| Disney's High School Musical fever is sweeping the | | | | Mexico and so the bed may have Mexican theme. |
| nation! If your child has caught the Zach Effron or | | | | High School Musical 2 has a more tropical theme. Using |
| Ashley Tisdale bug, then read on. Here's the perfect | | | | a traditional bed, a tropical theme can be created by |
| High School Musical bedroom theme decor that will put | | | | hanging a grass table skirt like those used at luaus |
| her right in the middle of the show! We'll look at | | | | around the base of the bed for a bed skirt. Tie |
| accents, bedding and linens, floor covering, wall, art, | | | | inflatable palm trees to the posts of the bed. |
| furniture, lighting and much more. | | | | 2. Stage: Your High School Musical lover will need her |
| WALL DECOR: All room decor must necessarily begin | | | | own stage to practice and rehearse on. Make a small |
| with walls. Sure you could just hang up a bunch of | | | | ledge along one wall of the bedroom. Build it about |
| posters, but that's pretty boring and they tear easily | | | | three feet wide and one foot off the floor. Make it as |
| also. I would reserve on poster for the door front. This | | | | long as you wish. Be sure to support it well. You can |
| lets visitors know that a With the Disney High School | | | | also purchase a low table on sturdy metal legs to use |
| Musical theme, we want to create a theater illusion. | | | | as a small stage. These can be found inexpensively in |
| 1. Paint the walls in a good quality semi-gloss latex | | | | most mass merchandise stores. Whatever you build |
| paint. Many manufacturers make a children's room | | | | must be strong enough for the child to dance on. Hang |
| paint that washes well. Choose a neutral tan or beige | | | | a curtain in front like a theater curtain. You can use a |
| color. | | | | shower curtain in a Hawaiian print. Attach two hooks |
| 2. Next, select a darker brown or gray. You will use | | | | at the same height on opposite walls. String a length of |
| this to create life sized silhouettes of the High School | | | | clothes line around the hooks and hang the curtain |
| Musical characters on one wall. Enlarge an image and | | | | from this. |
| trace the outline. You can also have your child pose as | | | | 3. Dance barre: Dancers need a practice barre. You |
| the characters and trace around her. | | | | can put up a ballet barre easily using a stairway hand |
| 3. On another wall, create a brick wall pattern like the | | | | railing. Attach this horizontally along a wall. You can |
| back wall of a stage. Use a 3/4" wide paint brush to | | | | attach it to the wall with the stage. |
| paint lines to look like bricks remember to stagger the | | | | 4. Across from the stage, set up a large floor mirror |
| vertical lines as bricks do. | | | | for her to watch herself as she rehearses. |
| 4. Purchase some inexpensive bulk silk flower leis. Cut | | | | 5. Karaoke machine: Since Troy and Gabriella originally |
| them apart and string them together. Drape them over | | | | met at Karaoke, a small portable machine is a must |
| and around furniture. | | | | for your High School Musical decor. Be sure that there |
| 5. Purchase a High School Musical wall border to put | | | | is a portable microphone for her to use. This should be |
| along the ceiling. These borders are available from | | | | on the stage. |
| many retailers. | | | | 6. Costumes and Screen: Gather costumes from |
| LIGHTING: For a Disney High School Musical theme, | | | | theater distributors and second hand store. Hang them |
| set up theater style lights. You can do this in several | | | | on a rack with a screen to change behind. |
| ways. | | | | 7. Dresser: Set up a vanity table with a lighted mirror to |
| 1. Purchase a small, revolving colored globe light from | | | | simulate a theater dressing table. Choose one with |
| the novelty lighting section of any retailer. | | | | drawers to store clothing. Purchase some theater |
| 2. Use a fluorescent branched floor lamp with pink bell | | | | make-up to practice with. |
| shaped shades. The lights shine upward and each | | | | CURTAINS AND BED LINENS: You can find licensed |
| branch can be bent in different directions. This kind of | | | | Disney High School Musical accessories in many retail |
| lamp is available from most major retail outlets. | | | | stores. You can also make your own. Fabric and Craft |
| 3. Hang a string of white holiday lights along the walls. | | | | stores sell fabric printed with Disney characters and |
| 4. Suspend real or replica theater spotlights in each | | | | themes. Purchase cotton fabric for curtains and |
| corner. Most lighting outlets and hardware stores sell | | | | sheets and polar fleece for blankets and pillows. |
| versions of spotlights that are simple to hang. | | | | Your child can sing and dance her way to stardom |
| FURNITURE: | | | | with her own Disney High School Musical themed |
| 1. Bed: Several options are available. The first High | | | | bedroom! |
| School Musical was located in Albuquerque, New | | | | |