Classroom Bulletin Boards for Teachers
Get classroom bulletin board printables and ideas for classroom and hallway bulletin boards and full sets already designed to brighten up the classroom and wow students in the school hallways! From back-to-school bulletin boards to printable bulletin board letters and sets for fall, winter, and spring, this teacher-created collection has everything you need to knock your students' socks off!
Explore the complete collection to find kits that incorporate student activities, plus easy options to create interactive or birthday boards!
We didn't stop there! Read on for inspiration and ideas from the Teach Starter teacher team, including tips on how to hang your bulletin board borders, tips on setting up boards that will last and more!
DIY Bulletin Board Tips for Teachers — From Teachers
Our Teach Starter teacher team has put up many a bulletin board over all the years in classrooms from Texas to Georgia to Indiana, so before you download your next bulletin board kit, we need to divulge a few hard-earned tips!
- Use a Fabric Backdrop — Bulletin board paper is great, but 16-year teaching veteran Randi Smith kept some bulletin board fabric up for years because fabric holds up and lasts forever.
- Don’t Staple Cutouts to Your Bulletin Board Immediately — Instead, Smith suggests using thumbtacks so you can step back, eye up what’s level and what isn’t, then move things around.
- Start Hanging Words in the Middle — This tip comes from long-time educator and Texas-based resource manager Natalie Brown. Building out from the center helps ensure you keep things even!
- Use Clothespins —Planning to make a student work bulletin board? Teach Starter resource creator and former classroom teacher Brittany Collins suggests gluing tacks to the back of clothespins to display student work easily on your bulletin boards. Bonus, Teach Starter's "student work coming” printables work as a perfect placeholder until your students’ work starts flowing in!
- Convert a Whiteboard to a Bulletin Board — Do you have a classroom whiteboard that's seen it's better days? Convert it to a bulletin board with a few simple changes! If it's magnetic, use magnet squares to help make your bulletin board paper stick. You can also buy magnetized borders to hang!
- Use a Permanent Marker to Hide Staples — Find a marker that matches the color of your cutouts, and poof, the staples disappear!
- Convert an Old Chalkboard to a Bulletin Board — If you have one of those old chalkboards in your room that's so marked up it can't be used, cover it in felt with the help of some hook and loop dots, and it's a bulletin board!
Bulletin boards be set up to serve countless purposes in the classroom. This"We're a Bright Bunch" board was designed to welcome students back to school.
How to Store Bulletin Board Borders
Bulletin board borders come in handy to make the edges of your board look neat and tidy and complete the look, but if you're anything like us, you have a LOT of them hanging around!
So how do you store all those borders to use in the future? Here are some of our favorite storage tips:
- Put clothespins on a clothes hanger, and clip each set of bulletin board borders to a single pin.
- Clean out empty frosting containers, roll up your borders, then slip them inside the container. A piece of painter's tape at the end of the roll will keep them secure, but make sure you label the container so you know what's inside!
- Use a binder clip to clip them together, and hang them from a hook in your classroom closet.
- Use a binder clip to clip them together, then string the collection of binder clips on a binder ring to keep them all together.
- Use holiday wreath bags.
- Roll them up, tape them off, then slip them into a hanging shoe organizer.
- Use an under-the-bed storage box to lay them flat, then slip the box at the bottom of your closet.
- Use pants hangers to hang each set of borders.
Complete the Bulletin Board
Make your classroom or hallway bulletin board complete with printable bulletin board letters!
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Nouns, Proper Nouns, Verbs, Adjectives, Adverbs and Conjunctions Posters
Enhance student understanding of the 8 parts of speech with these colorful, informative, and easily-referenced grammar wall posters for the classroom covering nouns, verbs and more!
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Morning Greetings Display
Greet each student at the door in style with this set of 4 greetings posters.
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Blank Letter and Number Cutouts
A set of printable bulletin board letters and numbers to use when decorating your classroom.
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Food Chains & Food Webs – Vocabulary Posters
Display this set of science vocabulary posters in your classroom when learning about food chains and food webs.
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Welcome to Our Hive! - Bulletin Board Display
Get students excited about BEE-ing in their new classroom with this bee-themed bulletin board display.
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Sprinkle Kindness - Bulletin Board Set
Get your students reflecting on ways to show kindness with this interactive bulletin board!
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Gratitude Tree and Leaves Template
Create a "Gratitude Tree" display with a printable tree and individual leaf cutouts.
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Growth Mindset Bulletin Board
Remind your students to have a growth mindset with this bulletin board display.
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Camping Theme Classroom Cut Out Decorations for Bulletin Boards
Print camping-themed bulletin board cutouts you can use in the classroom all year long!
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Life Cycle of a Frog – Poster Pack
Display information about the life cycle of a frog with this set of 6 posters.
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Multiplication Strategies – Classroom Poster Pack
Use this set of posters when teaching different multiplication strategies.
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Writing Process Posters-Classroom Display
Create a beautiful visual word wall in your classroom to support your students in the mastery of the writing process!
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We Fit Right In! Back to School All About Me - Bulletin Board Template
Celebrate the first day of school, get to know your students, and create an amazing bulletin board display with a “We All Fit In” Collaborative Puzzle activity.
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Classroom Catastrophe Scale – Display
Help your students gauge the severity of everyday challenges with this wall display.
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All About Me - Retro Video Game Bulletin Board Display
Help your students get to know one another at the start of a new school year with this back-to-school bulletin board.
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Add a Little Sunshine to Someone's Day - Bulletin Board Display
Brighten your classroom (and someone's day) with this sunflower-themed bulletin board set.
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Data Display - We're Aiming High Bump It Up Wall
Help your students "bump up" their work with this hot air balloon-themed bulletin board display.
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Data Display - Space-Themed Bump It Up Wall
Help your students "bump up" their work with this space-themed bulletin board display.
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Order of the Planets Display Banner
Display this banner visually showing the order of the planets for students when they learning about the solar system.
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Classroom Jobs Bulletin Board
Keep track of classroom responsibilities with a Classroom Jobs Bulletin Board Display!
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Bulletin Board — Student Work Coming Soon
Set up a bulletin board for student work with these creative printables at the beginning of the school year.
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Back-to-School Bulletin Board Decor Bundle — Astronauts Theme
Personalize your astronaut classroom door or bulletin board with fun printable templates that can be personalized with your students' faces!
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Back to School Bulletin Board - Roller Coaster All About Me
Build a frightfully fun Back to School bulletin board with a printable roller coaster About Me activity.
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Winter Bulletin Board - Warm Up with a Good Book
Display book reviews all winter long with a hot cocoa-themed Winter bulletin board kit.
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CUBES Bulletin Board and Bookmark Set
Tackle word problems with this CUBES problem-solving bulletin board and bookmark set.
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Natural Landforms for Kids Poster Collection
Display and teach the types of landforms on Earth with a set of fifteen Natural Landforms posters.
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Persuasive Writing Bump It Up Wall – Grade 6
Help your 6th-grade students "bump up" their persuasive writing with this bulletin board display.
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Place Value Bulletin Board
Unlock place value understanding with this bulletin board for back-to-school that can remain on the wall all year long!
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2D Shapes Poster Set
Use this set of 16 brightly colored 2D shapes with your geometry lessons.
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Addition Strategies Posters
Create an "addition strategies display" for your students with this set of 7 posters.
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Vivid Action Verbs Posters - Using Strong Verbs
Teach your students to omit boring, overused verbs from their writing with a classroom set of Vivid Verb Posters.
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Classroom Helpers Bulletin Board Design Set
Help your classroom helpers keep track of their classroom responsibilities with printable bulletin board set.