Sea Life
With this Sea Life exhibition I try to reflect the beauty of our underwater world. The main attraction for citizens and tourists are the dolphins and whales. Especially the playful behaviour of the...
View ArticleIlluminating New Zealand’s past
"The man who is swimming against the stream knows the strength of it" Woodrow Wilson Naku te rourou nau te rourou ka ora ai te iwi With your basket and my basket the people will live This time I'm...
View ArticleSpring Into A Book – Origami Spring Display
A fantastic spring display with origami flowers skilfully stapled to a dark brown paper tree. Pages from culled books have been used to craft the flowers.
View ArticleSpring reading
Transformed from a Winter reading display into a Spring reading display with simple changes using material from previous displays. Easy to do, showing the simple steps needed to create a different...
View ArticleFlight of Fancy – Fairy display
This fairy display is a fantastic bright display that will raise your spirits. Colourful, happy and sparkling. With simple materials and good examples this webpage shows you exactly how to create a...
View ArticleTravel the World from your Lazy Chair
We all have our dreams; where to go when we win the lotto or what we’ll do when we have time and money enough to travel the world; Africa – South America or maybe the pyramids in Egypt. Those...
View ArticleMathematics: Juggling the Numbers
We may not realise it but everything in life is full of mathematics. Shapes, forms and sounds. Nature, time and space. Music, art and games. This is a step by step guide how to make your own...
View ArticleDance of the tigers – Drama and theatre
Theatre display with lush fabric curtains and tigers masks on striped organza as a stage. This display is a great for showcasing books on dance, theatre, opera, and lots of other performing arts. The...
View ArticleXfactor – Biography books
Biography display with the Xfactor as common theme. What is it that makes some people so special? In this display we're exploring the characteristics that creates celebrities.
View ArticleFlying beauties
Using the design and boxes from the previous Pandora display but now with butterflies instead of books this display is another ode to the Flying Beauties. Easy to make and very pleasant to look at.
View ArticleBlack and White, what is beneath your skin?
A display with black and white as a base..... to reflect on discrimination, racism, cultural differences and prejudice. The silver, industrial materials used give this display a strong, clean...
View ArticleTime travel: From Moa to Mars
There are a lot of ‘hidden’ Time Travel novels in the library and with this display I try to bring them to the attention of our students. I explain step by step how to create this display and what...
View ArticleAstronomy – Take me to the Sky
2009 is the YEAR OF ASTRONOMY, reason enough to make a display right-part-astronomythat shows planet Earth and the surrounding planets with plenty of books about astronomy, the universe, space/time...
View ArticleChristmas display (round tube)
This round tube Christmas display shows how to create a new Christmas decoration with cheap material or decorations from previous years The post Christmas display (round tube) first appeared on...
View ArticleChristmas Wreath
Christmas wreath. This wreath is made of plastic bags and a piece of hose. Sprayed with gold paint it makes an attractive Christmas decoration The post Christmas Wreath first appeared on Creative...
View ArticleChristmas Tree / Angel made from old books
We Librarians cull a lot these days. Fiction and Nonfiction books have a shorter shelf life. I often compare our policies with that of a supermarket; if the book (product) has not been used for a...
View ArticleChristmas table decoration made with- no kidding – road cones
No, I didn’t take them from the road! We have a fantastic maintenance team at our College and when I asked them if I could borrow some spare cones for a couple of weeks, they brought some over....
View ArticleChristmas Wreath from plastic bags
If you see it hanging on a door, you can’t imagine that this wreath was made out of plastic shopping bags. Yes, it’s a labour of love and you might want to involve the whanau. Firstly: start collecting...
View ArticleChristmas Tree – paper cones
Dilys Braithwaite,Teacher Librarian at Saint Kentigern College Boys’ School made this display for her Library. She used green A4 paper rolled into cones. ‘You have to cut the paper into squares and...
View ArticleChristmas tree in black and white
A fantastic Christmas display made from used materials. Not expensive or very difficult to make. Just follow the instructions and use your own materials and leftover wrapping paper or plastic bags....
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