{"id":1116,"date":"2017-01-03T18:27:59","date_gmt":"2017-01-03T18:27:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/libraries.ne.gov\/cpls\/?p=1116"},"modified":"2017-01-03T18:27:59","modified_gmt":"2017-01-03T18:27:59","slug":"february-display-ideas-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/libraries.ne.gov\/cpls\/2017\/01\/03\/february-display-ideas-2\/","title":{"rendered":"February Display Ideas"},"content":{"rendered":"

The holidays are over and now it is time to look forward to\u2026more cold weather. You may be tired of bundling up just to go outside, but making these simple snowglobe crafts will brighten even the dreariest winter day: https:\/\/www.allkidsnetwork.com\/crafts\/winter\/plastic-plate-snowglobe-craft.asp<\/a>. Here are 10 more display ideas for February:<\/p>\n

American Heart Month<\/u><\/strong>
\nArrange your \u201cheart-healthy\u201d cookbooks on a table that also includes books about walking and other exercises. Print off this list of 30 classic games for simple outdoor play that are fun no matter if the sun is shining or the snow is still covering the ground: https:\/\/www.wired.com\/2009\/08\/simpleoutdoorplay\/<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Black History Month<\/u><\/strong>
\nCelebrate Black History with kids of all ages by displaying and reading stories of African-Americans overcoming adversity and making their multicultural mark on the world. With books about everything from jazz and Jackie Robinson to slavery and segregation, there are many rich biographies and themes to explore. Plan a virtual visit to the newly opened National Museum of African American History & Culture in Washington, D.C. Browse their collection of close to 37,000 items by visiting https:\/\/nmaahc.si.edu\/explore\/collection<\/a>.<\/p>\n

National Carrot Cake Day (February 3, 2017)<\/u><\/strong>
\nMake a small display of books with the word \u201ccarrot\u201d or pictures of carrots on the covers. Serve your patrons small pieces of this kid-friendly carrot cake: https:\/\/food52.com\/recipes\/14185-kid-friendly-carrot-cake<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Take Your Child to the Library Day (February 4)<\/u><\/strong>
\nTake Your Child to the Library Day (TYCLD) is an international initiative that encourages families everywhere to take their children to their local library. Launched in 2011, TYCLD raises community awareness about the importance of the library in the life of a child, and promotes library services and programs for children and families. Get some balloons, serve snacks, play games, etc.<\/p>\n

National Send a Card to a Friend Day (February 7)<\/u><\/strong>
\nDisplay your craft books that include card-making. Provide supplies, such as construction paper, markers, stamps, and stickers, and hold a card-making workshop.<\/p>\n

Mo Willems\u2019 Birthday (February 11, 1968)<\/u><\/strong>
\nDisplay Mo Willems\u2019 books in your children\u2019s area. Explore this Pinterest page of Elephant and Piggie activities you can use to bring this favorite children\u2019s book series to life. https:\/\/www.pinterest.com\/kirkseye\/elephant-and-piggie\/ <\/a><\/p>\n

Valentine\u2019s Day (February 14)<\/u><\/strong>
\nLove is in the air. Prepare a quick and easy display of romance books with a pink or red plastic tablecloth, white paper doilies, and hearts of all sizes.<\/p>\n

Gumdrop Day (February 15)<\/u><\/strong>
\nAre you thinking of starting a makerspace in your library? Got a bag of gumdrops and a box of toothpicks? That\u2019s all you need to make some amazing feats of candy engineering. Here are some architectural tips for making tall towers: http:\/\/littlebinsforlittlehands.com\/building-gumdrop-structures-engineering\/<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Pluto Discovered (February 18, 1930)<\/u><\/strong>
\nPluto was discovered on this day by Clyde W. Tombaugh. Roughly 70 years later, the International Astronomical Union downgraded the status of Pluto to that of \u201cdwarf planet.\u201d Create a display of books about Pluto and the planets.<\/p>\n

Polar Bear Day (February 27)<\/u><\/strong>
\nCelebrate these beautiful animals by displaying fiction and nonfiction books about them. Watch polar bears in the wild via Animal Planet Live\u2019s Polar Bear Cam at http:\/\/www.apl.tv\/explore-polar-bears.htm<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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The holidays are over and now it is time to look forward to\u2026more cold weather. You may be tired of bundling up just to go outside, but making these simple snowglobe crafts will brighten even the dreariest winter day: https:\/\/www.allkidsnetwork.com\/crafts\/winter\/plastic-plate-snowglobe-craft.asp. Continue reading February Display Ideas<\/span>→<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1116","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-display-ideas"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/libraries.ne.gov\/cpls\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1116","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/libraries.ne.gov\/cpls\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/libraries.ne.gov\/cpls\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/libraries.ne.gov\/cpls\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/libraries.ne.gov\/cpls\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1116"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/libraries.ne.gov\/cpls\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1116\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1117,"href":"http:\/\/libraries.ne.gov\/cpls\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1116\/revisions\/1117"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/libraries.ne.gov\/cpls\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1116"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/libraries.ne.gov\/cpls\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1116"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/libraries.ne.gov\/cpls\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1116"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}