Be a 'deer and check out my Christmas bulletin window!

It's Christmas time at the library and I've once again been inspired by Pinterest. More specifically this pin. Here is my version with a description of what I did below.

I cut out the reindeers using a template of my own. I made the signs in publisher using a wood grain pattern for the background to give it that wooden plaque look. We don't have butcher paper here but we do have a ton of cardstock and poster boards. I put two white poster boards together and then glued red card stock on top to give a barn door effect. The green paper is wrapping paper I got on clearance fgrom Target a couple years back. I love it because it just has squiggly designs on it and I can use it year round! I printed out pictures of different reindeer themed books we have available and posted those randomly on the board. I am quite pleased with how it turned out and am so glad I found a great inspiration piece!

Halloween Bulletin Window

My sanctioned area to decorate in the library as the newbie is the children's workroom window. I had a lot of fun putting up my first display and was definitely ready for more creativity.

I had previously purchased the monsters peeking through the window from target with other halloween items that were on clearance. They were too big for my windows at home but perfect for the library! With a little bit of scary green garland and some cut out letters stating "Scare up a good BOOK!" I wasin business. I cut out some pumpkins for the bottom to display different halloween books we had available and added some bats from a discarded bulletin border to add a little something extra. I bet the monsters peeking could be replicated using butcher paper and poster board if you aren't able to find something close to these.

Bulletin Board Numero Uno

 

I admit it. I'm ADDICTED to pinterest. It's where I found the idea for my first bulletin board (Technically, two windows but hey i'll take what I get!). I made a few slight changes such as the birds are cutout of index pages from atlas that was to be thrown out, the flying bird has a banner hanging from his mouth that says "Fly away with a good book!", and I used wrapping paper from the dollar store as the sky.

The original creation can be seen here.

Here is a close up of the birds I captured with my phone: