DIY Journals @ the library

•  Journal Pages
• Cover and Back of Journal (cardboard pieces)
• Construction paper
• Hot glue gun
• Rubber Cement
• Duct Tape
• Decorating Supplies
• Binder Clips (not required but helpful)

For a little extra challenge this summer, our bulletin board was an interactive competition between boys and girls. 

Every time a reading log was turned in, participants came to the desk and placed a sticker on the current weeks section. 

Here the how...

The lined paper was made on poster board. This year, our program was 7 weeks long so there were seven lines. 

Each lined section had a duplicate blank piece of poster board cut out just smaller than it's section.

Can you see the duplicate sheet in this picture?

Each week, we'd have the duplicate, blank pieces sitting on the desk, attached to clipboards. 

Each gender had their own clipboard so they knew which piece to put a sticker on. At the end of the week, I'd attach the newly stickered piece to the main lined poster board posted on the bulletin board. 

Because I failed to get a picture of the bulletin board in its entirety, this was to the far left. 

My thought was to keep track of how many books were read each week and update thermometer to reflect that. 

That was a stupid idea. It was a pain and too much effort during the midst of all the summer craziness. After the first couple weeks, I started randomly raising the level just to show that we were still reading. No accurate groundwork or counting. 😬 It's not my proudest moment. 

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