Friday, March 19, 2010

Three Popular Themes for Boys Rooms



For some people, putting together a decorative scheme for their kids’ rooms comes naturally. For others, having a theme to build the room around can help focus choices of color and pattern, as well as help make it easier to choose pictures and other fun accent pieces. The Boys Depot offers a number of items for themed rooms – here are some great ways to help your son personalize a room he’ll love throughout his childhood.

Decorating a room with cars and trucks not only offers a positive way for your son to explore an interest in mechanics and engineering, but it can help ignite his imagination as well! Start his room off with a basic rug in blue and ivory with cars printed along the border, then decorate his bed with a Metro Quilt and Pillow Sham. Every race car driver needs to keep track of the time, so a clock is a necessity to help your child learn responsibility and punctuality. Sometimes the smallest touches can bring the most delight to a room, such as the Blue Car Aluminum Drawer Knob that can be added to the dressers and closet door handles already in place in your son’s room. With all the detailed pieces available from The Boys Depot, your son will even be able to blow his nose with a tissue from a Car Tissue Box Cover!

If your son prefers a horse-drawn buggy to a Model-T, then maybe a room with a Cowboy theme will make them enjoy hours of using their imagination. Lamps, chandeliers door hangers, and even a cowboy-themed Club Chair and Ottoman help dress up the area your child calls their own, and when they’re ready to go to bed at night your kids can snuggle up under the covers in their Country Western Bedding Set, where they can settle in for a night of cowboy-themed dreams inspired by their bedroom’s décor.

Has your little wild thing been nursing dreams of setting out to sea? The hero of the classic children’s tale, “Where the Wild Things Are,” sets out to sea in a tiny boat – and with a Retro Rocker–Runabout, your little guy can imagine he’s pushing out into the waves, in search of a new, imaginary playmates. Carpeting can be found in abundance at The Boys Depot, from Classic Compass Rugs in multiple colors, including Navy and Ivory, or a Mariner Rug you can use to help teach your son about how to find their way at sea (well, at imaginary sea, at least) while they lie on their Boat Toddler Cot or under their High Seas Standard Sham, for older kids.

Thanks to the educational themed products at The Boys Depot, there are plenty of ways to dress up your child’s bedroom using any of these imaginative, engaging, and inspirational home décor themes.

Thursday, March 4, 2010


The PlasmaCar

There are three categories of toys in my house: Toys that my son cares about, toys the he plays with, but can be persuaded to share… and toys that are LOVED. In this third category, resides The PlasmaCar. We gave the Plasmacar to our 2 year old son to test (before deciding to sell in the store) a few weeks back. We knew it had been popular but it looked like a fairly standard ride-on toy. It wasn’t electric, there were no bells or horns, no fancy stickers. So I was a little perplexed. But within thirty seconds of trying the The PlasmaCar, he was thrilled, careening around corners in the store, narrowly missing shopping carts. The child who was otherwise shy and reserved, who clung to me like a drowning cat, was now hard to keep up with.

We just recently had friends over with their kids and everyone loved it. Why? According to the UK importer PlasmaCar.org.uk it makes use of “…that most inexhaustible of energy sources, kid-power, by harnessing the natural forces of inertia, centrifugal force, gravity, and friction.” If you’re like me, I just blinded you with science, but the point is that it’s been designed to propel kids forward in a way they’ve never tired. It has no pedals, needs no batteries, and is blessedly free of any annoying sounds. Oppenheim Toy Portfolio awarded this their Platinum Award and it seems like parents agree… check out the reviews. It’s been about a month now, and he is still in love with it as much as the day we bought it...
I’m also happy to report that adults can actually fit on it, which means I can go cruising down the driveway as my my son and husband watch from the sidelines shrieking, “My turn next!”
 

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