Giant pirate ship wall-decal for kids' rooms

Check out this massive (180cm X 190cm) pirate ship wall-decal for your kiddies' room. A perfect way to get the li'l downloaders off on the right foot. Or peg. Link (via Babygadget)

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Avram

The anchor pillow is my favorite part!
ableto

might be able to buy the paint cheaper but then its there till you muck around re painting. oh dont know about you but i know i dont have time to paint something that detailed.
Antinous

I painted a sailboat scene once in a walk-in closet, or as they’re called in San Francisco, a child’s bedroom. It pretty much took all day.
VitaminCM

Forget my kids room. I’m hanging that on the wall behind my computer.
It’s a little more appropriate there.
pez

Or you could build a real pirate-ship bed….

http://pez.multiply.com/photos/album/258/Captain_Dimitri_and_his_Pirate_Ship_Bed#7
arkizzle

Also: A HUNDRED AND SIXTY DOLLARS!

That said, they handily include the ‘swatches’.. aka a printable thumbnail of the original design.
If one was so inclined, and had access to an art supplies shop and a printer, a cheaper version might be forthcoming :)
artbot

The price was my first (horrified) reaction, too. I could make something similar for $30 or less. More work, sure, but A HUNDRED AND SIXTY FREAKIN’ DOLLARS?!

I like the anchor pillow, too.
ableto

i think the room looks good. i know my twin boys would love the ship on their wall. blik is very small so not worth the $.
bookninja

The parent in me cries foul at this. Loose oars in a kid’s room (at least in a room for a kid young enough to have an anchor pillow and wall stickers of a preschool-looking pirate ship)? Next to a mirror? Methinks a trip to the ship’s leech will soon be in order, yarr.
calittle

There’s also BLIK wall decals. They might be slightly less expensive than the pirate ship, and they have ROBOTS!

http://www.whatisblik.com/Merchant2/merchant.mvc?Screen=PROD&Store_Code=B&Product_Code=GR-01SM
DeWynken

$160 buys A LOT of paint. Cool idea though.
Takuan

four gallons of good stuff?
dculberson

Ehh, who knows if the oars are loose? Maybe they’re glued or screwed the the wall. Maybe the mirror is polycarbonate.

Also, I’m definitely not a kid, but I’d love to have that pirate ship on my wall. I’m not keen on the anchor pillow, though.
Antinous

I thought that I was the only one who’s noticed that paint prices have quadrupled in a decade. And that blue tape that you need to mask the shapes without ripping off the base coat? $6 per roll.
ameklite

Nice giant work!!

Wall decal for kids room
Takuan

it’s a kids room, ya gotta use the lead based enamel for durability
brandonc

Great: Kids horseplaying grab one of the oars, which hits the heavy brass mirror thingy, which falls and cracks a skull or breaks a shoulder: oops!
fibreoptik

/agreed
this cartoonish pirate ship decal thingy is pretty cool :)