Safari Nursery Theme

by Amy Feldman
(Pinole, CA)

Elijah's Kingdom

I was inspired to create a safari nursery theme for my baby boy, Elijah, because of my own love for animals. My hopes are that this room will encourage my son to develop the same love and appreciation for animals that I have.




Unlike most jungle theme nurseries, you will not find a tremendous amount of the color green in Elijah's room. I decided to do something unique and different and painted the walls beige, the ceiling blue and use shades of green as accent colors.

I used glow in the dark paint to paint galaxies of stars on the vaulted ceiling. Then I draped yards of loosely woven burlap fabric to give the feeling of camping inside a tent in the jungle. The glow of the painted stars shines right through the burlap and gives the safari nursery theme a lot of atmosphere and personality.

I painted blades grass directly above the wooden floor molding. I traced and painted the silhouettes of mother and baby animals for my baby boy's nursery theme using a safari animals stencil pattern that I bought online.

I painted shadow boxes and crates jungle green and used them as shelves to display cute little jungle animals. Elijah's safari nursery theme took about four months to complete.