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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"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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A Whole LLAMA Learning Going On! - Bulletin Board Display
Make creating a fun bulletin board no prob-llama with this llama-themed bulletin board kit.
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Place Value Banner - Billions to Thousandths
A banner that displays extended place value.
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Animal-Themed Decoding Strategy Posters for the Classroom
Remind students of the different decoding strategies they can use when reading with this poster set.
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Colorful Stripes - Letter, Number, and Punctuation Sets
Colorful letters and numbers that can be customized for personalized bulletin boards and signs in your classroom.
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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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"I Wonder..." Wall - Bulletin Board Display
Create an interactive brainstorming "Wonder Wall" display for your classroom!
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Funky Chalkboard - Letters and Number Pennant Banner
Funky chalkboard themed letters and numbers pennant banner.
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Dinosaurs - Letter, Number and Punctuation Set
Dinosaur themed letters and numbers set.
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Shapes Pattern - Letter, Number, and Punctuation Set
Shapes pattern themed letters and numbers that can be customized for personalized bulletin boards and signs in your classroom.
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Orange Emoji – Letter, Number And Punctuation Set
Orange emoji letter and numbers set.
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Mindfulness Coloring Letter, Number & Punctuation Set for Bulletin Boards
Mindfulness coloring-themed letters and numbers that can be customized for personalized bulletin boards and signs in your classroom.
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Bright Spots Pennant banner - Letter, Number And Punctuation Sets
Spotty letter, number and punctuation set.
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Rainbow Spots Pennant banner - Letter, Number And Punctuation Set
A rainbow spot letter, number and punctuation pennant banner.
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Teal Chevron - Letter, Number and Punctuation Set
Teal chevron themed letters and numbers set.
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Hollywood - Letter, Number and Punctuation Set
Hollywood themed letters and numbers set.
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Spelling Center Rotation Board
Set up a spelling stations rotation chart for your students to reference with this display kit.
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Bright Chevron - Letter, Number and Punctuation Set
Bright chevron themed letters and numbers set.
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Black and White Pattern - Letter, Number, and Punctuation Set
Black and white letters and numbers that can be customized for personalized bulletin boards and signs in your classroom.
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Plain Pink - Letter, Number and Punctuation Set
Plain pink themed letters and numbers set.
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Welcome to Our Herd! Back to School Bulletin Board
‘Mooo-ve’ into a brand new school year with a customizable Farm-themed Back to School 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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Hello From Around the World Pennants
Decorate your classroom with this set of pennant banners that displays different ways to say hello around the world.
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Classroom Alphabet Poster Pack
Create your own classroom alphabet line with these ink-friendly classroom alphabet posters.
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Classroom Birthday Board - Birthday Beehive
Celebrate your students’ sweet birthdays with a fun Birthday Beehive Classroom Birthday board.
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Just Be - Positive Character Traits Bulletin Board
Set an optimistic tone and promote positivity with a Just Be…One Word Back to School board.
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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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I'm Done! Early Finishers Choice Board Display
Build a useful ‘I’m Done, Now What?’ bulletin board with a printable early finisher task board display kit.
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Ugly Christmas Sweater Bulletin Board Kit
Build a Christmas bulletin board with a printable ‘Tis the Season for Ugly Sweaters’ Bulletin board kit.
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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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Thankful For My Gnomies - Thanksgiving Bulletin Board Kit
Display Thanksgiving gratitude with an ‘I am Thankful For’ craft template and bulletin board kit.
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Ready for a Jaw-Some Year - Shark Themed Back to School Bulletin Board
Prepare for a ‘jaw-some’ back-to-school bulletin board with a printable shark-themed bulletin board pack.