This Pokemon Bedroom is a little one’s DREAM. Colorful, cheerful, and full of homemade touches. Let me know what your favorite part of the room was in the comments below!
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A couple of years ago I put together a colorful Dr. Seuss Bedroom for my son. He has loved it, but in the last two years he has developed a new obsession: POKEMON!! His grandma made him an awesome Pokemon quilt and cube cushion just because she spoils him, and I made him the Pokemon card pennant banners as decorations for his Pokemon Birthday Party. I was thinking about those things, along with his Pokemon stuffed animal collection, and I decided that for his birthday I was going to surprise him by transforming his room from a Dr. Seuss bedroom into a Pokemon bedroom. This gift was a HIT!
Here is the quilt that started it all. Isn’t it THE CUTEST?!?!?!?! My mother-in-law is freaky-talented and freaky-generous. She spoils us rotten!! She also made him the incredible, detailed cube/cushion/seat. It’s the bomb. PERFECT for his Pokemon bedroom!
(Ash Ketchum hat and Pokebelt found HERE, by the way.) I used my mother-in-law’s leftover fabric and made some new lively pillow covers, a new window valence, and fabric covered mini bulletin boards. Check it out . . .
If you’d like to sew pillows this style check out the tutorial HERE. I am a big ric-rac fan. It makes all projects seem more unique.
If you are looking for the stuffed animals for your Pokemon bedroom, then Amazon.com is your friend! Here is where I got them:
To make the large name to go on the wall above the bed I bought individual wooden letters at Hobby Lobby. I spray painted them red, wrapped some washi tape around them in various ways, and glued push pins to the back of the letters so I could push them into the wall and they would stay. Very easy.
To make these small, round bulletin boards you will need round, cork trivets from Ikea, Pokemon fabric, and a hot glue gun. You’ll be done in no time! You can find the full tutorial HERE.
The window valance is essentially a really long tube. You can find the full tutorial HERE. It’s very simple to make, but it definitely gives the room a polished, finished touch.
Now let’s look at some other parts of the Pokemon bedroom. One thing I made was this large Pikachu art, which, quite frankly, I am totally obsessed with! I got all of the Pokemon cards HERE. They’re so affordable that I’m not convinced they are “real,” but, quite frankly, my son doesn’t know the difference, and I don’t care! Haha. HERE IS A TUTORIAL FOR MAKING THE PIKACHU WALL ART.
Cuuuuute, right?? Way easier to make than you think, too! I also used the same Pokemon Cards to make the pennant banners.
As you can see, this side of the room is dedicated to building and creating. Aside from the things I have already pointed out to you, you can see a framed sketch that he made of some of his favorite Pokemon characters, his binder of Pokemon Cards, and a peek into his closet, which is actually a secret reading nook that is also decorated in a Pokemon theme.
Would you like to get a closer look at his Pokemon themed reading nook? It includes a Pikachu stuffed animal, one of the cheery ric rac pillows, Pokemon hanging decorations leftover from his birthday party, and Pokemon character peel and stick wall stickers.
I wish I had a better picture of the closet. Sorry about that. I would like to show you a closer picture of the picture hanging next to the closet, though!
This is one of my favorite things in the room. It consists of a collage of cards that I made similar to the one I did in THIS tutorial. I used THESE cards to make the collage frame. They are all framing a giant “Callum Pokemon Card” that I made using THIS free website!
Here is the last section of room to see. His colorful Dr. Seuss dresser, combined with books, pictures from his Pokemon Birthday Party, and a fun Pikachu Bank.
Thank you for taking the time to check out our Pokemon Bedroom! I hope you love it as much as we do! Now go play some PokemonGO and have a great day! 😉
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Laura says
September 10, 2016 at 7:51 pmGlued push pins to the back? You are a genius!!! Why didn’t I ever think of that?!? The flat gold kind?
Sarah Westover McKenna says
September 11, 2016 at 7:13 amYep yep yepper! The gold kind. Works like a charm!
Karen says
September 10, 2016 at 9:18 pmSo resourceful, Sarah! Callum’s room looks fabulous! It seems like only yesterday you did his Dr. Seuss room. I’m impressed that you made it over again, and I’m glad that the color schemes were similar! You and your mother-in-law are way talented too! I can barely sew buttons! Haha
Sarah Westover McKenna says
September 11, 2016 at 7:13 amTHANK YOU, Karen! 🙂 The color scheme working is part of the reason I did it. If I had needed to repaint it……no way. It would have stayed Dr. Seuss. Few things I hate more than painting a room, and my husband DESPISES it! Ha! 🙂
Laurie says
September 11, 2016 at 3:17 pmBoth colorful and simply adorable for a pokemon fan! Great job. Pinning to share. Thanks so much for being a part of Snickerdoodle Create-Bake-Make Link Party!
~Laurie
smiling notes says
September 11, 2016 at 8:01 pmSuch a colorful, fun and unique idea!! Love how it turned out! Thank you for linking up at the Family Joy Blog Linkup Party. Pinned your post to our Pinterest Party Board. xoxo
-Shamira
Mother of 3 says
September 13, 2016 at 5:46 pmThat is so adorable! I have two boys that would go nuts for this room! Pinned.
Grandmas House DIY says
September 14, 2016 at 10:41 amOh my gosh I’m jealous! This is so much fun and so creative! And I also wanted to mention that the Wednesday “To Grandma’s House We Go” link party just started over at grandmashousediy.com and I thought you might be interested in joining it, thanks!
Bonnie says
September 15, 2016 at 9:13 amThis is awesome! My son loves Pokemon as well and loves this room. Such great ideas! I’m visiting today from the #shinebloghop.
Maria says
September 15, 2016 at 11:56 amWhat a lucky kid! I can tell from the pictures that he absolutely loves it. That quilt is a killer and I love that your mother-in-law made it for him just because (grandparents are the best, aren’t they?). Thank you for sharing this room with us on #shinebloghop this week! It definitely made me smile 🙂
Anne Marie @ CCHC says
September 16, 2016 at 6:42 amAs my Pokemon obsessed son would say “This is Epic!” those pillows and posters are absolutely amazing!
Sarah Westover McKenna says
September 16, 2016 at 12:12 pmThank you! 🙂 There will be a tutorial for the poster next week! It wasn’t as hard as it looks.
Amanda says
February 27, 2018 at 7:09 pmDid you ever make the tutorial? I love the room…trying to recreate for my son! Thanks!
Sarah Westover McKenna says
February 27, 2018 at 8:33 pmDo you mean for the Pikachu art? I actually just realized the other day that I hadn’t posted it yet. I am committing to you now – it will be up on Thursday, 3/1! 🙂 I am so thrilled to hear that you are recreating the room for your son!
Amanda says
February 28, 2018 at 6:58 amThank you so much! Yes…I started yesterday and he is loving everything. I’m guessing its a 16X20 poster frame and i have started aligning the cards. It so nice getting to use all these extra pokemon cards. 🙂
Shannon says
January 23, 2017 at 1:28 pmLove all of the ideas and the room turned out amazing. I was searching ideas for how to convert my son’s bedroom to pokemon themed. The really funny part is, we are also converting it from his Dr. Seuss themed nursery/toddler room! 🙂 We are trying to find creative ways to reuse some of the red, blue / primary colors. Great ideas. Thanks again!
Kayla says
March 25, 2017 at 7:03 amHow did you print the Pokémon card so large without it being blurry?
Sarah Westover McKenna says
March 25, 2017 at 12:21 pmI created it on this website – http://www.mypokecard.com/en/ – and then I just printed it out. I can’t recall stressing over size or clarity, but it was quite a few years ago, so maybe I did. 😉
Diana says
October 1, 2017 at 10:55 amSo cute! My grandson loves Pokémon also. I’d like to make him a quilt. Can you tell me the size of blocks on the quilt? Thanks for sharing, the ideas are wonderful!
Sarah Westover McKenna says
October 2, 2017 at 11:43 amI’m sorry, my MIL does all the quilting. I am clueless. :/
Jeanine says
January 22, 2019 at 8:40 amHello. I showed the room to my son and he went absolutely nuts over it. I would love to try and make the quilt and was wondering if your MIL would be so kind as to share the quilt pattern seeing as I’m a newbie at quilting.
Sarah Westover McKenna says
February 7, 2019 at 11:10 amShe kindof made it up, but basically followed one pattern. I’m not an experienced quilter, so, personally, I would just follow the pattern at the first link below and call it good. Here is the explanation she gave me when I asked her for you:
“Step one: I cut a bunch of Pokemon fabrics into 10 inch squares and basically follow this pattern with one exception
http://www.modabakeshop.com/2017/08/layer-cakes-on-point-quilt.html
The exception that I did was that instead of trimming the edges off (and wasting fabric) I cut some triangles and sewed those on instead of sewing squares on the edges and trimming. Here is the chart that I use to figure out the size the triangles need to be for the sides and corners.
https://static.fatquartershop.com/media/wysiwyg/pdf/OnPointSettingGuide3.pdf
This chart is a great reference but if you have never done a quilt before. Just follow the moda bakeshop instructions and keep the scraps for something else.
Step two: I cut some long strips (red fabric) 2 1/2 inches wide and sewed them on the edges for an inner border
Step thee: I found this great Pokemon fabric that had different Pokemon (each in a separate square) and pieced another border to go around the quilt again. The bad news is that I don’t think that the Pokemon square fabric is available anymore. SO for an alternate step 3, sew a strip of fabric another fun Pokemon color or pattern, around the inner border and bind the quilt.
If you have any questions, Let me know.”
Michelle says
April 24, 2019 at 3:09 pmHello! Your Pokémon room is too cute! May I ask what color yellow paint you used for the walls? It looks perfect!
Best,
Michelle
Sarah Westover McKenna says
April 26, 2019 at 12:11 pmI’m sorry, but I don’t remember. It was painted many years ago.