Bulletin Board - Spring - Bunnies

Time to change the bulletin boards for another season.  I made some big ( 30 inches high and 40 inches wide) bunnies ala Nancy Tafuri and added some freehand carrots.  I threw in a few purple carrots as well as orange ones.

For my super large wall, I used a couple of drawings from Bunnies Picnic by Lezli Evans, the illustrations are by Kay Chorao.  I had to add books for the bunnies to be reading.

Now I am set until Summer Reading!

Wall Displays - Polar Bears

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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