So you’re starting an indoor playground business (or giving yours a refresh) and looking for ideas for your plan? Here are 36 indoor playground wallpaper murals that make kids BEG their parents to come back, over and over again!
They’re also perfect for a:
- Kids party venue business
- Imaginative playground
- Soft play business
- Indoor play park
- Sports complex business
- Daycare, preschool or school
Get your Pinterest board ready and remember to BOOKMARK this resource!
*Plus a special BONUS – a podcast episode with indoor playground business expert, Michele Caruana, where we chat all things design, murals and wallpaper. Catch it on YouTube below!
Design Ideas: As Seen on the Play Cafe Academy Podcast
If you’ve ever researched “how to run a profitable indoor playground” you’ve probably heard of Michele Caruana, owner of Play Cafe Academy.
She shares all the insider information on how to start and run a successful play business.
I had the great pleasure of being interviewed on her podcast. Watch it to learn little known secrets in playground design, using murals!
Reviews for our Indoor Playground Wallpaper Murals
Before we dive into the inspo pics…here are a few reviews from some of our past customers RAVING about our indoor playground wallpaper murals.
1. Children’s Party Venue Wallpaper Murals
One important way to keep your indoor playground business financially viable is to offer children’s party rooms, so it’s important to get the birthday party room design right.
Here are some of the ways we helped to decorate a party room at some kids birthday party places in the past.
Kids Murals As Seen on TV
Featured on TV, Canada’s longest daytime talk show, Cityline, we love this design for a birthday party venue business!
You don’t need to keep buying balloon arches and other decorations – these balloons are permanently in place!
Our balloon wallpaper mural also creates a neutral (yet colourful) background so your families can bring whatever themed decorations they like, without clashing with the festive backdrop.
TV coverage for your indoor play area business is one of the best ways to promote your new facility.
Make the backdrop of your children’s birthday party venue pop on camera with a kids wallpaper mural, like our Story Time Wallpaper Mural.
Remember to fully decorate with banners, balloons and birthday hats. And make your media day interactive – invite local kids and serve cupcakes to show how fun your facility is!
Washable Wallpaper for Birthday Party Venue
Let them eat cake…and don’t worry about the icing smears and cakey fingerprints. You’ll only find washable wallpaper in our shop!
In fact, it exceeds the Category Five Type II commercial serviceability classification for washability/scrubbability (check out our Architectural Specs).
So the friendly characters in this dinosaur themed indoor playground (custom printed for our clients) won’t go extinct before their time.
Selfie Backdrops with Custom Word Wallpaper
Take over social media by storm and propel your kids party venue business to the stars!
Make it easy for families to share your fabulousness by adding your business name, hashtag or logo, making an irresistible selfie backdrop. You can do this to any in-stock wallpaper mural in our shop or even make your own custom wallpaper, like we created for this camping themed birthday party room.
Childrens Wall Murals that are Versatile
Double duty decor! If ONLY your children’s party venue could be booked with birthdays 24/7. Sadly, most parties only happen on the weekends.
That’s why it’s important to choose an indoor playground mural that is versatile. Switch FROM birthday party venue TO room for infant activities, mommy and me classes, date night daycare or even rent out the space to local small businesses in your quiet times.
Our custom printed wallpaper mural does just that in this circus themed room!
Easy Wallpaper for Indoor Play Business
But OMG…how do you get these indoor playground wallpaper murals up on the wall?
Many owners (or their contractors) DIY it with our tutorial videos to walk them through the easy DIY process. We even made you a full YouTube Playlist for Indoor Playgrounds – remember to subscribe!
You can also hire an installer. We’re a full service wallpaper company, so we installed our Farm Wallpaper Mural in this children’s indoor playground business. We travel throughout the greater Hamilton/Toronto areas of Ontario, Canada.
For those further away, find a qualified installer at the Wallcovering Installers Association.
Non-Toxic Wallpaper for Healthy Air Quality
Parents love to support businesses that are considerate of their children’s health. When you purchase one of our indoor playground murals, you can tell parents their kid’s air quality is safe.
Our wallpaper is PVC and vinyl free, formaldehyde free, and chlorine free with no lead or phthalates. In fact, it’s even USGBC LEED compliant for school and healthcare settings (check out our Architectural Specs).
Our custom printed wallpaper, like this beach theme mural, keeps our air, water and earth cleaner.
Free Shipping of Indoor Play Space Murals
Building an indoor play space business takes months and you’re usually behind near the end. Since decorating is the last step, we know the importance of getting your children’s wallpaper murals as quickly as possible!
All of our murals, including our Space City Wallpaper Mural, ships FREE within Canada and the contiguous USA.
They usually arrive in 3-5 business days…as quick as a rocket ship! A space themed indoor playground is a newly trending design idea that we love.
Indoor Playground Design Company
Many owners choose to work with an indoor play area interior design professional, but many decide to do the decorating themselves.
If you have a hard time picturing your finished room or can’t decide which design is best, we offer indoor playground design ideas as a resource (aka design consultations). Our decorating experience has been earned over many years of working with indoor play space businesses.
Book a FREE virtual design consultation -OR- invest in an in-person consultation where we bring our wallpaper books, samples, paint swatches and generally see the layout of your facility.
Branding your Play Area Business with Wallpaper Murals
When putting together your indoor playground business design ideas, keep branding in mind. Themed party rooms are a fun way to solidify your company name.
For example, Party Jungle in New York used our Jungle Wallpaper Mural in keeping with their branding. We have hundreds of kid’s wall murals in our online shop, or you can create a custom wall mural that compliments your business brand.
Collaborate with other Children’s Party Businesses
Turn your children’s birthday party venue mural into a swimmingly perfect backdrop for local party entertainers.
Whether it’s a singing mermaid, magical makeovers with pretty princesses or stories read by superheros, the combo of local entertainment and your perfectly decorated party rooms will have kids begging parents to host their birthday with you!
Compliment the popular birthday themes and backdrops, like our Fish Wallpaper Mural, with banners, paper plates and party hats featuring their fave characters. It’s perfect for an under the sea indoor playground or soft play!
Expensive Looking Birthday Party Venue Mural Wallpaper…That Doesn’t Break the Bank
Staying on budget while you start your own soft play business or indoor playground can be difficult.
YES, our indoor play centre wallpaper murals MAKE the room, AND they will probably be the most affordable purchase you make.
Created from real paintings by Canadian and American artists, like this Princess Castle Wallpaper Mural seen in a unicorn party room, they are scanned at high resolution capturing every brush stroke.
They look like very expensive, hand-painted wall murals that could cost thousands – yet sell for a fraction of the price.
Plus, every artist gets a royalty, so you’re still supporting these local makers.
2. Indoor Imaginative Playground Wallpaper Murals
Here are our favourite play area business ideas to decorate an indoor soft playground, dramatic play center or indoor imaginative playground.
Fire Rated Wallpaper for Dramatic Play Fire Station
If there is a Fire Code in your area, you may have to prove how safe your soft play business is by using fire resistant building materials.
All of our indoor imaginative play wallpaper murals are Class A Fire Rated. We can provide you with the Fire Test if by-law requests it. It reduces how fast fire can spread, allowing your staff, customers and kids more time to evacuate safely.
Firefighter Wallpaper is the perfect backdrop for your fire station dramatic play center…just add a pretend hose, easy to clean hard hats and some dress up clothes.
Vet Dramatic Play Center with Indoor Soft Playground Wallpaper Murals
It’s important to represent all races and cultures at your indoor playroom business, to create an inclusive space. Our cute vet wallpaper is the perfect diversity mural to demonstrate that anyone can be anything.
Just add this indoor play centre wallpaper mural to the wall of your dramatic play vet clinic, along with some stuffed animals, pet carrier bag and a wooden medical centre, and this soft play design is complete!
If you have defined rooms at your indoor children’s playground business, adding a faux finish outside (like our White Brick Wallpaper Mural) makes kids feel like they are actually going in to work. They’ll pretend play veterinarian with the stuffies in the animal hospital for hours.
Bakery Shop Wallpaper with Sumptuous Selections
We offer a sumptuous selection of all dramatic play area wallpaper murals, including these bakery murals, for your kids play space business.
Kids can pretend they run their own shop with our cute street wallpaper as the background, featuring a bakery, toy store, candy store and circus school.
Or be a baker in the pretend bakery with our patisserie wallpaper.
Or make a pretend sweet shop with this delectable candy wallpaper for walls.
Have something else in mind? We’ll help you design your own custom wallpaper for your bakery dramatic play section.
Gender Neutral Wallpaper for your Soft Play Business Start Up
Many parents will appreciate you adding gender neutral wallpaper to your kids indoor playground business.
Designs like our Construction Site Wall Mural teaches children there are no boy or girl jobs.
Just add foam bricks, toy vehicles and costumes to your construction dramatic play area, and all kids will feel equally compelled to pretend play!
Dramatic Play Center Wallpaper Murals MADE AT HOME (USA & Canada)
Proudly made in North America, our dramatic play centre wallpaper murals keep our economy strong.
We source our non-toxic, eco-friendly paper from the USA and print the murals in Canada.
We support Canadian and American artists by giving them a royalty for every wall mural sold using their design.
Lastly, your carbon footprint is much less when buying local, rather than overseas.
Set up your house dramatic play area with our playhouse mural, a children’s kitchen table, play stove and dolls and they’ll happily use their imaginations for hours!
Durable Wallpaper for Indoor Imaginative Race Track Playground
Our indoor play area wallpaper murals are all scratch resistant, durable and scrubbable, so it’s perfect to use in high traffic areas like your pretend race track or dramatic play auto shop.
Pair peddling cars to our race track wall mural or toy cars and a costume to our car shop wallpaper mural, and never stress about damage to your business’ indoor playground!
Recyclable Wallpaper Shows That Your Indoor Play Business Cares
Set yourself apart from your competition by showing how environmentally responsible your business is. Unlike vinyl peel and stick, our FSC certified wallpaper is 100% recyclable.
Make sure to separate your scraps during installation to show families you care about your community!
Speaking of green, our treehouse wallpaper mural is simply adorable in this dramatic play garden with its pretend grill and lawn mower toy.
Play Grocery Store with Market Murals
There are many ways to decorate a play grocery store at your indoor playground startup.
One design that kids love is our Market Mural, because so much of the artwork is at eye level. They’ll make friends with the little girl and her cat and will enjoy pointing out all the fruit and vegetables.
It’s a great way to teach children about healthy food in your pretend supermarket.
Another more organic feeling design for your children’s grocery store is our Barnwood Wallpaper, which is super realistic looking.
Pair either of the grocery store murals with children’s shopping carts and a play grocery store checkout for the perfect imaginative play area!
Pretend Hair Salon: Indoor Play Area Design Idea
Another indoor play area design idea is to set up an area for beauty salon dramatic play.
Our cute Hair Salon Wallpaper is the perfect backdrop to a hair braiding doll and hairdresser toys.
Just remember to keep the accessories large enough so they’re not a choking hazard if you are catering your indoor play business to young children.
3. Indoor Playground Wallpaper Murals
Looking for indoor playground design ideas? Look no further! Starting a play centre business can feel overwhelming, but here are some design ideas to take a load off!
Jungle Theme Indoor Playground
Using indoor playground wallpaper murals in your indoor play area design is a no brainer. They add so much colour – the kids go wild for them!
Our ever popular animal mural is perfect for a jungle theme indoor playground or a jungle party room.
Hang them behind slides, ball pits, birthday party tables or your entrance.
4. Starting a Play Cafe Business
Here are some play cafe ideas when starting a play cafe business.
Play Cafe Murals
Parents need a break, but it’s not always easy to get! Whether it’s a date between parents or a chat with girlfriends, you can be their go-to play cafe to make it happen.
Sell freshly brewed coffee and desserts (tip: also offer free wi-fi) and let the kids have some safe, independent play time in a secure space.
Design the space so parents can always see what the kiddos are up to – blind spots are never good!
Decorate your indoor playground coffee shop with our sweet play cafe mural featuring adorable tea pots, coffee cups and pastries.
Or if you’d like to keep the theme with the rest of your indoor imaginative playground wall murals, like this cute tree mural, the sky is the limit!
Remember to add comfy couches or sturdy table and chairs to your indoor play cafe.
5. Indoor Play Village with Realistic Brick Wallpaper
One authentic way to make kids really feel like they’re going to work in their own little indoor play village, is by using our brick wallpaper and turning hallways into town streets.
All of our stone and brick wallpaper is created from super high resolution photos, taken by a Canadian photographer, using a unique process that captures all the gritty mortar and aged stone. It is the most realistic design on the market.
6. Painted Children’s Murals
Although this blog post is supposed to be about wallpaper, if you’re opening an indoor playground business in Ontario (Canada), you may also be interested in our painted children’s murals as a unique piece of wall decor.
Indoor Playground Logo: Logo Painting on Wall
Our owner, Adrienne, began creating hand painted children’s murals way back in 2005. Over time, she was asked to paint business murals and do logo painting on walls for retail shops, gyms, coffee shops and indoor playgrounds throughout the Greater Hamilton-Toronto areas of Ontario, Canada.
Her painted murals have appeared on Cityline, HGTV, The DIY Network, CTV Life and on billboards throughout Ontario for Bullfrog Insurance.
Hand Painted Children’s Wall Murals
When creating a hand painted children’s wall mural for an indoor playground business, Adrienne only uses durable, washable, no VOC latex paint that will last for as long as your business.
The design possibilities are endless, but she’ll walk you through the process, and help you choose the best possible ideas and colours.
You’ll receive something truly unique that no other dramatic play centre has!
