15 DIY Kids' Headboard Ideas
Inject style into your little one's bedroom. Whether looking for extra storage or just a beautiful crown for the bed, check out our top DIY kids' headboard projects.

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Rainbow Dreams
Your little Dorothy will love sleeping under this cozy rainbow. Make this budget-friendly headboard in an afternoon using basic materials from the hardware store.
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Never Grow Out of Your Favorite Shirt
Upcycle your child’s favorite too-small T-shirts into a collage-style headboard for their bedroom. From sports teams to travel destinations, you can fully customize this project to fit any theme.
Get the How-To: How to Make a Headboard Out of Old T-Shirts
Let the Tapestry Do the Talking
This one is perfect for teens looking for a super-trendy bedroom. Tapestries are an easy way to make any room look effortlessly stylish — just tack one up behind the bed for an instant headboard.
Why Not Make It Useful?
Storage headboards are the perfect mix of practicality and style. Try a headboard with built-in cubbies to help keep your child’s bedroom tidy and organized. It can also act as a display for trophies, art or their favorite toys.
Get the How-To: How to Make a Headboard With Storage
Feel Like Royalty
Create a bed fit for your little prince or princess by adding a canopy headboard. You can make an elegant, no-sew canopy using a bed sheet and a hula hoop.
Get the How-To: Make a Dreamy, DIY Play Canopy for a Kid's Room
A Colorful Palette
An easy woodworking project that your child can help with, this geometric headboard is a quick way to add color and personality to their bedroom. Make it in their favorite colors to fit their tastes.
Get the How-To: How to Make a Geometric Wood Headboard
A Modern Twist on the Classic Tuft
Cozy, simple and classic: A tufted headboard is a great way to add timeless style to a bedroom. You can make this cool tufted headboard at home with a surprising item: pool noodles!
Get the How-To: How to Make a DIY Tufted Headboard From Pool Noodles
Pass Me the Tape
Simple and inexpensive, a washi tape headboard is a bright and colorful addition to your child's room. Plus, they can change it whenever they like!
Starry Night
Sleep under the stars with this amazing headboard with built-in string lights to make the moon glow bright.
Get the How-To: How to Build a Space-Themed Kid's Headboard With Built-In Nightlights
Frame It
So pretty you’ll want to frame it, this tufted headboard adds a bit of whimsy to your child's room. You’ll also have fun with your kids at the flea market picking out the perfect frame.
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Home Sweet Home
Let you child experience the fun of a treehouse from the comfort of their bedroom. This DIY bed features a fun, house-shaped headboard and footboard (complete with a window), plus generous under-the-bed storage for toys and clothes.
Get the How-To: How to Make a House-Shaped Kid's Bed With Storage
The Hedge-Board
Why beat around the bush when you can use it to frame your bed? This topiary-like headboard brings a touch of the outside in and creates a tranquil environment to sleep in. Recreate this look by wrapping a sheet of plywood or an old headboard with artificial greenery.
Bulletin Headboard
Give your kid or teen a spot to display photos, jewelry, postcards and ticket stubs with this DIY bulletin board headboard.
Get the How-To: How to Make a Bulletin Board Headboard
It's All in the Decal
It’s easy, it’s simple and — best of all — it won't ruin your walls. Wall decals let you turn just about anything into a headboard to fit any theme. Take a cue from this cheerful bedroom and use an oversized floral decal in lieu of a headboard. If your child gets tired of it, changing up the look is as easy as peeling it off the wall.
Spell It Out
Your kiddo will have a blast picking out the fonts and frames for this DIY headboard. Spend the day doing this craft project and in the end, have a quirky, personalized piece of decor.