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Have you ever felt a little let down after working hard on an assignment even though you earned a good grade on it? Have you ever felt that your work deserved more attention? By using one of the creative display ideas listed below, your work may finally get the attention it deserves. In addition, it may look so good that you'll want to give it as a gift to someone special and/or enter a picture of it into a creative display contest.
Directions:
1. Get your teacher's approval for work you would like to display creatively.
2. Select one of the display ideas below.
3. Write a brief project plan.A. Briefly describe the display you plan to make. You may deviate from it, but it is best to begin with a plan.
B. List the materials you will need, their approximate cost, and where you will get them.
C. List any resources (equipment, information or advice) you will need to complete the project.
D. Make a timeline you will use for working on the project.
5. Display your masterpiece or wrap it as a gift.
1. Tunnel Books
Tunnel books look like a series of cardboard sheets standing parallel to one another. The book is viewed from one end through openings which are cut in all but the last sheet. The viewer looks through the layers but also sees part of each one. This idea requires a short piece written or printed in large letters.
2. Stand Up Books
These books are similar to the old fashioned stand up greeting cards which are regaining popularity. Stand up books might be easier to make than tunnel books. They also require a very short piece of writing.
3. Pop up Books
Popup books use special techniques of folding and cutting pages so that opening them causes part of the page to move or poke out in an unexpected manner. Additional pieces of paper can be glued to the pages. Consider using the pop up or moveable parts to emphasize an idea.
4. Accordion Books
Accordion books and expandable cards are fairly simple to make but require careful measurement to look neat. A long stiff paper is carefully folded in accordion style. The front and back pages are strengthened with cardboard and covered with fabric and/or decorated. A ribbon or string is wrapped around the entire book or fastened to both sides of each cover to tie the covers closed.
5. Bound books
You can turn your work into a real book. To bind your book, use a simplified craft approach or the more complicated method used in libraries to preserve old treasures.
6. Displaying Work on Objects
Select an object related to the ideas in your writing to become a backdrop for your piece, or write directly on the object as seen in one of the photos in some new book structures.
7. Tee Shirts
Make a decal of your piece by typing it on the computer and printing it out on special decal paper which you can purchase at an office supply store. Be sure that you bring the model number and brand of the printer that you plan to use to the store when purchasing decal sheets. You may want to split the cost with other students. Directions for making the decal will be on the back of the box.
8. Tabbed Books
Index the topics in your book by cutting the pages so that they will be tabbed. Check atlases and encyclopedias in your library to see an example.
9. Three Dimensional and Activated Pages
Make active pages like those found at this site by cutting holes in the pages so that parts of the pages below are visable.
10. Miniature Books
Tiny books with pages measuring approximately 2 1/2" square may be bound using directions in #5. Be sure to check enlarged photos at the linked Web site which shows unusual ways books can be constructed.
11. New Book Structures
Unique and complicated approaches to book binding shown at the linked site probably require considerable artistic talent. If you are up to the challenge, give it a try!
12. Origami
Printouts of your writing could be glued to large, simple origami structures which reflect the theme of your piece. Eric's page is one of many Web sites containing origami patterns. Your origami display may be made with paper or treated fabric.
13. Scrolls
Printouts of your writing in old fashioned fonts can be rubber cemented to long sheets of paper rolled on wooden dowels giving the appearance of ancient scrolls.
14. Banners and Large Posters
Satisify your urge to write graffiti by displaying your writing on long sheets of banner paper or butcher paper.
15. Mobiles
Display separate paragraphs of your piece relating the levels and/or motion of the mobile to concepts within the piece. The diagram for a Solar System Mobile may give you ideas for designing your mobile structure.
16. Collage
Glue your piece to a poster along with pictures and three dimensional objects that reflect your ideas. Be sure the backing is strong enough to support the objects you plan use.
17. Thematic Framing
Glue your piece to a firm backing and frame it with pictures or three dimensional objects related to the ideas in your piece. Be sure the glue you use is strong enough to hold your objects to the backing.
