Library decorations for christmas

School library book stacking display for Rudolph, Santa, snowman, the Grinch, Christmas tree, and Hanukkah. These are such cute decorations for the library around the holidays!

Snowman Book Sculpture: Creating your own snowman book sculpture is an easy way to get into the winter spirit! This display is perfect for libraries, classrooms, stores, you name it! Everyone loves these little guys!

Woops! I started this post months ago, and didn't realize I never posted it! We went all out for the holidays this year in the FS...

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I reused my American Girl library cards and books as ornaments for the mini tree on the desk in the Children's Room. Rudolph the Red-nosed Bookshelf (cardboard antlers; the rest is construction paper) My co-worker and I tried to just free-hand one of those trendy book trees and it flopped. About three times in a row. Here's what we learned: put a tripod on the table and stack books around it; works like a charm.

November book display

This week, students have been designing their own Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade balloons after learning more about the origin of the parade! Our journey began with the artistically illustrated Caldecott Honor book entitled Balloons Over Broadway, The True Story of the Puppeteer of Macy's Parade by Melissa Sweet. In her book, Ms. Sweet shares the true story of Tony Sarg, the inventor of the huge balloons that we have come to expect each year in the parade! Students were fascinated to learn…

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