ideas needed

Moderator Age : 28 Joined : 12 Oct 2006 Posts : 2052

Ok ladies...I need your help! I am turning a bookshelf I have into my homeschool reading center...and what I need help with is decorating the top...I want to put little things on top related to reading...but I want them to be pretty...I decorate in a country/primative look....but like things to be homemade....any ideas?

Subject: Re: ideas needed Fri 08 Feb 2008, 5:01 pm

Start a little collection of bookends, you could probably pick some up at a thrift shop.

Get a photo frame and place some nice bookmarks in it, side-by side, or use a few frames and print off some quotes on reading in a nice font to put into the frames.

If you could find a craft for making a bookworm, that'd be really cute....maybe out of styrofoam balls or pompoms and stick googly eyes on and/or a little pair of glasses! study

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Subject: Re: ideas needed Fri 08 Feb 2008, 6:36 pm

Skin,,you need to write a book on all your ideas,,you are really creative.

Maybe different pictures of maps..like global and next one local ,,maybe maps to the library or store or park,Each one is a different map but they all are framed the same way,,this way it would be more organized,uniformed looking and pretty.

Subject: Re: ideas needed Fri 08 Feb 2008, 8:52 pm

I have a small globe and a bankers lamp I have a Dry board to there for messages or drawing .
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Moderator Age : 28 Joined : 12 Oct 2006 Posts : 2052

Skin...you have my heart!!! Thans so much! I have the little balls her and nothin to do today! I am going to make a bookworm!!! Thanks!!

Subject: Re: ideas needed Sat 09 Feb 2008, 6:34 pm

Skin that bookworm is so sweet ... a dear friend is the Head librarian for the county birthday is next week and she asked for presents off her wish list ...
I am going to make her a bookworm instead of ribbon ... thank you
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Subject: Re: ideas needed Sat 09 Feb 2008, 9:16 pm

if you both can,,please post the pics on here,,it would be nice to see them.

Moderator Age : 28 Joined : 12 Oct 2006 Posts : 2052

Donna I am passing your map iea to my riend with older kids...it was a great idea!

I couldn't make my bookworm yesterday as we were working on our well for 6 hrs and Ash had a friend over...but I am still going to make it! I am going to use country colors to fit my decor and prop a really old Petter Rabbit book up by it...the book was Rob's when he was a boy.

Subject: Re: ideas needed Sun 10 Feb 2008, 9:14 am

You know Kim,,this has me inspired to make a shelf in the spare room(also the playroom for grandkids) for their books and to make this bookworm also.They have a house shaped bookshelf but it holds more toys than books...and lately they have been having this love for reading and to read to...this is going to be fun!

Subject: Re: ideas needed Sun 10 Feb 2008, 5:12 pm

I'm so pleased you're going to use the idea Smile

I'd love to know how it turns out, I just thought it'd be cute for kids especially, or the 'inner kid' in all of us.

I saw a great set of bookends that would be very easy to make yourself. They were just the simple L-shape frames but one had the letter 'A' stuck on it, and the other the letter 'Z'. They'd be great for either end of a book stash.
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Subject: Re: ideas needed Sun 10 Feb 2008, 6:31 pm

I have several sets of bookends my favoirit is Winner the Pooh my Aunt Ludie brought for my baby books .. I have it in the nursery still reading those books 50+ years later
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Gayla

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Moderator Age : 28 Joined : 12 Oct 2006 Posts : 2052

That sounds neat Skin! Thanks for the idea Smile

Gayla..I think that's great that you're still reading those books!!

Subject: Re: ideas needed Mon 11 Feb 2008, 2:21 pm

thank you Kim
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"They take great pride in making their dinner cost much; I take my pride in making my dinner cost so little."

---Henry David Thoreau (1817-1862)