Baby Nursery and Kids Room Decor with Antique Advertising Tins

Decorating baby rooms and kids rooms with juvenile charm as well as coziness can be a challenge. By using vintage items, however, you can create rooms with unusual character. Here are ideas for decorating a nursery or child's room with antique advertising tins.

Collectible Advertising Tins
Like today, companies of the past used tin containers to hold their wares. Attractive tins from the 1960s and before are considered collectible and can be found for sale at online auctions under advertising sections of their collectibles categories. They are also available at websites selling antiques and at local shops.

Types of Advertising Tins
An enormous variety of decorative advertising tins have been produced in the past, some with juvenile themes. All kinds of shapes and sizes were made including tall, short, miniature, cylindrical, round, square, and figural. Collectible tins with children's themes from the 1960s back to the late 1800s featured colorful detailed designs such as nursery rhymes, fairy tales, and childhood pastimes. Some special advertising tins were shaped like toys or kid-related characters.

Vintage tins often held edibles. Common types of containers decorated with juvenile themes include biscuit tins, candy tins, chocolate tins, tea tins, dried milk tins, etc. Other types held children's small toys or craft materials such as tins for watercolor paints, jumping jacks, sewing items etc. Some originally contained baby and children's toiletries such as talcum powder or tooth powder.

Prices of Advertising Tins
Old decorative tins are available for sale ranging from a few dollars for a common item to thousands of dollars for rare pieces. For instance, a 1960s round biscuit tin decorated with a child's picnic scene might sell for $40 while an early 1900s tin featuring Noah's Ark and animals might cost more. Figural tins in general cost more, with toy-shaped advertising tins being the highest priced.