Hi all,
Here are the responses I received. I will be using a combination of
ideas. Thanks all.
I just purchased a die cut of an open book from the company Accucut.
It was $30 and can be used in a number of ways. I intend to make
several and post students' photos on it. I'm not sure if I will award
stars, etc. for certain genres read or ???. The die cuts can be
decorated any way you see fit. The size I bought is 5" across, but
they have a larger one for a little more $. I got it within a week of
ordering from the company. I think it has a lot of potential for
decorating.
Christine Stanley
librarian @ Flour Bluff Intermediate School
cmstanley@grandecom.net
Option 1 - If you have double doors that open--Can you get some
large sheets (or a roll) of butcher paper or newsprint wide enough to
cover each door? Staple a few of the sheets together (long enough to
cover each door top to bottom). Trim the top sheets of each bundle
in a curve to resemble pages of an open book, trim the side that will
be next to the hinges so the door looks like the inside of the cover
of an open book. Now glue all edges, eaxcept the stapled edges. Now
tape each bundle over a door- lining up the stapled edges - if you
can, and it won't interfere with locking the doors, curve the stapled
edge around the door edge. so when the door is closed it looks like
an open book. Attach letters to each door- "WELCOME TO THE WORLD OF
BOOKS" - or your library's name.
Option 2 -- If you have a single door :Cover the door to look like
the cover of a book with dark paper. For the title of the book use
your library's name.
Toni Koontz
Librarian
St. Charles Preparatory
Columbus, Ohio
home: fussbgt@sbcglobal.net
school: akoontz@cdeducation.org
I had a flash of a thought:
It's easy enough to make the standard outline frame of a book on the
outside wall around the door, but how would you make the pages with
text, yet still be able to get in and out?
How about enlarging a page of text to fit the door (my library
actually has two doors, so one could be the left page, and the other
the right page, with the door divider being the gutter). BUT instead
of leaving the text page as is, slice it vertically to within a few
inches of the top of the door, and it will hang straight but with
allow passage through the door, sort of like beads or crepe paper
hanging down.
To enlarge the page, you may need to either hand write it, or perhaps
Kinko's can do some magic for you. They can enlarge things to a very
big size, then even if it wasn't quite large enough, you could mount
what you do have onto bulletin board paper, and then slice it bottom
to top, stopping about 4 - 6 inches from the top. It would really
last much longer if it were on fabric, too. Hmmmmmm. . .
That's a fun idea --- I may even try it myself! Please post a hit for
all of us curiosity seekers.
Liz
Sarah Mitchell
Library Media Specialist
sjmitchell@frontiernet.net
Ellenville Elementary School
Ellenville, NY
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