A National Park Travel-Themed Nursery
A National Park Travel-Themed Nursery
DO- Capture places you have gone so far with the baby & create a way to keep track of your travels when he’s here!
DON’T- Spend 18 hours painting a mural while 7 months pregnant!
When we started putting together Graham’s Nursery, I knew that I wanted it to be travel-themed. It wasn’t until we were on our Florida National Parks Trip when I was 15-weeks pregnant that I decided I wanted to incorporate the National Parks. I thought why not highlight the places we were going with him already and hope that he would be inspired to travel the world one day!
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Area 1: The Crib
Bison Sheets
One of my very first purchases for Graham was this crib sheet. I loved the bison. They were the exact colors & vibe that I wanted to create in his room. These are extremely soft so we also got a cactus print as well.
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Area 2: The Reading Nook
National Park Posters
While I was pregnant we visited the following parks (posters linked):
Mammoth Cave (before we even knew!)
We used these frames!
Our Favorite National Park/Travel-Themed Books:
B is for Bison by Greg Paprocki
All Aboard National Parks by Hailey and Kevin Meyers
National Parks of the USA by Kate Siber
America’s National Parks Lonely Planet Kids
C is for Camping by Greg Paprocki
Wherever You Go by Pat Miller
All The World by Liz Scanlon
Perfect with these mountain book ends!
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A Pinned Google Map
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Links to Book Everything
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Area 3: The Mural & Changing Area
The Mural
We knew that when Graham was going to be four-months-old we had a trip to Joshua Tree Planned, so of course, I was inspired to paint some Joshua Trees on his wall. What I didn’t know is that this would take 18+ hours to complete. I thought it would be a simple trace & paint, but that was not the case. Luckily I pushed through and stuck with it, and I was very happy with the result.
Our Furniture was passed down from Graham’s Great, Great-Grandfather and we turned the desk into a changing table! We loved the muslin crib sheets so also got a matching changing pad cover.
If you aren’t feeling crafty, here are a few cute murals I found on Amazon:
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Area 4: Where He’s Been
On our first trip as a family of three to New River Gorge National Park, I decided that having a poster for every trip we went on would cover his walls pretty quickly. Instead, I decided that we would get a postcard for every destination he traveled to! On the back, I write a few trip highlights/memories & I hope that one day he’ll be able to look back at these and reminisce! lt will be something he can take with him when he grows up (although I hope that time doesn’t come too quickly!)
So Far We Have these Postcards:
New River Gorge National Park
Englewood, FL
Joshua Tree National Park
Buckeye Lake, OH
Catalina Island, California
Until he can fill all the spaces we just have some of our favorite pictures of him!
Another Great Idea would be to collect stickers (This is something Nate Loves). We love This Etsy Shop for National Park Gear!
We used this Collage Picture Frames Hanger
Creating Graham’s Nursery was one of my favorite parts of pregnancy. I now love spending time in there: reading to him, rocking him to sleep or just playing! What travel-themed nurseries have you created?
#GrahamGoes
to National Parks
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