Animal Aviators Hot Air Balloon Wallpaper

This hot air balloon wallpaper floats a whole crew of animal aviators across a soft blue sky. Bears, mice, rabbits, a fox, a badger and a barn owl take to the air in balloons, airships, paper planes and kites, between drifting clouds and strings of bunting.

A hot air balloon wallpaper with a crew

A bear in flying goggles leans out of a striped balloon basket. Two mice share a balloon made from an acorn. A fox pilots a patchwork airship, two rabbits ride a paper plane, and a badger hangs on to a kite with a long ribbon tail.

Above them a barn owl carries a rolled map, as if the whole expedition has a plan. Dotted flight paths, small feathers and cloth parcels trail between them, so the sky feels busy with a story rather than simply decorated.

What you will find in the pattern

The aircraft are drawn as if stitched from scraps: patched silk balloons, wooden gondolas, rope rigging and little bunting flags. Nothing is shiny or mechanical, which keeps the whole design gentle enough for a nursery.

Soft clouds fill the background and small golden birds fly between them. Ballooning has looked like this in children’s books ever since the Montgolfier brothers first sent a balloon up in 1783, and the design leans happily on that memory.

Where this hot air balloon wallpaper works best

It is made for nurseries, kids’ rooms and playrooms, and it is a classic choice for the wall behind a crib, where a baby will spend a lot of time looking up.

Because the sky is pale and the motifs are spaced out, it keeps a small room feeling bright and open rather than closed in, so it works on all four walls as easily as on one.

It also suits a playroom, a nook under the stairs or a sloped attic ceiling, where the flying theme makes sense of an awkward shape.

Colours and scale

The palette of this hot air balloon wallpaper is dusty blue with cream, terracotta, sage and warm gold, so it sits easily with natural wood, rattan and white bedding, and it is gender-neutral by design.

The balloons are drawn at a generous size, large enough for a toddler to point at from the bed, while the birds, feathers and flight paths keep the space between them interesting.

How to style it

Styling a hot air balloon wallpaper is mostly about restraint. Keep the furniture simple: light oak, woven baskets and plain linen let the sky do the work. A real bunting or a mobile picks up the theme without crowding it.

For accents, pull a colour straight out of the pattern: the terracotta of the balloons, the sage of the airship or the gold of the acorn.

Kids’ rooms change more often than any other room in the house, which is why peel and stick is the usual choice here. It comes away cleanly when the room grows up, and both materials print the same colours and are PVC-free.

Peel & Stick

Our Peel & Stick wallpaper is printed on a 340 g/m² heavyweight polyester textile with a built-in self-adhesive backing — no paste, no mess. It goes up easily, repositions without damage, and comes down cleanly whenever you’re ready for a change. PVC-free, B1/M1 fire rated, and safe for nurseries. Perfect for renters, first-time installers, or anyone who loves refreshing their space without long-term commitment.

Traditional

Our Premium Traditional wallpaper is printed on a 175 g/m² non-woven paper with a semi-glossy finish, applied with standard wallpaper paste directly to the wall. The result is a seamless, professionally installed look built to last 10+ years. PVC-free and B1 fire rated. Ideal for permanent installations, high-traffic areas, and anyone looking for a refined, long-term result.

Sizes, samples and installation

Every design is printed to order in 24-inch-wide panels, in heights from 76 to 124 inches, and ships in 2–5 business days with free shipping to the US and EU.

Not sure how many panels of this hot air balloon wallpaper you need? Our measuring guide walks you through it, and our material comparison guide explains peel and stick versus traditional.

Colour on screen is never exact, so before papering a whole room we recommend ordering a sample of this hot air balloon wallpaper: choose the 7×7″ or 24×24″ sample in the Size menu above.

More designs like this

If this hot air balloon wallpaper is not quite the one, there is plenty more in the same spirit. For another wall full of animals with somewhere to be, see our Underground Animal Burrows wallpaper, or browse the full Kids & Nursery collection and the Whimsical & Animals collection.