Sometimes kids can be fixated on one idea – let’s say dragons – and they want everything to be about dragons. Bedding, wallpaper, books, clothes, and toys. They want a pet dragon and to be a dragon slayer, they want to have dragon eggs on toast and dragons round for tea. So you compromise; you paint their room accordingly, with a big dragon mural, and buy dragon toys and clothes. The problem is, four months down the line you buy them a set of dragon pyjamas and they say “I don’t like dragons any more. I want to be a firefighter.” Or something similar.

Unless you win the lottery, re-decorating your children’s bedrooms to suit these whims is usually out of the question. That’s where wall stickers come in. You can stick them on the wall, or even on your kids furniture. You can get all sorts of stickers: themed ones like cars, or football, or animals, or space; or general stickers, like stars, alphabets, spots and stripes.

Most wall stickers or room makeover kits, like Walltastic or Fun To See, are removable and re-stickable, so your child’s room can be changed around regularly at a tiny fraction of the cost of re-painting or papering. Sometimes they can even be stuck back onto the original packaging and saved for reuse at a later date. They are much cheaper, and can look neater and more professional, too.