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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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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Sound Wall Classroom Interactive Bulletin Board
Print a complete Sound Wall designed to help you enhance your phonics program by displaying the phonemes your students are currently mastering.
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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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First Day of School Photo Booth Props
Celebrate the first day of school with this set of back-to-school photo booth props.
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Greek and Latin Roots Anchor Chart Pack
Encourage vocabulary development with a set of 24 Greek and Latin Roots anchor charts.
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Families Come in All Shapes and Sizes - Bulletin Board Display
Create a classroom bulletin board of your students’ families with this easy-to-use resource.
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Groundhog Day Graphing Prediction Display and Worksheet
Graph the likelihood that Punxsutawney Phil will see his shadow this year by creating a data chart on our Groundhog Day prediction worksheet.
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Halloween Bulletin Board Set – Wrapped Up in a Good Book
Download a printable Halloween bulletin board set for your classroom library or school library. Showcase your students’ insightful book reviews with our Halloween-themed classroom display.
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First Day of School Photo Props and Display
A printable photo props pack to be used on the first day of the school year.
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Classroom Expectations Posters
Display three of the most important classroom expectations with this set of posters.
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What's the Question? - Interactive Bulletin Board Display (Primary Grades)
Get your students' brains warmed up each morning with this fun interactive bulletin board display.
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Curious Creature – Letter and Number Pennant Banners
Curious Creature-themed letter and number pennant banners to decorate your classroom.
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Affirmations – Letter, Number and Punctuation Set
Affirmations themed set of printable letters, numbers and punctuation to create banners or titles for displays.
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Affirmations – Letters and Numbers Pennant Banner
Affirmations themed letters and numbers pennant banner to theme your classroom or create titles for displays.
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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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Fruits and Vegetables – Letters and Numbers Pennant Banner
Fruits and vegetables themed letters and numbers pennant banner to theme your classroom or create titles for displays.
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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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Hot Air Balloons - Letter, Number, and Punctuation Set
Hot air balloon themed letters and numbers that can be customized for personalized bulletin boards and signs in your classroom.
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Persuasive Writing Bump It Up Wall – Grade 5
Help your 5th-grade students "bump up" their persuasive writing with this bulletin board display.
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Persuasive Writing Bump It Up Wall – Grade 4
Help your 4th-grade students "bump up" their persuasive writing with this bulletin board display.
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Abstract Pattern – Letters and Numbers Pennant Banner
Abstract Pattern themed letters and numbers pennant banner to theme your classroom or create titles for displays.
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Abstract Pattern – Letter, Number and Punctuation Set
Abstract Pattern themed set of printable letters, numbers and punctuation to create banners or titles for displays.
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Mindfulness Pattern – Letters and Numbers Pennant Banner
A pennant banner with a mindfulness pattern to create banners or titles for displays.
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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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Sorcerer Supplies – Letter, Number, and Punctuation Set
Sorcerer Supplies themed set of printable letters, numbers, and punctuation to create banners or titles for displays.
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Mindfulness Pattern – Letter, Number, and Punctuation Set
A mindfulness pattern set of printable letters, numbers, and punctuation to create banners or titles for displays.
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Secret Code Pennant Banner
A pennant banner to create secret codes for your students to crack or use as a decorative image display for your classroom
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Sorcerer Supplies – Letters and Numbers Pennant Banner
Sorcerer Supplies themed letters, numbers, and punctuation that can be customized for personalized bulletin boards and signs in your classroom.
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Hot Air Balloons - Letters and Numbers Pennant Banner
A hot air balloons-themed letters and numbers pennant banner.
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Writing Data Display - Ninjas Bump it Up Wall
Help your students "bump up" their writing with this ninja-themed bulletin board display.
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"I'm a Reading Superhero" Bulletin Board Bundle
Create a space for your students to be a reading superhero with this bulletin board display.
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Twelve Days of Christmas Kindness – Christmas Bulletin Board
Spread holiday cheer with this random acts of kindness Chrismas bulletin board display.