Bookfair coming up!
Cuckoo!
I feel like a queen!
I feel I belong in that golden throne today!
I want to give my friend and myself a clap on our shoulders...
For several days me and my friend have been decorating the bulletin board and the "nook" at middle school for the upcoming book fair.
The theme was "enter the Kingdom of books"!
A lot of brainstorming, a lot of hard work and a lot of laughing.
I think that was the recipe to make everything come together. ( maybe a generous budget helped too)
We knew we wanted a castle, a drawbridge, knights and a throne to make it inviting for the kids and that feeling needed to be expressed already down in the foyer where the bulletin board is greeting you when entering the school.
Especially the chains got the kids going:)
So many questions and excited comments about what and when the book fair is coming up.
Up in the gym then we had ordered a "castle" a la Ikea style i.e in a flat package and for us to assemble.
That caused several guys to scratch their head including the decorating team and the maintenance at school.
Unbelieveably difficult to read that manual ...
But we made it!!!
With that invaluable help from the maintenance guys our castle entrance was ready to rock:)
Within the budget we had for our project we bought a tent so we would have a frame. Ordered the castle entrance online and went to a prop store for a throne and a knight.
Everything else we bought at costco, ikea or just brought from home.
I think it all came together more or less as we had in mind...
The plan was to create a little area ,with the theme of this year, for the kids to sit and read and enjoy the magical world the books offer...
So while we were creating this Kingdom the rest of the gym was transformed into a sea of books.
On bookshelves along the walls and on tables and bookstands ,books for all ages, all interests and all levels were piled up.
And for some of the books the authors will show up and talk about his or her book and maybe sign a copy or two:)
A tips for Santa maybe...
The "queens of decoration" with aching backs but big smiles happy that their little project was so well received.
Let us just hope now it will be a busy couples of days in the Kingdom of books:)
This is probably the closest I get to sit on a throne so better take the opportunity...
All the blurry pictures are what comes out when the photographer is laughing the whole time:)
A good friend, good fun and a good cause!
A perfect week so far:)
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Annika
Gud så fint! Blir man inte inspirerad i den miljön så......
Vilket jobb ni har gjort. Hoppas det blir mycket spännande läsning
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Maria Lacik
mamma
så härligt inspirerande och lustfyllt.Måste locka åtskilliga att börja läsa om de inte redan gjort det.Ett jättefång med rosor till dig och den andra inspiratören
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Maria Lacik
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