• Kids' rooms should be places of fun and fancy where they can let their imaginations run wild. While you may cringe at the idea of bright stripes or an immersive mural on your bedroom walls, children will love the colorful and engaging atmosphere. Let your child's interests be your guide and select a theme that he will find comforting and enjoyable. Then, set your inner artist free with one of these paint designs.
  
  

Nature Mural

• This technique can be used on a single wall or entire room. Select a theme that matches the other colors and pieces in the room. A blue and green color scheme lends well to a pond theme with a lighter blue on the upper portion of the wall for the sky and a slightly darker blue below for water. Add a few reeds, cattails and lily pads to the scene and you'll have your own tadpole anxious to jump into his new space. With a warmer color scheme, you can paint an African savannah with expansive golden fields, balboa trees and wildlife such as lions and elephants.
  
  You don't have to be a great artist to design a mural for your kid's room. A simple line defining the horizon, clouds in the sky and grass on the ground are all that you need to create. Wall stickers and stencils can provide the rest in the form of flowers, airplanes and other accents.
  
  

Blocks of Color

• Big blocks of color are a simple way to give your child's room a custom paint job without taking on complex painting techniques. Begin by painting the room a very subtle base color. In a pink room, for example, this would be a very pale rose. Once the base coat of paint has dried, use a level and yardstick to sketch squares of various sizes throughout the room. Tape off each square with masking tape and paint the interior of the blocks with a different shade of the background color. You can use a deeper color, such a bold coral or a lighter, tinted white. Mix it up and incorporate at least three different colors of blocks around the room. These shapes can be side by side, overlapping or set at random intervals in different sizes.
  
  

Bold Stripes

• You don't need wallpaper to incorporate bold stripes throughout your child's room. This paint design is easy to create and gives the entire room a more interesting texture. Begin by painting the room in the lighter of the two colors, then tape off even intervals for the second shade. Vertical stripes are the more common choice, but wide horizontal stripes can give a sophisticated look to a pre-teen's room and provide a paint job that will last through her teenage years. Stick with colors that are just different enough to make the stripes noticeable to keep the effect from becoming overwhelming.