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April Showers Bulletin Board/Displays

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We're in creation mode and gearing up to switch out our Read Across America hoopla with our April displays.This month's theme is "Rainy Days are for Reading." (Imagine the image below rotated 90 degrees - darn Blogger!)  We're loving our Pintrest inspiration images, so here's the one that got our creative juices flowing:   Image via Pintrest from Etsy This one also sparked a few ideas: Image from Pintrest Here's a peak at some of the things that are piling-up in our back room. Our main display involves many, many, colorful umbrellas. Obviously we don't buy into the idea that opening an umbrella indoors brings bad luck -- but we'll let you know in May if we see an uptick in uncooperative studyhall visitors. :) An up close look at some of the separate elements. The clouds are multiple layers folded and stitched together on a sewing machine. Raindrop chains were also made by stitching paper cutouts together with a machine. The