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p Have your Student Crew make fun western-themed photo props for a selfie booth.
p Ring toss. Create themed games such as a cactus ring toss. Toolkit keyword: GAME
p They’ve been framed! Make a large “Wanted for Reading” sign like this one and include in your selfie booth.
Share your ideas & photos #mybookfair
Theme Get Everyone Excited 11
Bene ts
• Gives Book Fair an original, inspired feel each season
• Increases student involvement with fun, popular appeal
• Creates a strong foundation to build goals, challenges, and events • Makes your Book Fair a memorable community event
GREAT Ideas
• Follow #mybookfair on social media to see other Book Fair thematic ideas. Also,
check out Idea Share on scholastic.com/ideashare.
• Ask the cafeteria to theme the food during the week of the Fair, such as Cowboy Corn
Dogs or Western Waffles.
• Incorporate history lessons of the Wild West into class curriculum before and during Book Fair week, focusing on famous outlaws and sheriffs.
• Enlist the Student Crew to create props and decorations. Toolkit keyword: WILD WEST
• FInd out your Wild West name. Download the reproducible from the Toolkit and
distribute to each classroom or during the Fair. Toolkit keyword: COWBOY NAME
• Not into westerns? Create your own theme or let your Student Crew come up with
one that they’ll get excited about.