Animal Wall Mural
When I was about 6-month pregnant, my husband and i decided that we want to decorate our first child’s room with colorful animal drawings. We took our time in this project, because towards the end of the pregnancy, my back-pain got in the way. So we only worked on it whenever we (actually, I) feel like i was up for it.
We started with sketching random animals on the wall with pencil. Then we mixed some acrylic paint (a little more expensive, but it doesn’t smell and safe for the pregnancy) and started painting.
The drawing on the wall sort of grew organically. We didn’t plan what animal to draw and where, so that explains why the peacock is the same size as the elephant…
We finished the wall a day short of two weeks before aina was born. I actually wanted to add more animals and create thicker outlines for each of them, but we thought we could do that after aina was born. Well, we never got around to do it.
When Aina was younger, she didn’t really look at the animals. instead, she focused on the colors… It was around 2 months old that we could sooth her from crying whenever we hold her in front of the orange tiger.
After Aina could talk, she started making up stories of the animals interacting with each other: the bear is daddy, the kangaroo is mommy and Aina is the joey kangaroo… this happens almost every morning, when she just woke up.
So, i guess, now that Aina is 2.5 years old, we can start drawing more animals on her wall, together with aina herself.
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what a cute thing to do! sure gives ideas to the moms (and dads) to be out there..
thalia – itu fotonya aina lucuu banget sih, kayak lagi dance gitu ya?
shinta lestari / 08 Dec 2009 14:39 / Log in to Replythanks, shin
itu foto PERTAMA aina jalan… udah bbrp kali sih, cuma ga ketangket2 kamera. itu yang pertama kalinya!
thalia kamarga / 08 Dec 2009 14:47 / Log in to ReplyThal,
Meta / 08 Dec 2009 14:55 / Log in to Replykeren banget deh…
Ngiri karena idenya bagus banget tapi apa daya gw amat-sangat-nggak-bisa gambar apalagi ngelukis gitu, haha.
@meta – thank you! sebenernya sih sekarang ini banyak stensil2 atau sticker2 gede gitu yang bisa langsung tempel. ini kita cuma cari cara susah aja… hihihihi.
thalia kamarga / 08 Dec 2009 16:03 / Log in to ReplyHi Thalia salam kenal…
Brenda / 08 Dec 2009 16:37 / Log in to Replywah bagus banget ide dan gambarnya…pas liat tadi sempat bengong n terkagum kagum sendiri….andaikan bisa gambar… hahaha…
salam kenal juga, brenda
dulu suka liat2 fotonya vanya di flickr… hehehe. makasiii… moga2 jadi terinspirasi buat bikin sesuatu yang fun ama vanya 
thalia kamarga / 08 Dec 2009 19:37 / Log in to Replymungkin kalo gambar sendiri susah. tapi kalo cuma nempelin gambar di dinding, mungkin agak gampang. gambarnya bisa beli yang dah jadi or guntingin kertas kado…
ario121 / 08 Dec 2009 20:19 / Log in to Replypas pertama main ke rumia, kamar aina adalah tempat yg pengen diliat. penasaran. aslinya baguuus banget. bikin kagum
ninit yunita / 08 Dec 2009 22:06 / Log in to Replyvery nice thalia kucing berdecak kagum nggak ada kucing tapi ada macan. bisa jadi inspirasi
thanks for sharing
kucing penidur / 08 Dec 2009 22:20 / Log in to Reply@ario121 – iya, bener. dan sekarang juga banyak yang jual stiker2 buat kamar anak…
@ninit – jadi inget, kalo ga salah, yg pertama kali itu waktu aina ultah, trus alde mo ngasi di kamar aina. eh. apa mo tidur siang ya?
@kucing penidur – hahaha, maap ga ada kucing. aina juga pernah komplen ttg itu… mungkin next animal to draw: kucing
thalia kamarga / 08 Dec 2009 23:31 / Log in to Replywuaaahhh.. kreatif sekali deh! kagum liatnyaa…
lia / 09 Dec 2009 11:35 / Log in to Replyhi thal, begitu baca ini… langsung deh ngajak suami buat ngedekor kamar anak. tapi mungkin ga sebagus elo
makasih ya, jadi terinspirasi deh
mama kinar / 09 Dec 2009 11:56 / Log in to Reply@bundalia – aww, makasiiii!
@mama kinar – asiiik! ntar kalo udah jadi, post foto2nya ya! pengen liat!
thalia kamarga / 09 Dec 2009 15:06 / Log in to ReplyKeren banget ! two thumbs up !!
Kenny / 09 Dec 2009 17:30 / Log in to Replykeren banget!!! idem sama bbrp pendapat diatas “i wish i can draw…”
nenglita / 09 Dec 2009 20:43 / Log in to Replytapi bisa dicontek nih, kerennnn!!
Wow, cool! Kreatif banget niy. two thumbs up buat Papa Mama nya Aina. How lucky she is having such a nice parents like you and hubby Thalia.
-tHi@- / 10 Dec 2009 09:38 / Log in to ReplySalam kenal ya.
@kenny – thank you!!
@nenglita – mariii, contek! lagian, kan ga usah binatang… bikin gambar pantai aja, kan langit suka berenang, hehehe.
@thi@ – thank you! mamapapanya emang hobi gambar sih, tapi ga bisa masak, huhuhu. salam kenal juga, thia!
thalia kamarga / 10 Dec 2009 13:49 / Log in to ReplyAduh keren bangettttt…
hehehhe.. Dan gambarnya kecil-kecil!
nopai / 10 Dec 2009 16:19 / Log in to ReplyKamarnya Maika juga pake gambar animal, tapi wallpaper
Di Jakarta ada gak ya yang bisa lukisin kayak gini?
Waaah… mba Thalia, keren banget dekor muralnya ! Aku pengen bikin juga, tapi sayang dinding rumahnya masih dlm status nyewa (gak boleh dilukis). disini aku coba cari gambar yang siap-tempel ternyata agak mahal. Kalau bikin gambar2 hewannya pakai tempelan kertas2 spotlight, bisa juga-kah?
rainiw / 10 Dec 2009 16:43 / Log in to Replywooowww.. kerennnn….!
dindingnya enzo mah grafiti nya dia sendiri.. hihihi…
eka / 12 Dec 2009 23:42 / Log in to Reply@nopai – lucu dong! gue suka wallpaper, sayangnya yang bagus2 pada mahal… btw, gue sih punya bbrp kenalan di indo yang suka bikin mural. kalo mau, gue bisa kasih contactnya.
@aini – wah, sama! kita juga masih nyewa rumah… jadi, kalo ampe pindah, kita mesti timpa gambar2 itu pake cat putih lagi…
pake kertas2 spotlight bisa, cuma biasanya rada gampang kotor. tapi kalo udah kotor, copot trus ganti lagi aja…
@eka – hahahah… iya nih, aina juga udah mulai grafiti-an… di ruang kerja kita… *doh*
thalia kamarga / 13 Dec 2009 00:19 / Log in to ReplySalam kenal Mba Thalia,
Indah Wiyoga / 13 Dec 2009 12:25 / Log in to ReplyKereeen bgt! Catnya pake apa tuh Mba biar bagus warnanya keluar gt? Thx ya
halo juga, ibu mika
ini pake cat acrylic. biasanya di toko yang jualan alat2 lukis atau alat crafting ada kok. agak mahal, tapi ga bau karena bukan alcohol-based. jadi safe buat yang lagi hamil atau anak kecil.
thalia kamarga / 13 Dec 2009 17:31 / Log in to Replyso inspiring, tapi kalo gw yg bikin ga akan sebagus itu hasilnya… huhuhu
Ati / 07 Jan 2010 12:07 / Log in to Replywhoaa.. keren banget Thal.. Lagi pengen decorate dinding kamar dg gambar2 lucu untuk baby Tian *yg lagi seneng bgt liat2 gambar2 lucu di bantal gulingnya hihi* Hmm.. tapi kalo disuruh ngelukis kayak gini mah ga bisaa & eman2 dinding2nya wkwkwkwk.. ada gak ya sticker bergambar yg bisa ditempel/dilepas di dinding tembok? Selama ini taunya cuman yg untuk di dinding kamar mandi doang..
momsiyu / 02 Feb 2010 15:24 / Log in to Reply