Stars Are Having a Moment: 3 Ways to Bring the Star Trend Into a Kid's Room

Stars are having a moment. A very big one.

We’re seeing them across kids’ interiors right now, from bedding and artwork to kids wall decals, wallpaper and patterned walls. But this time around, stars feel a little different.

Think hand-drawn shapes, unexpected colour combinations, mixed scales and stars paired with other classics like stripes and polka dots.

If you’re looking for kids bedroom ideas or wondering how to bring the star trend into your own space, there’s more than one way to do it.

Here are three of our favourites.

1Create a scattered wall with Wonky Star Wall Decals

If you want the classic star wall, this is where we’d start.

Our Wonky Star Wall Decals take a familiar shape and make it feel a little less perfect. The stars vary in shape and size, which gives the finished wall a much looser, more relaxed feel than a perfectly repeated pattern.

Other colours available:

Rainbow

Sage & Sky

Pink & Purple

Ocean & Brick

And that irregularity matters.

In interiors, repetition creates pattern, but too much uniformity can make a wall feel quite rigid. Changing the size and orientation of the stars keeps the eye moving and makes the arrangement feel more natural.

It’s also why kids wall decals work so well for this kind of look. You’re not locked into a predetermined repeat like you would be with wallpaper. You can scatter the stars around the furniture, spread them across the whole wall or concentrate them around the bed.

There’s no need to measure every gap either. In fact, we prefer them when you don’t.

The Wonky Stars come in five colourways, including our bestseller, Multi Classic, plus Rainbow, Sage & Sky, Pink & Purple and Ocean & Brick.

Which brings us to colour.

Choosing the right star colour palette

The star shape might stay the same, but the colour palette can completely change the feel of the room.

Multi Classic

Our bestseller.

Multi Classic is the easiest option if you love colour but don’t want the room to belong to one particular shade.

A multi-colour palette also gives you plenty to work with elsewhere in the room. Instead of trying to match everything exactly, you can pick up one or two of the star colours in the bedding, rug, artwork or furniture.

That repetition is what makes a room feel pulled together.

Rainbow

If the rest of the room is fairly simple, Rainbow lets the wall do more of the work.

Brighter colour works particularly well when it has some breathing room around it. You don’t need every other part of the bedroom to compete.

Let the wall be the colourful bit.

Sage & Sky

Sage & Sky is softer and cooler.

Both shades work particularly well with natural timber, warm whites and softer neutrals, making this an easy palette to introduce into a room that already has quite a lot going on.

It’s colour, but quiet colour.

Ocean & Brick

Ocean & Brick mixes cooler blues with a warmer earthy shade.

That warm-and-cool contrast gives the palette more depth and stops the room feeling overly coordinated.

It’s also a good example of why colours don’t need to match perfectly to work together. Sometimes contrast is what makes a palette interesting.

2Take the trend into wall panelling with Starry Stripes

If you love stars but want something with a little more structure, there’s another way to do it.

Starry Stripes Wall Panels combine stars with one of the most enduring patterns in interiors: the stripe.

Other colours available:

Butter Mix

Pink Mix

Lavender Mix

Sage Mix

And the combination works for a reason.

Stripes bring order and structure to a wall. Stars are looser and more playful. Put the two together and each balances the other.

The result is a patterned half wall panel that feels current without turning the entire bedroom into a star theme.

It’s particularly good if you like the idea of kids wall decor but want something that feels more integrated into the room itself.

Rather than adding a pattern onto a blank wall, the pattern becomes the wall treatment.

The half-wall format also gives you a natural break between the patterned lower section and the quieter wall above, which helps keep the room balanced.

Our Starry Stripes Wall Panels come in five colourways, giving you plenty of room to work with the colours already in the space. The live product is sold as 50 cm wide by 120 cm high panels.

If you’ve been looking at kids wall panelling ideas, patterned wall panels or alternatives to traditional painted panelling, this is an easy way to get the look without committing to a permanent renovation.

3Layer the stars with dots

Then there’s our favourite of the three.

Dots & Stars.

Other colours available:

Multi Classic

Sage & Sky

Pink & Purple

Ocean & Brick

Both are classic shapes. The trick is in how you put them together.

One of the simplest rules when mixing patterns in interiors is to change the scale.

If two patterns are the same size and have the same visual weight, they can start competing with each other. Make one larger and one smaller, and they have much more room to work together.

That’s exactly why the dots in this set are drawn smaller than the stars. There are 237 of them, measuring roughly 25 to 40 mm.

The stars become the hero shape. The dots sit between them, filling some of the negative space and making the overall pattern feel more layered.

Then we keep the colour palette consistent across both.

Same colour story. Different scale.

That is what makes the pairing feel cohesive rather than busy.

Put the stars up first.

Step back.

Then use the dots to fill some of the larger gaps.

The important word there is some.

You don’t need to fill every space. A little blank wall gives the pattern somewhere to breathe.

The set comes in the same five colourways as the stars on their own: Multi Classic, Rainbow, Sage & Sky, Pink & Purple and Ocean & Brick. The shapes were drawn for each other, so the colour does not have to be matched up by you.

Which star wall idea is right for your room?

It really comes down to what you want the wall to do.

If you want the stars to be the main feature, go with Wonky Star Wall Decals.

If you want a more structured wall treatment, Starry Stripes Wall Panels bring the trend into a classic striped design.

And if you want something more layered, Dots & Stars gives you both shapes in one set and uses the change in scale to build the pattern.

Three different ways to use the same trend.

Because stars are very much back, and there’s more than one way to put them on a wall.

Not repainting the whole room? See more ways to refresh it in Five ways to change a kid’s room without repainting.