Daily Reading Challenge

It's Friday, so let's do another craft challenge. This time reuse old books to create a book sculpture. The picture below shows some amazing examples of book sculptures. If you would like to make something slightly simpler (to begin with anyway) then watch this video It is just one of many available on You Tube. Watch this to see a book sculptor at work - incredible! For further inspiration simply search 'book sculptures' on You Tube, Pinterest or Google.

Quick Reading Challenge

An art and craft challenge today. Do you have any old books that you no longer read but which are not in a good enough condition to pass on? Then why not use a page or two and do some blackout poetry. You could use a newspaper or magazine instead, anything with text.Your result can be as artistic as you want or as pathetic as my own (the one in the middle of the pic below!) Read through the page you have selected and pick out words which form a poem or story on their own. Then use a marker pen to blackout the words you don't want.
 Have fun.
Be inspired.

Royal Wedding

No matter what your opinion the Royal Wedding is an important historical event. To celebrate the marriage of Prince William to Kate Middleton there is a small book display in the Library. At breaks and lunchtimes in the days before the wedding there will be Royal Wedding related activities - colour in wedding outfits for cut-out figures of Wills and Kate, design a bridesmaids dress, design commemorative plates, wedding cakes and more. For more information visit the Library and ask Mrs Aitken for details.