| DCK102S Features: -34 self-adhesive kids wall stencils. -Paint an enormous flowering tree, dainty butterflies, picket fence, perching peacocks, beautiful flowers, buzzing bees, leaping frogs, flying birds and more. -Stencils can be used multiple times. -No artistic skill required. -Just stick, paint, remove and reuse. -Detailed instructions and paint guide. -Online video demonstration. -Free foam brushes. -Dimensions: 25'' H x 40'' W x 1'' D. |
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 Awesome Decorating Idea |
| Review Date: August 30, 2009 |
| Reviewer: P. Hanson, |
This product has been so much fun!!! I wish I would've started when I was still pregnant. I've been at it now for a couple of months and am not yet done.
I would recommend buyers purchase their own painting tools. These items are relatively inexpensive, and the ones that come in the kit aren't that great. I spent about 5-10 bucks on painting tools, and it was well worth it. The acrylic paint is what gets you, in terms of cost, anyways. I probably spent about 100 bucks on paint, maybe more.
The stencils begin losing a lot of their sticky after about 8-10 applications. So for the grass, picket fence, and other stencils you will use repeatedly, use them in high priority areas first.
The stencils still work very well on texturized walls.
If you are painting the room a base color, I would wait several days before using the stencils. The paint may otherwise lift up. The instructions say that you can also sprinkle some baby powder on the stencils to make them less sticky (which supposedly lessens the risk of lifting the paint underneath). I was paranoid so I tried this, and it was a waste of a stencil. It lost it's sticky almost entirely, and was not at all necessary. Luckily it was a stencil I only needed to use once.
It's tempting to add the butterflies, birds, bugs, etc. in the beginning, but I would recommend waiting until your tree, flowers, fence, grass, and other big items are painted.
I painted the flowers on the tree three difference colors, and it didn't look so good. Not awful, but not great. Now the stencil has lost it's sticky, so I am going back now and hand-painting all of the flowers the same color.
For fun I also purchased some glitter paint (clear paint with some sparkles in it). This was a nice touch on the bees wings, and other places that could use some uumph.
Very fun activity. So glad I bought it! |
Lots of Fun, and Beautiful
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| Review Date: March 15, 2010 |
| Reviewer: Carlos F. Martin, Miami Lakes, FL |
Before reviewing the product I must mention that one of the pictures for the product appears to be inaccurate. You will notice that the picture with the brushes shows 5 bristle brushes included. None were received. All the brushes in the package were foam brushes. Luckily we had our own bristle brushes, because the detailed work is difficult with the foam ones. We hit a local art supply store and spent about $60 on acrylic paints of assorted colors, and picked up a quart of satin white from sherwin williams. We used styrafoam plates to blend colors.
This stencil kit is a great idea to decorate a nursery or young girl's room. You'll runout of space before you run out of ideas on how to use them. Once we were done with the room we realized we still had six we had not gotten to yet.
A couple of tips when using these. We placed these on walls that were "knock down" textured walls. Applying the stencils on knock down is tricky, as the paint will escape the confines of the stencil if you use too much. Flat walls would undoubtedly be easier. We cured this by painting in from the edges and not towards them. Also, you should give each stencil about 10 minutes to dry before reapplying. We found that trying to immediately reuse one would cause paint splatters on the wall when reapplying.
When pulling them, off do so slowly in one direction. We found this method prevented most imperfections.
We enjoyed decorating our first daughter's nursery with this product. |
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