Win parent of the year by making over your tween's room! Tweens are particular, so do it right to avoid a makeover they hate or quickly outgrow. If you want to surprise your tween with a bedroom decor makeover but don't know where to start, check out these ideas that are sure to make you the most relaxed parent in the neighborhood.
All Shapes and Colors of the Rainbow
Add personality and flair to a tween's room by adding lots of color. If you don't want to paint the whole room, add an accent wall or paint giant shapes in their favorite colors. Triangles, circles, and squares in red, yellow, or purple on a white background can give the room a fun, playful vibe. Geometric shapes never go out of style and are mature enough to last through their teens.
S.T.E.M. Inspired Tween Bedroom Ideas
Inspire a love for S.T.E.M. learning with a complex design. Science, technology, engineering, and math can be turned into an incredible room that could inspire talents and interests. Consider an artist or architecture desk that tilts or goes flat for creativity and study space. Telescopes, microscopes, and chemistry corners may spark a passion for astronomy, science, or medicine.
Artist Studio
Encourage creative talents by painting the walls with chalkboard or whiteboard paint in any color. This allows your tween to write quotes, draw masterpieces, or create to-do lists on their walls. Add an easel and canvases or a craft corner for sculptures or artwork.
Out of This World
Most tweens love a space theme. Paint the ceiling with stars and a night sky or draw constellations on the walls or ceiling. Glue a mobile of the solar system planets to the ceiling. Your tween can drift off to sleep dreaming of space travel while learning about the universe. Add a fun twist by drawing or making aliens and decorating the room like they're on another planet.
It's a Jungle In There
Turn your animal-loving tween's room into a jungle! Hang a hammock or net from the ceiling and throw in stuffed animals. Paint the walls with vines and giant leaves. Add giant stuffed animals and tiki torches as stand-up lamps. It doesn't have to be a rainforest; decorate with plants and add a camping theme or forest with animals like owls, bluejays, and bears. If you have pets, add pet beds in the corner for them to chill and offer pet therapy.
Sports and Recreation
If your tween loves sports or has a favorite recreational activity, make that the theme of their room. Add a basketball hoop above the laundry hamper, turn closet doors into a football net, and hang a sports jersey in a frame. Add a flatscreen TV or a tabletop foosball table, ottomans, or giant cushions for the whole team to hang out. If they prefer video games, paint Super Mario Bros or Zelda themes on the walls. Add a game chair and system to play their favorite games.
So You Think You're a Star
Reality shows give tweens dreams of stardom, so create a room to help them on the road. Add a corner for their YouTube and video applications or a karaoke station to practice their talent. If they love to cook, give them an induction burner to cook on without causing a fire hazard. See what is the number one bean bag chair for tweens.
Reader's Paradise
If your tween loves to read, create the perfect reader's paradise. Add bookshelves to line the walls and comfortable beanbag chairs to lay back in. If they have a favorite series, create decor around that author or series, like Harry Potter or Lord of the Rings.
Picture Perfect
If you have a little photographer, make them a photography or selfie room. Give them colorful walls as a backdrop for their selfies. Add a photobooth corner and string lights with clips or frames to hang pictures. Add fun pictures of the family to the decor.
Music to My Ears
If your tween is a budding musician, encourage their talent by creating a music-themed room. Paint giant music notes and sheet music on the walls, hang stringed instruments from the wall on instrument hooks. If they have a video game system, buy instruments they can play with games like GarageBand or RockBand or DJ Hero. Soundproof the room so they can get that drum set and play as loud as they want. Add microphones and recording equipment to record a demo tape.
Mermaids Under the Sea
Create an underwater world filled with mermaids and sea life. Make a fun room that looks like you're swimming below the sea with light filters or paint. Add soft blue lights and painted seahorses, dolphins, and whales. If they prefer the beach, turn their room into a beach theme with aqua colors and nautical decor. Make their bed into a sailboat or rowboat, add a water wall or a sandbox.
Black Light Bright
Create a black light room with bright and fun posters that change when the black light is turned on. Make a neon light wall or a digital light bright where they can create designs of light. Add lava or fiber optic lighting options. Add different lighting options so they can adapt the feel of their room depending on their mood.
Horses and Unicorns
If your tween has a passion for all things equestrian or magical, give them a room Mr. Ed would be talking about. Create a room that looks like a stable or add horse pictures and an old saddle turned into a chair. If they prefer unicorns, make the theme unicorns and mystical creatures. Add decals and wall art to make the theme pop.
Planes, Trains, and Automobiles
A room dedicated to speed is usually a hit with anyone that loves vehicles. Whether it is jet planes or locomotives, create a room that celebrates their favorite mode of transportation. Give them a video gameplay area with airplane-style seats or set up a model train set. Create a bed that's a car or a desk that's a cockpit and make the floor into a road or a runway. Your imagination, creativity, and budget only limit you. Use craft store paint or dollar store items to build an entire room theme without breaking the bank.
Toon Town
If your tween has a favorite cartoon or loves comics or graphic novels, create a comic book room. Make the walls look like the storyboard for their favorite comic book or a comic book starring them. Make the comic backdrop out of whiteboard paint so they can draw their own story on the walls. Add cool word bubbles that they can add a comment to whenever they feel like it. They can doodle and create storylines and be living life in the funny pages of their room.
Tween Bedroom Ideas
You are sure to win some brownie points if you use any of these tween bedroom ideas to surprise your kids with a new bedroom makeover. Whether you do something elaborate like creating the universe on the walls or something simple like adding a little color and a few new lights and pillows, be sure you give them someplace comfortable to relax and enjoy their new room.