I change my wall displays four times a year. I have a long section above the children's audio/visual shelving that is around forty inches high, so my main pieces usually measure 30 inches high and up to 40 inches wide. I make five to seven pieces. I tend to have the pieces facing left toward the picture book area, with one piece looking the other way for visual interest. I get my ideas from (copyright-free) clipart and children's books. We have an old fashioned overhead projector to enlarge my drawings. Our main branch downtown has a photocopier that can make transparencies, but I've found it faster and easier to just trace or draw on the transparency sheet. Here are my polar bears for this winter. I had to add a different head to the skating bear to get them to be more uniform and added ear muffs and a scarf to the sledding bear. The snowflakes were made by staff over the years.
My other wall space goes from ceiling to floor but I try to keep everything above book shelf height. The kids sledding are from previous year. I find that every winter display looks better with snowflakes.
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