Styrofoam plates that were spray painted silver then stapled together. Alien was photocopied from the Book Fair online toolkit.
Oriental Trading product hanging down from the ceiling over one of the product tables.
Oriental Trading never lets me down. www.orientaltrading.com
I got some great space themed decorations from there including planets, space bouncy balls and planet note pads. I will have various contests during Family Night.
* McDonald's lunch with our principal
* Announcements every morning for 1 week
* Space Bouncy Balls
* Planet Note Pads
That night you get a ticket for every BOOK that you buy. You then go over to a table and write your child's name and teacher's name on the back of the ticket and drop it in the bucket of the contest you want to try to win.
I also have a contest that doesn't require a purchase. I usually pose a trivia question. The first student I find that answered the question correctly wins $25 worth of free books from the Book Fair.
We also sell food that night so that families can come eat. Typically it's pizza and then I have teachers donate drinks, desserts and paper products. We also sell popcorn. It's a great way to encourage the families to come. I sold out of 8 pizzas within the first hour and probably could have sold a few more. We were open from 5:00 - 7:00 pm and the whole book fair was moved to the gym.
