IDEAS Try these fun activities and decorating celebrate reading with our new theme! Themes give Book Fairs an original, inspired feel each season and they increase student involvement.
Ignite excitement around reading Celebrate and enjoy some over-the-top fun with the Terms 1 and 2 theme Monster Book Fair: Reading is So Much Fun, You ll Get Goosebumps! Create instant Book Fair interest by building pretend doorways at the entrance to your Fair. Make them bold and colourful with reading messages. Add even more intrigue with a KEEP OUT sign. Great idea! READ MONSTER FOOD Serve monster-themed snacks at a family event. Students and volunteers can turn tissue boxes, drink containers and paper rolls into creatures to decorate the Fair. LEAVE AN IMPRESSION Cut out colourful Monster Footprints to lead shoppers to the Fair. Insert head here MONSTER CUT-OUTS Create big-mouthed beasts and paint in bright colours. Use as standup props and for photo opportunities. Visit the Scholastic Australia Pinterest page for more Book Fair decorating ideas! For instructions on how to make the featured Book Fair decorations, log-on to www.scholastic.com.au/bookfairs or call 1800 024 840. Fun idea! Plan monster hat and dress up days. Kids can wear crazy socks for socksquatch Day!
Decorating Make giant Eyeball Danglers using paper plates. Suspend from the ceiling and walls. Fill your school and Fair with friendly imaginary monsters who encourage reading. Turn bulletin boards and doors into silly creatures with faux fur and googly eyes. Place giant eyeballs and footprints in and around your Fair. Use entries from a monster art contest to decorate the rest of your school. Create Book Fair suspense with a monstrous A-frame countdown sign. Give your display tables furry legs and feet. Have students make fun monster table displays. Place props on tables and cases. Visit the Scholastic Australia Pinterest page for more Book Fair decorating ideas! For instructions on how to make the featured Book Fair decorations, log-on to www.scholastic.com.au/bookfairs or call 1800 024 840.
A Family Event! Celebrate reading and get parents Before school invite family and friends to attend a Monster Art Exhibition. actively involved in their child s Increase attendance by showing student literacy. Invite family and friends to artwork and craft projects. Or invite an event. Attendance and sales will families for a simple breakfast, then some shopping at the Fair. increase while family and friends During school Get family and friends help kids choose books and build together with kids for a Lunch with a Loved One or a BLT (Books and Lunch their home libraries together. Try Together) event. Plan Monster Craft some of these great ideas: Stations during the day. Kids can make themed bookmarks while parents shop. After school Make Your Own Monster Night. Kids bring their own homemade monster made out of recycled materials and then vote on their favourites. Or host a Monster Movie Night featuring a friendly monster movie, popcorn and shopping at the Fair. Handy Tips Increase attendance with photo ops featuring/using monster props. Families will look forward to photo sessions. Schedule a stand-alone grandparents event. Gives grandparents a chance to spend Include a prize time with their raffle for kids grandchildren and who bring a learn more about parent with what interests them. them. Help raise readers by holding a Family Event! Promote your event with emails, flyers and sandwich boards in front of the school. Use the directional arrows in your promotional kit to direct guests to the Fair.
Activities and Contests Kids love a good contest, and they love winning prizes even more! Why not tie some into your Book Fair? Conduct contests during assembly, at the Fair or throughout your school. It will add an excitement-charged energy to your Fair each day, attract more kids to the Fair and encourage multiple visits. The day before the Book Fair have students cut out and colour in Book Fair On Tomorrow wristbands. This will be a good reminder to families. Fill a jar full of plastic eyeballs using pingpong balls for a Keep Your Eye on the Ball Guessing Game. Monster Hair Day hand hand out tickets to kids sporting wacky hair-dos. They can redeem their tickets for prizes at the Fair. Door Decorating Contest challenge challenge classes to team up to cover their doors with the Fair theme or reading message decor. Award prizes to the class with the best door. Monster Slime Challenge Sliming Sliming the principal or a teacher is a kid-approved, tried-and-true way to motivate students to reach Book Fair goals. Hold a Colouring-in Competition. For instructions on how to make the featured Book Fair decorations, log-on to www.scholastic.com.au/bookfairs or call 1800 024 840.
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