A fun addition to a child’s sport’s bedroom – this simple DIY Jersey Shelf project hides their clutter and looks great!
Here are a few more kid’s bedroom ideas – Teen Boys Room, Boho Teen Girl’s Room, and Vintage Schoolhouse Room.
Sports Jersey Decor Idea
With both of my oldest boys being HUGE Los Angeles Kings fans, it seemed appropriate to design the room they share around their love of ice hockey. Needing a place to store all of their toys and things, I came up with an organizational solution that is the perfect fit for their new hockey room.
This simple jersey shelf project took a couple of hours to create, and the hardest/ longest part was just waiting for the paint to dry! Here is how I did it –
DIY Jersey Shelf
SUPPLIES –
- cubby shelf
- fabric bins – I got these fabric ones from IKEA, but you can use any basket or bin that fits your shelf.
- stenciled jersey numbers – I cut mine out with my Cricut using the All Star font.
- paint + paint pen – I used black and white.
* You could also buy any basket or bin in plastic or metal and skip the painting process by using the vinyl stickers directly on the bin.
How To Make Them
- I let the boys pick their favorite Kings players – past and/or present. Each of them have their own shelf with 4 players of their choice. (My husband might have had some influence in this too!) I cut some vinyl stencils that looked like the back-side of a jersey.
- Next, I painted over the stencil with black paint. I know what you are thinking, why black paint on black bins? Here is why: If you paint over your stencil with the same color of your bins first, it will seal off your stencil so the color you really want to show won’t bleed under the stencil.
- Once the black paint dried, I painted over the stencil with white paint. Peel off your stencil before your paint dries so it doesn’t peel up the paint.
- Once the white paint was dry, I used a white paint pen and traced along the letters and numbers just to give the edges clean, sharp lines.
… and that’s it!
I love how simple this project was, and it really set the whole stage for their sport’s bedroom.
What do you think?? 🙂
Hi Stephanie . I love the idea, I would just like to know what kind of paint you used ? Fabric paint? I have everything complete I just need to paint it but don’t want to purchase the wrong paint. Thanks so much.
I just used regular craft paint. The stuff you find in small bottles from Plaid or Martha Stewart in the craft aisle. 🙂 Hope that helps!
Thank you so much I bought some gave it a try and so far so good just waiting for it to
dry. Thanks again great idea. ?
Sounds good! I hope you love it!!!
Can I ask where you purchased your stencils or a link? I love love love ❤️
I made them with my vinyl machine. 🙂 Thanks for stopping by!
Thank you so much for your response , I jut purchased the cube organizer and the bins I just can figure out how to do the letters or numbers. Seems so difficult lol
Good luck!!!!
Where did you get the black bins? LOVE THIS!
I got them from IKEA. Thanks for stopping by Stefanie!
This is awesome!! I don’t have boys, but we do love hockey around here! All my friends back in hockey-loving Minnesota will love this, too! I just repinned it to spread the word. Too cool!
Thanks Christy! I appreciate it!
Wow, what a great idea. I don’t even have a boy yet I pinned and stumbled this.
Thanks Vicky!
My husband and boys would LOVE this! Thanks so much!! We are HUGE Kings fans (our twins are Luca and Anže). GKG!!!
Yay! Go Kings! 🙂 Thanks for stopping by!
Love it!! Keep showing hockey ideas– I’m inspired and my son is obsessed. 🙂
Thanks Lindsay!
Did you get the storage unit at Lowes?
I actually got the shelving unit from my sister, but Lowes does carry quite a few shelves, but they vary by your area. I found this one online, but it is smaller than the shelving unit I used:
What a great idea! Way to turn boring shelves into something that really ties into the room!
Thanks Erin!
This is such a fun idea! My son would love it!! Pinned!
Thanks Jenn!
I love this idea!! My boys are a little young for it right now, but I’m pinning it to use when they get older! I popped over from Skip to My Lou–thanks for sharing!
~Abby =)
Thanks for stopping by Abby! 🙂
What a great idea! I love how it turned out. 🙂
Thanks Megan!
What a cute idea! My hubs would love something like that- being we both are into hockey. 😀
Have a great weekend!
Thanks Morgaine! I think my husband likes the room more than he likes our bedroom! 🙂