Try these FUN activities and decorating ideas!
Find detailed instructions for these ideas online. Or use our photos as inspiration to create and build your own props and decorations.
Great idea! Build an exciting shark-jaw entrance to your Book Fair. It can also be used as a photo opportunity for your customers.
Take your school on an underwater adventure with our featured theme—Book Fair Under the Sea: Explore an Ocean of Books!
Create a magical underwater world at your Fair. Celebrate reading and boost sales with a fun family event, create Book Fair buzz with themed activities and hold contests to create excitement for students.
JELLYFISHHang paper
lanterns or paper bowls with ribbons and tissue
paper attached for tentacles.
CORAL ARCHWAY
Use insulation spray foam to
create a realistic sea cave.
SEA THEME BACKGROUND
Cover your wall with different shades of blue craft paper. Mimic ocean waves by hanging rows of blue crepe
paper from the ceiling.
EEL SIGNSew long green cloth together
and stuff.
DOLPHIN
STINGRAY
DECORATIVE FISH AND CORAL
Cover your ocean wall using the variety of fish and coral stencils found
online and add green crepe-paper seaweeds.
Help raise readers by holding a Family Event!
Celebrate reading and get parents actively involved in their childs’ literacy. Invite family and friends to an event. Attendance and sales will increase while family and friends help kids choose books and build their home libraries together. Try some of these great ideas:
• Before school—invite family and friends to attend an Under the Sea Art Exhibition. Student art work and craft projects can be used as Book Fair decor. Students can get creative and help increase Fair traffic when families come to see their creations.
• During school—Host a special Sub Sandwich Lunch. Take canteen pre-orders.
• After school—Grand Fish Tales: For some entertaining fun, invite students’ grandparents to share their best fish stories, a.k.a exagerated tales. Then shop at the Fair afterwards.
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Instructions:1. Look at the partial book cover clues and then locate each book on the Fair.2. Write the book title on the blank line.3. When finished, return the entry to the Book Fair.
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Instructions:1. Look at the partial book cover clues and then locate each book on the Fair.2. Write the book title on the blank line.3. When finished, return the entry to the Book Fair.
Activities and Contests
Under the Sea Hat Parade
Ask students to create unique hats to parade at
a family event.
Seashell Guessing GameFill a round fishbowl with dry shell-shaped pasta. Kids can guess how many there are
and win a prize at the Fair.
Teacher Mash Up Competition
Blend teachers’ faces together for an hilarious
competition.
Book Competition Ask students to guess the
total pages in a box of sea-themed books.
Pufferfish Lollipop Pull Create this eye-catching prop then paint only a few lollipop stick ends and insert into the prop along with
the remaining lollipops. Award prizes to the kids who pull the
painted ones.
Book Scavenger HuntHold a book scavenger hunt
at the Student Preview to help kids explore the books.
Book Fair Wristbands When the Fair arrives, ask students to colour and cut
out wristbands to wear home to promote the Fair.
Great Idea! Create excitement for the Fair by asking students to write their favourite book on a fish and add to the dolphin wall display.
For instructions on how to make the featured Book Fair decorations log in to scholastic.com.au/bookfairs or call 1800 024 840.
Find an ocean of resources to build your magical Book Fair Under the Sea at: schoolessentials.com.au. It’s a great way to use your Scholastic Rewards!
For instructions on how to make the featured Book Fair decorations log in to scholastic.com.au/bookfairs or call 1800 024 840.
ROYAL BLUE DISPLAY
PAPER 8331584
TEXTURE WANDS 8254700
OCEAN WAVES
BORDER TRIM 8286621
PAPER LANTERNS
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PAPER PLATES 8331171
MARINE ANIMAL
OUTLINES 7969666
SEALIFE STENCILS (6)
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SEASIDE SPLASH
CUT-OUTS 8305896
SPLASH PAINT
BLUE 5L8320877
SPLASH PAINT
GREEN 5L 8320421