Mention stencils and many of us have 1980’s ‘country’ kitchen flashbacks complete with stipple painted geese (adorned with steel blue bows) being chased around the ceiling line by tendrils of forest green ivy. Well Brooklyn based graphic designer Ed Roth has turned this home craft on its head with his line of graffiti stencils with motifs ranging from 70’s turntables to 80’s joysticks stencils.

Knowing allot of little guys that are transportation crazy, Stencil1’s selection of planes, cars and semis would make a great runway or freeway out of a bedroom wall. Get Junior involved in choosing images and paint colors, giving him some ownership in his room. And these pre-cut mylar stencils are reusable, allowing you to create continually changing traffic patterns - and did I mention your application need not be limited to the walls? Ed has video on his site of Martha Stewart and Cynthia Nixon stenciling spooky images on tshirts. Depending on the stencil size prices range from $10.50 to $120.

Stencil1’s obviously tongue-in-cheek directions crack me up.

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