloon as close to the knot as possible. Then do the same with the next part of the ball, and so on until you get six small balls.
Cover the knots with tape so they don't stick out.
Repeat the first three steps until you have hundreds of colorful balls.
Attach the balls to the wall with small pieces of double-sided tape.

This decoration is perfect for an original party or photo shoot. And don’t forget to stock up on enough sweets, since the appearance of the room will definitely encourage you to eat something tasty.

Here are some more great ideas for decorating with balloons.

How to decorate a teenager's room for a birthday

Before you move on to decorating a teenager’s bedroom, it’s worth consulting with the future birthday boy what he wants to see at his celebration. Boys often like detective stories, science fiction, comics and sports. If a teenager dreams of a gangster party, then it is worth preparing toy guns, hats and a poker set.

A teenage girl can send invitation cards to her friends in advance. A Hawaiian or dance party is a versatile option. It is best to decorate the room in pink, orange, blue and lilac tones if you are planning a Hawaiian-themed birthday party. Bright colors, balloons, music records - all this will look appropriate in a dance theme.

Parents of children aged 1 to 3 years can independently approach the decoration of the holiday. Older boys and girls will be able to arrange a birthday surprise, given their love of cartoons or hobbies. In the process of preparing a party for a teenager, it is better to coordinate all aspects and design options with him in order to avoid unpleasant moments.

Decorating the walls with large homemade “lollipops”

Beautiful colored lollipops are not inferior to balls in their ability to create a great mood. With their help, you can decorate a party or birthday and provide an original photo area for those present.

To create a festive atmosphere with your own hands you will need:

wooden dowels measuring 12" x 1/2" (30 cm x 1.25 cm),
acrylic paint (must be a wide range of colors: white, purple, dark blue, light blue, green, yellow, orange, red, pink, etc.),
brush, stand for dowels (a glass or cup will do),
palette, 4 sheets of A4 paper, scissors, pencil, foam disks measuring 10″ x 1″,
glue gun, tape (regular or double-sided).

Assembly technique:

Apply white acrylic paint to the wooden dowels . It's best to paint one half first and let it dry (in a container with the painted side facing up), then paint and dry the other side. While the dowels are drying, start making the candy itself.
Cut out 8 identical curlicue stencils from paper and place them on a foam disk, as shown in the figure. Next, lightly trace the stencils with a pencil.
Choose a paint color and use a brush to paint the curls one at a time . First trace the outlines so as not to go beyond the edges. You can do several layers to make the color look more saturated.
By this time your dowels should be dry. Use a glue gun to apply glue to the end of the dowel and quickly press it onto the foam disc, holding it for a while to secure it.
Do the same with the other discs, using different colors for painting.
Glue the finished candies to the wall. You can stick it with tape on the leg, or with double-sided tape on the lollipop itself.

That's all done, enjoy the beautiful background!

Decoration with paper garlands

You can buy paper garlands at the market or in a shopping center, or you can make them yourself, especially since it will not take much effort, time and money.

You can hang paper garlands on the walls, ceiling, decorate the entrance doors or tablecloth on the festive table.

Themed garlands made using Birthday stencils can be an excellent decoration option.

To make paper garlands, choose the brightest and most cheerful colors: yellow and green, red and blue, pink and light green. May your birthday be filled with a riot of colors.

Make a volumetric figure

The big number will not only remain as a keepsake, but will also become the central photo area of the party. Detailed master classes on how to make numbers for a birthday - 10 lessons

Setting up a candy bar

Every children's party should have a small table set up like a candy bar. There are cupcakes, candy stands, pancakes, milkshakes, popcorn and cake. Additionally, the bar is decorated in a holiday style. Festive umbrellas in children's cocktails, skewers and figurines with your favorite characters will look natural on the table.

Fan garland for birthday

On hot days you crave coolness, and on cold days you crave reminders of warm days. This garland, which consists of many fans, will wonderfully help cope with both of these desires! Having made such a garland for your birthday to decorate your room , you will be transported to a fairy tale! And surprise everyone!

Materials:

colored paper for scrapbooking,
scissors, tape,
colored cardboard, glue stick,
ruler, stationery knife.

Steps for making a garland:

If you immediately bought accordion folded decorative paper, you can skip this step. If not, fold the paper into even accordion shapes.
Form semicircles from accordions.
Cut out strips, circles, triangles or some other figures from colored cardboard - you will need them to decorate fans.

Cut out semicircles from cardboard (the size should be smaller than the fans). Attach them to some fans using a glue stick. They will perform two functions at once - decorative and strengthening, that is, they will not allow the fan to curl up.
Glue shaped cardboard cutters onto the fans , combining colors and creating your own pattern designs. You can take the drawing as an example.
Connect the fans together to form a garland . To do this, stick them all on tape. You can first fasten the joints of the fans with a stapler to strengthen the structure.
Hang a garland and cheer up!

Making large paper Martenitsas

These decorations are made very simply and quickly with your own hands. You will need two A4 sheets - red and white, scissors and a glue stick. If you want to make a lot of decorations, then take more paper, the main thing is that both colors are in the same quantity.

The products have this color scheme because Martenitsa comes from Bulgaria and there is a ritual there to welcome spring with similar products in exactly these colors, as it is a talisman for good health for the whole family. But if you don’t delve into this folklore, you can take paper in the colors you like.

Let's now look at the manufacturing steps:

Fold each sheet of paper in half (lengthwise).
On each sheet, draw 10-12 straight lines, as shown in the picture.
Make cuts along the marked lines with scissors.
Unfold the leaves and glue their ends together, there should be glue on both ends.
Form circles, securing them with glue.
In the middle of the circles you can also attach strips of paper that differ in color from the circles themselves.
Hang items around the room.

Garlands without using glue

Even a child who knows how to use scissors can make such a decoration, since the pattern is very simple. You will need: A4 paper (calculating one sheet of paper for 4 elements of the garland), scissors, pencil.

The order of assembling the garland:

Cut a sheet of paper into 4 even pieces.
Take one part, fold it in half (across), and then in half again (also across).
Draw with a pencil the shape you will use to cut out.
Cut out the shape and carefully unfold it.
Connect together the individual elements of the garland (as shown in the picture), alternating colors.
Hang the garland.

We offer you several alternative designs for this garland.

A little holiday in a box

On cold autumn and winter days, such a box of positivity will be just a great gift and will definitely create a sunny mood! You will need: a box, small helium balloons, as well as paints (or ribbons, colored paper) to decorate the box.

How to make it yourself:

Paint or cover the box with rainbow stripes, flowers, or any other joyful patterns that come to your mind.
Place small helium balloons in the box (the number depends on the size of the box. The ends of the ribbons tied to the balloons can be attached to the bottom of the box if you want the balloons to jump out to the length of the ribbon when opening the box, or not attached if you want they flew spectacularly to the ceiling or into the sky.
Close the box.
Give a gift and watch carefully the surprise recipient's amazement!

IMPORTANT: It is important to remember that small helium balloons lose their ability to fly after about three hours. Keep this in mind when preparing a gift.

Sweets, sweets, sweets...

Candies are another decorative element that will help decorate a room for a child’s birthday.

. For little guests, you can prepare colored baskets with sweets and arrange them beautifully on the table or in the children's sitting area. Cakes of different shapes on colored trays, sweets in bright candy wrappers, which are poured into different containers by color - all this will add color to the interior.

Today you can buy a garland with the inscription “Happy Birthday” in any bookstore or places where printed materials are sold, which can be hung both in the children’s room above the child’s bed and in the living room where the holiday will take place. They are also sold in special departments of supermarkets, where they have everything to decorate a child’s birthday party - bright disposable glasses and plates, caps for guests, festive straws for drinks, tablecloths, napkins and much more that will make it easier for you to decorate your child’s birthday party.