Samuel's new decor

By now you know that Samuel LOVES knights, castles, dragons, swords, etc. and pirates. I wanted to put a castle on his wall for a while but was trying to make it out of the blue foam board that you use as insulation on the outside of the house - not sure what it is called. Finally, one day I decided to just paint it on the wall - and 2 hours later - Ta-Da! Here it is. Samuel is a little disappointed he can't get in the castle but he likes it. I would like to add some archers to the top of the castle (Samuel wants them to have cross bows NOT long bows but I'm not sure of my cross bow making skills!). Here is Sir Samuel

I had this piece of fabric from when I thought I would recover the pink lamp shade I had in Samuel's nursery in Indiana - that never happened - so I thought I could use the fabric to make a banner. I needed something to put a sword and shield on and I saw this idea on a bulletin board at Jeremy's school and got to work. I still need to put it on a dowel and hang it properly. The sword - made from tin foil was a big hit.

Across the room is where I hang his papers from school and church. He has so may papers each day and wants to put them up - I had to come up with and idea that would keep them organized and keep me from taping or thumb- tacking them to the wall. (My good friend Laurie has something like this at the top of her stairs for her children's recent artwork and I love the idea) I just got the wire and hooks from Home Depot and hung two wires above his shelf. It works well when I take the time to rotate the pictures.