Classroom Bulletin Boards for Teachers
Get classroom bulletin board ideas, printable decorations 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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Christmas Bulletin Board and Printable Stocking Template
Stock up on Christmas cheer with a printable Christmas stocking template and DIY Christmas bulletin board display.
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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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"Zest" Class Ever! Back to School Bulletin Board
Put up the ‘zest’ back to school bulletin board in the building with a printable lemon bulletin board kit.
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High Koala-ty Back to School Bulletin Board
Welcome students with a fun, high-’koala-ty’ back to school bulletin board display.
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Red Ribbon Week Door Decor - No Bones About It! Halloween Bulletin Board
Decorate for Halloween and Red Ribbon Week at the same time with our skeleton-themed Red Ribbon Week door decorations.
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Fang-Tastic Halloween Door Decoration Kit
Decorate for Halloween and boost self-confidence with a “fang-tastic” Halloween Door Decorating Kit.
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Camping Bulletin Board - Back to School
Make going back to school a sweet adventure with a fun Camping Themed Welcome Back bulletin board kit.
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Our Class is Sharp! Back to School Bulletin Board
Celebrate your new batch of "Sharp" students with a fun Back to School bulletin board display.
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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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Classroom Calendar Bulletin Board
Use this classroom calendar each and every morning to help keep your classroom an organized zone.
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Halloween Collaborative Coloring Sheet
Create a Halloween bulletin board with our collaborative Halloween coloring sheet.
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Red Ribbon Week and Halloween Door Decorating Kit
Decorate for Halloween and Red Ribbon Week at the same time with our Halloween door decorations!
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Halloween Door Decor Kit - The Boo Crew
Win that schoolwide door-decorating contest with a spectacularly spooky “Boo Crew” door display for Halloween.
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Hello Pumpkin! Fall Bulletin Board Display
Celebrate the coming of Autumn with a fall bulletin board display and an art activity.
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Choose KINDNESS - Bulletin Board Display
Remind your students to choose KINDNESS with this interactive bulletin board display.
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A Book a Day Keeps the Monsters Away! — Bulletin Board Set
Print a monsters and reading-themed bulletin board bundle perfect for Halloween!
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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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Classroom Wish List – Giraffe
Display your back-to-school needs for your new parents on this classroom wish list display.
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We Are a RAINBOW of Possibilities! — Bulletin Board Bundle
Add a rainbow themed bulletin board to your teacher toolkit with this printable bundle.
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Persuasive Writing Bump It Up Wall – Grade 3
Help your 3rd-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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Blank Letter and Number Cutouts
A set of printable bulletin board letters and numbers to use when decorating your classroom.
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General Writing Checklist (Printable Poster for the Classroom)
A writing checklist poster to use with your primary students across multiple genres.
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The Olympic Games – Letters and Numbers Pennant Banner
An Olympic Games-themed pennant banner to create banners or titles for displays.
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This Class is Sweet! Fruit Bulletin Board Kit
Put up the sweetest back-to-school bulletin board in the building with a printable fruit-themed bulletin board kit.
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Grit Pennant Banner for the Classroom
Nine pennant banners to encourage grit, resilience, and a positive growth mindset in your students.
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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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Pastel Flags - Letters and Numbers Pennant Banner
Pastel flag themed letters and numbers pennant banner.
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Back-to-School Bulletin Board — Gear Up With Robots
Use this back-to-school bulletin board to get students excited to learn. The teacher-created resource pack includes everything you need to create the robot-themed bulletin board.
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Back-to-School Bulletin Board — Soaring With Hot Air Balloons
Use this back-to-school bulletin board to get students excited to learn. The teacher-created resource pack includes everything you need to create the hot air balloon-themed bulletin board.
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Back-to-School Bulletin Board — Look Who's Blooming Flower
Use this back-to-school bulletin board to get students excited to learn. The teacher-created resource pack includes everything you need to create the flower-themed bulletin board.
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Funky Chalkboard BW - Letter, Number, and Punctuation Set
Black and white funky chalkboard themed letters and numbers that can be customized for personalized bulletin boards and signs in your classroom.