Wallpaper and Wallcoverings - Make my own border?

I am trying to decorate the nursery for my new baby. I would like to put the animals that are on the crib bedding set onto to the walls. I can scan the animals into the computer and print them but how do I put them on the walls. I am only looking to do a border of about 6 animals on each side of a window.

Any ideas what type of glue and paper to use would be very helpful.

Thanks,
Sarah

I seriously don't have a clue how to go about this. My best guess would be to print the design on the very best (heaviest) photo paper you can find. If I remember correctly paper goes by pounds/ream, so pick the one that has highest weight. The HP paper I have is labled "photo weight", while the Epson photo paper I have is labled 52lb/ream. I would at least go with the glossy photo papers as opposed to the non-glossy "photo ready" papers. I would attempt to put up the picture with clay based adhesive. This adhesive is the "driest" of the adhesives and in theory, should produce the least amount of paper crinkling. You may want to experiment with adhesive on a blank piece of this paper though. Clay wallpaper paste can be purchased at wallpaper stores. You might be able to get away with other adhesives as well, such as thinned out Elmer's glue or spray adhesive. Getting any amount of adhesive on the front, I assume, will ruin the photo so be extra careful.

Another alternative is to print them on stencil material and make your own stencils. I've never done this - I don't have the patience to cut out the stencils.

Or perhaps you could print them out on the heavy premium paper and make a decopauge (spelling?) on 1/4 inch plywood. Then hang the panels by the windows.

Thank you for all your ideas.

I had another idea how to make my own border. What if I got some white liner wallpaper and cut it into pieces that would fit into my printer. Then print the animals onto the liner, cut them out and then stick them to the wall.

What do you think? What type of liner paper or white wallpaper do you think would be best?

Thanks Again,
Sarah

White wallpaper? No. 99% of wallpaper is coated and the ink would smear.

Liner? Maybe. I happen to have both liner paper and bridging material on hand. Don't let my silliness get out, but I printed something for you to see the results. This is with black ink text, but it was more of a test to see if the inks bled or not, which was my main concern.

http://members.cox.net/rschunck/paper.jpg

My observations:
The liner is on the tan side.
The non woven is slightly see through and the ink is less noticeable.
The non woven is slightly thicker and I would guess, better to stick on the wall.

This was done on my Epson 700 printer with no problem so thickness, depending on your printer, shouldn't be an issue. If I were doing it, I would print it out and let dry a full day. Then go over the work with an iron set on its lightest setting to "set" the ink. Then use a full strength wallpaper adhesive to apply. My only fear is some reaction or bleeding of the inks through the paper.

The liner and non woven used in this totally unscientific test were from Cavalier Prints. You can order it online at www.wallliner.com or call 800 221 5798. Liner is like $22 and the non woven is $8, both without shipping. If you are only doing a few of these, you will have more than enough. If they turn out great, print out some more and they would make super presents or gifts. Let me know how this turns out though, I am interested to see how the finished product looks. :D