Hunting and Fishing Nursery Theme

by Jennifer
(North Dakota)

The decorating ideas for my baby boy's fishing nursery came from my husband's and my love of nature and the great outdoors. We both enjoy hunting and fishing, and those outdoor traditions are important to both of our families.

Our first child was a baby girl, and I decorated her nursery in pink and brown. This time, I liked the idea of creating a room with an outdoors theme that could grow with our son.

Hunting and Fishing Nursery Theme Ideas

For more ways to combine fishing with deer, mallard ducks, lodge details and natural wood, see my hunting nursery ideas.

Unlike our daughter's room, this nursery has a much more rustic, outdoors-inspired look with fishing, wildlife and cabin-style details.

Baby Bedding

A friend of mine who is an excellent quilter handmade the fishing-themed baby bedding, and it turned out beautifully. She also made coordinating pieces for the crib, and I used some of the leftover fabric to make the curtains. I actually finished them the day my son was born!

Some friends threw me a baby shower, and since I still had most of the baby essentials from my daughter, I asked for fishing decorations for the nursery instead. They found so many fun pieces that helped bring the whole room together.

Baby Boy Nursery Pictures

The first thing you see when you enter my baby boy's nursery is a sign that says, "Bait your own hook, clean your own fish, and tell your own lies."

My friends also found a canoe shelf, a fishing-pole lamp and fishing-pole picture frames that each hold three photos. Another close friend found several fishing-inspired prints that I framed and hung above the changing table along with a funny rustic sign featuring two bears climbing on an outhouse.

For another outdoors look, my bear and moose nursery ideas feature plaid bedding, woodland animals and rustic cabin details.

Around the window, I used canoe shelves, fishing ornaments and decorative lures to continue the theme. I also added a decorative fishing net as part of the room's fishing-camp style.

After our son was born and we had chosen his name, I bought large wooden letters from Michael's, painted them and hung them with twisted twine above the fishing-pole picture frames.

I later found a sign that says, "I may be small but I fish big," which was another fun addition to the room. Fishing-inspired picture frames and small decorative pieces are used throughout the nursery, including a fishing bear coin bank.

I love how the hunting and fishing nursery turned out, and we have received so many compliments on it. I hope our baby boy enjoys the room and its outdoors theme as much as we do while he grows.

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Thanks from everyone at Unique Baby Gear Ideas for sharing your nursery pictures with us, Jennifer! The fishing-pole picture frames, canoe shelves and camp-inspired decorations give the room so much personality.