Children's Wallpaper: Ideas, Styles & How to Make It Yours
Designs That Grow With Them
A child's room changes fast — but their wallpaper doesn't have to. The loveliest children's rooms are the ones decorated with a little restraint: nature-led designs, gentle colours and characterful motifs that feel timeless rather than tied to a passing craze. Choose well and a wallpaper carries a room from cot to first "big bed" and beyond, gathering memories rather than dating. It's a more considered, more grown-up way to decorate a child's space, and a far more beautiful one.
At Claret & Key, every design is drawn in-house and printed to order in your chosen colour way, so you can create a room that's characterful, calm and entirely your own, made especially for you in our Cheshire studio.
Designs children love, that parents love too
Our children's designs lean into the natural world rather than cartoon characters — which is exactly why they last. Woodland scenes with foxes and deer, gentle animals, birds and butterflies, ditsy florals and wildflower meadows, stars and soft stripes. These are designs full of things to discover, yet calm and characterful enough to belong in a considered home. A child delights in the detail; a parent loves that it never feels garish.
Calm colours, or a little more fun
Because we print to order, the colour is yours. Soft, muted tones create a calm, restful room, wonderful for sleep. Fresh greens and blues feel natural and soothing. And a brighter, more playful palette suits a room you want to feel full of energy. Whatever you choose, it's printed in your shade rather than pulled from a fixed range.
Made for real family life
Children's rooms need to cope with real life, and our finishes are made for it. Traditional (150gsm, super-matte) is the refined classic. Heavy-Grade (300gsm) is tougher and more tactile for busy walls. And Removable peel-and-stick (180gsm) is perfect for a room you know you'll restyle — the same beautiful design, easy to change as they grow. All are printed on FSC-approved, PVC-free and VOC-free paper, so they're safe and sound for the room your child sleeps and plays in.
Order a sample and see your design and colour way in the room before you commit.
Frequently Asked Questions About Children's Wallpaper
What is the best wallpaper for a child's room?
Timeless, nature-led designs tend to work best — woodland scenes, gentle animals, birds, ditsy florals, stars and soft stripes. They feel characterful and full of detail without being tied to a passing craze, so they grow with the child.
Is your children's wallpaper safe?
Yes — all our wallpaper is FSC-approved, PVC-free and VOC-free, so it's free from the volatile compounds that can affect air quality. That makes it safe and sound for the room your child sleeps and plays in.
Should I choose removable wallpaper for a child's room?
It's a lovely option. Our Removable peel-and-stick paper gives you the same beautiful design with none of the commitment, so you can restyle easily as your child grows. Heavy-Grade is a good choice too for busy, hard-working walls.
Can I get children's wallpaper in a custom colour?
Yes — every design is drawn in-house and printed to order in your chosen colour way and scale, from soft and calming to bright and playful, made especially for you.
I love how everything turned out and the price point was great. It was a bit challenging to piece together. Being from the USA, it was kind of a challenge to convert all the measurements to figure out how many rolls I needed and then where to cut the rolls to line up the images based on the design repetition. Luckily, I had plenty of wallpaper to work with on the roll.
Absolutely beautiful design and texture. Got the heavy duty wallpaper and put it up without any previous wallpaper experience and it went up very easily and beautifully. Definitely recommend.
Extremely helpful and supportive when I needed advice on measurements, with fast delivery too. The quality of the wallpaper is excellent, and I’m really pleased with the overall service. Highly recommended!
Gorgeous wallpaper, but the measuring option on the website left us short by 1 roll. Had to order another one but when it came the colour match was perfect. Thankfully I wasn’t paying for a decorator, otherwise would have been disappointed in having to pay for them to return. Otherwise great quality wallpaper and design compared to other similar products available.
First purchase from claret and key and truly impressed. Beautiful quality wallpaper. Pretty yet not too fussy. Easy to hang, cut and match. Would work in any room
Good tracking and delivery service too.
Definitely recommend and would reuse for future projects.
Everything went really good. Apart from the quality of the wallpaper which is fantastic, the staff were exemplary in their communications, friendliness and professionalism. They really did go the extra mile to help me.
A great experience all round.
Thank you.
Patrick
Lovely pattern and paper quality.
However, I wish that I had paid more attention to the roll width measurement.
For some strange reason your paper is narrower than a standard roll. This caused me a great deal of problems when papering my lobby, a small area but that made it more difficult because I was left with a narrow space to fill on 3 walls with a very long drop.
Although I love the paper I probably wouldn't use it again just for this reason.
Why you would produce paper not of a standard width is for you to know and me to wonder but it has made my small project very difficult.
Used this paper to make a dark study cosier. Absolutely loved the colour - the background is a perfect match to our existing panelling painted in Farrow and Ball Old White. First time using paste the wall and it was a revelation so easy and much less mess. Quality of the paper is great but noted the rolls are slightly narrower than most wallpapers. Loved the pattern match which meant little waste what we had left we used to recover some old box files which was easy. I thoroughly recommend.
Great quality wallpaper! The print is beautiful, the wallpaper is thick, and fairly easy to install. Our small area took about an hour and a half because we had a lot of of awkward cuts.
Will definitely be using this brand again!
The paper was just hung and we are thrilled.
The quality of the paper, ease of working with it, (per the paper hangers), your customer service, all were exceptional. We will be ordering again. Thank you!!
Fabulous wallpaper and excellent customer service. This Bronte wallpaper has given my kitchen a new lease of life. Will definitely buy from here again.
