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Safari and Animal Nursery Wallpaper

Animals are the theme toddlers ask for first, and the one that gives a nursery wall the most to talk about. This page gathers our animal designs for a baby's or kids' room, from a pastel safari to an animal alphabet. Every design is peel-and-stick, so there's no paste and no water. You press the panels onto a smooth painted wall and peel them off when the room moves on.

What's in the collection

Multicolor Safari Animals is the safari print: pastel lions, giraffes, crocodiles and other safari animals repeating on white. It is the most colorful design here and the one with the most to point at and name. Animal Alphabet pairs a pastel animal alphabet with soft green accents, so the same wall works for a nursery and later for learning letters.

Two designs take the animal idea somewhere else. Ocean Life has watercolor fish and sea plants in easy blues and greens, a calmer option if the rest of the room is already busy. Pastel Seamless Dinosaur shows soft watercolor dinosaurs and hatchlings drifting among clouds in gentle pastels, for a child who already has a favorite dinosaur.

Choosing for your nursery

A few things narrow it down quickly:

  • How much color the room can take. Multicolor Safari Animals and Animal Alphabet bring the most color. Ocean Life and Pastel Seamless Dinosaur keep to softer blues, greens and pastels.
  • How long it needs to last. An animal alphabet still makes sense in a playroom or homework corner. A safari or dinosaur wall suits the toddler and preschool years.
  • One wall, not four. A busy animal print works best on the wall behind the crib or bed, with plain paint elsewhere.

For dinosaurs and ocean life by age, see our dinosaur and space guide. Bunnies and woodland animals have their own page.

Sizing and price

Every design comes in 30-inch-wide panels in nine heights, priced from $90 to $180 per panel. Measure floor to ceiling, add 4 inches for trim and choose the shortest height that covers it, then divide the wall width by 30 and round up. A 10-foot-wide wall on an 8-foot ceiling takes four 108-inch panels at $120 each, $480 before tax.

Start with a $15 sample

Pastels shift with the light, and the scale of a giraffe or a fish is hard to judge on a screen. Order a $15 sample of each design you're considering, tape it up next to the crib, and look at it in morning light and by the lamp you'll use at night. It also lets you test how the adhesive behaves on your paint before you commit to a full wall.

When they outgrow it

When your child is ready for something new, peel the panels off slowly from a top corner at a low angle. We haven't published our own removal tests yet, so test a sample on your paint before you commit to a full wall.

Questions

Which safari or animal wallpaper suits a newborn?

Ocean Life and Pastel Seamless Dinosaur are the softest designs here, in gentle blues, greens and pastels. Multicolor Safari Animals and Animal Alphabet bring more color and suit a room you want to feel lively from day one.

Is there a safari wallpaper that lasts past the toddler years?

Animal Alphabet tends to last longest, because letters still make sense in a playroom or homework corner. If you choose Multicolor Safari Animals for the nursery, peel-and-stick lets you change the wall later without paste to strip.

How many panels do I need for a nursery accent wall?

Divide the wall width in inches by the 30-inch panel width and round up. A 10-foot-wide wall on an 8-foot ceiling takes four 108-inch panels, $480 before tax for these designs.

Will it come off when we move?

The panels peel off rather than being stripped, but we haven't completed our own removal tests yet, so we don't promise how they come off a particular wall. Test a $15 sample on your paint and check your lease before papering a full wall.

How long does shipping take?

Shipping is free everywhere in the US. Every panel is printed to order, which takes 1-2 business days, and typical door-to-door time is about one week. You'll get a tracking link by email as soon as your order ships.

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