Summer Reading Displays, Take 2!

We have been working on all kinds ideas this summer at the library! New this month is our summer display, "Wouldn't it be nice to find a new read?" a twist on the Beach Boys tune. It's like "Blind Date with a Book" that we run in February, just with a summery twist.

Paper Crush, an awesome blog/store/idea mecca stole our hearts with this popsicle banner! Get yours here. We printed ours on cardstock and then used some kind of ribbon to hang it. Our lovely PR lady made the signs

We wrapped the books using paper gift/treat bags, folding the top, and adding curling ribbon, finished off with cute printable tags and glued on decorations.

You can get the decorations here
The label border came from here
"I Love Summer" tags came from here
"Happy Summer" watermelon tags from here
"Hello Summer" tags from here

You can find more ideas for displays and crafts on our Pinterest board, Library Programs, or on my board Library 101. I have more printables here.

Thanks for stopping by!

Summer Reading Displays

I am so excited about the 2015 Summer Reading Program this year! I don't know if I'll get any reading done, but I do want to show you all the displays I did. The theme for the adults was "Escape the Ordinary." Our programming librarian Amy and I used Pinterest a lot in our planning. Check out my board here.

Here's how I made the display:

1. The first thing we did was to move the shelves down. They were super dusty and I cleaned them all before I rearranged. 
2. Then we took large pieces of foam board and spray mounted blue paper onto them to be our night sky. You should have seen me crawling around on the floor doing this LOL!
3. Then we printed off the skyline featured on this site, which we then cut out and spray mounted to the blue background. It looked super classy!
4. After doing that we printed out the graphics that were given to us by CSL. We also used some we found on Pinterest.

I also printed off this lovely Batman printable and made the darling sign above. I saved it as an image and then printed as a 3X5. It has been a hit!

The different sheets on the shelves and in holders are sheets with trivia and a tic-tac-toe board to fill out for chances to win prizes. These came with our summer reading package, but you can find others on my Pinterest page or make up your own.

We have put up a variety of hero books, from superheros to every day heroes. We also used CDs and DVDs in our display. If you look closely you can see Batman, Rocky, Lord of the Rings, Watchman, and Star Wars. We used war heroes, animal heroes, and others as well.

Thanks for checking out the displays, now go read some books!

May Book Displays

This month I got my first chance to do displays at the library where I work!

Amy, our librarian, and I chose to do a Western literature display, as well as a theme called "Summer Dreamin'". I was maybe a bit too excited to get started lol

Check out the Western display here
- We are using an array of western themed literature: short stories, novels, romance, adventure, etc.

To get the cute bandana banner we used go here and print on cardstock. Finish with twine and tape. Easy! We made a "Wanted" sign after I took this picture using this file from ScrapNTeach's Teachers Pay Teacher's account, and changed it to feature Shakespurr, our library mascot.

Check out the Summer Dreamin' display here
- We are using a broad range of books in both fiction and non-fiction to get people inspired and excited for summer: gardening, crafting, DIY, beach reads, landscaping, outdoor decor, grilling, etc. We chose bright and colorful books to catch people's eye.

You can get the printable citrus slices here, just print on cardstock, cut, and tape them up!
Check out more ideas on our Pinterest board Library Programs and even more here

We had fun doing the display and hope you enjoyed the inspiration!

If you're looking for inspiration on what to read or new music to check out, you should jump over to my friend Rachael's blog Taylor&Kensington. She had great YouTube videos of reviews and more!