Renzo's Play Room

Education isn't only about academics. And who's to say that play time can't be educational? With those thoughts in mind, Feli and I set out to decorate one of our rooms, and purposefully named it Renzo's Playroom.
In this Playroom of his, it spots the ever popular IKEA MAMMUT chest of 3 drawers and IKEA MAMMUT wardrobe that I painstakingly bought and brought home from IKEA and single-handedly assembled on one side of the wall adjacent to the door.

On the wall on the opposite, facing all these IKEA furniture, are Disney wall decals that light up and gives life to the wall itself. We starred Mickey's House as the centerpiece and gradually circled our way out, trying as much as possible to have the decals spread across a bigger area in a balanced manner while at the same time, having the focus redrawn back to the centre. And to complete the job, we filled in the gaps with flora and fauna and lots of butterflies and bees. ^_^ I like the end result and when coupled with the Parklon Bumper Playmat that we bought a few months back, it feels almost like they came in a set (at least to me it did).
Next, we bought a few wall posters from Popular Bookstore. Simple educational materials emphasizing on ABCs and 123s that were used wayyy back... So much so that even I remember seeing them during my Kindergarten days (20+ years back? lol). The wall posters of today are more vibrant and pleasant to look at than those from my childhood days. Then again, it could be the decay of those memories that is giving me this impression, but either way, Feli and I are pleased to have made these purchases... =P.. Especially so when we see that Renzo seems to be picking up ABCs. Frequently, we would carry Renzo to one of the posters and go "A is for Apple. B is for Ball. C is for Car......". Recently, we noticed that when we tell Renzo, "C is for Car", this little guy would turn his head around to look for the poster! Even more recently, it seems that it works for "F is for Fish" too... hehee...

Also, we bought a book set for Renzo, complete with full encyclopedia set, 4 Disney "A Story A Day" story books (366 stories), 4 Disney "Words Words Words" that is supposed to enhance and strengthen kids' vocabulary and a "Fun Thinkers" book which is basically a puzzle book to stimulate creativity and improve problem-solving skills. Of them all, currently we are only using the "A Story A Day" in Renzo's daily routine, reading it to him every night after his bath. The rest will probably come in handy in a few years' time after Renzo picks up reading skills.
So with the above in place, what's left is to bring in Renzo's toys, a mattress for comfort, a little fan to keep the ventilation going and voila, we are done. It has been more than a month now and yes, Renzo does enjoy his playroom as much as we enjoy seeing him laughing and rolling about in his Playroom ^_^