So, Little Boy has been hassling me for a while now. He's been lying in bed asking me to take
Charlie and Lola off the wall, and paint Peppa Pig on there. It went on for quite a number of consecutive nights. 'Want Peppa Pig'. 'Paint Peppa'. 'Don't like Charlie and Lola'. And on it went. So I eventually got around to actually doing something about it. (Don't worry, we addressed the not liking Charlie and Lola by watching it every night for a while. He soon changed his tune)
I used tester pots of paint, so it cost somewhere in the region of a fiver. If you happened to have leftovers in the right colours, you could probably use them. I used proper wall paint, not kiddy paint. Here's the morning's work:
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| The virgin wall. |
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| Same method as before - trusty OHP :) |
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| Which allows you to do this! |
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| Add some more outlines and the mud and flowers |
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| More facial features... |
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| Limbs and the beginning of colouring in. |
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| And this is how it ended up. |
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| We even splashed out and bought a George Pig duvet set. |
So, all in a morning's work. I did it on a morning where both boys were out, otherwise it would have taken considerably longer!
If you don't have an OHP to hand, you could try asking to borrow one from a local school or church. If you do a good job and show them the results, they might even be happy for you to do a mural or two for them!
