Owl stuff for boys?

JohannaD22

I am loving owls right now and would love to make that the theme for the nursery. Unfortunately, everywhere I look I find owl stuff for girls. Has anyone had any luck in this department?

momof5sept18

Im making my own decorations cause I'm doing Owls as well.

MrsCase1

I got some owl bedding for my son. It is creme, brown, lime-ish green, burnt orange and a soft blue. I adore it. The owls have a vintage look to them so I totally think owls are fine for boys!

owlcup

Im sure you could find custom owl stuff on Etsy.

justme04

That's how I felt when I wanted to do monkeys for DS1 nearly 5 years ago. I ended up going to the fabric store and making a lot of think myself and compromised with some jungle themed items. Because only monkeys were available only for girls. Lol. Try etsy. I've seen a lot of owl themed boy things on etsy.

bebemac

Have you checked Pinterest? I searched for "owl nursery boy" and there was lots of stuff, even a few boards! I love this: https://projectnursery.com/projects/baby-hoots-nursery/.

JohannaD22

Thank you everyone! I've checked etsy and pinterest before but I'll definitely take another look. I was just browsing then.

Laurelyn2012

This is one of my favourite nurseries and it is an owl themed boy nursery. https://projectnursery.com/projects/carters-owl-nursery/

nunzchucks

Try Carousel Designs - https://www.babybedding.com They've got two perfect ones. Retro Owls and Mist and Grey Owls.

bebemac

There is some cute stuff here, too. It's a bit pricey though. https://www.dwellstudio.com/Owls-C1784631.html

JohannaD22

@laurelyn2012 I actually pinned that one a bit ago!

JohannaD22

I just wish more stores had boy owl stuff so I wouldn't have to use the internet and wait for it to get here.

JohannaD22

Thank you so much! This makes me feel better that I didn't pick a theme I was going to have to change.

bebemac

@JohannaD22 I find that it's often cheaper to buy online if you can find coupon codes or shop through cash back sites. The wait is rough sometimes, not gonna lie!

bebemac

LilNunz1 said:

Try Carousel Designs - https://www.babybedding.com They've got two perfect ones. Retro Owls and Mist and Grey Owls.

I LOVE the mist and grey owls - so cute!

JohannaD22

@bebemac Me too! I should mention that I absolutely love grey right now too! It's perfect!

Shineoncrazy

One of my STM friends advised that I look for stuff on Etsy! There are tons of cute things when you search "owl nursery" and many of the sellers will customize colors, etc. for you. 

nunzchucks

bebemac said:

LilNunz1 said:

Try Carousel Designs - https://www.babybedding.com They've got two perfect ones. Retro Owls and Mist and Grey Owls.

I LOVE the mist and grey owls - so cute!

I love Carousel Designs. They have some of the cutest stuff I've seen! We did DD's bedroom in the pink and taupe damask.

ElTrain5

Try "treetop friends" by skip hop. Babies r us or buy buy baby.

chloekallisti

I've also been hunting for some gender neutral (I pretty much hate pink) owl and deer themed nursery stuff. Etsy definitely has some good stuff and spoonflower has a TONNE of owl designs if you're into getting fabric to do your own thing with... I even noticed they have some 'cheater' quilts with owls available.

ETA: https://www.spoonflower.com/shop?type=fabric&view=designs&shop=fabric&q=Owl&x=-565&y=-8

wtfisup

I'd be careful. My friend decorated her kid's nursery in owls and he turned out RILLY GAY! 

(note: not true)

I mean, that's the worst that can happen from using a nursery theme that might have another gender association, right? Except that's actually not at all possible. You can decorate his nursery in whatever you want. There are zero side effects to boys and owls decor. 

lellymine

Try Amazon too. Plus my Hobby Lobby has the cutest owl decorations right now that are in greens and browns!

Luna C

I just saw a bunch of owl stuff at BRU -- some of it was more neutral than "boy," but there was plenty with blue trim. 

I think it was Koala brand mostly. 

Edit: just checked-- it was just born brand.

ElTrain5

Target has a line that looks just like treetop friends as well.

this1life

I love Owl stuff too for my boy. I actually received a beautiful owl gauze baby blanket from an ETSY shop just the other day. The seller is sold out of the owl print now for the blanket, but I'm attaching the link of the print in general. Her stuff is amazing and she takes special orders if you wanted an owl blanket of your own.

Sorry if the links aren't clicky, my Mac is moody and defiant.

https://www.etsy.com/listing/168804460/owl-gauze-face-towel?ref=shop_home_active_5

Here are the blankets... She has rabbit and flower prints. I'm obsessed.I want to swaddle myself in one until winter ends.

https://www.etsy.com/shop/PataPri?section_id=5140512&ref=shopsection_leftnav_2

JohannaD22

Thank you everyone! I was just at BRU and was really excited to see more owl stuff for boys. I've also been scouring the internet for things too. My husband doesn't like how obsessed I am about them because he says it's for our son not me.

LaurelJoy91

chloekallisti said: I've also been hunting for some gender neutral (I pretty much hate pink) owl and deer themed nursery stuff. Etsy definitely has some good stuff and spoonflower has a TONNE of owl designs if you're into getting fabric to do your own thing with... I even noticed they have some 'cheater' quilts with owls available. ETA: https://www.spoonflower.com/shop?type=fabric&view=designs&shop=fabric&q=Owl&x=-565&y=-8
Ohemgee, this is so cute:  https://www.spoonflower.com/fabric/745806 just look at the sloth hugging that owl.

Also, regarding what @wtfisup said about gender associations, I'm hoping to decorate my nursery in a moon/star/night sky theme. That means there will be a lot of dark/navy blue going around, something that is typically associated with boys, and yet I'm having a girl. I don't care. I love my theme. I've never thought of owls as being girly. They're an animal. Animals come in both sexes. I mean, technically all owls have cloacae (autocorrect tells me that's the proper plural of cloaca?) but still...

ETA: quote failing today apparently...

katiebartton

ElTrain5 said:

Try "treetop friends" by skip hop. Babies r us or buy buy baby.

I love these we aren't doing a "theme" for our boy but the sheets and mobile are on our registry. Very cute in person

chloekallisti

LaurelJoy91 said:

chloekallisti said:

I've also been hunting for some gender neutral (I pretty much hate pink) owl and deer themed nursery stuff. Etsy definitely has some good stuff and spoonflower has a TONNE of owl designs if you're into getting fabric to do your own thing with... I even noticed they have some 'cheater' quilts with owls available.

ETA: https://www.spoonflower.com/shop?type=fabric&view=designs&shop=fabric&q=Owl&x=-565&y=-8

Ohemgee, this is so cute: 
https://www.spoonflower.com/fabric/745806 just look at the sloth hugging that owl.

Also, regarding what @wtfisup said about gender associations, I'm hoping to decorate my nursery in a moon/star/night sky theme. That means there will be a lot of dark/navy blue going around, something that is typically associated with boys, and yet I'm having a girl. I don't care. I love my theme. I've never thought of owls as being girly. They're an animal. Animals come in both sexes. I mean, technically all owls have cloacae (autocorrect tells me that's the proper plural of cloaca?) but still...

ETA: quote failing today apparently...

So adorable! Sloths and owls, nature's cutest creatures, together at last! TBH, I've been spending (wasting... tomato, tomahto) an obscene amount of time on spoonflower the past few days...