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Everybody will cheer, “Your outdoor playhouse is totally awesome!” when they see your little girl’s cheerleader themed play place. Your favorite cheerleader and her cheerleading friends will have a rah-rah good time coming up with new and exciting cheers during their play dates. Children that cheer often have an abundance of energy and a real zeal for enjoying themselves. You can capture that liveliness and vivacity as you develop your plan for designing and decorating your little girl’s cheerleader cottage:

Pick paint that is bright, cheery, and lively. You may want to go with the colors of her favorite sports or cheerleading team if she prefers.  Some very feminine and popular colors include candy purple, electric blue, cotton candy pink, and sunshiny yellow. Use those colors either individually, paired with another high energy color like an ultra-white, or combine them to concoct funky patterns throughout the wooden playhouse.

Her cheerleader cottage kids play house should have plenty of mirrors! Create a wall of mirrors using a reflective, yet safe material. She and her friends will need to see how they look doing their different moves, making those funny cheerleading facial expressions, and watching as their hair whips around. It’s all a part of doing what it takes to be a fantastic cheerleader.

Load the outdoor playhouse up with pom poms. Use cheer inspired hooks on the walls for hanging up pom poms of different colors and sizes. You may even consider using pom poms as tie-backs for curtains.

Use cheerleader patterned fabrics for decorating and covering the outdoor play house furniture. Having smiling, splitting cheerleaders will serve to keep your daughter inspired when she’s playing and practicing. Another option for incorporating cheerleader themes into the playhouse for kids is to use wall decals that are shaped like megaphones, and speech bubbles. In fact, there should be a section of the kids playhouse wall where she and her friends can write cheer ideas.

Her outdoor playhouse will make a fabulous cheerleading cottage. In addition to the decor, be sure to include a dress up area, stocked with a myriad of cheerleading uniforms, hair bows, and even fake ponytails if she would like. Remember, cheerleading is a recognized sport. Her kids play house might be the training ground for the next big cheerleading star…your daughter!

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Whether or not your outdoor playhouse was a gift for your little one this holiday season, it can still be decorated to resemble one. Most playhouses are shaped in a way that will make fashioning it to look like a present a simple and fun activity. Not only is gift-giving a hallmark of the holidays, it’s also one of the parts that children love the most about the season. Decorating the playhouse to look like a gift could also convey the message that it’s better to give when people see the large “package”.

To create the look, use some of these easy techniques and your family’s outdoor playhouse is sure to look like one of the best “presents” on the planet:

Use lights to resemble ribbon along the side and across the top of the outdoor playhouse. One way to do that is to select a contrasting color, for example, if the playhouse is blue, select white or bright red lights. You can keep it simple with a double strand of lights or you can make a more intricate design with the addition of a third strand.

Wrap the outside of the outdoor playhouse with exterior grade ribbon. This type of ribbon can be used for applications such as wreaths. Using floral wire or hobby wire, affix lengths of ribbon to the wire with hot glue or tape.  Shape the ribbon into huge bows of 2 to 3 feet each.  Then, place them atop the playhouse roof. Another option is the have the look culminating with the front door of the outdoor playhouse being finished with a bow.

If wrapping the whole playhouse seems daunting, just wrap the front door with a plastic coated wrapping paper and bow. This will make the door look as if you are entering a much anticipated gift.

An outdoor playhouse makes a marvelous platform for creating the look of a huge gift. Complete the look by placing empty, gift-wrapped boxes along the outside of the playhouse or use smaller ones to create a path leading up to the playhouse. The real gift will be the look on your child’s face when they see their outdoor playhouse decked for the holidays!

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