Boy'S Room Foam Wall Display With Vinyl

Last summer I posted on my blog, I’m Not a Trophy Wife, how I turned foam mat squares, often used beneath exercise equipment, into a wall display for my son’s room. My goal was to add stickers and vinyl incorporating my son’s interests. So when I saw the fluorescent vinyl online at Expressions Vinyl, I was ready to create some great vinyl for his board!

My son is a competitive tennis player so I focused on words related to tennis! I started with a couple of general tennis terms. On my Silhouette Studio, I used several fonts, but my 2 new favorites are Bodoni and Bernard Mt. Condensed. I increased the paper thickness setting to 20 (I usually set the thickness around 15). I’m not sure if the increase in thickness was because of the vinyl or if it is time for me to get new blades!

I realized half way into this project I had a lot of space to cover, so using the fluorescent vinyl scraps I created some tennis ball shapes and simple geometric lines! My son actually loves it too! How often does that happen?